I consider this viewpoint juvenile and untenable, particularly when we have Obama in the White House.
That said, I believe we have candidates much more conservative in a position to win this year than we did in 2008. I strongly supported Romney in 2008, mainly because I saw Fred Thompson as being far too lax and not all that serious about running.
I will not be supporting him this time around.
When I see men like Kerry, Edwards, and Tron (Obama) running around, Romney’s faith is something to be commended. Frankly, your average Christian could learn something from your average Mormon about family values given the latter’s larger family size and lower divorce rates with high rates personal and financial achievement.
It still baffles me when we have at the very least a Muslim sympathizer in the White House (and at best (if you want to call it that), a liberation theology proponent) that people still worry about Mormons, who are on the whole most excellent people and a culture undoubtedly American and imbued with the pioneer spirit. Would we be having this conversation about Jews?
I have mixed feelings.
On one hand, there is no doubt if you look at Mormonism’s impact on the US, it has been a good one. Most Mormons live blameless lives and are good Americans. How many Mormons can you point to and say they are a burden to society?
At the same time, I can’t get my head around the fact that Mormonism is a kooky cult that has no basis in reality.
It can’t be compared to Judaism.
“It still baffles me when we have at the very least a Muslim sympathizer in the White House (and at best (if you want to call it that), a liberation theology proponent) that people still worry about Mormons, who are on the whole most excellent people and a culture undoubtedly American and imbued with the pioneer spirit. Would we be having this conversation about Jews?”
If Jews pretended to be Christians, yes.
Statistically this perception is not supported.