Republican Presidential Candidates Talk God And Religion

How many kinds of Christian does it take to make a Republican presidential debate? That depends on whom you ask.

The elite eight of GOP presidential candidates include two Catholics, two Mormons and four Protestants of various stripes. While some outside of the race have questioned the Mormonism of Romney and Huntsman, the candidates themselves have shied away from the faith issue.

They haven't remained silent about religion however, so we've compiled the best quotes (or worst, depending on perspective) from Republican hopefuls that have added fuel to the fire of religious debate in America.

Comments

[bigmacha]

05:55 PM on 11/02/2011

“If Jesus were alive today, the last thing he'd be is a Christian.”
― Mark Twain

[Bob the Atheist]

02:40 PM on 11/01/2011

Am I just hopelessly naive here? We're electing the president, not the pope. Why is religion a factor? If religion is simply a handy proxy for values, then just take the time to learn the candidate's values. Or is it that we want a president who will be able to call upon divine intervention when things get difficult?

[MartinEden]

02:15 PM on 11/01/2011

With the possible exception of Ron Paul, this GOP wrecking crew worships two gods and two gods only: money and power. All their sanctimonious postering and religious blather is just a smokescreen served up for uneducated reactionaries.

[ronniesbrain]

04:53 PM on 11/01/2011

Don't exclude Ron Paul from the list/ He is if anything even greedier than the rest of them.

[Johnjlws]

02:10 PM on 11/01/2011

Rev. Robert Jeffress did get one thing right of course because, like all religions, Mormonism is a cult.

[HarrysLeSabre]

02:08 PM on 11/01/2011

God responds:

"Please, leave my name out of this mess."

[chlsmith]

01:59 PM on 11/01/2011

Why, oh why, does Ron Paul have to be wrong on so many other things? He's the only one who gets this right!

[dancingbones]

01:51 PM on 11/01/2011

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane.
Robert Green Ingersoll

Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_religion.html#ixzz1cTe5jfa4

[Donns]

01:28 PM on 11/01/2011

Has religon ever created a job? Seems to me it is only used to spread fear and discontent.

I hear people saying all the time that they are praying for everything from winning the lottery to wanting to make America great and save it from evil. Evil seeming to be whatever is different from the person doing the praying. I asked a religous friend of mine about this prayer thing. "You guys pray for everything, why doesn't somebody ever pray for the Devil? According to you guys that is the reason for all our problems, seems logical to me that prayers should be said for him and maybe the evil would go away." I don't think that person will ever speak to me again.

[Jim NLN]

01:21 PM on 11/01/2011

Here is my quote after seeing the GOP field: "Oh, GOD!"