Posted on 05/12/2012 3:38:57 PM PDT by svxdave
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Evangelical leaders praised Mitt Romney’s speech today at Liberty University, saying that the Mormon candidate was right to acknowledge his religious differences with other Christian voters.
“It was an acknowledgment that the issues that social conservatives and evangelicals care about are important issues to Gov. Romney and as he sees them [as] part of a successful economic platform for the country,” said Family Research Council President Tony Perkins.
Perkins added that there wasn’t anything the presumptive GOP presidential nominee — who many evangelical voters regarded with skepticism during the primary while backing Rick Santorum — should have done differently. And he pointed to the huge opportunity created for Romney by President Barack Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage this week (Romney opposes gay marriage).
“I think he touched on the key issues that are important to social conservatives. He mentioned Rick Santorum and Rick’s emphasis and the need to have the family and the ties to economic success.” (See also: 10 essential facts about Liberty U.)
Regarding Romney’s acknowledgement that Mormonism differs from other Christian faiths in certain ways, Perkins said the candidate was correct to tackle the issue.
“That was what he needed to do, was to acknowledge that there are theological differences between him and evangelicals,” Perkins said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76233.html#ixzz1uhJgxVy5
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The RESTORED gospel?
The FULLNESS of the gospel?
Are you saying that MORMONs have ABANDONED their first love?
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Everyone who makes different political judgements than you do is on the take, huh?
I don't really know what Romney's core political ideology is, or whether he even has one.
However, Romney is running as a conservative now and if he gets elected President, and if the GOP controls both houses of Congress, then I think we will get more conservative policies and appointments than we would get from Obama.
Because he's a loon?
Yeah. That. Neither literally nor approximately.
So you were playing dumb in that post, you really don’t want to know that he is a lifelong liberal, and that he is faking this new thing. You really are not an honest poster.
If you read post 180 you will learn “”what Romney’s core political ideology is, or whether he even has one.””
Quit lying to us and to yourself, and start reading the information people give in answer to your dishonest, pretend ignorance.
Did you read the transcript in 165, showing you that indeed, Bishop Romney was explaining that Mormonism is not pro-life?
Man, you are a piece of work, are you a Mormon devotee to the man, or just a totally captivated non-Mormon devotee?
Why; I might ask?
I have strongly mixed feelings about Ron Paul. Some aspects of his character and platform I like very much, some I dislike very much.
But that is beside the point. Ron Paul is not important because he cannot defeat Romney and win the nomination. That has already been settled and no amount of Pauliac delegate treachery will change this result.
Neither.
You claim to not know anything about all that we have been posting for 6 years about your man Mitt, and you post nonsense like this (not to me)as you deny that Mitt has problems, and lie for the man.
“I don’t think you’re being honest here.
Nobody on this site is denying that Mitt has problems.
Some of us want him to beat Obama anyway.
I think you know this and are lying about it.
My question to you is, why? Why lie?
How exactly does lying about other conservatives here on FR help America?”
They are free to believe as they will and I’m 100% fine with that.
I am glad you support the First Amendment of the Constitution and are charitable enough not to prohibit Mormons the free exercise of their religion. But you know something, it is not up to you to decide whether it is fine or not. Mormons have the inalienable right to worship as they please. And so does everyone else in this country.
A cult can claim what it wants to, but Christianity from Catholics to Baptists, from Orthodox to Methodists, and so on, all agree that Mormonism is not a Christian religion.
Romney is a very high, very powerful Mormon leader, that will rise even higher after this presidential effort, which by the way, is coordinated with a multi-million dollar publicity and recruiting effort from the Bishops religion, the presidential effort itself was approved by their Holy Prophet, this is historical stuff, and it is natural that this is important to Christians and literally all Americans.
So what should be done with the Mormons? Do you believe that they represent a danger to this country?
So don’t vote for him if you believe he is part of a Mormon conspiracy to take over the country. Personaly, I am not threatened by Mormons. I have worked and associated with them in the military and in the Foreign Service. They are decent, family oriented people who try to live by the Golden Rule. In sum, they are a force for good in this world.
Why do you make the false claim that Romney is “a decent, principled person” “who has led a good life”?
You don’t know anything about his life, and all the evil he has promoted and sold to the public, through speeches, fund raising, campaigns, donations, and passionate public pleas?
The man has lived an aggressive life of recruiting and selling for evil.
Romney keeps a calm personal life for himself and his own, but he works for the other side and has served as a leader and campaigner for the dark forces.
Muslims believe that Jesus was a Prophet. Therefore, the author of that tripe might just as well have said that Islam is the largest Christian denomination in the world.
Neither Islam nor Mormonism are Christian. They are both non-Christian religions. Just because they both claim to "believe" in Jesus in some perverted sense does not make them Christian.
I’m not threatened by Mormons either, not family or friends.
You shouldn’t be threatened by Christians or conservatives, and try to sell them the lie that Mormonism is a Christian religion, or that this bizarre historical situation should be off the table for their discussion, because the Bishop/Presidential candidate is Mormon.
Romney spent three years as a missionary. He was number one in his class at BYU. He was in the top third of his class at Havard Law School and in the top 5% in the Harvard business school. He has achieved remarkable success in business.
Compare Romney to the current occupant of the WH who was probably born out of wedlock, spent the last two years of High School in a self-admitted daze from drinking too much beer and snorting coke. What little we know of his time at Occidental, Columbia, and Harvard, he doesn't appear to be any great intellect. He keeps his records sealed. We can't even see his grades. Yet, the WP has investigated Romney's alleged high school pranks. Look what the MSM did to Palin. We know far more about Romney than we do about Obama.
