and I don’t think the MSM will EVER ask such a question.
Oh probably not as I worded it, but Time Magazine & other MSM has already asked a related "godhood" question of LDS prophet-prez Hinckley. Hinckley responded in one of the interviews that the phrase focusing on becoming a god was "just a couplet." (In other words, he downplayed it).
I don't think the MSM will ask the question until/unless Mitt is the GOP rep. Then it will be no-holds barred on all questions pertaining to LDSism.
YUP! I've heard that before...however looky here!
ABC’s Harris: Will ‘Uncomfortable Questions’ Torpedo Romney?
TODAY on the Newsbuster's site:
ABC’s Harris: Will ‘Uncomfortable Questions’ Torpedo Romney? Posted by Scott Whitlock on June 19, 2007 - 13:14. On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program used an attack by an aide to presidential candidate Sam Brownback on fellow contender Mitt Romney to delve into the former Massachusetts governor’s religious beliefs and whether bigotry will derail his campaign.
Comparing the treatment of Romney’s religion to past campaigns, Dan Harris asserted that this sort of thing "happened for orthodox Jews when Joe Lieberman ran for vice president in 2000."
But unlike in 2000, when Joe Lieberman ran for vice president on a liberal Democratic ticket, Mitt Romney is running a social conservative. And thus, Harris alternated from wondering if "a resurgence of the type of bigotry the church has faced since it was founded 177 years ago" might torpedo Romney’s bid, to speculating on the "uncomfortable questions" about Mormon beliefs:
Dan Harris: "There are other Mormon beliefs that may provoke uncomfortable questions for Mitt Romney. For example, Mormons believe God was once a human being. Mormons also believe in symbolically baptizing the dead, even if they're members of other religions. And, up until 1978, including a time during which Romney was prominent in the church, black people had second-class status. Mormons used to teach that blacks have dark skin due to a curse from God."
Some of us have been saying this for months, that the media would shed light on the mormon beliefs, only to be disputed as cubreporter just did.
Now it has started, and don't think this will end it.