My faith is my life - it defines me. I don't separate my faith from my personal and professional lives.
He is an ordained Southern Baptist Minister.
The quote above is taken from his official web page. If he can not separate his faith from his professional life how is he going to separate his religion from influencing his decisions if he becomes president.
Do you think he should make a speech similiar to Romney's speech answering the question if his religion is going to influence his decision since he is an ordained Baptist Minister?
2007-12-09 16:19:06 · 7 answers · asked by J T 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Edge if what you say is the case why was Romney's obligated to defend his faith?
2007-12-09 16:26:35 · update #1
Pastor Art - Are you joking or do you really believe all Born Again Christians tell the truth and don't cheat on their wife? I know a lot that don't tell the truth. I have seen in the news well known born asgain Christians that have cheatd on their wives.
2007-12-09 16:31:13 · update #2
The answer is simple: Huckabee is currently running for the Replublican nomination. During a nomination race, candidates seek to appeal to their base of support. In Huck's case it is the same base of voters that elected Bush: Christian Conservatives. The only reason that Romney made the speech is because that same conservative base is a little weirded out by the fact that he is Mormon, despite his other appealing qualities and are therefore looking for someone who is more like them. If Romney was a democrat, he would not have had to make that speech until he had to appeal to the Christian Conservatives (i.e. the general elections).
2007-12-09 16:34:04 · answer #1 · answered by Joda 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mike Huckabee doesn't need to since we all know where Southern Baptists stand on the issues.
Of course our last two Southern Baptists Presidents didn't do very well in that department.
The issue here isn't that Mike Huckabee is a Southern Baptist, but that he's a born again, Bible believing Christian.
Which means he will tell the truth, he won't cheat on his wife, he will protect innocent life and those are all good things.
2007-12-10 00:27:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree totally....I mean really, the only things I know about Southern Baptist was they were founded on their pro-slavery stance and a large number of them made up the KKK...
Shouldn't Huckabee re-assure us there won't be any cross burnings in the Rose Garden?
How far should this religion exam go...what a farce...
2007-12-10 01:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has already made it known publicly that:
- he is a young earth creationist and thinks creationism should be taught in public schools
- he supports mandatory prayer in public schools
- he supports legal prohibitions against homosexuality
- he supports legal prohibitions against abortion
...and on and on
He's a nutjob who will attempt to turn the US into a Baptist theocracy if elected. That should scare the heck out of not only political moderates, but Catholics and other non-evangelicals as well.
2007-12-10 00:28:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He has already given lots of statements on how his faith will affect his policies. When he ran for Senator in the 1990s, he advocated putting everyone who was HIV positive in quanratine.
He is a dangerous guy.
2007-12-10 00:26:57 · answer #5 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why should his faith not influence his decisions? Everyone votes based upon their beliefs. Even atheists vote based upon their beliefs. What they feel is important. An atheist politician would vote and make laws that reflect their beliefs. There is no way to keep your beliefs from affecting what you do.
2007-12-10 00:23:47 · answer #6 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He does not have to since he is already going to win the Presidency.
2007-12-10 00:31:49 · answer #7 · answered by Apostle Jeff 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