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--NSMSNBC — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:11:32 GMT

I suppose my obvious follow-up question would be: Do you have a theology degree in Islamofascism? And how does a theology degree translate to foreign policy?--He might have a good answer for that one.

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Dave, Tn — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:16:19 GMT

Ah but one could argue seeing how most suicide bombers are on some form of state welfare Rudy might be more qualified.

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Tim, CT — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:23:49 GMT

ouch... this keeps getting worse.

And Huck questioning Mitt's religion is (apparently) not the first time he questioned someone's religion. He also challenged some politician named Holt... when Holt challenged Huck on immigration.

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Mike, Hermosa Beach, CA — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:28:52 GMT

You'd think someone with a degree in religion would be capable of immediately recognizing "Islamofascism" as an oxymoron.

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CitizenJ — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:35:52 GMT

So, now you have to have a theology degree to truly understand the war on terror.

Ah, so that is why we still don't have political reconciliation. We just don't understand like Huck does.

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Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:36:04 GMT

Now he's starting to scare me. Almost as much as this sort of unreasoned and baseless opinion:

"Ah but one could argue seeing how most suicide bombers are on some form of state welfare Rudy might be more qualified. "

All the Saudi bombers on 9/11 were well off - or did "state welfare" pay for those flying lessons?

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Doug, San Diego — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:38:25 GMT

So we need this Christian fascist to fight the Islamic fascists? How about no fascists allowed? The fact that we now have a department of "Homeland" security should be a clue what direction the neo-cons have taken us. Lets try something different, shall we? No religious nutjobs, no corporatist nutjobs, no one bought and paid for by K street. Someone more interested in Main Street America than Wall Street America.

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amanda, eastern Iowa — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:04:13 GMT

Why is this a story? So his undergrad degree is technically called "religion" and not "theology." Sounds like a distinction without a difference.

Perhaps, assuming he studied fundamentalist movements in religion, he does have some insights into the mindset of islamofascists. I love how people ignore the obvious and try to pile on the conservative candidate to try to make him look like a quack when the reality is that he relates to and has the values of most people who live between the coasts.

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Casey Mears, St. Louis — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:07:40 GMT

No one ever asks Democrats about religion or theology. None of them know much about it.

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Tuck, realityville, KS — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:12:17 GMT

Huckabee and Obama... same cloth

Barack Obama opens his speech at his South Carolina Oprah rally with "Giving all praise and honor to God. Look at the day that the Lord has made."

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Citizen of Rome — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:15:33 GMT

"No religious nutjobs, no corporatist nutjobs, no one bought and paid for by K street. Someone more interested in Main Street America than Wall Street America."

If only. If this attitude had any sort of traction at all we wouldn't be where we are, and Americans are only getting more stupid as time goes on.

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Bill, Floyd, Virginia — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:17:51 GMT

Huckabee represents all the problems that a faith-based candidate brings to the table. He doesn't believe in evolution, thinks AID's sufferers should be isolated, etc. On too many issues, rationality is ignored on religious/ideological grounds. We have seen to our national sorrow what happens with a faith-based president. Bush and his administration have failed to deal with America's challenges with even minimal competence. When reality meets religious ideology, reality wins every time. Do we really need another Bush in the oval office? I think not, but I despair of the lack of sophistication of the voters. If they vote for a Republican this time, since all Republican candidates espouse essentially the same rhetoric that Bush and the 1/3 of the nation and 2/3's of the Republican base supports, then probably our republic will not survive 2 such presidents in a row in its present form.

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Harmony — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:21:13 GMT

I always find it amazing how people can claim to be educated in religion or theology when the only religion they have studied is Christianity. Then they think they know-it-all.

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John, Royal Palm Beach, Fl. — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:23:09 GMT

The point is that Huckabee said that he was the only one on stage with a degree in Theology. He basically lied on his resume. Hucks 5 mins. of fame are up.

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Brian, Pittsburgh, PA — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:24:45 GMT

I'm glad to know that Doug from San Diego sees just what America needs - a president, administration, congress, and senate that are complete opposites of the REPUBLIFASCISTS! Now we just have to make it happen.

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Junebug — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:28:33 GMT

I don't know if this guy's degree qualifies him more than anyone else, but he said one thing right: this is a theocratic war. Just look at what Al-Zawahri said on the news today about spreading terrorism because of "God's rules." Do you that around Baltimore, Maryland, there are "communities" that are allowed to operate under Sharia law? That means they do not have to comply with the Constitution of the United States of America, and they are exempt from governing law. Pretty freakin' scary, huh? and our governor is allowing it.

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Juni,Columbia,MD — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:29:54 GMT

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Paul Alexander Moeller Los Angeles CA. — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:31:31 GMT

Religion has killed more people than any other word in history. That's the problem with this guy and those like him-- they read one book instead of many books. 3 years on the New Testament? This is a learning disability.

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Rob — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:47:38 GMT

HUCKACIDE - (thanks Rich Lowery)

Ooops - Reminds me of Bill Clinton - Depends on what you mean by degree!! This guy was widely reported as having a masters in religion. He attended 2 plus years as an undergraduate, and now we learn he never got a masters degree?? Maybe he is a liar? Cuba, Commutations, taxes, women, gays, mormoms (bigot), scholarships for illegals, $70,000 worth of furniture and $55,000 in clothing - what exactly did they teach him at this backwater Arkansas school.

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Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:57:37 GMT

It is always interesting to hear someone who has no combat experience, claim they are some form of expert on Warfare. Does Huck believe that an Islamic enemy is different than a Viet Cong? Well, they're not. Does he think they are different than a Nazi? Well, they're not. The enemy has a reason to kill, and it's always the same reason. It's the same reason our GI's are given. The target wants to deprive me and mine of what we believe is our birthright, and I'll do what it takes to prevent that from happening. Call it what you want. But McCain knows more about it than Huck does. For Huck to claim otherwise, is specious.

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Steve A Jonesboro IN — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:09:06 GMT

Huck seems like a nice guy. I'm sure he would do great behind the pulpit of a church full of neocon hate mongering bigoted "christians". But he sure doesn't belong in the white house, any more than the moron in there now.

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Desperate, Overland Park KS — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:29:36 GMT

Laughing my head off. All of these Republican crazies gets destroyed in the General. I'm tempted to take out my usual exclusion of Gravel and Kucinich.

YOU WINGNUTS HAVE SOME REAL QUACKS RUNNING.

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pat cala, palo alto, ca — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:38:02 GMT

I was pleased to see that someone was able to cut into Hilary's numbers. Obama only came close, and would gradually go down. Now it is 2 against one.

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Bill Mastreano, Los Angeles, Ca — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:45:46 GMT

Why don't these nut job Republicans who praise religion so much live good lives. I guess that preaching good is better than actually doing good. I have not heard one thing of substance in the Republican debate. Same old, same old...I pray, I'm against terror, I'm against illegal immigration, blah blah, blah. Pl-e-e-a-s-e! No more nut job Republicans who wear their religion on their sleeves. Leave religion and spirituality up to each individual. I know many non-religious very good people and religious people with illogical value systems who support war, torture, inequality, homophobia. Get over it with the Religions fanatacism and get on with good, common sense legislation for the good of all citizens.

Ugh!

BM

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SGS, Boise, ID — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:53:07 GMT

There goes Huckabee doing the dance -- again! Having enough credits does not make valid your claim on <b>having</b> the degree in Theology.

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Kevin Alexander, Ottawa, Canada — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:25:51 GMT

What is scarier is that Huckabee is actually still better qualified to be pres than the current guy. Not being an Am one has to wonder just what has one wrong in Am society that you end up with such a bunch of nutjobs that close to the presidency...

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Louis Nardozi, Chesapeake VA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:26:16 GMT

Huckabee never finished the seminary, so I can KINDA believe him when he said he didn't know about Romney's religion. Of course, comparative religion is a sort of low level class, but give him the credit for not being studious and drop it. He DOES believe in creationism, so at least he was awake PART of the time. I wonder how he does on other religions stuff. I know he got his Baptist girl friend Diane O'Connell a government job even though she had no experience. Cost Arkansas 1.6 million, so I guess he fails at not lying. Let's see, he stole $60,000 out of the taxpayer fund so I guess he missed that class about not stealing. He tried to pay himself as a consultant in his own Senatorial election, so he missed that class on not cheating too. He opened a wedding registry at Target and Dillard's while he was governor so his grateful subjects could buy him presents when he and his wife renewed their vows. Hm - guess he missed that class about not coveting his neighbor's possessions too. Wait - maybe there's a simpler explanation. Maybe the Huckster thinks YOU'RE stupid. After all, he DOES support the FairTax, which doesn't tax corporations AT ALL, and millionaires and up at the same rate as someone who is near poverty level - i.e. less than 5%. Here's the thing - religious people really ARE religious. Who among them wants any truck with THIS devil?

