I'm going to address your comments in two responses, starting with your last comment first:
For a proper backdrop on this response, see post #79. So, let's say Mitt is in the Benson-Kimball camp, which is standard LDS theology...Actually, let's go in a complete reverse direction: Let's take away every presidential candidate's faith structure for a moment. Let's say we didn't know any of their beliefs or to what church or spiritual affinity they belonged, adhered to.
Let's say at an open forum a new candidate named Joe Jones was in the midst. And I asked him the question, "What is your belief about God?" and he answered, "I believe I will be a god someday."
Wouldn't that cause you or anyone else to pause just for a moment? I mean, first of all, how often do you get to meet an alleged "future god?"; Secondly, you begin to wonder about the mental make-up of this candidate if he takes this thought quite seriously...I mean that's a horse of a different color than thoughts about the Virgin Mary.
Additionally, I would think if this guy thinks he's actually about to graduate into godhood, what kind of power pulsating through his veins will reign during his presidency? Man, that's October Scary. (And that is also a big diff between, say, a Senator or Gov. and POTUS of the most powerful country in the world)
I think I'm hearing too much "god" here, and not enough Jesus Christ, who simply taught love and eternal life.
Actually, if you think about it in the same vein as you mentioned, what if the question was: “How is your salvation going to fare if you intentionally have a few hundred Americans murdered just for the fun of it?”
Baptists will of course say that it is not affected at all, they get a free pass.
Bless you.
Let’s say at an open forum a new candidate named Joe Jones was in the midst. And I asked him the question, “What is your belief about God?” and he answered, “I believe I will be a god someday.”
What a shame that some people feel the need to portray becoming as Christ-like as possible as a bad thing to advance a political agenda.
If Mitt is a faithful Mormon as he seems to be, he intends to do his best to develop in his life the attributes of Christ. Love, humility, charity, kindness, honesty, patience. Do we want a president who doesn’t strive to become more Christ-like? If so I’m pretty sure you will have that option in 2008.