From: Randall Parker 

In news:, d_n_b{at}swbell.net says...
> I would have a very difficult time voting for a Mormon myself.  Or for
> a Seventh-Day Adventist, Branch Davidian, and probably there are other
> religions that don't come readily to mind at the moment.  A candidate
> who follows a belief system that I find totally irrational would make
> me question his or her decision making abilities.

David,

Lots of religious belief systems are irrational. Its just that some are
older and more accepted.

> A candidate would have to have some rather outstanding other qualities
> to overcome my prejudice.

I definitely have my own rankings of the acceptability of various religious
belief systems.

> I'd have no trouble voting for an Islamic candidate, nor would I
> object to an athiest or Gay.

I would have serious trouble voting for the Islamic candidate. I'd prefer a
Seventh-Day Adventist (a former girlfriend was one and didn't harbor any
dangerous beliefs that I could detect) or even a Mormon over a Muslim.

Developmentally I think Islam is today where Catholicism was in the Middle
Ages. Its politically dangerous.

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