Mormons are a fringe cult composed of people who can’t obviously do 5 minutes of research on the interest to know what they are actually a part of, and they are NOT Chrisians.
I will never under any circumstances EVER vote for a mormon to be president.
Exactly.
To those that have no care as to what lds/momons believe in a religious context, lets look at political wise.
Do you believe that the leftist press will NOT ask the following questions IF a mormon is the nominee in some manner ?
Sir do you as a practicing mormon believe that the president of your religion is a living prophet that speaks to and is spoken to by God directly ?
Sir as a practicing mormon and holder of the priest hood (Melchizedek) do you believe you have been granted special powers of discernment by God ?
Sir as a practicing mormon do you believe that you are a “god in embryo” and will one day be a God of your own planet.
Sir as a practicing mormon do you believe that the only reason not to practice polygamy is due to the laws of the United States. As stated in the manifesto of 1890 ?
Do you as a practicing mormon believe that there was a large population of people descended from Israel in north america as late as 420 AD ?
Regardless of how you feel about these questions religiously one MUST admit they could cause some rather unpleasant moments for a candidate.
Bingo!
I don't question Mitt's intelligence...actually he's far too sly and crafty to even trust.
Just like I wouldn't question the IQ or intelligence of any Mormon.
Mitt might be bright; Mormons in general, too.
But discernment?
Can you spell F-L-U-N-K?
Principle involved here: We must weigh a candidate's level of vulnerability to deception - for that transcends 'religious' considerations: If a candidate is gullible in the most important area of his life -- his faith – this serves as an excellent indicator of potential other gullibilities
Yes, we ALL have blinders to truth. Nobody has a monopoly on it. (But I would say the Bible has the best snapshot of God & humanity and the interaction between the two). Deception exists in the world, and when compared to trustworthy sources of truth (the Bible), deception exists as a continuum. If we agreed that a candidate belongs to the most deceptive cult in the world, then certainly that candidate's vulnerability to deception in the most important area of his life--his faith--serves as an indicator that he/she might be more easily deceived in public policy issues.
Furthermore, "Vulnerability to deception" belongs on a character checklist! Even one 2007 poll indicated that 54% of Americans would not vote for an atheist.
Hence this all carries over into a similar question: Is true faith and misdirected faith part of our character? And if yes, why wouldn't "character" ever NOT therefore be an issue upon which to seriously evaluate a candidate?
Therefore, a related principle that addresses this: OTHER-WORLDLY COMMITMENTS (FAITH, WHETHER IT'S TRUE FAITH OR MISDIRECTED FAITH) CONSTITUTE A CHARACTER ISSUE!