Jeff, I’m a graduate of the LU law program. I’ve got friends there. I know for a fact that Mat Staver, Dean of the Law School, did not approve of this decision. I was in the law school when another professor, a man of arguably stellar character by contrast to Romney, was removed from his teaching post, ostensibly for advancing theological positions far less dramatic than the Christian contrast with Mormonism.
I am also aware that despite all the public happy talk, there was a real fight going on behind the scenes between the student body and the administration. Jerry Junior got out there to push PR that Liberty had no position on Mormonism being a cult, but I know that to be untrue. It is routinely taught as being an unbiblical cult in the apologetics courses sanctioned by the school. So is Jerry Junior lying, or hiding behind semantics? Based on my personal knowledge of how the school administration operates, I would guess it to be the latter. They never lie. They just tell the truth so it always gets them where they want to go.
So if your point in posting this is to try and mend the rift between evangelicals and Mitt Romney, forget about it. Not gonna happen. Many evangelicals are so weak in their understanding of the faith once delivered they make easy prey to blatant doctrinal mutations. But many are well trained in the truth, and will not trade their monotheism or their Jesus for any substitutes, no matter how urgently pressed upon them. This war doesn’t end until Romney converts. I’m not holding my breath.
Not at all. My point in posting this is simply to note that a lot of people there, and particularly this Catholic Editor has some good things to say about the speech and potential prospects of Roemny as President as opposed to Obama.
I believe that we can in fact join together on basic, shared funamental values and service to our Republic and one another.
If we do that, we can oust Obama, win control of the House and Senate, and have a much better chance at beginning to turn this around than if we have four more years of Obama. That was my purpose.
Some folks are not going to agree with or believe that...I do believe it is possible and believe the chance for that to occur, which I believe if he wins is a good chance, far outweighs doing anything to allow Obama to win.
That's my own stated purpose and opinion...I understand how others can come to different conclusions even if I do not agree with them.