On Feb 5, 2008 2:29 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for leaving aside the fact that I misspelled Mormon (egad).
I only flip out on "lose" vs. "loose".... > From what I have read, it goes a lot further than just "matters of > faith", since faith and church are central to their lives. > > I don't think she _had_ to support Romney. But she may have felt she > needed to do it to be true to her own beliefs, and to herself. For > which I do admire her. I don't know if I admire that trait or not, to be honest. But Mormons do have support mechanisms, both active and organized, to > help each other in a multitude of ways. > > I am certainly not complaining about it, or suggesting it is in any > way wrong. I think it is great. It seems to be a slightly more > organized, and more committed, version of what all churches, and all > organizations do. Similar to what happens here in Boston with many > Chinese and Thai and Pakistani extended families. Well, it is the "organization" of religion that really turns me off to it, to be honest...so a higher level of organization within a church would make it LESS appealing to me. For instance, if I felt compelled to support a presidential candidate because of his religion, even though he goes against some other things that I may care deeply about....well...that's not very honorable in my opinion. I wasn't surprised by her support. I was just shocked by her methods. > And meanness. > I'm guessing that, ultimately, she chose to support him because she shares many of his same views.....not because she felt an obligation to her religion....but who knows for sure. -- His gentle means of sculpting souls Took me years to understand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253312 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
