I listen to the pope on all matters religious, but the popes have always conceded to “Caesar” authority in most matters of state. With a President who is more or less a new Moses, what the Mormon teach is theocratic government. I don’t think I will be forced to this choice, and I am not sure that the article is necessarily accurate, but voters do need to know that the differences between them and is Mormons IS greater than those between Baptists and Catholics, or even between Christians and Jews, or perhaps even between Christians and Muslims. We are such an untheological people that
we don’t want to think that doctrines matter, that they have practical consequences. The Anti-Mormon Crusade in Illinois was like the Albigensian Crusade in France in the Middle Ages. Whatever Smith was, he was not the mild, Lincolnesque type played by Vincent Price in the movie “Brigham Young.”
I think it may be well for the writer of this article to consider the counsel given in Acts 5:35-40. There is a fear that if Mitt Romney becomes president a lot of people will lose their souls. To that I reply, as a Calvinist, that God will save those he has elected to save, and those that he has not elected to save, will perish- Mitt Romney or not. God has all power, and he wants to use Mitt Romney as a tool to carry out his purposes, it will happen and if he doesn’t want it to happen, it won’t happen. But to me, this is a political matter. I like his views on immigration, abortion, taxes, and especially families. Most of the problems in our society can be traced to a breakdown in family life including education, welfare, health care, drug abuse, etc. When you compare Mitt Romney with Hillary Clinton on this issue, there is a stark contrast.