Comments on: Black President More Likely than Mormon or Atheist

By: pligg.com

pligg.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:51:14 +0000

Black President More Likely than Mormon or Athiest...

New Gallop Polls shows Americans are weary of even considering voting for an Atheist, Homosexual, or Mormon....

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:42:06 +0000

Americans should not consider Mitt Romney for President precisely because he is a Mormon. Mr. Romney is entitled to his beliefs, but Americans are entitled to judge how stupid the man is to believe in the Book of Mormon, which “forms the doctrinal foundation of the Church” and “speaks the word of God to all the world.". ( Encyclopedia of Mormonism). The founder of this “religion”, Joseph Smith, claimed that in 1823 an angel named Moroni appeared to him and revealed gold plates written in “reformed Egyptian letters” buried in a hill near his Palmyra, New York home, plates which contained "the fullness of the everlasting Gospel." After digging up this book, which Smith claimed no one else could look upon or risk instant death, Smith began "translating" the text "by the power of God.", using the technique of burying his face in his hat in order to shut out all light and allow him to look into mystical “seeing stones”, the identical technique used for treasure hunts had culminated in Smith’s criminal conviction for fraud upon an elderly man who financed one treasure hunt expedition. This book was a cunning, wicked fraud calculated by Smith to deceive thousands. Romney’s professed belief in this ridiculous work of fiction, which forms the foundation and basis for such wild and preposterous beliefs that dead Mormon believers will become worshipped demi-gods on alien planets after death, demonstrates Romney cannot be trusted to review and critique thousands of non-fiction documents President reads from trained analysts at the CIA, FBI, and other national security agencies about actions of terrorists and nations in the world that seek to do us harm. Mr. Romney’s belief in this fabricated book, and his statements regarding his perceptions of morality obviously based thereon, demonstrates that for his entire lifetime he has made personal and policy decisions upon “failed unintelligence”, as influenced and guided by John Smith’s fictional work called the Book of Mormon. Though he has the constitutional right to stupidly believe what he wants to as to religion, we have the right to judge his intellect for such beliefs. We cannot risk Mitt Romney’s inability to separate fact from fiction as a national leader, and thereby his proven lack of intellectual acuity.. Anyone dumb enough to vote for Mitt Romney is sufficiently ignorant to believe in the Book of Mormon, and probably should become a Mormon too, but please, stay out of national politics. Anthony Pennington

By: Electing atheists and mormons « Not Saussure

Electing atheists and mormons « Not Saussure — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:23:57 +0000

[...] Electing atheists and mormons Filed under: Politics, Religion — notsaussure @ 1:16 am Recently, in Westminster Wisdom, Gracchus referred to a Gallop Poll that contained the finding — possibly not particularly surprising to anyone who’s lived in the USA that the real no-no in American politics is admitting to being an atheist; apparently 53% of Americans questioned said they wouldn’t vote for an atheist for president, as compared with 4% who wouldn’t vote for a Catholic, 5% for someone who’s black, 42% for someone who’s 72 years of age or 43% for someone who’s gay. [...]

By: Good Atheist » Blog Archive » The Perils of Atheism

Good Atheist » Blog Archive » The Perils of Atheism — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:46:12 +0000

[...] In recent Internet wanderings, it has become apparent to me that atheism comes with some inherent dangers. I’m also learning that many people have some bizarre and disturbing misconceptions about atheists. I’ve been seeing evidence of widespread anti-atheist prejudice — something that hadn’t even showed up on my radar prior to a few months ago. A recent poll even shows that atheists are the most pre-judged of all minorities in terms of politics. [...]

By: Demosophist

Demosophist — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:42:03 +0000

I tend to think that this hierarchy is an accurate reflection of the way people prioritize their voting preferences in the absence of other information. The problem is that there's a universe of "other information" that might significantly impact this priority. Moreover, it's probably not additive. If someone is a member of one non-preferred category being a member of two or more wouldn't significantly impact the likelihood of voting for them. In fact there might even be a perverse tendancy to prefer people with multiple "bad marks" to people with only one, simply because their faults are more tangible, and therefore easier to "forgive". Well, I guess what I'm saying is that if there were a vote today the fellow with two divorces would win hands down, even though he's also pro-choice, anti-gun, and samesex-marriage-tolerant. Voter preferences aren't linear... and as Duncan Black once argued, people may even have more than one "top choice".

