They are??
Posted on 02/19/2008 4:46:10 PM PST by Zakeet
In his pursuit of the presidency, Mitt Romney held fast to his Mormon faith, though his religion remains controversial with evangelicals and some other Christians. But his determined (and ultimately futile) wooing of evangelicals led him to make some statements that didn't quite square with Mormon beliefs and culture. And the effort itself may have deepened the impression of him as inauthentic—even to some fellow Mormons.
Early in his presidential bid, Romney was asked what he thought of polygamy. Prompted by what they considered a divine revelation, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints discontinued the practice more than a century ago, and the church distances itself from polygamist "fundamentalists." But Romney went one step further, saying he couldn't "imagine anything more awful than polygamy." Many Mormons were privately taken aback. Mormons believe that, in its time, "plural marriage" was a commandment from God, and they are, as a group, fiercely proud of their ancestors, hundreds of whom practiced polygamy. (Romney's own great-grandfather had five wives.) LDS church members loathe the polygamy stereotypes and jokes bandied by outsiders. But hearing Romney—the most recognizable face of their faith these days—disavow it in those terms was mildly unsettling to LDS insiders.
Others were puzzled to hear Romney say he reads the Gideon Bible—a version popular with evangelicals: Mormons uniformly study the King James version, in a Salt Lake edition that is cross-referenced to all other Mormon scripture. "Seems like he just figured he had to say the safest, most Protestant thing he could think of—that was kind of annoying," says Russell Arben Fox, a Mormon professor of political science at Friends University in Wichita, Kans.
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See #473.
yes, they did address them, you refuse to listen. You like to think you understand our beliefs, you clearly don’t. Don’t put doctrines in our hearts and minds.
see 473 as well
At least we agree on most of that. Though, i would support Huck or Romney if it came down to either one of them or Obama or Hillary.
They are??
lol. Glad there's something of agreement. My problem with voting for those who aren't conservative any longer is that's exactly why this country's in the mess we're in. It keeps moving left, left, left, left, with every election. I'm all done with moving left.
I see us moving that way too. Though, I don’t know how to stop it. On Nov 5, I have to make a choice. Its going to be tough.
And the angel of God said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth. And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the whore of all the earth, and she sat upon many waters; and she had dominion over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people. – Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi 14:10-11So you agree with the Book of Mormon that there were absolutely no Christians on earth when Joseph Smith got his "revelation?"
Are you talking about the Mountain Meadows Massacre?
I’m voting, or writing in, conservative.
lol. I guess I could do that too because I am in a red-heavy state, so it doesn’t much matter.
that post made my day
It matters. If you sit home, they can spin it however they want to...and the party will still move left on “spin.” IMHO, if people vote McRino, it’ll be spinning it as if he’s a “conservative” with a “mandate” for McShamnesty, among other things, much as he’s already being called a “conservative” in the media. And then we’ll continue to move left on that “spin.”
I recommend: vote conservative.
Rest assured that I won’t sit home. I just haven’t made up my mind on how to vote. I can do what you are doing, but what I was saying is that McCain is a lock in my state, so maybe its not much of a decision after all. McCain will win my state and I can still write in “conservative.”
Bottom Line: No body cares that Obama is a closet Muslim.
lol...well, in my state.....who knows. It’s NY after all.
The choices, the choices..hmmmmmm.
1) The carpet bagger; 2) obamalamadingdong; 3) the carpet bagger’s dear friend..........
what to do...what to do. : )
as the carpetbagger’s dear friend’s hubby said, “I feel your pain.”
This state is ridiculous!
I can’t wait until I can get out of it, lol.
Meanwhile Obama is counting up supporters all over the nation in record numbers and we are all fighting over something so silly. Go figure. Good post.
what are you doing there? Come out West.
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