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I didn’t mean to suggest it was you who tagged-teamed me. I received several responses directed at what Mormons considered misquotes by me concerning Romney and his OFFICE of Stake President, and the Melchezedek Priesthood he holds.

They were trying to obsfucate in my opinion, with several of them responding to a non-issue.

You, good Baptist that you are, are entirely entitled to your opinion. If you choose to support Romney it is between you and God in the voting booth....I really don’t get to have any say now do I?

If you choose to support Romney it is between you and God in the voting booth....I really don’t get to have any say now do I?

Of course not. Any attempt would likely be followed by gunfire. ; )

There is an old saw about the difference between Calvinists and Arminians (the two major theological strains of non-Catholics). It goes like this: A group of Roman bishops are standing about, entirely comfortable to be surrounded by a dozen Arminians with shotguns. But the approach of just one Calvinist with a slingshot makes them quake in fear.

You see, the Roman bishops know which one will shoot.

Although not well-known to the American public, it is widely understood by leading scholars around the world that America was founded by Calvinists. And it is true. It took an absolute belief in God's sovereignty over that of corrupt monarchs to shake off the hold of monarchism and to establish the first republic since the classic Greek era.

I thought I'd offer a few words of explanation so you grasp the context of my response. The SBC has a significant but discreet undercurrent of Calvinism as do conservative Presbyterians, among others.