A Point About The Less Mainstream Religions

[IronUnkind]

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Because members of mainstream religions often take the silly details with a grain of salt.

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I missed this thread, but it's serendipitous that I caught it today, since it ties in with something I was thinking about Romney.

People who are generally repulsed by religion should be all the more alarmed by Romney's Mormonism, not for the reason Sam Harris gives -- that it's even nuttier than mainstream Xtianity -- but rather because it is widely perceived to be nuttier.

Because this is the case, it is more convincing that Romney is sincere in his "illogical" beliefs than another candidate, for whom religion might be a political advantage.