none of those that i mentioned including hinduism fail to promote peace. >> then is it ignorance that makes people fear the religions that they're not familiar with or that they associate, for example, with terror? >> i don't think it's ignorance but it's a matter of people trying to be superior to other human beings. and that creates compleemism. it creates fundamentalism. and fundamentalists in any religion is that i believe that i have a peculiar or special relationship with god. that i speak basically on behalf of god in my personal belief. anyone who disagrees with me not only disagrees with me but disagrees with god. and then that disagreement can deteriorate into feeling the other person is infearier to you. and that can go further into saying that other person is subhuman. and therefore that person's life is not significant. and i can go to war and take advantage of that other person and take that person's life because they are infearier in my opinion and also infearier in the eyes of god. so i think extremism or fundamentalism when carried to that point can be a very negative

>> yes, i mean, it comes from most power lineally from hinduism but it also comes from the greeks. there actually was a discussion early on in christianity about whether there was a way to coordinate reincarnation beliefs with the greeks for christianity and the folks who wanted to lost. >> is there a religionian christians are practicing other beliefs and definitions of other religions? >> definitely. >> true of christians, one out of four believe in reincarnations, does it work the other way, does a buddhist in any way seek out and adopt the beliefs of christians? >> yes, they do and that's one of the themes of my book that the drama has said jesus is a boddi saki a great spiritual giant. jews have said similar thing, a hindu divinity and incorrespond natured in earth. you can find hindu temples that will have christmas eve devoted to jesus. >> you know about the doctrine of the virgin birth. >> yes, i do. >> that means that mary conceived independently of any male traditionally instrumentality. how many non-christians believe in the virgin birth? >> you're really quizzing me tod

vetting issue is separate but in terms of public policy work and this idea that he converted from hinduismcatholicism and very much a champion of pro-life community especially in louisiana governor bobby jindal is the cure a of picks that would do mitt romney a world of good. a few others if we want to talk about those but tim pawlenty is one that would excite some. he has a very nice story. he is a born-again christian who doesn't talk about it as much but he is an his story and his family would play well. he is also developed a lot of street credit in the evangelical community. that is a big part of it and he has a good track record on the issues but beyond those two you have bob macdonald of virginia and a couple others. marco rubio would be fine. national vetting issues there. those are about four and they would love mike huckabee but i -- of maybe even a cure see. >> host: if it were condoleezza rice? >> guest: a major problem. the reason that would be is mitt romney's promise to make the mvp peck pro-life vice presidential pick. >> host: condoleezza rice is not pro-life. she is pro-c

it is even within religions -- within christianity, within judaism, within islam, within hinduism.ere are people who believe in their version of that religion is the only right way to believe. in some of the countries we are most concerned about that are majority muslim countries, it is intimidation and violence against muslims who are in minority sects that we must worry about. we watch for many years the conflict in northern ireland against catholics on onexdxa%jbe and protestants on the other. i think you are right that there always are issues about terrorism, separatism. but those should be dealt with under the law without infringing on the rights of people whose religious beliefs are different from the majority. i hope that governments can begin to make those distinctions. it is not only important to do because you don't want to breed extremism, which you can do by cracking down on religion, especially if it is associated with the different ethnic group or tribal group, other identifying characteristics. but it is also because if you are not careful, people will feel that they

but in terms of his public policy work and the idea that he converted to catholicism from hinduism and has been a champio -- champion in the pro-life community, he is in the tier "a." tim pawlenty would be another choice that would excite some. he is a born-again christian who does not talk about it as much, but he is. that would play well. he has also developed street spread within the in the -- developed street credibility within the evangelical community. there is governor bob mcdonnell. and a couple others. marco rubio would be fine, but there are national readiness issues. they love mike huckabee, but that's maybe tier b. host: what about condoleezza rice > guest: mitt romney has promised to make the vice-presidential choice a pro-life person. condoleezza rice is pro-choice. that would be a broken promise within the evangelical community. host: dallas tx, emma on the democratic line. caller: i am curious who they are talking about taking the country back from. they took it from the indians and brought the slaves over to build the country and brought in the mexicans for cheap labor

but in terms of his public policy work and the idea that he converted to catholicism from hinduism andas been a champio -- champion in the pro-life community, he is in the tier "a." tim pawlenty would be another choice that would excite some. he is a born-again christian who does not talk about it as much, but he is. that would play well. he has also developed street spread within the in the -- developed street credibility within the evangelical community. there is governor bob mcdonnell. and a couple others. marco rubio would be fine, but there are national readiness issues. they love mike huckabee, but that's maybe tier b. host: what about condoleezza rice > guest: mitt romney has promised to make the vice-presidential choice a pro-life person. condoleezza rice is pro-choice. that would be a broken promise within the evangelical community. host: dallas tx, emma on the democratic line. caller: i am curious who they are talking about taking the country back from. they took it from the indians and brought the slaves over to build the country and brought in the mexicans for cheap labor.

it is even within religions -- within christianity, within judaism, within islam, within hinduism. there are people who believe in their version of that religion is the only right way to believe. in some of the countries we are most concerned about that are majority muslim countries, it is intimidation and violence against muslims who are in minority sects that we must worry about. we watch for many years the conflict in northern ireland against catholics on one side and protestants on the other. i think you are right that there always are issues about terrorism, separatism. but those should be dealt with under the law without infringing on the rights of people whose religious beliefs are different from the majority. i hope that governments can begin to make those distinctions. it is not only important to do because you don't want to breed extremism, which you can do by cracking down on religion, especially if i.t. is associated with the different ethnic group or tribal group, other identifying characteristics. but it is also because if you are not careful, people will feel that th