Posted on 05/14/2012 9:41:32 AM PDT by tcg
...The fact that a Mormon, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, would be the commencement speaker at the Baptist University founded by Dr Jerry Falwell speaks to the urgency of the hour. Add to this the fact that this Catholic Editor in Chief of Catholic Online would consider the speech important enough to make it the lead article, and the point is made even clearer...
...The Romney candidacy raises a certain irony. Here we had a Mormon candidate who went to Liberty University and addressed a crowd which has major disagreement with his religious faith. However, it was this candidate who affirmed the fundamental moral values which inform the foundations of the American experiment in ordered liberty. He did so in a way which even made this Catholic Editor look twice at his candidacy.
I contend that I have more in common theologically with Liberty's Baptists as a Catholic Christian - though I am sure some present in Lynchburg on Saturday would disagree. However, Mitt Romney hit a home run in Lynchburg, Virginia on Saturday. That commencement address was not only a great speech, it also inspired me at an important moment.
...This Mormon candidate who spoke at that Baptist Liberty University is looking better and better to this Catholic citizen as the fall Presidential race approaches. The future of the American experiment in ordered liberty is at risk.We do indeed share common values which are essential for our future as a free people. Mitt Romney is correct, "we can meet in service, in shared moral convictions about our nation stemming from a common worldview."
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I don’t think that was appropriate, either. But in Romney’s case, it’s even worse because of his abortion/homo stances.
The PR SLC lds is very good at what they do, the mormons in congress - left leaning to very left. The public preseption does not jell with the voting patterns.
Our choice appears to be a liberal or a liberal. Or choice appears to be a man who thinks he will be god and one who thinks he already is.
I am not votIng for a man who is a liberal just because he has an R by his name, I have done that before - no more.
But the difference between them and Catholics is Mormons do that among each other primarily..and the goal is for them and their organization not others outside their group. They are similar to Islam in that respect, you are either a Mormon or not....and if not you cannot be included. Which is why Muslims and Mormons get along....they are pretty much on the same page...it's forced upon them to be as you wrote....or they are endanger of loosing their salvation.
Both are fear based because it works. Both are under leadership who keep their members submissive by fear and or punishment of one form or another...and to keep the revenues flowing... I don't see Catholics even close to either of these for the most part.
While I agree with you, Beck is not a “bishop”, deplores Progressives, is not running for president, appears be but a nominal Mormon, and manic. Romney is the antithesis of all the above.
That’s because it wasn’t as vocal, but be assured there was outcry behind the scene.....But when one is running for President it requires the consent of the governed. Nothing about Beck required your vote.
While I agree with you, Beck is not a “bishop”, deplores Progressives, is not running for president, appears be but a nominal Mormon, and manic. Romney is the antithesis of all the above.
If Obama wins we muddle through for another four, but have another shot in four years for a true conservative.
Actually I believe we'll be lucky to make past 4 more years of obama. Sounds like you're planning on an obama vote.
BTW Obama is not the primary problem....it's the Gop which will not stand against him or fight.....and if Romney gets in they'll think he's one of their own and sit back while he moves his personal agenda behind the scenes.
I don’t care about your statements on Mormonism, I care that you and your ilk here are defining who is and who is not in fellowship with Christ. Only Christ himself can do that, in the end. See to your own house, and leave the mutual spewing of canned angelpin arguments to religious sites.
So you don’t know, that’s ok most people don’t.
Christ has commanded Christians to call out false prophets and teachings, if that bothers you, so be it.
Christianity and mormonism are not equal.
Do you really believe that garbage? Romney is a disappointing moderate. Obama is an outright communist. If you can’t see the difference, maybe you just shouldn’t vote.
First, the oldest (and most authentic) meaning --- rarely used anymore --- is simply the worship given to God and the veneration shown toward holy people, places, and things. From the Latin word "cultus." It has no derogatory connotations, not does it imply error or idolatry. In European languages related to Latin it is used in this valid and perfectly neutral sense. For instance, you'll find Protestant churches in Paris which have proudly put these words on their signage out front: Église du Culte Protestant Évangélique.
Second, it is used by many to indicate an emotionally manipulative, secretive, maybe sexually and financially abusive, authoritarian group, whether religious or not: People's Temple, Guru Rajneesh, Synanon, Westboro Baptist, ISKCON, Lyndon Larouche, Kabbala, White Identity, etc.
Third, it is used as a short (but misleading) synonym for self-described Christian groups with (generally) a non-Nicene Christology: Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Science, Mormon, Seventh Day Adventist, Theosophy.
That's why I don't use the term. You don't know whether the word is used to indicate that the labeled group is (1)devoted to the veneration of the holy, (2) abusive, or (3) just doctrinally at variance with historic Christianity.
I did not mean to imply any similarity between Catholics and Mormons. I am a very traditional Catholic, and I am well-schooled in my Faith.
Rather, I see Romney, a Mormon, more appealing than Obama in the sense that he lives in a way that is responsible to his neighbors, in a similar way to the Good Samaritin who, though a non-believer, acted in an admirable manner.
I did not mean to imply any similarity between Catholics and Mormons. I am a very traditional Catholic, and I am well-schooled in my Faith.
Rather, I see Romney, a Mormon, more appealing than Obama in the sense that he lives in a way that is responsible to his neighbors, in a similar way to the Good Samaritin who, though a non-believer, acted in an admirable manner.
I did not mean to imply any similarity between Catholics and Mormons. I am a very traditional Catholic, and I am well-schooled in my Faith.
Rather, I see Romney, a Mormon, more appealing than Obama in the sense that he lives in a way that is responsible to his neighbors, in a similar way to the Good Samaritin who, though a non-believer, acted in an admirable manner.
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