Posted on 08/09/2012 5:40:19 PM PDT by Colofornian
WASHINGTON Concerning Mormons and Republicans, history offers a large helping of irony. In 1843, an Army officer named John C. Fremont led a geographical expedition of 39 men more than 1,700 miles to the shores of the Great Salt Lake. His report on the journey inspired hounded Mormons to mount their wagons and resettle in the Great Basin.
Thirteen years later in Philadelphia, Fremont became the first presidential nominee of the Republican Party, which adopted a platform opposing the "twin relics of barbarism Polygamy, and Slavery." The slogan, and the anti-Mormon sentiment behind it, caught on. A Republican rally in Indianapolis, reportedly attended by 60,000 people, included an ox-drawn parade wagon depicting Brigham Young along with six wives dressed in hoop skirts, each with a little Brigham in her arms.
...In the typology of sociologists Robert Putnam and David Campbell, Mormons remain a rejected "out-group," unlike accepted "in-groups" such as Catholics and Jews. Large majorities of Americans perceive Mormonism as "very different" from their own religious beliefs.
But in this case, the counsel of religious reticence is wrong. Romney should not be afraid to highlight his faith.
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Questions remain about the role of Mormonism in depressing evangelical political enthusiasm. Some religious conservatives are concerned that a Romney presidency would provide theological legitimacy for a rival, proselytizing faith. But it is unclear how silence from Romney on religion would mitigate this fear. And a portion of the evangelical enthusiasm gap is explainable for another reason entirely: the suspicions of social conservatives about the authenticity of Romney's social conservatism.
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This does not mean Romney should quote from the Book of Jarom in his convention speech...
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1. You seem to have a very different meaning of the word IRRATIONAL than most.
2. Pointing out HERESY is not hate; unless you a have a very different meaning of the word.
3. mormonISM is getting any 'hate' you perceive - not MORMONs.
Oh noes, all is lost. They have a picture of spam hot dogs.
Yeah!
THAT rejoiner'll shut 'im up!
Be boggled no more: it's called SIN!
So; the question is; "Can politics fix the problem of SIN?"
AGAINST it or FOR it?
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52486958-78/mayne-gay-lds-ward.html.csp
HEY!
What a CONCEPT!!!
Color coding explanation:
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*(UNDERLINED stuff is the DISTRACTING reference on every tenth word or so that infuses LDS 'scripture' online.)
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It's a trick!
He let's the MORMONs rant so the WORLD can see how they operate.
Thank you for your opinion.
Now learn about Mormonism, who’s foundation is based on hate towards Christians.
You want to defend hatred towards Christians go ahead but don’t pretend you are a righteous person in doing so.
Mormons do not threaten me, Mormonism threatens the souls of those who believe it, now either face that fact or defend it the choice is yours.
No, just that OTHER ignorant souls will be swayed by the slimey seduction of MORMONism and miss the rewards that Christ has for them.
Have you researched the records of the proselyzing 'missionaries' of Massachusetts for that time period?
Sorry; it's not your call.
If ANYone posts something that I disagree with, it IS my priviledge to reply to it, even if the poster has BEGGED me not to it in the past.
Man up - you can take it.
All I can say is that you have a very curious posting manner for someone who claims they are “trying to get the discourse down to a level where it’s civil”. It seems to me like someone throwing mud at their car to wash it.
Good luck, though :-)
You evidently have not been paying attention.
We said, over and over, 'where we are coming from'.
We have an extra gene, evidently, that a lot of FR conservatives do NOT have. (I don't want to say the others are LACKING a gene; they'd get defensive.)
This gene allows us to see a little bit further (farther?) into the future than most.
To a place when this NAtion we are passionately trying to keep together has vanished completely.
To a place where ALL men stand before their Creator and give account of their lives.
These folks with the geneN-1 cannot understand why we are so passionate about NOT having Romney as President.
They misunderstand SO much that they ACCUSE us of being FOR Obama; which is wrong.
We DO want AMERICA to succeed and become what it should be; but we realize that our problems are NOT political; but spiritual.
Obama has been compared to King George; and rightly so.
It took a Washington; who prayed to the correct GOD, to set this Nation on the course it steered for over 200 years.
One could only imagine where we'd be today if Deceived (or deceiving) Romney had been the one crossing the Delaware.
When primary time came to Indiana, he was the only one left against Romney. The others had DROPPED out.
Dispite the crazy uncle personna the press saddled him with; guess who I voted for?
And was this before or after all of the insults, accusations, low mental capabilities suspected and of bad examples of being a Christian were bandied about?
If folks tease the dog, they should not complaim if it snaps at them
Oh?
What's he now?
Sigh...
Matthew 10:28
"Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul;
but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
I'm SURE you guys have a lot of uplifting and edifying words to say: to each other, anyway.
I can't believe you would actually go so far as to accuse someone of being a Mormon because she is acting to try to see that a Mormon wins the White House over a Muslim. Logically speaking, wouldn't that indicate that you are a Muslim since your actions would lead to helping the Muslim win instead of the Mormon?.
Regarding who is and isn't Christian on this thread: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-Control.
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So; are you admiting that you HATE MUSLIMs?
Thank you. Another one that I like tells those of us who fear Him what He hates and finds detestable:
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12 A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth;
13 He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers;
14 Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord.
15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
16 These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
17 A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,
19 A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.
Proverbs 6:12-19 (New King James Version)
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