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Kaye Miller, WA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:30:40 GMT

Ever hear of separation of church and state? Elect this very nice man, and the two will be intermingled in a way that will make Georgie Bushie seem like an atheist

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Rufus Gibbons, DC — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:36:23 GMT

Since I am two or three decades older than Huckabee if I should make it to Heaven and he shows up I would ask for a transfer.

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Mike from AR — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:17:24 GMT

Ask Huck how old the world is.Why it's 6,000 years old, don't you know anything?He dont believe in cavemen,dinosaurs,women in charge of anything(especially preaching).What do you believe in huck?

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Luke, Charlotte, NC — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:23:22 GMT

Just checked Webster's and Roget's and SHAZAM! religion and theology are interchangeable terms.

If there is some esoteric demarcation between a religion degree and a theology degree, do you really expect a politician to have to detail his undergraduate and graduate studies when giving his credentials?

And, yes, it is conceivable that a person with intense study of the Bible under their belt could have a leg up on understanding Semitic culture and a more clear perspective into the fervency and staying power of Islamic radicals.

I continue to be amused by the stream of blogs that are lame attempts to paint Mike as an Elmer Gantry. They display a dearth of fluency in matters Biblical and evangelical. I would think one would have to be more knowledgeable and well-rounded to blog for such a high-profile publication.

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Amy B Portland, Me — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:30:33 GMT

Rufus, you are my hero.

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Raymond Hibbert .[VICTORIA./AUSTRALIA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:55:44 GMT

i have spent 35 years of my life fixing in my head ways of fixing the econamy when they stuffed it i would work out away of fixing it i am an australian interstate truck driver and when you spend 16t017 hours aday behind the wheel you look at the efects of the pen pushers econamy good isnt it i see it has worked the same world wide anyway to cut along story short i was told by my doctors i was dying so i thought it was time to releace my idea to fix the worlds econamy so i put my idea to work step one introduce my finance and investment package iadvitized it for sale through msn //moneycentral and it worked they stole billions of dollars from me money that was going to be invested in your country to fix the problems you poor people are facing they were kind enough to tell me not now they think they are going to use it to start i dont think so that money was to fix the world not to destroy it more there is a better way because of there antics take the small person out my family wonthave chritmas this year now my story is for sale to the highest bidder my investments were worth billions of dollars and they live in a white house.

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mdude, palo alto, ca — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:15:04 GMT

the fool says in his heart there is no God ... folks, there is a God we have to deal with ... getting rid of 'christians' or 'muslims' for that matter, is not the answer ... it is to look for someone who 'gets it right'. Whatever you think of these guys, they are better than those of you who want to get rid of religion even in politics. Good thing is we've all lucked out ... because God is love!

mdude.

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Kevin Davis — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:37:28 GMT

Sorry, "religion" has not killed more people than any other word in history. "communism" has killed more (over 100 million and counting), "socialism" has killed more (over 60 million in WWII as we fought the socialist party of Germany aka the Nazis). Interesting that both socialism and communism demean and attempt to deminish religion.

As to Huckabee -- what a liar. There is a significant difference between a degree in "theology" and "religion". Theology degrees are centered on *RESEARCH* and *RATIONAL THOUGHT* while religion degrees are centered on beliefs and the absence of reational thought. Given Huckabee is a former pastor -- NO WAY HE MADE A SIMPLE MISTAKE REPLACING ONE WITH THE OTHER. HE LIED! NOW, HE SHOULD REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

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Gary, Minneapolis, MN — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:43:00 GMT

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Pat, Prescott, AZ — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:49:11 GMT

Why does the liberal media tout the fact that Huckabee is a preacher? Mitt Romney is a High Priest of the Melchizedek Priesthood and no one ever gives him respect for it. Sure seems like bias to me.

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Tamara, Berthoud, CO — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:35:19 GMT

"Theology" means "study of God". A theology degree is a "study of God" degree. Not math, not science, not literature, not English, but an undergraduate bachelor of arts degree in religion (the study of God). A master's degree is next...and Huckabee went to seminary for 46 hours. What's so difficult to understand? Many of my friends have theology degrees (undergraduate), but no post-graduate degrees.

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Michael W. — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:00:36 GMT

I'm not sure which was more entertaining...the article or the comments. My guess is that most of the folks commenting on this issue have no degree (or even basic study) remotely related to religion, theology, divinity, or any other term that may have a specific distinction. However, any rational person can see that they are related and often overlap. I do have an MDiv (Masters of Divinity. I studied theology, comparative religions, languages, cultural anthropolgy, and a host of others topics. Didn't make me an expert on any of them; only conversant,hopefully well-rounded. Please folks...some common sense. However, that may not be possible among the ones writing these comments. While the attacks relate to Huckabee since he is in the news, it seems that the scope of the comments reveal more of a distaste, disregard and loathing of anything that even remotely speaks of faith. Seems to me that make most of you far more intolerant that Huckabee will ever be in reality. That is not my observations as a theology, religion, divinity teacher and leader. That is just the observations of an everyday guy of the human heart and nature.

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Simon, IA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:17:32 GMT

"We have seen to our national sorrow what happens with a faith-based president."

Hmmm..like George Washington...Abe Lincoln or even John Kennedy...

I guess I'm not feeling your anti-religion, humanistic based approach to the office of the President. How very sad when we get to a point where we belive that our highest level of capability is to have self dependence instead of being willing to acknowledge our need for God.
Our national sorrow comes from this kind of arrogance and independence. It doesn't come from a President who is willing to humble himself before the God of the Universe.
I feel sorry for you little man.
Gary, Minneapolis, MN (Sent Friday, December 14, 2007 11:43 PM)

Gary, the little man will be you in God's eyes because you presumed Christianity is the only way to God.

Kennedy said he is a President who happens to be Catholic. That is great and should be respected.

Bush said he is a Christian, who goes to church so he is a good man. That is pathetic.

God doesnt like A religion. God loves all religions, all humans, all his creation.

See the hypocrisy in your thoughts? Dont judge people based on your blind prejudices.

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Mike, Portland Oregon — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:41:05 GMT

The fact is there isn't a Southern Baptist theology school out there that teaches anything about Mormonism unless it's tied to the occult. Chances are if it's anti-Mormon literature , it was probably published by a Southern Baptist. You've heard about the wolves in Sheeps clothing. The more we learn about Huckabee the more he seems to be living down to that analogy.

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L. Mallia — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:12:18 GMT

"I guess I'm not feeling your anti-religion, humanistic based approach to the office of the President. How very sad when we get to a point where we belive that our highest level of capability is to have self dependence instead of being willing to acknowledge our need for God.
Our national sorrow comes from this kind of arrogance and independence. It doesn't come from a President who is willing to humble himself before the God of the Universe.
I feel sorry for you little man."

What pathetic dribble, must be a bushie.

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Jonathan, Westboro KS — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:28:47 GMT

Go Huckabee! Only HE will stop the gay agenda and start amending the Constitution against gays and abortionists. He is the kind of guy who will pull the hard line on making sure neither of them ever have a chance and will help us baptists begin the theocratic rule of law we've been hoping to get for years.

This is a Christian nation and like Huckabee says we must take it back for Christ and show the others that their ways are absolutely wrong in God's eyes.

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SUSAN TERKLESON — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:49:12 GMT

LISTENING TO YOU AL BABBLE IS SO ANTI HELP OR SINCE RELIGION IS OR SHOULD NOT HAVE ANT THING TO DO WITH THE MANS OR WOMANS REASON TO LEAD . I WAS BEYOND APPAULED BY THE HATE FROM THE SPEAKER ON MORMONS . I AM AN ATHEITISS AND I WAS OFFENDED AT HIS WORDS . WHO IS HE TO TELL ANY ONE HOW TO THINK OR BELEVE HATE BECATS HATE AND WE AS A PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE ONY THAT GOAL

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Dennis, Belvidere, NJ — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:00:36 GMT

If people used their heads (which the fundamentalist crowd seems reluctant to do) they'd be asking some very basic questions about Huckabee. For example, what kind of science and educational policy can we expect from someone who believes that the earth is 6,000 years old, was created in six 24-hour days, and had all its creatures planted here simultaneously -- like a bunch of tomatos? Oh, and cavemen shared the planet with dinosaurs; don't forget that one.

