Posted on 06/23/2007 1:28:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(AP) SALT LAKE CITY -- Mitt Romney said Saturday that criticism of his Mormon religion by rival GOP presidential campaigns is happening too frequently.
“Clearly, any derogatory comments about anyone’s faith—those comments are troubling. The fact they keep on coming up is even more troubling,” Romney said during a fundraising trip in the home state of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Mormon church is one of the fastest-growing religions and claims about 12.5 million members worldwide. But many evangelical Christians in crucial primary states such as Iowa and South Carolina consider the faith a cult.
Romney’s remarks follow an apology from GOP rival John McCain’s campaign for comments about the Mormon church allegedly made this year by a volunteer.
Also recently, Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, issued a similar apology for a campaign worker’s e-mail to Iowa Republican leaders that was an apparent attempt to draw unfavorable scrutiny of Romney’s religion. Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani apologized after the New York Sun noted that a campaign aide had forwarded to a blogger a story about unofficial Mormon lore. Legend has it that a Mormon would save the Constitution, the story said. The campaign aide passed the story along with a note: “Thought you’d find this interesting.”
Romney said in a large presidential race there always will be some volunteers or workers who cannot be controlled. But he said the difference between derogatory comments that originated from the McCain campaign and others is that the Arizona senator has not personally apologized to him.
“In the case of Senator Brownback and Mayor Giuliani ... they called immediately. They each spoke with me personally. I don’t have any issue with that at all,” Romney said.
He said McCain “can do whatever he feels is the right thing. There’s no need for me to suggest how people respond to things that go on in the campaign.”
Tucker Bounds, a McCain campaign spokesman, said the McCain campaign has already apologized.
“It’s a very sincere apology. There is absolutely no place for those type of comments in our campaign,” he said.
Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, said he had not spoken with McCain since the last presidential debate, on June 5.
Romney used a fundraiser hosted by Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller to criticize the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. It banned unregulated, unlimited contributions from corporations, unions and wealthy individuals to national political parties and federal candidates.
“The bill ought to be repealed,” he said. “It’s been the wrong course for American campaigns.”
Romney said he favors unlimited donations as long as they are immediately disclosed on the Internet.
Romney was attending fundraisers in Salt Lake City and in Logan on Saturday.
You are more than welcome to...here is a link explaining how it is done: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a1e6b7134bf.htm
It's quite easy.
That’s fine. I don’t have children, and I do find myself biting my tongue. :) I have been hunting once, didn’t care for it, but to each their own.
You mean the Bible? Yes. I've read it cover to cover many times. Sometimes for pleasure, others for study.
It's when you take a critical look at it and investigate anything that seems odd that you really start to have fun with it.
If you mean the BoM, no. Why bother? I read The DeVinci Code once and that was enough to discount it as rubbish too.
No you keep your rock and hat for that rainy day!
Utah Girl, I think you might very well be a Christian! You are absolutely correct. You cannot do anything "good" without faith.
How many of your LDS brothers and sisters think that it is by doing works that they will attain the highest level of Heaven where they will dwell in the presence of the Heavenly Father? Who are they thinking of glorifying? Him or themselves?
In Matthew 5:48, Christ commanded us: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Did he give us a commandment that he didn’t want us to strive to keep?
P.S. You really need to get past the mocking.
Thank you its been said what one is like in life is what they will be like in the here after!
There is only one way to be perfect. Do you know the way?
Well, I DO have a list.........;) Most are decidedly derogatory. However, there are a couple of funny ones on there too.
Thanks for the link. I enjoy writing HTML.
I’m doing more than trying. Verse 21 in Matthew 7 emphasizes the need of DOING the work and not just professing the name of Christ. Likewise, in Matthew 25, Christ gathers the righteous, faithful DOERS on his right hand and the unrighteous, unfaithful NONDOERS on his left hand. Those on the right enjoy eternal life. Those on the left suffer eternal damnation.
The scriptures above are plain. I don’t need to extract some esoteric interpretation in order to support my position as you do.
Gee, thanks. I'm the jerk who thinks St. Paul was a jerk.
Oh, boy am I in trouble...
I would say most of us believe we are gloryifying our Savior Jesus Christ. Some do good works to be seen, they will have their reward on earth.
Are you bragging or complaining? (grin)
John 14:6.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Whose "works" cause stumbling and sin away from Christ, Christians or Mormons?
Sorry don’t comprendo!
Good, then we agree at least, on one thing! : )
Only those who are sinless can enter the presence of God. God abhors sin and cannot abide it! There is only one way to perfection.....Jesus Christ and the atonement. Our works are like filthy rags when it comes to “earning” our salvation. Salvation can only be received at a gift. Jesus Christ gave his life to pay our debt for sin....we can do nothing more except honor His blood sacrifice.....nothing.
As previously stated:
“I have neither the disposition nor inclination to engage in dialogue a person who is unwilling to admit he is patently wrong on an issue and further reveals himself to be discourteous by failing to even read the other party’s posts.”
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