See especially posts #2 & #10.
A president needs spiritual discernment to be guided by the One True God. Somebody who looks to some low totem-poll "god" is not trusting in the Ultimate God.
Also, you can't separate other-worldly commitments from character. For example, if a true-believing Mormon thinks he will be a god, there's a certain over-extension of pride going on underneath...that he could actually qualify for godhood.
Spiritual arrogance is a character issue. And character issues can be considered in voting. Especially for POTUS.
Many of the founding fathers were deists, theistic rationalists, or something other than what we would recognize today as technically Christian. I think we are all better off that these people were the leaders they turned out to be - and that your view of what qualifies one to lead did not apply.
I vote for the most politically conservative people that can actually win elections. I really don’t care much what religion they are - so long as they are skilled at promoting the issues I care about. I will admit to being distrustful of a person that doesn’t believe in a higher power at all, but even then I would not disqualify them automatically.
I am not a Mormon, and I would agree that technically Mormons probably aren’t technically Christian. I’m also not an authority on the subject and I don’t really care all that much anyway. All the Mormons I know are hard working, traditional, family people. Good folks in my opinion, and the country could use more of them. There is a reason the CIA, FBI, NSA, etc, hire so many Mormons - you can trust them, you can’t easily blackmail them and they are patriotic people that love their country.
The problem with Romney is that he isn’t particularly conservative, not that he is Mormon.
I agree, he should.
But Andrew says Mormonism, the common name for the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a cult, and as such a Mormon cannot lead the nation in a godly way.
Its refreshing to see someone stand for the truth now a days.....