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Travis, Louisville, Ky — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:07:54 GMT

Islamofascism is nothing more than a pathetic attempt from Rethuglicans to creat the year's new buzz word. We've had socialized medicine, wmds, and now, of course, Islamofascism.

Do the Neo Cons seriously think that simply by stating someone or something is evil that everyone will fall for it again?

Also, McConnell - prepare your walking papers. You've been the staunchest supporter of Bush from the get-go and when we get rid of these thugs cluttering up Washington D.C. one of them walking home will be the useless wonder M.M

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Travis, Louisville, Ky — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:12:20 GMT

We have seen to our national sorrow what happens with a faith-based president."

Hmmm..like George Washington...Abe Lincoln or even John Kennedy...

I guess I'm not feeling your anti-religion, humanistic based approach to the office of the President. How very sad when we get to a point where we belive that our highest level of capability is to have self dependence instead of being willing to acknowledge our need for God.
Our national sorrow comes from this kind of arrogance and independence. It doesn't come from a President who is willing to humble himself before the God of the Universe.
I feel sorry for you little man.

I feel sorry that you're sad enough to willingly submit to something that bluntly contradicts everything science has ever proven to be correct. Sorry, but I like to go by charts, graphs, and the natural world than sit there and think some chick didn't have sex and popped out God... yeah, now who's really the one needing their head checked?

You bible thumping, America wrecking neo cons with your elementary school mentality are going to lose these upcoming elections. The best part, I'm not going to be feeling sorry for you, because I'm not being governed by the same religion that turns hundreds of thousands of people into instant hypocrites.

I'm sorry, but free thought and self-reliance are absolutely wonderful attributes to have, and just because we go out and get things done and do things and govern our own selves into what is right and wrong, doesn't mean we are the boon of America.

People who think like you do are.

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Rufus Gibbons, DC — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:34:52 GMT

I understand now why this war of convenience goes on and on. Since Bush does not have a degree in religion God has hardened the hearts of our enemies may with Huck's direct line to the creator He will soften the hearts of our enemy.

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sara, fl — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:45:58 GMT

huckabee, coming from hope, ark., is just another bill clinton dressed in republican clothes. his one=lines make me cringe with memories of bill clinton. his record in arkansas was terrible as governor - and that is what people should be considering - not his religiin.

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Louis Snyder at 5428 Kansas in Houston 77007 — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:28:02 GMT

I am always amazed when those good Christians advocate war. I am bordering on agnostic, but I think the Jesus what ever advocated Love and Compasion. It puts a whole new face on "Jesus love me more." I mean if Jesus didn't take up the sword in the highly agitated state in the early first century...

Also good point on calling it a religious degree when only one religion is studied.

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John Alexander,Edinboro,PA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:30:39 GMT

Al-Queda did not attack us because we are a christian nation, we were attacked because of our governments support for despotic regimes in the middle east. Is Huckabee now defining this war as a crusade?
God must want us to have more oil.
All the presidents were brought up as christians but not all presidents felt the need to pontificate on policy using their religion.
The idea that a president must 'DISPLAY' their religion to the electorate is a modern construct brought about by the need of the repubs to garner and hold onto the evangelical base of voters.
Sounds like pandering to me.
Huckabee will fall on his own sword if he continues to play this game.
Are you voting for this man because he professes the same religious beliefs as you, if so then you are no different than the taliban, communists, and fascists, true believers who wanted everyone to believe the same thing. There is a fine line between ecstatic vision and heresy, are we crossing that line? Is Huckabee the 'BETTER CHRISTIAN',
how about just 'THE BETTER CANDIDATE' these are not the same things, vote for a good person who will not devide us as believers and non-believers, vote for the person who see us all as americans.

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liz — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:33:08 GMT

If these comments are being vetted for anti-CBN stuff and I am almost certain they will be, after Pat Robertson's endorsement of Guiliani; I do not think this post will be seen. We pray and believe that the Lord is sovereign in this situation and will wipe out and expose ungodliness. (I was converted to Christianity in a foreign land and thank God we learned to pray for answers.)

I have an extensive education and I find it difficult to understand how a college degree is not regarded as a degree? Huckabee had a college degree and had earned credits towards his masters. The way theological degrees are granted can also vary. The school can have its selection of courses to grant credits towards a bachelor's degree. There is nothing to suggest that he does not have a theology degree or what he claims...

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liz — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:40:42 GMT

A Doctor of theology is not what Huckabee claimed to have. He said he has a degree in theology. Such a degree is a generally a 3 or 4 year degree. He did not lie and I am amazed at the cheap and untrue statements made about this man's qualifications. Thank God, people have begun to analyze what is dished out to them as news. I would have credited Matt Drudge with better sense than to link to this article that is in error!

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Robert Jorgenson, Salt Lake City, Utah — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:50:45 GMT

Hey this is what Mitt Romney belives!

Mormons are a Cult

Mormons believe Blacks are Cursed people they are the decedent of Cain.

Bringham Young stated the following: "For instance, the descendants of Cain cannot cast off their skin of blackness, at once, and immediately, although every soul of them should repent, obey the Gospel, and do right from this day forward. . . . Cain and his posterity must wear the mark, which God put upon them; and his white friends may wash the race of Cain with fuller’s soap every day, they cannot wash away God’s mark; The Lamanites, through transgression, became a loathsome, ignorant and filthy people, and were cursed with a skin of darkness … yet, they have the promise, if they will believe, and work righteousness, that not many generations shall pass away before they shall become a white and delightsome people; but it will take some time to accomplish this at best. Source: The Latter-Day Saints Millennial Star, vol. 14, p. 418

1848, Brigham Young, as President of the Mormon Church, first preached the "Curse of Cain Doctrine". He said that Negroes, whom he considered to be children of Cain (son of Adam and killer of Abel) had the "mark of Cain" (black skin and kinky hair and flat nose) and they could not hold the priesthood until Abel was resurrected, had children, and all of Abel's children were given the opportunity to receive the priesthood first, then the Curse of Cain would be taken off his posterity (Negroes) and they would have the priesthood like everybody else. Brigham Young started the "priesthood-ban" in 1848, banning all Negroes, and even white men with Negro ancestry, from the two orders of priesthood, and banning all Negroes from the House of the Lord (the Mormon Temple). Mormon Church leaders
Now you are probaly asking yourself well back in those day's everyone was a racist, the blacks where not able to hold the priesthood until 1968 and many LDS faithful still believe in the curse of cain.

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Robert Jorgenson, Salt Lake City, Utah — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:53:22 GMT

Why Mormons Are Not Christian.
and they are a Cult!

First: Mormons do not follow or believe in the historic Jesus Christ of the Bible, but rather in a difference Jesus. This is why most Biblical Christians emphatically insist that Mormons are not Christians. Let me explain.

The god of the Mormons is not the God of the Bible. To the Mormons, Jesus is the firstborn son of an exalted "man" who became the god of this world. The man-god of Mormonism was made the god of this world because of his good works on another planet somewhere out in the universe. He "earned" godhood, and was thus appointed by a counsel of gods in the heavens to his high position as the god of planet Earth. The Mormon god of this world was a man, like all men, who became a god. This is what the celestial marriage and the temple vows are all about. LDS men, by doing their temple work, are striving for exaltation by which they, too, shall one day become gods. Their wives will be the mother goddesses of "their" world and with their husband will produce the population of their world. This is the Mormon doctrine of "eternal progression."

Note the following quote from the Mormon Journal of Discourses, vol. 1, page 123, made by the LDS Apostle Orson Hyde:

"Remember that God, our heavenly Father, was perhaps once a child, a mortal like we ourselves, and rose step by step in the scale of progress, in the school of advancement; has moved forward and overcome, until He has arrived at the point were He is."

Lorenzo Snow, late President of the Mormon church, made this statement in the second verse of his famous poem entitled, "Man's Destiny":

"As Abra'm, Isaac, Jacob, too, babes, then men--to gods they grew. As man now is, our God once was; As now God is, so man may be,-- Which doth unfold man's destiny. . ."