Obama's association with domestic terrorists like Ayers and Dohrn, ACORN, community organizers (shakedown artists), and 20 years in the hate filled church of Rev Wright who married him and baptized his children shold give anyone pause. And he was mentored by Frank Marshall Davis, a noted racist and communist.
Whom do you view as being more dangerous to this Republic, Obama or Romney? And why?
I need to know where and why exactly the Mayflower Compact and It’s declarers come into play/define what the Founding Fathers of our Constitution adopted. I would suspect that from the time of the Mayflower Compact to the Constitution there were various opinions as to the theological basis of the new Nation with a supreme God of their fathers being foremost. I do believe that the Founders did not intend to base the new Nation on a supreme Allah or supreme Buddha or any other supreme whatever as some people might like to make the case.
The LDS Church considers itself to be a restoration of the church founded by Jesus Christ, which was later lost in the centuries after Christ in a Great Apostasy. Adherents, referred to as Latter-day Saints or, more informally, Mormons, view faith in Jesus Christ and the atonement as the central tenet of their religion. LDS theology includes the Christian doctrine of salvation only through Jesus Christ, though LDS doctrines regarding the nature of God and the potential of mankind differ significantly from mainstream Christianity.
Jews also consider Jesus to be a prophet. But neither Muslims or Jews claim to be Christians. Mormons do. So what's the big whoop?
So you pretend not to know the truth? You label this work ‘good’?
You don’t know anything about his life, and all the evil he has promoted and sold to the public, through speeches, fund raising, campaigns, donations, and passionate public pleas?
The man has lived an aggressive life of recruiting and selling for evil.
Romney keeps a calm personal life for himself and his own, but he works for the other side and has served as a leader and campaigner for the dark forces.
Mormons can believe whatever they want. It doesn’t affect me or you what they believe. So what if they claim to be Christians?
See my post #221. Your are repeating yourself.
You are ignoring the point, your argument is that the evil man lives a calm, clean personal life, it matters not that he is a prince of evil, building a legacy of death and decadence and publicly working to degrade the lives of others, and our culture, and our nation.
Hey, you are the one who is taking on all Christian comers, your leaping into a discussion and taking on the thread while claiming that the subject doesn't matter to you, isn't convincing.
If Christians are interested in revealing false religion, then let them, "it doesn't affect [you] or what [you] believe", let them discuss away.
Thanks for posting this. There is a great deal that I don’t know about Mormons.
Actually, no. Nonetheless, Romney has been pouring money into the Republican satellite “conservative” organizations since before the last presidential election. Including Perkins’ organizations. That’s what he does. He’s a leveraged buyout guy. That’s how he made his fortune.
You are simply pathetic.
Romney is MORE dangerous than Obama.
Obama is finally transparent, yet the LIAR ROmney
has just (again) begun to lie and scheme and
pose and lie and lie and lie and lie.
Everyone who makes different spiritual judgements than you do, secretly wants OBAMA to win, huh?
Well of COURSE!
I think that NO one in this thread would DISagree with that!
But WHEN the USA is in yet ANOTHER tight spot (sorry for you folks who are upset with Clooney) and some SERIOUS soul searching needs to be done, and Mitt prays to GOD to help us; just WHO is going to be listening?
But; this country does NOT have a political problem!!
It's ills are NOT political; but SPIRITUAL.
AMERICA needs to REPENT!
Why do so FEW folks seem to understand what 2 Chronicles 7:14 says???
And just which of his LOONIE policies upsets you the most?
Oh?
Which ones?
Oh?
Not important; eh?
True that MITT's handlers failed to completely demonize him early on; but many a horse, that has led the race, somehow stumbles in the stretch and horse that was lagging, wins.
I hope there are not too many folks who have placed their money on the wrong colored jockey outfit.
“I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I endeavor every day to follow Him in all I do and in every position I advocate.”
My faith is a deeply private issue to me, and I don’t speak on it in great detail during my speeches because I want to avoid any appearance of exploiting it for political gain. Let me be very clear here: I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I endeavor every day to follow Him in all I do and in every position I advocate.
It is God Who gave us life. As He is free, so are those He created in His image. Our rights to life and liberty are inalienable.
I’m running for President of the United States because I believe that our traditions and way of life are under attack from an out-of-control federal government and reckless politicians who show no regard for what our Founders entrusted to our protection.
America became the greatest nation in human history because a dedicated band of Patriots believed their God-given rights were worth fighting for, even if it meant challenging the world’s most powerful nation in what many deemed a “hopeless” cause.
What boogieman tells you they don't?
The Declaration of Independence lists life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as unalienable rights.
Quite a BOLD statement.
One should consider the source.
MORMONism is neither a 'denomination' nor 'christian'.
Nope; but they DO present a danger to the eternal souls of men.
Worshipping a FALSE christ will earn a person a FALSE salvation.
MORMONs can shout and wail all day long that they believe in 'christ of the bible', but the albatross of LDS writings and teachings illustrates quite a DIFFERENT 'christ', and there is NO amount of present day proselytizing going to make those facts disappear.
See?
Even YOU agree!
Speaking of BYU...
If you 'need to know'; then the amount of time involved in bringing you up to speed is a lot more than I am willing to spend.
I'll just chalk you up as a vote for Romney.
Good Morning Sir.
That is a powerful testimony, thanks for sharing it. I would suggest that while you view your journey as including a period of ‘slipping away’, God never took His Hands off of you, you are His sovereign property. I fail Him all the time, but He never fails me. None of us by our own efforts are able to meet His standards. But I (and I’m sure you do too) try to live by a very simple rule, which is:
“Every day, do our best, and trust Jesus for the rest”.
Hope your Sunday is likewise, a fine one.
Then your 'belief' and history seem to be at loggerheads.
You may have read these words before...
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
DUH!
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