re: #81 DistantThunder

I would like to point out that Glenn Beck, who is LDS, (Mormon) like myself, is focusing on 12 core values:
Honesty
Reverence
Hope
Thrift
Humility
Charity
Sincerity
Moderation
Hard Work
Courage
Personal Responsibility
Friendship

The point being that the more we improve ourselves along these lines the clearer our thinking will become, and we will make better decisions, while the values are something that creates a common bond among us regardless of our individual faith.

Mike Huckabee was the keynote speaker at a large anti-Mormon conference in Salt Lake City. I put much of the blame for Romney’s loss against McCain on Huckabee and the anti-mormon sentiment that he fomented.

I’ve only seen and heard a bit of Glenn Beck, but from what I’ve seen he’s much more focused on values, and less on specific religious dogma. Which means I have much greater respect for him. Of all the right-wing pundits, he seems among the most affable. (Though he may have flaws I am unaware of — like I said, I’m not that familiar with him.)

If someone wants to promote excellent moral values — i.e. those values in theory promoted by Christianity and Judaism in general — I’m all for it. But if someone wants to promote or enforce specific religious beliefs and dogma, within the secular sphere — that’s where I put my foot down.