The God of the Bible is not an exalted man. The God of the Bible is omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient. The Bible says He is the only God and there are no other Gods. He had no beginning or end and he is a spirit being and never was a man.

Note the clear teaching of the Bible as to who the real God is:

Numbers 23:19, "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"

Psalms 102:26-27, "They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end."

Isaiah 43:10-11, "Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour."

Isaiah 44:6, "Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God."

Isaiah 44:8, "Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any."

Isaiah 45:21-22, "Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else."

Jeremiah 23:24, "Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD."

Malachi 3:6, "For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed."

John 1:16-18, "And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him."

John 4:24, "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

Romans 1:22, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things."

Colossians 1:15, "Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:"

1 Timothy 1:17, "Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen."

1 Timothy 6:16, "Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen."

Clearly, Mormonism's god is not the God of Christianity who is the God revealed to us in the Bible. The Mormon god is a god formed from the imaginations of Joseph Smith, and in truth is a false, non-existent god or idol.

Second: The Jesus Christ of Mormonism is not the Jesus Christ of the Bible.

The Mormon Jesus is the son of this man-god. The Mormon Jesus is the brother of Lucifer, and according to LDS teaching, he married several of the Marys of the New Testament. He is not, to the LDS church, "God incarnate" as the Bible plainly states. Clearly, the Mormon god and Jesus are not the true

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Gene Raleigh, NC — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:54:09 GMT

Does Hope, AK produce pathological liars or what?

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Jason Rowberg, Roanoke, VA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:16:02 GMT

Creationism does support cavemen and dinosaurs. Mike from AR displays his own ignorance in his post about Huck's beliefs. Creationism, young earth theory, and the global Flood of Genesis are at least as compatible with the geological records as are the evolutionary models.

1) Scientific research of the physical history of the Earth is less than 200 years old. That is a very narrow window of time in which to draw hard and fast conclusions about the way things have always been.

2) Where are the evolutionary links? The fossil record is horribly poor when it comes to all those "in-between" species that turned reptiles into birds, etc. Accepting that these changes occurred requires faith, just like Creationism requires faith.

3) The Flood could have expedited a lot of things, like the extinction of the dinosaurs and the forming of the Grand Canyon. When Mt. St. Helens erupted in 1980, it carved a canyon about 150 feet deep very quickly, leaving a product most geologists would have guessed took at least thousands of years. (http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=research&action=index&page=researchp_sa_r04)

Also, there have been several cases of mining equipment from the 1800's being recovered and found to have mineralized or fossilized to a great extent in just a few decades. The point is that sometimes things don't take as long as uniformitarianism (which is the fundamental premise for all forms of nuclear dating methods and much of evolutionary theory) would have you believe.

There is a scientific Creationism. And there are a lot of scientists who support it. My point is, that true God-fearing religion is foundational to modern science and politics. As Gary in MN said.

Nevertheless, Huckabee did lie, and he, like the rest of the candidates (except Ron Paul) are corrupt politicians, and very scary prospects for our next President.

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spencer, st. pete, fl — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:19:51 GMT

"No one ever asks Democrats about religion or theology. None of them know much about it."

So what? In a saner world, religion would play no role at all in presidential politics. The fact that so many Americans have decided that they cannot vote for someone who does not share their particular brand of belief is depressing and dangerous.

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Jason Rowberg, Roanoke, VA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:20:49 GMT

Pat in Prescott: Romney does not get respect because Jesus Christ is THE High Priest of the Melchizedek Priesthood (Heb 5:6) and for anyone else to claim that role sounds really bizarre.

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Lee in CA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:54:28 GMT

" Not being an Am one has to wonder just what has one wrong in Am society that you end up with such a bunch of nutjobs that close to the presidency... "

Because the right wing in this country is ####ing crazy! (Just read a couple of these posts.)

It's to the point where the right wing doesn't give a damn about the country, or they wouldn't have voted for that little freak show in the Wh right now. The right wing wants to evangilize the country and punish the left, and that's all. They'd send everybody to Christian boot camp if they could, and the really sorry part is how they talk "love" and spew hate - most of them wouldn't make a pimple on a real Christian's arse.

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Bob Lamb, Syracuse, UT — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:16:56 GMT

Huckabee is no more a "man of God" than Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney's service is various LDS positions including missionary, bishop (similar to a pastor), and stake president (over several congregations) shows his character and committment to serve his fellow man (he also did all of this voluntarilly without being paid while simulteneously persueing his professional career).

Mitt doesn't wear his church service on his sleeve like Huckabee does though or bring his particular faith into the debate like Huckabee. Mitt is a man of good character that will respect others beliefs and will promote good values that all good people share without promoting any one particular religion.

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al75 — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:20:14 GMT

Listen, I know who the republican presidential candidate should be: GOD!

I'm serious. They could have an empty podium. It would be a test of faith. Do you BELIEVE in God will be the defining question of the GOP primary (not that it isn't already).

Who could vote against GOD on the ballot? That's atheism.

The MSM would fall all over themselves about the "religious values" of the party that actually nominated GOD.

Another plus side: no drunk driving convictions, no secret contracts with mass murderers, no girlfriend shag-pads, no pardoned rapists -- and no ugly liberal tolerance to back away from. This is GOD!!! The guy to nuked Gommorah, fer Chrisakes!

You'd need interpreters, of course. Somebody to articulate what the big guy in the empty chair in the oval office is actually saying. Say -- Dick Cheney.

I'm telling you -- watch out. This could really work.

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Republicae, Charleston, SC — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:34:04 GMT

From my understanding Huckabee lied about having a degree in theology...while it is true he has a B.A., he dropped out of seminary without getting a degree in theology. Imagine, a man of the cloth lying...again!

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Amy B Portland, Me — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:35:24 GMT

I think Huckabee is going to be the Republican nominee. Now, who can the Democrats going to run to beat him? The truth is, swing voters will support Huck over Obama and Hillary because they find him more likeable. Edwards, on the other hand is the Huckabee antidote. Edwards hasn't put a foot wrong in the primary. In the general he will cut Huckabee down to size, all the time with a smile on his face. Edwards is smart, he's mean, he's tenacious and he's slick enough to out-Southern Huck. Nobody likes a trial lawyer until you need one, and America needs a good lawyer NOW. I support Edwards in the primary.

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Tom Sawyer — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:36:58 GMT

I have a bachelor's degree in political science; however, I took a significant number of post-graduate courses in statistics. Does that mean I can claim to have a degree in statistics?

A bachelor's degree in religion is pretty far from a degree in theology, and although the old Huckster has post-graduate theological education, he doesn't have a theological degree.

Sounds to me like, say, a President arguing that he "didn't have sex with that woman." I think I've heard that somewhere before...

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J.P. — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:37:07 GMT

Irony: Islamofascism is a term coined by Christopher Hitchens - an avowed atheist.

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woody — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:37:30 GMT

Laugh if you wanna, but Huckleberry's gonna be the nominee and very possibly the Prez. He's the perfect choice: another empty suit, dumber, less curious, holier, even more cowardly than the Chimp. He only needs a puppet-master up to the task...
How about Jeb?
Yup...

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PT, Belleville, IL — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:45:05 GMT

What Democrats know about religion is that the White House and the Church MUST be kept apart. We don't need Jesus fascists running our country. We have tried that with George the Turd. It has been a total failure. You get a religious wack like Bush in, or like Romney, or like Huck, and you get someone who is too stupid to know anything, and absolutely certain that he is right.

The combination of TOTAL STUPIDITY and TOTAL CERTAINTY has been a TOTAL DISASTER.

We DO NOT want another Christian fascist running the government to bring on the endtime right away. Terrible terrible terrible idea.

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Leland Thomas Faegre, West Covina, California — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:49:36 GMT

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

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PT, Belleville, IL — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:51:48 GMT

I see that some dolt has confused National Socialism with Socialism. Anyone, ANYONE who has read history knows that they are not the same. National Socialism is a right-wing, fascist party. Many of the Repukeliscum running this year would feel right at home in it, provided we allow a switch of illegal alien for Jew. After that, we get a fine, tight alignment between the Repukeliscum Party and the National Socialist Party.

