No wonder so many buy into the false stereotype that evangelicals are idiots.
How exactly does having a Mormon as President hurt this country? Let's see, no record of jihad against the US or those not in their religion, in fact they are very patriotic. Values? Very conservative, live a lifestyle very similar to the most conservative of evangelicals, pro-life, pro-family, etc. Strongly vote conservative and GOP. Utah seems to be a pretty well-run and pleasant place to live compared to most states. So, most Mormons vote and believe the same as evangelicals on virtually every political issue, yet you want to shun them to an inferior class that can never be leaders?
How exactly does a different interpretation on religious doctrinal issues like the Trinity matter in any political issue a President would deal with?
OBTW, if you want to slap down and trash Mormons with your political caste system so much that many of them stay home, you've just handed several swing states like Arizona and Nevada to the Democrats. Brilliant political strategy.
Can you not see how this reactionary religious bigotry feeds the fears that non-evangelicals have about evangelicals moving (whether by design or not) towards a theocracy? If this shameful situation of evangelicals not voting for a Mormon takes traction as a story, it will just further marginalize social conservatives and increase the likelihood that they have no say in political power in the next election.
Why spit on those who agree with us on political issues more than any other group?
Are you consistent here? Muslims are perhaps more anti-abortion than many Evangelicals. Does your "spitting" comment apply to them?
Well, certainly, if the mormon god is a different God than what true Christians worship...and the LDS church mag, Ensign magazine, has already gone on record saying that LDS worship a different God than Christians...then certainly every time a Mormon president prays, he would be praying to a different god than many of our past presidents. So I think at least it's a fair question to ask if we want our national security in the hands of someone who calls upon a distinct god.
Certainly God is not a playdough or Gumby that can be twisted to any version of divinity you so please. And some point, the twisting becomes so severe that the original shape is unrecognizable.
None of us has a perfect 100% understanding of who God is; but His revelation is plain enough to comprehend the key elements: "He who has seen me has seen the Father" (JC). d