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MissMarple

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14. I guess it gets down to the word "claim".
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 04:18 PM
Mar 2012

Would a respectable candidate make a "claim" like that? It is so religious specific it could give one pause in actually viewing the candidate with any degree of confidence. Should we start looking under the beds for Beelzebub? Looking for fairies would be far more pleasant.

So I guess the answer is does the candidate have any quantifiable evidence that would sway a non ideologue? People can certainly "follow" Satan, and it doesn't make Satan any more or less real. But the worship itself alone would cast doubt on any ability to govern a secular nation let alone one that so has many professed Christians and Muslims.

But, a candidate whowould gratuitously toss around claims such as that would certainly not have my respect. Though there could be a possible scenario where the alternative would be more unpalatable. In that case, God/dess help us all.

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