Friday, December 07, 2007  Freedom Equals Religion????  Mitt
Romney, December 6, 2007 - "Freedom requires religion just as
religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul
so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune
with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish
alone."  Errrrrrrrrrrrrr, not so much.  Apparently, Mitt hadn't
farmed out a study of history to his staff to discuss in
committee and prepare an executive summary of religion
throughout history.  Indeed, a cursory glance at history shows
that religion thrives where freedom is denied. This is part of
the reason that Marx called religion the opiate of the people.
Even today, no one would deny that Islam is a religion, and that
fundamental Islamists are against freedom. Yet, there's
religion, being used to both terrorize nations, as well as
pacify them.  I'm fairly sure that's not what Romney meant, yet
his words echo hollow in the corridor of current events.  Too,
Christianity has its fair share of tyranni