From an article in Time
...whether or not Huntsman still belongs to the Church of Latter-day Saints, I know less than I did before I asked him. ("I'm a very spiritual person," as opposed to a religious one, he says, "and proud of my Mormon roots." Roots? That makes it sound as if you're not a member anymore. Are you? "That's tough to define," he says. "There are varying degrees. I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.")
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Update: Correction: The sentence “Huntsman and his wife, Mary Kaye, are raising their five-year-old adopted daughter from India, Asha, in the Hindu faith she was born into, reports the Salt Lake Tribune” has been removed from this piece. CNN, which reported the same fact last week, was told by the Huntsman campaign that Asha is not being raised in the Hindu faith, although Jon and Mary Kaye Huntsman are raising her “to learn about and appreciate her native culture and the faiths associated with it.”
Update: Correction: The sentence “Huntsman and his wife, Mary Kaye, are raising their five-year-old adopted daughter from India, Asha, in the Hindu faith she was born into, reports the Salt Lake Tribune” has been removed from this piece. CNN, which reported the same fact last week, was told by the Huntsman campaign that Asha is not being raised in the Hindu faith, although Jon and Mary Kaye Huntsman are raising her “to learn about and appreciate her native culture and the faiths associated with it.”
13 comments:
Sounds like religion is just an academic exercise for him.
Excellent Post Dan,
Huntsman sure is a strange one.
Perhaps he believes in everything or perhaps nothing.
At any rate, I want a President who has a belief system and isn't afraid to take stands both personally and professionally.
Wow! Just...Wow!
Hamaca, you hit it on the head. So did you, Bos. If you believe in everything, you believe in nothing.
I knew I felt uncomfortable about Huntsman. Now I know why.
Just an FYI Dan. They are not raising their daughter in the Hindu faith. NRO printed this correction:
Correction: The sentence “Huntsman and his wife, Mary Kaye, are raising their five-year-old adopted daughter from India, Asha, in the Hindu faith she was born into, reports the Salt Lake Tribune” has been removed from this piece. CNN, which reported the same fact last week, was told by the Huntsman campaign that Asha is not being raised in the Hindu faith, although Jon and Mary Kaye Huntsman are raising her “to learn about and appreciate her native culture and the faiths associated with it.” Desert News has been switched to Deseret News, and a reference to Mormon “temples” was switched to Mormon “churches.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/270615/how-mormon-jon-huntsman-katrina-trinko
These religious vacillations are a huge unforced error for Huntsman, IMO. He's either shamelessly pandering, or unsure of himself in one of the most important aspects of life. Either way, I don't know what he was thinking.
-Martha
Good, Thank-you, Martha.
Just goes to show you that you can't believe everything you read in the papers.
As I understand it, Huntsman didn't finish high school because he joined a rock band. Now, I know he has managed to become more educated, but I think his mind is so open that his brains fall out. He seems to vacillate over everything in his life. He can't stick to his political party, he can't seem to stick to his religion; everything seems to be an open-ended question to him. I think he is far to weak-minded to be a good POTUS.
AZ
When I was in 9th grade our Social Studies course was on African and Asian culture. This included a study of religions of that region, so I learned a little about the Hindu religion. My expertise comes from my 9th grade class, and that was a long time ago, but one thing that I remember clearly my teacher pointing out was how the Hindu religion takes from other religious traditions too. It is therefore very difficult to convert a Hindu to another faith because if they like different concepts in other faiths they just adopt it into their Hindu religion.
Jon Huntsman seems to fit this mold perfectly. While he does not turn away from his Mormon background, he just adds religious concepts from other faiths to his own. As a Mormon myself, it is hard for me to comprehend his religious thought. I don't understand him.
AZ, I don't think your assessment is exactly fair. Jon Huntsman seem to be very sure of his family commitments, and has a great resume of experience. Yes, he did drop out of HS, but went on to obtain a great education. He's a very decent man, with no ethical questions that some other candidates might have.
I honestly don't know much about his record, so there might be other issues.
I do agree that he's wishy-washy about his faith, and maybe about who he wants to work for.
-Martha
I also fail to see a reason for anyone to support him in 2012, other than he's probably not as bad as some of the other choices.
-Martha
Martha, everyone else also fails to see a reason to support him. That's why no one (except a few people in the media) supports him.
He's ObamaLite!
He has also flipped a lot on environmental issues. I should do a post about it, but it would take hours of research, so I'm not sure if I'll get around to it.
DanL
He sounds most eveolved(spiritually) out of the whole lot...someone truly tolerant and pluralistic...afterall religions are simply different paths to the same goal..and huntsman seems to understand that better than anyone else..god bless him
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