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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just think, if a Scientologist ever runs for President oh the stuff that will hit the fan.....
Romney’s supporters were the only freepers ever to call me a bigot.
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The Romney’s supporters were the only freepers ever to call ME a bigot, too ....
What does that mean ???
Like a bunch of silly little mean snot-nose bullying kids. Grow up already!
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Is it necessary to be personal and seemingly snide ???
Don’t you ever get tired of stupid remarks like that? Romney dropped out - you obviously won
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I never mentioned Romney
I wasnt talking about him
I wasnt talking about him
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I thought the topic of the thread was about “How Mormons Saw Romney.” If you weren’t talking about Romney then I guess you just drifted off topic. That seems to happen a lot on some threads.
“Romney’s supporters were the only freepers ever to call me a bigot.
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The Romney’s supporters were the only freepers ever to call ME a bigot, too ....
What does that mean ???”
It means that the candidacy of a Mormon exposed your bigotry.
It means that the candidacy of a Mormon exposed your bigotry.
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I know it exposed the bigotry of the mormon/anti-Chritians in these threads...
I have watched the Christian bashing and maligning of Christian beliefs by the mormons, and it’s appalling...
I know it exposed the bigotry of the mormon/anti-Christians in these threads...
Miller got lost.........
Oh please. Whenever there is a thread on Romney or Mormons, you are among the first and most vicious to hop on with anti-Mormon comments. And the people on FR who most loudly deny that anti-Mormon bigotry had anything to do with their opposition to Romney are the ones who had the most vicious things to say about our religion at every opportunity.
Anything coming from the Mormons is just in response to you and your friends.
We are confident in our religion. We don’t need to go around bashing the religions of others in order to make ourselves feel better. We don’t need to create a common enemy in order to create unity amongst ourselves.
Sounds like you're intolerant of the author & article. According to the loudest criers, intolerance = bigotry. Enough such intolerance already.
The "tribe" mentality will overcome any personal misgivings one might have. Especially in a tribe in which the belief that they are "being persecuted" for their differences has been a major lifetime influence. The fact that Mitt lost has only sharpened that perception.
Not sure what the problem is. All I was saying is that I believe Romney is well informed about the beliefs of the LDS. His family is an old Mormon family, and he himself has been involved in LDS leadership activities. There was nothing critical in saying that.
The anti-Christian mormons are the ones who make their comments personal...
I’ve learnt more about the hatred of mormons for real christians from these threads than I’ve ever known before...
I am as much a Christian as you.
If you love us, have you petitioned the new "prophet" to remove the "Scripture" that Joseph Smith did not canonize that describes us Protestants having "ALL" of our creeds that are an "abomination in his [God's] sight?" [PoGP, Joseph Smith - History - vv. 18-19]
(The fact that LDS tithes pay for this to be translated & spread around the world, coupled with LDS teachings that we are "apostates" and belong to a "dead three"--LDS publication words--is a slanderous putdown...even in my critiques, I don't say every creed of Mormonism is an "abomination"...so these kinds of blanket statements about all non-Mormon churches are not helpful).
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