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Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:52:36 GMT

Gary,

George Washington nor Abe Lincoln ran their presidency based on religion in the way that Huckabee would. I think many of us do not mind, in fact would even prefer, our President to believe in God. However the President's job is not to put his morality into laws, or wage holy wars (like huckabee wants to do). We are not a theocracy. Washington believed in separation of church and state, as have many other Presidents who also believed in God.

As for JFK, he is the single most overrated President in our history. A vast majority of those who have studied Presidents will agree with that claim. Before he was assassinated there were many, many people unhappy with him. Then he gets assassinated and no one likes to talk bad about him because they see it as disrespectful. Think of JFK's Presidency, he did hardly anything well. He mishandled the Cuban missle crisis in a very bad way until the very end and almost had us in a nuclear war...do you remember the bay of pigs?

He was a horrible president.

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Earl Stockwell, San Antonio, TX — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:00:08 GMT

A country cannot run [or be based upon] mythical dogma. It is sure to be challenged by other countries that are run on their brand of mythical dogma. Absent dogmas, countries can go to war for more conventional things, like oil, property or corporate customer bases. There should be absolute and unconditional separation of the state and religion [any religion]. Way to go Rufus!

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Nick Otto, Dallas, TX — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:01:03 GMT

Abe Lincoln was an atheist and killed more Americans than any other President. You will have a hard time making a case that Washington was religous, much less a Christian. Don't diefy the Presidency, it is not worthy.

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Robert Peters, Coushatta, Louisiana — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:01:52 GMT

I am not a supporter of Gov./Rev./Mr. Huckabee. I am a supporter of Dr./Congressman/Mr. Ron Paul. Some of the criticisms leveled at Mr. Huckabee are accurate based what I know having lived in Arkansas - to the extent that one wishes to trust the press on any candidate. However, this "thing" about his having claimed to have but not actually having a theology degree is actually a tempest in a teapot stored in a rusting truck, in the molding attic of an old house sinking into an abyss. In medieval universities one studied law, medicine, philosophy or theology. Religion falls exclusively in the domain of theology. Huckabee's major was religion in the historical domain of theology. Therefore, he does have a degree within the domain theology with a major in religion. There are, from my perspective, some real and compelling criticisms of Mr. Huckabee; however, this conjured up one thereof is neither real nor compelling.

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Cynthia Timko — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:14:20 GMT

Can't we just leave the religion out of it and stick to the issues? If a candidate's belief system shows through in his policy notions, I would hope the American people are smart enough and well educated enough to figure it out, to at least pay enough attention and take the time it deserves to learn. This is serious business, folks. If a guy's foreighn policy or climate policy seems to indicate that the candidate thinks the world is 6000 years old, it will show through, if we pay enough attention. I don't care who worships what or whom of even if. Their knowledge concernining the rest of the world and how best to interact with it, and a deep appreciation for what the American people need and want, and the will and skill to make it happen are what count.

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JVC, Texas — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:25:19 GMT

""Sorry, "religion" has not killed more people than any other word in history.""

Sorry Mr. Davis, but people were being killed in the name of God (whatever that name might have been) thousands of years before there were any of the modern theories of government. Just think of all the wars against Philistines, Hittites, Egyptians, etc. written about in the old testament to name a few

Never the less, although most of our leaders have probably been men of faith, not many of them have worn their religion on their sleeves like todays would be leaders seem to do. There is no religious test to be found within our constitution, and so it should be. A persons church, or apparent lack of, cannot be a criteria for election to office in a free society. Religion has always been dangerous to society. What we need for a president is a person with strong spititual understanding and a strngth to stand up to those in power who would be our destroyers from within. By the way, there is one republican candidate out there who fits the bill. so join the revolution.

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David Alan, Nacogdoches, TX — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:28:10 GMT

It sounds like Gov. Huckabee is giving himself extra credit, here. He admittedly didn't finish his studies to their completion, but as a successful pastor of the largest Baptist church in his part of Arkansas, he feels like that gives him the ability to speak to the threat of Islamofascism, by virtue of his familirity with Biblical Theology.
When you consider the clue-less GWB has called Islam a religion of 'peace', unconvincingly several times, Huckabee is attempting to show he's more cognizant of the nature of the challenge America faces. OK many of us now feel better knowing that he, as a potential US President, knows this.
What I have a problem with is that his record as Arkansas Governor belies his claim to be a 'limited power, small government Conservative' - his record proves otherwise.
Also, I'm not sure Huckabee understands that America's mercantilism (troops & military following our economic interersts) is causing huge problems for us, worldwide. Most of the GOP candidates miss this nuance.
So truth in labeling is an issue. Unfortunately most evanglicals (I'm one) are so sick of social liberals being elevated -"Rudy Mc Ronmey"-to prominence in the GOP that they're running in droves to Mssr. Huckabee, because like a skilled Pastor / Orator, he knows how to 'speak our language'. Uh - OH the sound I hear is 50 + million evanglicals about to make a mistake ! If they were consistent, they'd seriously consider Ron Paul, instead. He's the one man who's consistently called government back to it's Constutional limits - with matchless integrity. He has been faithfully married to the same woman for 50 years. If he's been faithful in the 'little things' he'll be faithful in the 'greater things', is the Principle here.
Don't get fooled by Huckabee or Rudy Mc Romney, either.

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Paul the Cab Driver — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:02:39 GMT

Interesting how in all his studies of religion, Huck seems to have missed a few insignificant verses. Things like "Thou shalt not kill," "Love your enemies", "Turn the other cheek," and "Live at peace with all men". Tell, me how does this hypocrite justify his support of a war of aggression based upon lies and greed?

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Anne St. Louis, MO. — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:39:17 GMT

If he has all that wonderful clothing and furniture, where did he get it on a "preachers" salary? And I also wonder if the rumor is true that he also has a 7000 sq. foot home? The Lord is mighty good to the Huckster.

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Chris, Fallbrook, CA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:00:34 GMT

Huckabee is a tax hiking, illegal immigrant amnesty granting, big government spender that releases convicted felons to convict more crimes.

Everything out of his mouth is trash. I would sooner trust anything Ted Haggard says than Huckabee.

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Leon, Minneapolis, MN. — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:06:05 GMT

I am amazed at how tripped up you all get on semantics and how you exaggerate so many things. Please get a life. There is no difference between a degree in theology and a degree in biblical studies. How anyone can confuse any of these terms with a seminary masters or doctorate shows your ignorance. This generally happens with folks who think they know christianity and the Bible but don't really know what they are taling about. Let me help you....from dictionary.com's definition of theology:

1. the field of study and analysis that treats of God and of God's attributes and relations to the universe; study of divine things or religious truth; divinity.
2. a particular form, system, branch, or course of this study.

Governor Huckabee does have a theology degree and is more than adequate to talk about the things of God, more qualified than any of the other candidates.

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Rick Martinez — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:14:38 GMT

Most of the posts here remind me why liberals shouldn't run our country. Not one of you have anything helpful or constructive to say. Just a bunch of hateful rhetoric. Thank God for conservatives and Republicans.

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Brian — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:19:52 GMT

Anyone who uses the phrase 'Islamofascism' should automatically be disqualified for the presidency based on ignorance (although the incumbent may have lowered the bar so much...).

Islamism is diffuse, Puritanical and globalist. Fascism is centralized, corporate and nationalist. No serious person would equate the two.

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Joe, Schenectady, NY — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:28:42 GMT

I am not a "Huckelberry Hound" guy but if I remember correctly, one hero of the left, Albert Gore, Jr.'s claim to fame was that he flunked out of divinity school. No one had a problem with that and he was championed as the smart guy. Go figure.

To the folks who complain wars are started over religion- Hitler was a non drinking vegitarian- so lighten up, have a beer and a sausage.

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Mr.huh?, San Antone, TX. — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:28:47 GMT

Religion has its body count for sure, but government (especially centralized government) has killed more people, both directly and indirectly than any other thing.

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Nick, Atlanta, GA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:37:14 GMT

This is why the Dem's pray for a Huckabee nomination. They are doing their best to hold off the dogs hoping the Huckster gets the Republican nod.

http://drudgereport.com/flashhu.htm

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Joe Schembrie, Bellevue, Wash. — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:48:43 GMT

I disagree with people who say that religion shouldn't be discussed in a political campaign. I think it is important to know that a candidate has short-circuited rational thought in favor of blind faith. You would want to know about that in the case of a personal tax accountant and you should want to know about that in the case of a national President.

