Posted on 10/29/2007 8:28:33 AM PDT by Invisigoth
The Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Mormons and a few other faiths have three things in common – they believe in Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God and that He died and was resurrected for our sins.
So what’s the problem?
The political pundits continue to try and make Mitt Romney’s religious beliefs a big issue as he runs for the Republican presidential nomination. Different denominations of Christianity are just that – different denominations – which means different worship practices of the same fundamental Christian beliefs.
Some people have commented that they cannot support Mitt Romney because he is a Mormon. When they are pressed to explain why that is objectionable, they stutter. Still others are skeptical of Mitt Romney based solely on hearsay or lack of knowledge about Mormons.
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Romney is a long shot at this point. He had the most money early, but didn’t break through. I class him in the same tier as Hunter and Huckabee. I’m supporting Hunter because he’s the most conservative candidate and in my opinion the best . . .
This should be fun to watch.
I don’t care that he is a Morman. What are his policies, that’s the question.
But the beliefs of Mormans are NOT those of orthodox Christians of any stripe, Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant.
My problem with Romney (speaking as an Independent, Fundamental, KJV-Only Baptist) is not that he is Mormon, but that he is untrustworthy on the moral and social issues like abortion and guns which are very, very important.
He may well be the best. . .but he is not a ‘long-race’ winner. . .We need a winner for the long haul.
>> Different denominations of Christianity are just that – different denominations – which means different worship practices of the same fundamental Christian beliefs.
I’m not particularly worried about Romney’s religion (there are other reasons he’s not my choice) ... but Mormonism is not simply “another denomination” of Christianity like Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal or Catholic.
There are deep and fundamental differences between Protestant or Catholic Christianity and Mormonism. It isn’t for me to say whether the differences are “deal breakers” (salvationally speaking) - but simply stating that Mormonism is a denomination of Christianity is a distortion of the facts.
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forgot to add. ..IMHO...of course!
“I class him in the same tier as Hunter and Huckabee”
Aaaaugh!!! How can you sully the name of Hunter by putting it in the same sentence as Huckabee?
Go Fred!
Perhaps easier to think that Christianity is to Judaism as Mormonism is to Christianity. . .if only ‘perhaps’. It is related.
The problem is that we don’t need god running the country.
That is certainly a more apt comparison.
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Post Mormon Alert! LOL
I agree with Titus. It is not his religion that precludes him.
BTW, Mormonism is NOT another form of Christianity. Mormons do not believe in the Trinity and salvation by grace alone, the pillars of Christian doctrine like Baptist and Catholics.
Mmmm interesting viewpoint, that is exactly what we have been lacking for several generations.
Beg your pardon, Mr. Cain you pompous theological idiot, but while the Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Lutherans, Pentecostals all practice Christianity as prescribed by Biblical Scripture in the Old and New Testaments, the Mormons practice heresy as prescribed by Joseph Smith in the BM. (Incidentally, Smith and the Islamic prophet, Mohammad, share much in common as both believed they were visited by an angel who gave them the "true" book, both had multiple wives, both were pedophiles, and both have atrocities committed in their names.)
Much was made of JFK being Catholic and that didn’t turn out to a hill of beans - this will be the same. I say that as someone who has sharp and strong disagreements with Mormon theology (in fact, I don’t consider Mormonism to be Christianity as much as I consider it to be its own distinct religion). Nevertheless, the ethical values his theology gives him are very close to mine, and it’s not as if he can impose some kind of a Mormon theocratic state on us even if he wanted to - which I believe he doesn’t. Congress simply wouldn’t allow it. The Mormon-issue is a Non-issue and has been from the first day. The only reason it ever came up is because the media needed something to fill air time that would generate some ratings.
LOL. Sorry. Huckabee is a good man in my opinion. He’s just liberal on most issues other than social ones like abortion and marriage.
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