OK with this I've answered two of your "who would you vote for" Q...yet you failed to answer my would you vote for a muslim Q?
Re: Orthodox Jew...they call upon the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob...as does the Catholic.
The Mormon god in a crisis might appeal to someone who hasn't been omnipowerful...and is no "buck stop here" God.
The same Milton Hunter book I cited (Pearl of Great Price Commentary, 1951/1972)...[btw, why do you care if what your Mormon General Authorities said made it in a book or not...? Doesn't them writing it down make it even "more" official?]
Anyway, here is Hunter quoting your beloved "prophet" Joseph Smith:
"'The head God called together the Gods and sat in Grand council to bring forth the world. The grand councilors sat at the head in yonder heavens and contemplated the creation of the worlds which were create at the time." (Original quotation found in Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith by Joseph Fielding Smith, pp. 348 349; also found in Hunter's book, pp. 67-68)
Questions for you 1010:
1. Why should we trust a POTUS candidate who might appeal to some low level god for some aid in a crisis?
2. Who is this guy -- this unknown, un-Mormon worshiped "head god" Joseph Smith referenced?
3. Why don't YOU worship Him, 1010? [More glory thievery on your part? Failing to give proper glory & worthiness to the 'Head god'???)
So you’d vote for a Jew or a Catholic for President as could I, depending on their support of conservatism. I wasn’t crazy about Bush I or II. I couldn’t vote for a Muslim for POTUS because we’re at war with a faction that is, allegedly, the most Moslem in practice. It’s a group that believes that imposing Sharia is acceptable and would undermine American liberties. So the more adherent the Muslim, the more anti-American. I don’t find that in conservative Mormons, Protestant Reformers, Catholics or Jews. I don’t need perfect religious unity or harmony to vote for them, just sincerity/honesty in their conservatism and a wish for the best for America. So the dividing line for me is their conservatism not their religion. I see a lot of bad thinking among the religious and find fervor for your cause blinds you to reality or the counterfactuals. For instance, if I felt that a Jewish or Catholic, Mormon or Protestant POTUS would put the needs of Israel, or the Vatican or his own religious group over the needs and his duties to America, then I wouldn’t vote for them. Since any politician can lie and many do, their actions count for more with me than their rhetoric. I find that there are many good and observant American Muslims, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable with one as POTUS given that America’s enemies believe themselves to be good and observant Moslems. Saudi Arabia is a good source of some solid , actionable intelligence and a nominal ally (enemy of my enemy), but they’re also the source of Whabbism. Do you get what I mean?
Sorry, I got thinking about it and forgot the rest of your post. I really don’t know a thing about what you’re talking about in the last half and cannot answer any of your three questions. Ask me about the Bible and I’ll talk to you day and night, until I get bored with the monotony...and Mormon monomania. ;-]