[sageb1]

Mitt Romney, the Mormon (What’s That?!)

By Father Jonathan Morris

[rhombus]

To Father Jonathan Morris - I don’t recall John F. Kennedy explaining such things as the virgin birth and other finer details about his Roman Catholic faith. I probably wouldn’t have found them relevant either.

[Star Traveler]

Ah yes..., that was good...

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“The problem is that the much-hyped speech did nothing to achieve his goal of convincing doubting Evangelicals and Catholics that his Mormon beliefs will not hinder him from being a good president. Instead, for the most part, he pretended he wasn’t Mormon, or that being Mormon was so strange it is in his interest to keep it secret. In this speech about Mormonism, he uttered the word “Mormon” just once, while saying “Jews” and “Muslims” two times each and “Catholic” three times. Still more abrasive to Christian sensibilities was the attempt to pass off Mormon doctrine about Jesus Christ as equal to that of Christianity. He said, “What do I believe about Jesus Christ? I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the savior of mankind.”

OK, Mitt. But do you really want to get into what that means for you?”

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Thanks for that article.

Regards,
Star Traveler

[dmz]

This BS about Romney not addressing the finer details of his faith is just that, BS and smokescreen.

Is there any religion on the planet that does not have some pretty strange (if viewed dispassionately) core beliefs? Virgin birth? Rising from the dead? C’mon.

I confess that it is BS such as this that has driven me from organized religion, but since it is difficult to lose my upbringing, I find myself simply agnostic with a big helping of secular humanism. I await my coming flaming for admitting such.

[Palladin]

I’ve always liked Father Morris, and now I like him even more for agreeing with the very statements I have made here on FR regarding “The Religion Speech”.

[Salvation]

Thanks for that link. I do find them relevant.

[La Enchiladita]

What a whiner. I’m glad he’s not my priest.

[Old Mountain man]

Wow! I remember Kennedy’s speech and it did none of the things your priest said it should have done!

[Domandred]

Don’t get me wrong. His speech would have been excellent had it been given by any other candidate. It was deep, passionate and presidential. He even ended with, “God bless America.”

True colors quote right there. Sorry Father Morris but should have left that paragraph out.

[MHGinTN]

I wonder if Father Morris would say in private that he came from the speech convinced that Mitt Romney is a consummate manipulator, profoundly dishonest, and rather wimpish to avoid telling the straight truth regarding what Americans wanted to hear form him if he were to be their leader?