By: plain human » Blog Archive » Would you vote for a Black Catholic Woman before a 72 year old Homosexual Atheist?

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:48:18 +0000

[...] A recent Gallup poll reveals that Americans are much more likely to elect a black man or a woman president than a Mormon or an old man. More interestingly, they’d rather be governed by a homosexual than an atheist. [...]

By: trying to grok

trying to grok — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:26:13 +0000

POLL...

I just have one thought on a recent poll. Here's a summary from James Joyner: A recent Gallup poll reveals that Americans are much more likely to elect a black man or a woman president than a Mormon or an......

By: Los americanos prefieren que su presidente sea homosexual que ateo

Los americanos prefieren que su presidente sea homosexual que ateo — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:35:49 +0000

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By: B'Kay

B'Kay — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:00:31 +0000

If this is true, than it's sad.
All the answers should be 100% yes.
I guess that America isn't so free or open-minded as it presents itself.
You can't tell how good person is based on his color or religion.

What exactly is difference between white protestant president and white atheist president?
Or black?
I can't tell the difference.

By: Ian Monroe

Ian Monroe — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:51:54 +0000

The important thing to remember about Mormons is that they are usually Republicans. I would be tempted to say no, but really only because I've never seen a (national) Mormon politican who I agreed with. To me this question is basically asking "would you vote for Orin Hatch?" Similarly if you saw "women" or "black" you increasingly are actually asking the question "Clinton" or "Obama" respectively.

By: its about time» Blog Archive » links for 2007-02-21

its about time» Blog Archive » links for 2007-02-21 — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:02:47 +0000

[...] Black President More Likely than Mormon or Atheist » Outside The Beltway | OTB A recent Gallup poll reveals that Americans are much more likely to elect a black man or a woman president than a Mormon or an old man. More interestingly, they’d rather be governed by a homosexual than an atheist. Glad some prejudices are going, but… (tags: politics voting atheism president usa religion blog) [...]

By: Bill and Kent's Place on the Web

Bill and Kent's Place on the Web — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:45:59 +0000

An Interesting Poll...

I came across an interesting poll over on Outside The Beltway, that ranked candidates that Americans would be least likely to vote for. Here are the results. Here are a few interesting comments that were left regarding this poll.... It saddens me to th...

By: jake

jake — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:21:47 +0000

If I could, I would only vote for atheists. Consider if Bush relied on lack of evidence instead of faith when he said Iraq had WMD's.

When Fatmouse said that atheists consider theists to be drooling idiots, that is flat out wrong. It is the theist method of belief that is idiotic. The process not the people.

If somebody ran that happened to be religious, that's fine, it's their life. But if somebody ran saying that they pray to god and that god gives them all these things and such that is where the problem is. God does nothing, don't argue existence, and relying on it is stupid; faith doesn't make it true, but skepticism (read: science, atheism, etc) sure is going to lead to better intelligence (in the CIA sense).

By: More Americans Will Vote for a Homosexual President Than An Atheist One « News Coctail

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:11:54 +0000

[...] More Americans Will Vote for a Homosexual President Than An Atheist One Filed under: Uncategorized — recar @ 7:00 pm More Americans Will Vote for a Homosexual President Than An Atheist One A recent Gallup poll reveals that Americans are much more likely to elect a black man or a woman president than a Mormon or an old man. More interestingly, they ’d rather be governed by a homosexual than an atheist:[news][world & business][political news] [...]

By: Most US citizens would vote for a gay candiate than an atheist. | BlogDigget.com

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:48:35 +0000

[...] Americans say they’d rather be governed by a homosexual than an atheist. Thats scary because a lot of americans really hate gay people, imagine how they must feel about atheists. read more | digg story [...]