Posted on 11/05/2012 4:50:41 PM PST by markomalley
Mitt Romneys Mormon beliefs are featured prominently in a pro-Obama voter guide being circulated to African-American churchgoers in the all-important Hampton Roads area of battleground Virginia, the latest reminder that the Republican presidential nominees faith could be an under-the-radar issue for some voters.
Romney would be the countrys first Mormon president, and although Americas most prominent evangelical leaders have overcome their theological concerns to enthusiastically back Romneys candidacy, some on the left continue to see his Mormon beliefs as a possible wedge issue.
The new brochure, produced by a coalition of black pastors in the Norfolk area, includes a side-by-side comparison of what it presents as the religious beliefs held by Romney and President Obama, who practices a more traditional form of Christianity.
The pastors behind the brochure, representing the Greater Hampton Roads Christian Leadership Conference, hope the comparison will motivate their parishioners to turn out and vote for Obama, even though many of them have expressed disappointment that Americas first black president decided to support same-sex marriage.
Youve got a president who may be what we call a back-slidden Christian at worst, but he is one who has accepted Christ as Lord and savior, said the Rev. Lin Hill, associate minister
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I believe Mormonism is a cult, but it is impossible to know how much of Mormon theology Mitt actually believes. I have no reason to think Mitt will make any governmental decisions that favor Mormonism.
On the other hand, there is no doubt in my mind that Obama is a Muslim. No Christian has ever misspoken about his “Muslim faith”, nor made so many admiring statements about anything associated with Islam like Obama has.
I'm not so sure his is a devout Mormon, other than from abstaining from certain behaviors. He may or may not believe everything Mormonism teaches since many Mormons are unaware of some of the weird stuff. This statement applies to even Mormons in positions of great authority.
I know three former Mormon Bishops who left the church once they learned that is was all based on lies. For most Mormons, the church is hardly more than a social organization.
Very few Mormon missionaries ever convert someone and they mostly look at a mission as a duty to their family and look for ways to do the least amount of work possible.
Obama practices a more traditional form of Christianity? You mean the one where the preacher rails against the US of KKK and calls for God to DAMN America? Does this for 20 years without batting an eye?
Or you mean the one where you call yourself a Christian and don't even go to church on Easter and Christmas every year, let alone any other Sundays.
>> Hogwash.....
MALARKEY
Reggie Love, Larry Sinclair, Rahm Emanuel, Nick Colvin, Frank Marshall Davis, Kal Penn and Choir Director Donald Young. Back sliding?
Why doesn’t Barack bother to darken the door of ANY church in spite of the myriad possibilities has has?
Why doesn’t Barack bother to darken the door of ANY church in spite of the myriad possibilities he has?
Mitt may make choices that favor generic religious freedom, which would cover Mormons and many others in one swell foop.
“LDS people simply dont conform to the distortion naratives and through Mitt Romney, the public will get a better view of a God fearing, Christ loving people and faith.”
I will vote “Romney” because I’m voting AGAINST Obama...but that is as far as it goes. I am NOT voting for Romney. Romney is the only alternative to Obama at this point. Obama is just so terrible a POTUS that he had to be replaced...even a less than desirable Romney is an improvement.
Mormonism is FALSE/PHONEY/COUNTERFEIT Christianity of the worse sort. It is chocolate covered poison....a “almost” perfect deception. Looks like the real thing, but is deadly to the person that consumes it.
Mormon’s are not “Christ loving” anymore than Islamists or Hindus are. The “Christ” of Mormonisn is NOT the Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible. You cannot love the REAL Lord Jesus Christ IF you do not believe in the REAL Lord Jesus Christ. Thus, Mormons DO NOT LOVE CHRIST...they love a FALSE version of Jesus Christ.
Joseph Smith was the 19th Century’s L. Ron Hubbard....a flim flam man of extreme proportion. Those that push Smith’s FALSE GOSPEL are stealth (and blindly unaware) servants of Satan...not God.