We see the consequences of not applying the Rationality Test to our national leaders in how we ended up in Iraq. We're not in Iraq because the 9-11 terrorists came from there or because the car bombers are going to build a dirty bomb and attack America if we leave. We're in Iraq because Bush is an evangelical christian who believes every word of the Bible is literally true, and the Bible says that Israel must rule all the way from Egypt to the Euphrates (ie, Iraq), that the King of Babylon (ie, Saddam) is the Anti-Christ, and Psalm 137 even has a special blessing for those who smash the head of a Babylonian (ie, Iraqi) child against a wall.

We'd better hope that Huckabee is a fraud, because if he's a genuine True Believer and gets anywhere near the nuclear button -- well, the word 'Armageddon' comes from the Bible and in Ezekiel 38 God declares, "I will rain fire upon the coastlands" of those nations which attack Israel, and that should tell you all you need to know about how itchy his finger would be in triggering the Second Coming.

Despite the genocide of one million innocent Iraqis, the media has repeatedly asked Ron Paul if he's a 'dangerous nutball' for wanting to pull out. In a sane world, someone would ask if Mike Huckabee was a 'dangerous nutball' for embracing religious scripture that sees the end of human history in a conflagration that involves the death of half the human race. And if you think I'm making that up, just open a Bible to the end, and read what it says in the Book of Revelation . . . and fear for the survival of the human species.

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Bill, Floyd, VA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:01:29 GMT

"I guess I'm not feeling your anti-religion, humanistic based approach to the office of the President. "

Since you had to add an immature insult to the end of your comment against my post, your must believe that reason is not enough on its own to prove your objection and presumably faith-based epithets are required as well. Your example therefore supports my case and not yours in the end.

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Karl Berens, Land O Lakes, FL — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:31:19 GMT

FYI everyone, Darwin is filled with errors, starting with the fossil record, and the "old age" of the Earth rest on Carbon 12 to Carbon 14 ratios that are a complete guess due to the fact that today's science measures the past by uniformatarianism. Darwin is old science from the 1800's & doesn't hold up in today's science. Intelligent design fits in perfectly and makes scense. I think people are afraid of the unknown and would advise them that there is a God who loves them enough that he sent his one and only son to die on the cross for their (sin) and to grant you everlasting life if you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Merry Christmas everyone & God Bless you all!

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HMT-MI — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:36:18 GMT

John Alexander ---you have said what I feel thank you

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Anwar — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:36:27 GMT

Here is a link to the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

http://www.swbts.edu/catalog/page.cfm?id=35&open=3_area

From examining the catalog and the course requirements I don't see anything in the area of Islam or any other religion being studied.

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Matt,Glendale,Arizona — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:47:07 GMT

A bachelors degree in religion means he never should have been a pastor.Id like to know why he claims he is the"only guy", but yet he ignores the cold hard facts about why we are in Iraq. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Christians need to wake up, they are deceived by men claiming to be christians who arent real christians. The war was for profiteering. Thats blood money.

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John Doe Vs Theocracy — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:05:57 GMT

"Laugh if you wanna, but Huckleberry's gonna be the nominee and very possibly the Prez"

I LAUGHED when they talked about nominating Reagan; I had a little smirk when they talked about nominating the "Little Special One" - I ain't laughing now, Brother! The only one worse would be anyone else in the GOP lineup except Ron Paul.

Nope - the right wing has taught me to not laugh at them.

"I have an extensive education and I find it difficult to understand how a college degree is not regarded as a degree? "

Does your extensive experience include a degree? I place my undergrad Physics degree a bit above an undergrad degree in Theatre Arts or Communications. Another example - if you were on trial for your life would you generally want a lawyer with a degree from Harvard, or one of those dolts from Pat Robertson U they like so much in the Justice Dept?

I'd want a lawyer more in touch with the Bill of Rights than the 10 commandments, but that's just me.

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Ben Johnson — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:18:02 GMT

When Dave Barry has a bad outing, I often turn to these blogs for a good dose of humor. It's amazing how worked-up people can get over presidential candidates like Mike Huckabee (aka "nutjob" - did Peewee say that was the word of the day? I've wanted to scream at the repetitiveness of some) who have opinions about faith and morality. Does anyone really believe that the theory of evolution will be tossed out by executive order? Will abortions and homosexuality be outlawed by one man?!! The list could go on. I hope our collective understanding of the checks and balances of federal government has not suffered so much as to leave us with the idea that a president can actually accomplish all that you fear. Huckabee's interpretation of the Bible will not affect my life in the least as long as Congress and the Supreme Court does it's job well (they didn't in the case of Bush and his stupid war). Relax. FYI - These Christians tend to be exclusive because their leader said, "No one comes to God except through me." If he didn't consider all religions to be equal, can we fault them for believing the same?

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Gilley — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:37:15 GMT

Huck's story of "religion" and "theology" being the same thing might carry more weight if his own campaign had not admitted that he does NOT have a theology degree.

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTdmMWE3MjhjZTgyM2RhYzFmMWRiMzY2MThjZTMxZWY=

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F. D. Payne Minneapolis,MN — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:57:18 GMT

As a graduate of Notre Dame in the mid 70s, our "Theology Dept." was the name for our coursework in any and all relions and religious topics

We used the term synonymously. While I have huge problems with the guy, I think in this case perhaps {like many church related schools} he was employing a synonym.

Like many conservatives I am far more concerned with terrorism , borders and taxes.

Apparently Huckabee is more concerned with Mormons.

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Tom Long, Salt Lake City, Utah — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:01:09 GMT

The fact is, it doesn't matter if Huckabee is a Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist..whatever. The man is NOT a conservative. He led his state with high taxes, bad immigration policies, and was untrustworthy on top of it. You have to judge the candidate on issues and his or her record, not on their faith. To include or exclude someone because of religion goes against everything our country was founded on. Our forefathers would be rolling over in their graves!

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John Appa, Boston, MA — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:18:52 GMT

People say that Huckabee is for "this or that" should just go to his web site and see for yourself. Really, don't worry. As long as you have a few brain cells, you'll understand where he stands on the issues. He's for illegal immigration? He thinks all AIDS patients should be isolated? Maybe back in the early 90's when we didn't know much about the disease but he doesn't feel that way now. Doesn't believe in evolution? Of course he doesn't you fools! He is a Christian. BUT he is FOR discussing many things in school including evolution so that kids will be able to see both sides and make up their own minds. It blows my mind that people are saying "he wants to raise taxes, he wants to isolate AIDS patients, He is for illegal immigration.......WHERE DOES IT SAY THIS? And as for his "Theology" degree..........He has a degree in religion. What is Theology? The study of religion. He is not lying when he says he has a degree in theology.
There are so many people that look at Mike Huckabee and instantly say things that simply aren't true. Why? Because many people can't think for themselves and are just sheep following the propaganda of those who just don't like the guy. And that's okay not to like him! Just use your own brains and find out the true facts. Man, I have never seen or heard such crap about someone from people who don't have a clue. www.mikehuckabee.com

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RickyLS — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:20:46 GMT

While Ron Paul Pawns and other anti-Huckabee folk are salivating over this hopeful lie of Huckabee's about this theology degree, but in the end they will discover it is only exposing their ignorance.. They (like even apparently media reporting this story) show a clear misunderstand the theological world and biblical education. Biblical education and theology were a part of Huckabee's undergraduate degree--which he obtained with an emphasis in speech and communications as well. Courses on bible and theology are required in every Christian college and university--as core requirements, despite one's emphasis or even major. Then Huckabee completed roughly 50 units of his graduate degree in seminary. In many seminaries an M.A. can be obtained by one year's training--sometimes two--or the equivalent of 50 or so units. There are two year Master's degrees. Then there is a three-year Master of Divinity. A doctorate in theology can either be a D.Min (Doctorate of Ministry) or Ph.D. (Doctorate of Philosophy), depending upon the specialty--the D.Min. can also be obtained in a fairly minimal amount of time on top of a master's degree. Bottom line, when was says one has studied theology or a degree in theology (study of God), it can mean one's major has incorporated theology (or biblical education in it)--which Huckabee's B.A. or B.S. did. It can also mean (as some schools) that one has studied comparative religions. It can also mean that one has studied historical or biblical theology within a degree of another emphasis. Saying one has a "degree in theology" is a very general classification. There are many forms of theology--historical, biblical, patristic, medieval, modern, etc. It would not be a lie AT ALL for Huckabee to say he had a degree in theology, when he completed his B.A. or B.S. which had biblical education courses and theology in it. In the evangelical world, to say one has a degree in theology means one has a degree in which one studied God--that is it. Huckabee did that. EVEN MORE, he completed nearly 50 units in seminary--which could give him a one-year master's degree in many seminaries. Of course his degree plan was not one of those one-year plans, but he still did the equivalent of them. Bottom line, as I said above, it was not a lie. He did have a “degree in theology” from his undergraduate work. Even Huckabee's aide should have known the difference and clarified that the “theology” he was speaking about was that Huckabee didn’t have a “degree in comparative religions,” which was the context of those discussions.

