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To: Charles Henrickson
I don't know that there's ever been a president I agreed with theologically.

You use the word "theologically" like a few too many Concordia types...boxed...compartmentalized...

Theology is the study of God as applied to our ENTIRE world...including...
...politically...

Let's just start with a real simple primer here...

If you've ever seen the TV series "24"...they had an African-American president enduring some real super-crises...

I would like to know that if our country had a real super-crisis going on, that our prez would at least know which "God" -- which "batphone" to pick up, if you will -- to communicate with to help with immediate counsel, direction, guidance, discernment, wisdom...not to mention IMMEDIATE delivery of His Resources and Power to that given situation!!!!

And you seem to tell us with your compartmentalized "theology" nonsense that it doesn't matter which god the POTUS prays to? It's "OK" that the Mormon god who was a man and a sinner who died gets the collect call from Romney in the middle of the night as his personal "consultant?"

What has our country come to?

Surely you've studied kings in the Old Testament.

Are you going to tell us with a straight face that you could interchange any king with any other king in the Old Testament and it wouldn't have mattered what happened in those situations??? Oh, sure some of those kings were more "theologically" savvy than others; but, hey, what's a few loose "theological" screws?

13 posted on 06/02/2012 9:43:09 AM PDT by Colofornian (Mom when I grow up, I want 2B like Ike. Mem when I grow up, I want 2B a god f rom Kolob like Mitt.)
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To: Colofornian
No, a man could be a good president without being an orthodox Christian. Conversely, being a pious Christian does not mean that one candidate would be a better, more competent president than another.

I don't know of many presidents I would look up to as religious exemplars.

In this case, Obama vs. Romney, I don't look up to either, as far as their religion, or lack thereof, is concerned. I judge on political grounds.

14 posted on 06/02/2012 9:54:29 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Lutheran pastor, LCMS)
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