And BTW I do know about Mormonism. I lived next to Mormons, I was proselytized by Mormons. I have read literature by Mormons and anti-Mormons. I have seen documentaries by Mormons, anti-Mormons, and supposedly unbiased reporters.
My take is that in order to truly believe a particular faith you necessarily have to believe that it is the one true faith. This is true for all Christian faiths, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, etc.
And if you believe in a particular faith then you want everyone else to believe that as well. And if you are trying to sell your faith to others you will highlight the good points and downplay the bad points.
And if you look into the past of all faiths you will find that they killed innocents and harbored miscreants.
In what way is Mormonism different from Christianity in general that Catholicism isn't different from Protestantism?
We live in a pluralistic society. We seldom get to vote for the best candidate, or even a decent one. I am hoping that Cain emerges as the Republican candidate, but if not then I will have to consider voting for Romney.
If Romney is the Republican candidate and I decide to vote against him it will either be because I find him to be too liberal to solve our economic problems, or because living in California I can make a strategic vote for the Green Party candidate in hopes they will receive 5% of the national vote and become a thorn in the side of the Democrats.
It won't be because he wears special underwear, engages in secret rites, and believes that one day he will rule an entire planet.
(But after all, if he is one day going to rule an entire planet, don't you think we should give him the chance to rule over one country, just to give him a little experience?
/sarc)
And BTW I do know about Mormonism. I lived next to Mormons, I was proselytized by Mormons. I have read literature by Mormons and anti-Mormons. I have seen documentaries by Mormons, anti-Mormons, and supposedly unbiased reporters.
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So, IOW, you know NOTHING about Mormonism. Got it.
I used to be Mormon, I lived it.
What the LDS puts out, what the LDS missionaries say isn’t what the LDS really believe or is sugar coated for PR. The ‘antiMormon’ stuff can be good or bad, depending on who did it, for example, the stuff from Ed Decker is no where near as reliable as the stuff from UTLM.ORG (Tanners).
Christians believe they are the one true faith, but we don’t believe our denomination is the oNLY true one (with a few execptions like KJV only Baptists). We accept other denominations as being Christian. You seem to be stuck on an erroneous belief of Christians calling other Christians non Christian and that isn’t the case.
Other churches accept each other’s baptism, for example, Methodists, Catholic, Orthodox and Evangelicals accepts each other’s baptism and/or confirmation for church membership and conversion. However, NONE of them accept Mormon baptism. Christians of all denominations agree on the important things, like the person work and nature of Christ however the LDS do not. Mormons reject the Bible except for a few poof texts (other churches do not). And since Vatican II, Catholics no longer consider Protestants to be outside the faith, however they do still exclude the LDS.
Let’s skip all your bather about mormonISM (which is clear you know nothing about)and concentrate on how you are undecided between Cain and Romney. Really? You are undecided between a liberal and a conservative, you stretch the bounds of credulity.
OH?
I voted for Perot becuase the 'pubs were leaving me.
That worked out particularly well...
I like how you think!
Most Jews do not believe that we are the one true faith,although you have Jews who do believe that. I do not believe that my particular branch of Judaism is superior to the others. I am not so cocky to say that it is.