Read the article on this phenomena (in the context of the present campaign and Mormonism) in the latest NRO. The article is called “Rational Questions” by Jason Lee Steorts. It is an excellent article.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDEwMTRjZTgzOGZmNWE3ZjY3Y2FmN2UxZDUwY2EyYmY=
If the GOP is going to be a big tent, I think we will all have to show a little of this kind of perspective on these matters.
I once had a Quantum Mechanics professor who, in order to prepare the students for a bizarre description of the world that nevertheless seemed to make sense of it, said, “We don’t really learn anything. We just get used to it.” QM didn’t make sense, but it was incredibly successful. I think sometimes religion is that way. We get used to our own, but the other person’s seems bizarre. So we would do well not to be too quick to judge others.
All relgion is invalid. The only religion God ever recognized was the Law of Moses . He tore that up the day Christ died and hasn’t had anything to do with religion since.
Christianity? Ah! It is The Way. The way of life, not a religion.
“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. “ - Matthew 7:13 The majority are following religions that will get them nowhere good.
The next two verses are revealing, too, if you interpret “false prophets” as the founders or religions.
Satan loves for Christians to fight with each other. It is the best way for him to make progress.
Reminds me of the nosy old women that go to church every Sunday so they have people to talk about the rest of the week. Ask them what the sermon was about and they can’t remember. Ask them who is fooling around with whom - they can tell you all.
If Mitt Romney states that he has accepted Jesus Christ as his savior, then that should be the end of it. Christians that do not accept all people within Christianity or try to keep certain sects out of Christianity must not read the scriptures. Judge not...
We all have members of our own faiths that do not live as true Christians should live.
What interests me is how the media and others always refer to his faith. However Reid is never described in newspapers as the Mormon senator.