(September 23, 2012 at 9:48 am)Napoléon Wrote:(September 22, 2012 at 9:49 pm)whateverist Wrote: I would rather vote for a rational and intelligent theist than a blowhard atheist any day.
Maybe I'm being crazy, but I thought that was the whole point of what Penn was basically alluding to.
I went back and listened to the Penn Jillette video again. (Admittedly the first time I turned if off inside the first 5 minutes.) I didn't get what you got at all. What I saw was Penn working really hard to put Obama's religious beliefs on par with Mitt's. His main message was they both are or profess to be religious as indeed they must to get elected in this country. He also says they're both smart and have their heart in the right place. In other words, no significant difference.
Okay, no one else posted one so here is a speech given by Mitt which specifically mentions "people of no faith at all" as Obama did in the clip I already posted. Please, somebody, watch both and tell me there is no difference in the regard each feels for those of us who aren't religious and that both hold strong principled positions regarding the role of religion in government.
You only need to go to 9:05 in this one and listen for about two and a half minutes.
http://youtu.be/rAeGG5BslIg