Huckabee’s response is therefore ACCURATE….
"I have a Bachelor of Arts in religion and a minor in communications in my undergraduate work," Huckabee answered. "And then I have 46 hours on a master's degree at Southwestern Theology Seminary. So, my degree as a theological degree is at the college level and then 46 hours toward a masters – three years of study of New Testament Greek, and then the rest of it, all in seminary was theological studies, but my degree was actually in religion." [“Religion” of course being “Christianity”—which is a THEOLOGICAL study!]

TO MOVE THIS SUBJECT FORWARD, Huckabee did have an emphasis in speech and communications in his undergraduate as well--something that he has clearly used in his political life, is gifted at, and will use in his presidency WHEN he wins. Unlike baby-whiner communicator's like Ron Paul--doesn't he sound like he's always whining about something when he addresses any issue. Oh, I forgot my tag line...time for you Ron Pawns to start criticizing me...telling me how my research is wrong...telling me what a historical and political ignorant person I am...you'll excuse me please while I take a NAPPY...your tactics are getting old, are not working...and your candidate is going to swirl down the toilet just like my………respectfully speaking of course.

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Patty Bray, Grand Junction, Colorado — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:29:58 GMT

What happened to separation of church and state? While I am here, a comment on how do you expect all of the Iraqis, to get along when Democrats and Republicans, can't get along long enough to run a decent country?
This is all scaring me very much. We are doomed if we don't get a handle on our country and elect a President who is experienced, doesn't use the word "GOD" in every sentence, and doesn't use drugs. I have a son in prison from using cocaine. Do we have to have a President who is an ex drug user, when my son is now a felon and won't be able to get a job because of cocaine use? I grew up Catholic. I am a spiritual being. I don't expect anyone else to be one though. Someone out there, HELP! Where is John Galt?

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Sasha Shepherd, Chicago, IL — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:19:21 GMT

Actually, he has a "Bible Studies" Degree. This is vastly different from a Theology degree. What is rally amazing is that he still can't get it straight - does he have a religion degree, or a bible studies degree? They are similar, but still different.

You should amend the post to point this out...even when pressed, he still can't be 100% straight.

This guy has the integrity of Bill Clinton.

Interestingly, Huckabee's own web site gives no background on his education or childhood. It doesn't reveal that he was raised in the same town as Bill Clinton, nor that he has a Bible Studies Degree.

From the national review online blog:

"Good point. To me, a degree in theology requires a degree from a seminary. What the Governor has is a BA in Biblical Studies. Technically, that can be considered a “theology degree.” - Joe Carter, director of research, Huckabee campaign.

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Matt Cobb — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:42:05 GMT

Just google "degree in theology." The people who actually issue the degrees consider a B.A. in religion to be a "degree in theology." Huckabee used it absolutely correctly. The Powerline blog is ignorant about this, as is anyone taking the time to repeat this.

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nuanced — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:46:28 GMT

"It's a theocratic war. And I don't know if anybody fully understands that. I'm the only guy on that stage with a theology degree. I think I understand it really well."

Is this the "takes one to know one" argument?
Should we have had a communist president to fight communism?

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gc, coco, costa rica — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:33:26 GMT

in answer to Doug, radical followers of Islam and radical Christians are not the same. not the same in evil, in action or anything else. that said however:

1. we have had enough of tongue speaking idiot Christians, no mas idiots being directed by insane biblical edicts and
2. the LDS church is a racist cult of wackos that should not be anywhere near power over others.

Romney and huck are disqualified on their face. they have no more chance of being president in 08 than Odumbo. 0% chance.

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Ricky LS — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:46:40 GMT

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Stuart, Houston, Texas — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:05:46 GMT

If he wins, newspapers will probably have to write ledes like the following: "The government of Radical Cleric Mike Huckabee today signed an administrative statement banning entry of all non-Christians into the United States and mandating that all women must obey their husbands in all things."

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David Miller, Sacramento — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:07:38 GMT

Sara,

I'm a scientist (Ph.D., Stanford), and Huckabee's creationism makes me cringe. But, yes, you're right -- I might grit my teeth and stomach his religious silliness if the guy were credible in his political positions. Unfortunately, he’s a tax-and-spender -- see the horrifying YouTube clip ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pLOC4krZI4 ).

And for anyone who thinks that all of us criticizing Gov. Taxabee are merely flacks for Hillary, let me say that I oppose Huckabee because I want the GOP to nominate someone who can defeat Hillary. Huckabee is the Democrats’ dream opponent – a fake conservative who will alienate the economic conservatives, the secular independents, anyone educated in science, etc.

I’m willing to vote for a Christian – I’m supporting Ron Paul, who is Christian. But Dr. Paul wants an end to this insane war, supports the Bill of Rights in its entirety, and, unlike Huckabee, is strongly and consistently anti-tax. Is a candidate who supports the Constitution really too much to ask?

A GOP primary vote for Huckabee is a vote for Hillary.

As Sara rightly says, “huckabee, coming from hope, ark., is just another bill clinton dressed in republican clothes.”

Surely the GOP can do better than that.

Dave M.

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morriganinoregon — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:30:35 GMT

I thought that the Republicans were supposed to run people that just gave lip service to the evangelical religious and do what they wanted in the mean time. Now one of the religious right think that THEY can run for office in the Republican Party! Someone will set Huckabee straight in a few weeks, surely!

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Just the facts please — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:34:36 GMT

This conversation is ridiculous! If Huckabee's BA is in Biblical studies, he studied theology. He also probably studied the world's major religions which would include Islam. Evangelicals understand what he said. What I want to know is did he or did he not get a M.A. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary?

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LS — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:06:41 GMT

"telling me how my research is wrong...telling me what a historical and political ignorant person I am...you'll excuse me please while I take a NAPPY...your tactics are getting old, are not working...and your candidate is going to swirl down the toilet just like my"

I didn't read it. It started out very whiny and childish. I wouldn't even mention it except it's at the bottom of the page with the comments box.

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Ben again — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:11:21 GMT

Whether Ron Paul whine's his message, sings it, or belches it matters not. Truth stands on its own regardless of its messenger. I hope we're not voting for another superficial puppet who sounds good or seems "most likely to succeed." Mike Huckabee may indeed be a great man with lots of good intentions to help people but his desire to use the federal government to accomplish those ends is absolutely no different from liberals who want to use it for their pet projects. Please tell Mike and all other Christians that Jesus made it very clear that his kingdom (read: government) is not of this world. If you want to change this world for the better, focus your efforts on people's hearts and quit using the government like a liberal.

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Doc, TN — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:35:13 GMT

Dude! I had a close friend who was educated at Huck's seminary. I made a casual remark about Existentialism (the essential philosophical position of the 20th century)and he said, "All they taught us at Southwestern about existentialism is that it's bad and to avoid it." Just because a seminary teaches about Islam, don't assume they don't put a -ofascism behind it every time

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Curtis E. Mamzic — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:21:15 GMT

Gee, Huckabee's just like Al Gore. They both attended post-graduate divinity schools, but neither one graduated. Only no one called Gore an ordained minister.

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Bill, San Francisco CA — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:12:41 GMT

This is ridiculous. There's a technical difference between degrees in religion and theology, but not a practical one. I don't think it's inaccurate at all for him to have said that... it's a non-story. When this story broke, it sounded like he'd fabricated his degree wholly, or something, you know, actually scandalous like that.

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Weasle Ahlstrom — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:14:58 GMT

I have a Master's in Theology - and it took 49 hours of class, 6 hours of Thesis, 2 units of Residency and and Internship before I had my complete degree... any Theology or Religious Studies degree will take you between 70 and 90 credit hours. In many denominations and faiths, you have to have a Master's of Theology to be ordained or approved as clergy. To my knowledge, Baptists do not have this requirement.

