Rick Santorum Questioned Obama's Faith In 2008, Said There's No Such Thing As A Liberal Christian

This is much the same as Republican Mormons.

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum questioned President Obama's Christianity in a 2008 interview. 

 
In stark contrast to comments made earlier this week, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum addressed the issue of now-President Barack Obama's Christian faith in a 2008 interview with the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life, Buzzfeed reported Tuesday.

When asked if he believed Obama is a "sincere liberal Christian," the former Pennsylvania senator said he didn't believe that sort of ideology exists, and that Obama's church, United Church of Christ in Chicago, had "abandoned Christendom" and used a non-literal interpretation of the Bible.

"I don't think there is such a thing," he said of Obama as a liberal Christian. "To take what is plainly written and say that 'I don't agree with that, therefore I don't have to pay attention to it,' means you're not what you say you are. You're a liberal something, but you're not a Christian." 

Santorum made headlines last week after telling an Ohio crowd that Obama subscribes to "some phony theology, not a theology based on the Bible."

He defended his comments on Sunday during an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation."

"I've repeatedly said I don't question the president's faith," he said. "I've repeatedly said that I believe the president's Christian." 

He further clarified, "I am talking about his worldview or the way he approaches problems in this country and I think they're different than how most people do in America."

However, Santorum has continued to criticize Obama on matters of faith. On Monday, he told a Michigan audience that Obama was "particularly weak" in protecting religious liberty.

"When you have the president of the United States referring to the freedom of religion and you have the Secretary of State referring to the freedom of religion, not as the freedom of religion but the freedom of worship, you should get very nervous, very nervous," he said.

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MY THOUGHTS:

There is a similar attitude by the Mormons in Utah that it is impossible to be a Mormon if you are a Democrat and especially if you are a Liberal or Progressive. Which I find absolutely crazy, given that both Mormons and Christians profess to believe in Jesus and his teachings of helping the poor, needy, and sick. But the Republicans who claim to be the only true party ordained by God and Jesus, as the righteous political party.

This attitude has reflected in the constant DEMONIZING of Democrats, Liberals, Progressives and Atheists. All of whom to them are evil and servants of the Devil and here to take over the country and the world.

When you convert a political party into a religion, then there is no compromise with the evil ones to govern the country. The only way you can see things done is your ordained and righteous way that has been conveyed to you  by God through his written record, the Bible.

We are now seeing the result of this takeover of the Republican party by the Christianists and how the two are so intertwined that they can't compromise on any legislation because it would violate their religious faith, which is their political and economic ideology, converting it to theology.

Until another political party rises to replace the moderate, non-religious, Republicans who fight for ideology not theology, can we ever have effective compromise and effective governance of our country, as well as within the states where this intertwining of faith and politics has occurred.

Want to change the country, DON'T VOTE REPUBLICAN EITHER FEDERALLY OR LOCALLY! Get them out of the governance and lets create another party to balance the ideology of the Democrats with meaningful compromise and effective governance for the collective good of the nation and all its citizens.