Posted on 01/10/2012 9:29:58 AM PST by Olympiad Fisherman
No one has any idea how common this attitude toward Mormons is on the right or how it will play out in the primary process and, if it works out that way, the general election. It will be partly offset by the enthusiasm of Mormons who make up a sizable voting bloc in some western states. But it will hurt Romney's chances in several southern primary states and could affect a close general election contest.
Most mainstream protestant religions recognize the LDS as a Christian sect. That doesn't seem to matter to Keller who is wont to see Satan in a lot of places, and not just in the Mormon religion.
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That being said, however, most Christians that I have spoken with more object to a man who embraced abortion, gay marriage, and other socially unaccepted stances for a "conservative" candidate. Of course, once Mitt determined that becoming President should be his next career move, disavowed his pro-abortion, pro-gay rights stances.
We definitely believe in epiphanies but Romney's is just too coincidental to accept.
Utah and Idaho are certainly being better run than either Europe or the former Soviet Union!
“Most mainstream protestant religions recognize the LDS as a Christian sect.”
Rick:
You are a liar! No serious Christian organizations recognize LDS as a Christian Sect.
Not the Catholics.
Not the Baptists.
Not the Lutherans.
Not the Methodists.
That right there constitutes 90% of Christians in the USA.
Who in the Hell are you talking about?
BTW, the guy’s religion isn’t the issue. It’s his vapid response to any issue and inability to decide who he is at his core, as a man.
No, Romney’s problemo is he is either an Oklahoma Weathervane on any issue or as Ted Kennedy eloquently put it “Multiple Choice”.
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
2 John 1:10-11
So we are forbidden to even greet Romney, but we can vote for him to make him our President?
Really?
I put to you that any Christian leader that says it’s ok for other Christians to support Romney, in his present condition, is a heretic and should be soundly condemned.
This astounding claim is without foundation. It is true that the more "liberal" denominations are more "accepting" of deviant theological beliefs. However, I know of no denomination which has formally accepted the LDS as a legitimate Christian church.
Mormonism has a long history of antipathy towards Christian churches and denominations, which have been called "an abomination" by Mormon founders. One can therefore understand the concerns of those who are suspicious regarding the "makeover" that the LDS church has been undergoing in the press and Mormon PR.
This astounding claim is without foundation. It is true that the more "liberal" denominations are more "accepting" of deviant theological beliefs. However, I know of no denomination which has formally accepted the LDS as a legitimate Christian church.
Mormonism has a long history of antipathy towards Christian churches and denominations, which have been called "an abomination" by Mormon founders. One can therefore understand the concerns of those who are suspicious regarding the "makeover" that the LDS church has been undergoing in the press and Mormon PR.
I agree.
The Republican establishment is certainly taking a big risk with Romney. They are potentially alienating a sizable portion of their voting bloc - the evangelical Christian vote. They are hoping that the indepedent vote will overcome those Christians who decide to stay out of the race. If America was like Massachussetts, their political impulses would be correct from a strict political point of view, but I do not believe that the Northeast is indicative of the rest of the country, nor even of the evangelical vote there.
Obama and his minions will not be able to make religion an issue because of his ties to Jeremigh Wright. On the other hand, neither will Romney make a big deal out of Wright because of his own Mormonism. It is interesting to me that in all three areas where Obama is most vulnerable - his bigoted pastor, healthcare and the green economy, Romney will not be able to take full advantage of any of them as because of his own involvement in global warming, healthcare, and then lastly - his Mormonism.
[It’s going to be holy mormon undearwear 24X7 as soon as Romney is the nominee.]
You betcha. I have studied Mormonism in depth after having been run over by some of them in business and politics here in Las Vegas. The number of ‘crazy Mormon ideas’ that will be debated ENDLESSLY are just suffocating to Romney’s political future, even if he wins.
You think we had problems with Hussein Obama’s muslim past, wait till people start looking into Kolob and becoming a god with spirit wives. The elite GOP who want their business crony boy in power have no idea the number of problems Mormonism will cause. The debate over Bain is minor in comparison.
Utah and Idaho. Two fine states.
Which one is Romney running?
Neither one of course. The tongue in cheek point was that much of Utah’s and Idaho’s politics is very Mormon.
And the Mormons are fine people. It’s just that I believe their religion to be wrong, and not the way of salvation.
Of course, I also believe that about Muslimns, Buddhists, Hindus, pagans, jehovah’s Witnesses, and a lot of mainstream Protestants, among others.
Doesn’t mean I couldn’t vote for most of them, if their politics is right. Romney’s isn’t.
I hear you.
This author flat out lied, none of them, nor the Catholic church, nor the Orthodox church recognizes Mormonism as Christian, and they do not accept Mormon Baptism as Christian.
People need to post comments at that site and bury that incredible lie.
No churches think that Mormonism is Christian, and that includes the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
We are going to see a flood of this altering of reality and Christian truth if Romney is nominated.
The most common tactic is to separate "Evangelical" from Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox, and pretend that only a few "fundamentalists" don't accept Mormonism as Christian, we need Catholics to speak up when that happens, Pope John II pronounced on the subject, and rejected Mormon baptism as non-Christian. The Orthodox church openly uses the label "cult" when explaining that Mormons are not Christian.
I am currently reading Irvin Stone's classic work on the settling of the American West, Men to Move My Mountains. The book discusses Joseph Smith's ambitious plans to found a Mormon empire that would stretch Westward to California. Smith was an autocrat who tolerated no dissension, and forced his people to accept polygamy. The book records the heart-wrenching devastation of Mormon women who saw their husbands turn their affections to their new young brides. Were it not for the rising up of righteous (Christian) indignation by the rest of the country, Mormons would be practicing polygamy today.
Those familiar with the bizarre world-view of Mormonism, with its evolving "Godhead" and promise of future divinity on another planet to faithful Mormons - and its relegation of Jesus to "Satan's brother" and a minor son of a god of this planet - are very understandably concerned about what a Mormon president would mean for the country.
It is worth mentioning that Romney is by no means a "jack Mormon" (non-practicing Mormon in name only). He is a bishop in the LDS church, and served as a "missionary" in his youth. Thus his commitment to Mormonism runs very deep.
Despite serious theological disagreements, I would consider voting for a Mormon who demonstrated genuine conservative, pro-family positions - over Obama, at least. However, in Romney's case, his active Mormonism combined with his liberal economic and anti-family positions as well as his shady history at Bain Capital mark him as a shameless opportunist who will do anything to secure the GOP nomination.
Finally, here's a question crying out for an answer: what percentage of Romney's campaign staff are Mormon, and how are Mormon groups and individuals aiding and abetting his campaign behind the scenes?
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