Because my BS was in Anthropology and World Religions, I studied many faiths (not just Christianity) as both an Undergrad and Grad student. To my knowledge, Huckabee did NOT have to study any other World Religions or Faiths as part of his course of study - except from a Christian (read specifically Southern Baptist Conservative) viewpoint. Learning about Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism or even Orthodox Christianity from that perspective is both limiting and biased. If you want to know what Huckabee thinks, go to the Southern Baptist Convention's website.

This man saying he has a "Theology Degree" is an insult to all true scholars of Religion and Social Justice workers.

Peace!

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c, tx — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:22:04 GMT

"So we need this Christian fascist to fight the Islamic fascists?"

And fascism it is that he offers.

When this man echoes Hitler by claiming we are responsible in perpetuity for the insanity of the
Bush Administration because we are "One Nation, indivisible", that is precisely the sort of nationalist rhetoric that propelled the little painter into power - "Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Fuhrer".

"Now he's starting to scare me."

When he says that he would ignore the Constitution "in a heartbeat" if it would save "one American life", that is precisely the sort of fascistic populist appeal that Hitler would have made, and yes, you should be afraid.

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Rhonda, Roma, Italia — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:34:42 GMT

Mike Huckabee makes my hoochie-cooch twitch.

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Kira, Utah — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:03:23 GMT

You know I used to like Huckabee. But he keeps proving himself to be a liar and unethical. Semantics really don't matter here so much as the fact that he exagerated his "degree" or his education to make himself sound better... that's called lying, and as a religionist, he should know that that is a violation of the commandments (you know the one- thou shalt not bear false witness).

Arkansasleader.com has some insightful articles on Huckabee. They make his website/campaign look a little less rosy.

Also, I'd love to hear some justifications/explanations for this:

"In a 1998 book, Huckabee was a fierce culture warrior, equating environmentalism with pornography, homosexuality with necrophilia, and nonbelievers with evildoers."

http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2007/12/huckabee-homosexuality-environmentalism-book.html

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James P, Toronto, Ontario — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:32:20 GMT

"In 2006, a small self-published study was undertaken[1] to investigate, on a country-by-country level, the possibility of a link between the importance of religion to citizens and their average IQ. The study found that the strength of religious belief in countries was inversely related to their average IQ. The countries with higher IQs on average had significantly lower levels of religious belief than those with lower average IQs.

In a 2007 study conducted by intelligence researcher Helmuth Nyborg, it was estimated from a sample of 7,000 subjects that atheists' IQs were on average nearly 6 points higher than religious people."

"Although conceding that it was easy to find fault with the studies he reviewed, "for all were imperfect," he contended that the studies he examined, taken together, provided strong evidence for an inverse correlation between intelligence and religious faith in the United States."

Source: Wikipedia; Religiosity and Intelligence

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nicky — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:46:04 GMT

There is time to vote for Ron Paul.

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Robert Jorgenson, Salt Lake City, Utah — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:31:50 GMT

Mormons belive that Blacks are Cursed and are decendents of Cain and they cannot wash there blackness off.
Hear Dr. Walter Martin explain why Mormons are a Cult.
You will enjoy this...

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f89b59a89a5f20cc3f30

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Mary P. — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:04:27 GMT

Mike from CA said:
"You'd think someone with a degree in religion would be capable of immediately recognizing "Islamofascism" as an oxymoron."

Actually, Mike, technically it's a redundancy. An oxymoron is the linking of two contradictory terms, like "working vacation" or "easy labor". A redundant statement is linking two terms which basically mean the same thing, so saying them just is repetitious or re-emphasizes the meaning...

Travis, From Louisville, KY. said:
"You bible thumping, America wrecking neo cons with your elementary school mentality..."

Lemme see, Travis... name calling seemed to be an elementary schoolyard activity as far as I can remember. So calling someone else a name and then accusing THEM of having an elementary school mentality... well, that's an oxymoron.

Ken Davis stated...
"There is a significant difference between a degree in "theology" and "religion". Theology degrees are centered on *RESEARCH* and *RATIONAL THOUGHT* while religion degrees are centered on beliefs and the absence of reational thought."...

If you think a religion degree comes from study which is centered around beliefs and absence of rational thought, does that mean you think religion is irrational? Does the study of theology not a study of who God is and of the doctrines based on a belief in him? So in your opinion, for one, you need rational thought, and for the other you don't?

Theology is the study of the nature of God and religious beliefs, and it is also the study of those religious beliefs and theories when systematically developed. The study of religion is studying the details of a particular belief system. To understand them, both areas of study require vast amounts of rational thought and reason.

Also, here in the South, we sometimes use the terms religion and theology interchangeably. Outside of a school setting, we practice our religion by worshipping God and following the tenents of Christianity. After church on Sunday, we frequently go to the nearest restaurant
and discuss theology, even if we do not have a degree.

Many religion degree programs require classes that instruct people so they have a working knowledge of the practices and doctrines of other faiths in order to distinguish between what is orthodoxy in the church and what are heretical practices when they crop up among practitioners or teachers so as to avoid doctrinal errors and heresy. (This would be how he might know of some of the inner workings and beliefs of the Mormon church.)

It is perfectly understandable that Mike Huckabee might have more knowledge than the average person about Mormonism or any other religion. There are many, many ex-mormons who have gladly educated outsiders about the inner workings of the leadership of the LDS, and there are plenty of Christian theological books out there on the subject, so maybe people of this country really should educate themselves about it. We study these things so we don't get sucked in by them.

Ignorance is not really a bad word, it just means you don't know. Ignorance about religion should be discarded and maybe people should educate themselves not only about the LDS, but also about what it really means to be an authentic Christian and not allow personal prejudices against Christians or evangelicals fog their reason.

Intolerance is allegedly not acceptable to most in this country and elsewhere, unless of course you don't like Christians. Then it's perfectly okay to call them names and be intolerant of them. Right?

I have never felt more ostracized than when I have told a bunch of people who are not "religious" that I am a Christian (usually because they've asked...) I either get grilled about why my ancestors were involved in the inquisition, or I get asked "Do you think I'm going to Hell if I sleep with my girlfriend?" I've even been screamed at for no apparent reason other than some angry person has found out that I am a Christian, and others who know I am a Christian have apologized for the string of profanities they've just hurled out of their mouths and into my ears.

If I'm expected to be "tolerant" of everyone else's beliefs and actions, but it's perfectly okay for others to be intolerant because I'm a Christian, and I dare to be one publicly, I guess that's kind of a social oxymoron, isn't it?

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Joseph Harrington, Highlands Ranch CO — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:30:57 GMT

I find it fascinating that Mr. Huckabee's first defense of his "don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers" statement; was that he didn't know much about other religions... and the reporter knew more about other religions... and he's the one with the RELIGION degree!

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Adam, Berkeley, CA — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:55:57 GMT

Huckabee, Giuliani, Clinton, and Obama make list of “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2007
http://www.judicialwatch.org/

6. Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR)
• 14 ethics complaints and a volley of questions about his integrity
• Use of a nonprofit organization to subsidize his income
• Destruction of state computer files on his way out of the governor’s office. Rather than cooperating with investigators, Huckabee sued the state ethics commission twice and attempted to shut the ethics process down.

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Cindy, Dubuque, Iowa — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:27:36 GMT

Please clear this up for me. Does Mike Huckabee have a B.A. in Religion or in Speech and Communication? I can forgive him for a slip in calling his B.A. degree a degree in Theology if it is in Religion, but I won't vote for him if his B.A. is in Speech and Communication. Also -- how is it that he earned a B.A. in just over 2 years?

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Daniel, Allen, TX — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:48:55 GMT

WOW. That is alot of reading! Personally, I'd take the puritan work ethic over whatever it is we got going on today, any day. Here's who I like in order (greatest to least)

Mike Huckabee
Bill Richardson
Barack Obama
John McCain
John Edwards
Hilary Clinton and Rudy Guliani and Mitt Romney (tie)

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Kim Turner, Nashville, Tennessee — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:01:51 GMT

Sadley, it seems like there is a lot of Christian bashing going on in these comments. I would just like to add that I would never vote for anyone who does not believe in Creation.