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Use whichever term you like--religion, spirituality, piety, doctrine, theology, faith, belief, church, whatever--I do not look to a president for that kind of guidance. I don't know of many--or any--I would look up to in that regard. As long as they do a good job in governance, that's what I'm looking for.

As far as your hypothetical "jihadist Muslim" "conservative" politician, that is a contradiction in terms. If he is a jihadist Muslim, he is by definition anti-American and would use the sword against this country. That's part and parcel of militant Islam.

Use whichever term you like--religion, spirituality, piety, doctrine, theology, faith, belief, church, whatever--I do not look to a president for that kind of guidance.

Charles, that's rather short-sighted...especially for somebody who shepherds both the young and the spiritually immature.

You may not (do not) look to a POTUS for that kind of guidance, but as my tagline shows, the spiritually vulnerable do.

You know as well as I do that one of our nation's problems is that the ceiling of authority for too many people ends @ the govt's hand (and/or Supreme Ct).

You and I probably BOTH saw that in the immediate aftermath of Katrina, when the liberals saw only govt as their "savior." IOW, people in power & authority are almost -- Psalm 82-like -- treated as "gods."

That cultural outlook rains upon the young (& spiritually immature) as well...

You know as well as I do how grandiose and even legendary a POTUS can become in the minds of the young. (Look @ how Kennedy's reputation was for so long -- despite his mini-orgies in the White House).

Romney-as-puppet-of-a-'prophet' -- coupled with the massive PR effort to be undertaken by the Lds church -- will seek to "Mormonize" the nation.

They won't care if they "only" reach another 1.7% of the nation -- their current size. If they can double themselves from 1.7% to 3.4% -- plus put in the minds of the young and spiritually vulnerable that they should seriously consider Mormonism @ some future juncture, that's a 100% hike with seeds planted to triple and quadruple themselves.

I am frankly surprised that you look @ this only from the angle of the spiritually mature Christian leader. What if our Great Shepherd Jesus had done the same thing?