SO....KNOCK OFF THE MORMON PROPAGANDA. The thread is about DEFEATING OBAMA.
I am voting AGAINST OBAMA...I am NOT voting for Romney and certaining NOT his momonism. IF Romeney wins...he had best NOT attempt to use his office as a means to spread Mormonisn....he will get hammered by both the Christian Right like myself and the liberal left. IF he is a patriot, as he claims, he WILL stick to politics and keep his beliefs to himself. I do full well expect him to go with his values....that is to be expected...ALL of us do that.
We have to work together....that cannot occur IF Romney - or Mormons on this forum - start pushing Mormonisn. It will destroy any chance of getting real change done. He will be dead straight out of the gate.
How about the Koran & prayer rugs & being Muslim???
Hogwash is right, anyone with one eye open will no more believe that Obama is ANY KIND of Christian than he will believe that flying pigs are going to drop gold bricks down his chimney. The meme from the news media is that Obama is a Christian simply because he says so, well he also says that his ideas have worked to LOWER the deficit, that is equivalent to Michael Moore saying that he has become as skinny as Twiggy on his new diet.
“Ill take a Mormon over a muslim moron any day.”
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That would make a great title for a song by Charlie Daniels.
“Anti-Mormons have slandered the LDS religion for nearly 2 centures,”
Well, the Mormons have slandered Christianity for nearly 2 centuries. Do you think that nobody would return the favor?
Or Islamic conquest theology.
“Mormons are not Christ loving anymore than Islamists or Hindus are. The Christ of Mormonisn is NOT the Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible. You cannot love the REAL Lord Jesus Christ IF you do not believe in the REAL Lord Jesus Christ. Thus, Mormons DO NOT LOVE CHRIST...they love a FALSE version of Jesus Christ.”
what particular Christian denomination do you belong to?
the mormons i know worship Jesus of Nazareth, born in Bethleham, who died on the cross to atone for mankind’s sins. just because mormons have different beliefs about the nature of the Trinity doesn’t mean that they don’t worship the same Jesus Christ that other Christians worship. it is their perception of the Trinity that is different. that doesn’t mean that they aren’t worshipping the same Christ as the rest of Christianity.
As a man, i am a father to my children, but a husband to my wife. in both instances i am still the same man, but am perceived by my respective family members by the different roles that i hold for each of them.
if i were a doctor, my patients would perceive me as their doctor. that wouldn’t make me less a a father or a husband.
one’s perceptions don’t change reality.
when color blind people look at green, red or blue they do not see the same as those who are not color blind, BUT that doesn’t mean that they aren’t looking at the same color. it’s the perception that is different, not the reality.
“just because mormons have different beliefs about the nature of the Trinity doesnt mean that they dont worship the same Jesus Christ that other Christians worship”
A correct understanding of the “Trinity” is CENTRAL to what is REAL Christianity. A correct understanding of the Trinity correctly defines who the Lord Jesus Christ is. Mormon do not correctly understand is Jesus Christ is...they don’t understand Jesus Christ....they don KNOW Jesus Christ. Their “Christ” is the warped delusion of a flim flam artist called Joseph Smith....followed by other as bad or worse than Smith...starting with Brigham Young.
Please stop bothering me with your blasphemy trying to make what is a PERVERSION of REAL CHRISTIANITY sound OK. You are dead (as in headed for Hell) wrong. You obviously are not acting on knowledge of scripture and sound theology...you are acting on emotion and having known a few Mormons. I have met really good people from ALL diferent religions...to include Muslims. They are all, like Mormons, dead wrong. Being “good” is NOT proof of anything, nor does it make one right with God. One CANNOT earn “salvation”....it is a gift of God contingent upon correct belief and faith in the REAL Lord Jesus Christ....not any other as the Mormon’s belive in.
Satan is all for “good” as long as it isn’t connnected to a correct understanding of and relationship with the REAL Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible.
Because the high percentage is only a percenatge of THOSE WHO VOTE. The effort therefore would be to get more voters.
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