So idolatry is reduced by you to a "doctrinal difference?" Really?
If you were a Sarah Palin supporter -- and at some point she ran for POTUS -- announcing in the process that she is "divine material" as a goddess...that would in your eyes simply constitute a "doctrinal difference?" Really?
It seems to me then that your "fave" candidate could make THE most outlandish religious claims ever...say that he was "the devil himself"...or that he was "the anti-Christ"...and you would simply write that off as a "doctrinal difference."
Truly pathetic is your "grade for the day" in basic discernment.
I did say “primary reason” and “typically doesn’t”. I didn’t say that it had no impact.
I might add, however, that Mormon doctrine isn’t the only thing being taught today that could endanger one’s soul. I do not relegate “doctrinal differences” to some minor but religiously acceptable catalog of curiosities. Perhaps you do. I do not. I think that the doctrinal diversity of our day and time is a travesty. Yet, wisdom seem to necessitate that I make some choice politically in these degenerate times.
My first and second choices at this point are Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. Both are Roman Catholics. I think that Roman Catholicism contains grievous errors. I have spoken against, written against, and taught college classes against these errors. (The same holds true for my opposition to Mormonism.) Yet I believe that Rick and/or Newt, by God’s grace in using imperfect vessels, might help lead our country away from the abyss.
Imperfect choices. Wisdom required. I choose as wisely as I can.
And you can save your vitriol for someone else. I suspect that I have opposed the teachings of Mormonism far more than you have ever dreamed of, and will continue to do so. Real life consists of more than sitting safely behind your computer screen condemning others.