02-17-2012, 11:11 PM
Grace62 wrote:
It's the "Satan hates America" theme of that speech that will give him heartburn. That speech is more inflammatory than anything Jeremiah Wright ever said, and these are the candidate's own words.
But Romney can't attack on that, he'll risk offending the base.
Democrats sure can, and if Santorum becomes the nominee they will, no doubt.
As for the comment about "mainline Protestantism," yes it's in decline, I don't think anyone could argue otherwise. 7th day Adventists, Mormons, non-denominational Christians and Catholics are growing, last I heard.
Yeah, I don't think the Satan is taking over America stuff would go over well with a lot of Americans. It sure seems to me, though, that Santorum is saying more than that mainline Protestantism is in decline. He said, "...it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it." It's hard not to see that as saying that mainline Protestantism isn't really Christianity any more; in the context of his speech - that it lost the spiritual war with Satan and so is gone from Christianity.