I am not familiar with Bill Keller. Is his platform that a Mormon should not hold office, or that any non-Christian should not hold office? For example, what about an Orthodox Jew or an individual of no faith?
Well, I looked at the latest stuff Keller was putting out.
Keller apparently looks @ "percentages" of consistency. (Obviously few candidates are 100% consistent with your faith beliefs). But when a candidate is 100% inconsistent, then the alarm bells should be going off.
Here's the way the Mormon-church owned Deseret News recently highlighted a Keller press release:
Keller's press release says he "takes the evangelical position that Mormon doctrine is 100 percent inconsistent with Biblical Christianity and that a Mormon is no more a Christian than a Muslim is."
Source: Glenn Beck, Mormonism attacked by Bill Keller, minister who targeted Mitt Romney
So Keller compares Mormonism to Islam.
In one sense I do, too. Look at all the similarities between Islam and Mormonism: Islamic And Mormonism Similarities: Similarities Between Joseph Smith and Muhammad
The one area that Mormonism is VASTLY different from both Islam and Judaism is that both of the latter religions are fiercely solo God only...whereasm Mormonism has a pantheon of gods...Heavenly Father, Jesus, Holy Ghost, the mom god or gods, the head of the council of gods who appointed a man as god of this world, the council of gods, Heavenly father's father-god, his grandfather-god, and then all of the temple married Mormons becoming gods.
As far as voting for a Jewish candidate, we know that a good possibility exists that he might call upon the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...vs. the Mormon who would call upon a low-level god..
Question #1 at hand: Is it important to have a POTUS whose God is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Principle #1 that addresses this: THE 'BATPHONE' PRINCIPLE DURING A JACK BAUER-TYPE OF '24' CRISIS [LET'S HAVE A 'COMMISSIONER GORDON' WHO ACTUALLY HAS A 'BATPHONE' DIRECT LINE TO THE GOD OF THIS WORLD IN THE MIDST OF CRISES SITUATIONS!]
Extended explanation: Principle #1: THE 'BATPHONE' PRINCIPLE DURING A JACK BAUER-TYPE OF '24' CRISIS [LET'S HAVE A 'COMMISSIONER GORDON' WHO ACTUALLY HAS A 'BATPHONE' DIRECT LINE TO THE GOD OF THIS WORLD IN THE MIDST OF CRISES SITUATIONS!]
Say what? Obviously God hears the prayers of all people. But we know from reading the Bible that God seemingly responds more favorably to those He is in an actual relationship with...versus examples like Pharisaical religious legalists whom Jesus said were of their father, the devil (John 8).
Many, including Mormon leaders, claim that if we start considering the faith of a candidate, that it might "weaken the foundation" of our country.
You mean religionists might actually prefer having a POTUS in the White House who actually knows the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Why, how shocking!
Do we mean that if the Living God was called upon during a Jack Bauer-like crisis by a POTUS who actually is in a vital relationship with Him...that is problematic? What?
To hear some tell it, such a candidate would NEVER be preferred over voting for an atheist candidate on faith grounds!
Which in turn, would supposedly "weaken the religious foundation" of our country?
How does that make any sense?