Wow! So we have a multiple-choice selection of a multiple-wife candidate vs. a multiple-god candidate like Mitt, eh? (And since the Bible talks about the true church being married to Jesus...see 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5; Rev. 19-21 & other passages...and LDS believe that spouses are forever...I guess Mitt will be two-timing only in the celestial kingdom, eh?...Not this side of the veil)
I know many Catholics practice birth control. . .and vote for Democrats who support partial birth abortions - et al. . .and regular Catholics and/or 'Protestant' Christians who 'practice' unfaithfulness; and get divorced. . .in mulitples. And of course, 'the Christian multitudes' who hone their lives to Biblical mores who are less than successful; because their hearts. . .souls. . .inclinations - whatever - lead them to define their own lives by the 'Imperfect'. Not to say, I am a measurer of sainthood here. No way. . .
And so. ..and however, Mitt; unlike some of the more extremely fundamental members of the Mormon religion; lives a life, that if he were identified as Christian; he would be identified and praised. . .as a MODEL Christian. I think that means something; that the way one chooses to live and express his Faith is as important; if not more important, than the prescriptions that a person's Faith requests, demands and often requires of it's adherents. The 'walk' and the shoes worn, tell us who that person is.
Real Faith; and those that hold onto it - or try to - most often fall between these fundamental lines; and so reading a Mormon missive; like reading the Bible - or cathechism, does not necessarily define the 'total person'. . .I am a Christiain; but I realize that Christianity for all it's 'Good'; did not invent it. . .
Meantime, the irony remains, that the only candidates who have have come even close to a 'multiple wife' category of religious dictim; are the 'Christian-challenged' candidates or wannabe candidates. Rudi, 'two. ..Judy Nathan Giuliani (is she a Christian or even a Republican?), three husbands. . .Newt (whom I truly admire. . .cannot keep count here. . .) McCain, two marriages. . .Fred - whom I appreciate as well - how many ex-wives/girl-friends. . .not sure here; but more than one. . .(two?) Does not matter; the only wives being counted are the one's that Mitt Romney does NOT have. . .
Think there is something to say about how one 'walks the walk' here; versus the religious map-quest these people claim to follow; or we like may want to imagine, that they are inclined to want to follow. . .
The verses you apply/quote and the virtues they ascribe; seem to apply by example less to our Christian contingency of candidates; and more to the example of a 'path followed' by Mitt Romney.
Meantime, I am quietly rooting for Fred to 'come out of the closest' and soon; because it is the fair and right thing to do. I also appreciate, the who/what of character; and how it fits to a Repub candidate whose name is Mitt Romney.
I don't care about Harry Reid's denominational claim to the hereafter; he is still 'scum-league'. I do care about the example that Mitt Romney - and his wife - offer, as it relates to 'Good Faith'. However, you spell it.