Romney's evangelical opponents
Wednesday October 17, 2007
Those evangelicals opposing Mitt Romney on spiritual grounds are becoming more direct in their opposition. Concerned evangelicals oppose the belief that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s theological differences are less important than his seemingly shared conservative social values. They also...
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Okay, I'll bite: how would Romney's Mormonism influence his decisions in office? Is it some sort of secret, or a guessing game Rev Cizik wants us to play? Or is it that these guys just don't like Mormons? It's okay to say that Mormons are hell-bound demonically-inspired spreaders of false doctrine and should be avoided like the plague, isn't it? After all, Mitt Romney might just be the Anti-Christ. Can't be too careful.
You know, the thought of Romney as President makes my teeth itch, but this is absurd.
"it basically says that those who follow other Gospels – false Gospels and false religions like Mormonism – are going to die, be lost in their sins and go to hell"
Basically?
Christianity was older than the U.S. is now before the canon was selected.
The evangelical's stance on Romney is in his favor, as far as I am concerned. I'd vote for the man, if I thought he was the most qualified individual for the job.
In the eyes of this dumb Canadian - if you start making theology a main or primary factor in determining who should hold the Oval Office, isn't that a step in the direction of the ultimate merging of church and state?
A few years ago here, we had a born-again man (former Pentecostal pastor!) elected as leader of one of our national political parties. It was an unmitigated disaster, to the point where other born-again members of Parliament that belonged to the same party began publicly calling for his resignation. Point being: theological orthodoxy is no guarantee of political effectiveness/astuteness, just as the vice-versa is true; I know some Christian mechanics I wouldn't take my car anywhere near!
Weird that Cizik, who has shown some Jim Wallis (or even Al Gore) type tendencies on the environment, seems to endorse such hatred.
(And I say "hatred" on principle -- I don't like Romney at all, but his religion should have nothing to do with it.)
Canucklehead, to this dumb American, I don't think we want to exclude the religious we want to exclude the stupid and the authoritarian. I would have no problem voting for Saint Francis, especially in an election for dogcatcher.
Maybe Romney can do for Mormonism what Bush has done for evangelicalism: bring it out of the shadows and into the public spotlight; drag it through the mud by hypocritical actions that reflect a lust for power, all the while spouting off piously about 'my faith'; and finally, render it toxic by the public rightfully or otherwise associating the religion with a particularly low standard of ethics and intelligence.
Mormonism is not a Christian religion. It is antithetical to the Gospel and Apostles teachings.
How can a Christian "yoke themselves" to a Mormon? Or most of the GOP guys and ANY Democrat?
David Kuo will get the answers to his questions. Christians will fast from politics in '08. And America will be enveloped by the most demonic and evil policies and people that our country has ever seen.
David, is this really what you wished for? You now have in power, the Democrats, who desire to "continue" a marxist socialist agenda and to give condoms and birth control pills to 11-year old children (Portalnd Maine) in middle schools. You now have as presidential contenders an array of secular humanists, Leftist-socialist (with Marxism well intact) a sodomy promoting mayor, and a person that really, really, really, believes that he is going to be a god and create his own world forever and ever, with his perpetually pregnant wife populating spirit children for "his" new world?
These people are worse than anything George W. Bush thinks or has done.
(Please don't censor me David.)
Donny
If you believe the Bible clearly teaches that Christians go to heaven, and non-Christians to hell, then the status of Mormonism is vitally important as both a theological and a political matter. Who could support voting for someone who you know will burn in hell?
On the other hand, if you believe that claiming to "know" such things puts God's grace in a man-made box, and therefore is blasphemy, then you take a completely different view of the Mormon faith, as well as individual Mormons-- including Mitt Romney.
Romney's primary qualification to be President was that he was a one-term governor of a mid-sized state (Massachusetts). He ran as a moderate, governed as a conservative, and skipped town before his constituents had the opportunity to run him out in a landslide (which we did to his hand-picked successor). Romney came to national prominence by bashing fellow Bay Stater John Kerry for "flip-flopping." Perhaps that qualifies him to have his well-coiffed picture in the dictionary next to "irony," but it blows my mind that anyone thinks he's qualified to be President. His resume makes Barack Obama's look like Bush 41's.
Peace.
Aquaman, this is a good example of why Progressives are nothing that a Christian should interact with and/or support. They're even worse theologically than Mormonism. They "ttok over' when Romney departed. Romney left Massachusets a den of pederasts and perverts (which isn't surprising seeing what senator they keep re-electing). Romney did nothing to stop them. I will not be supporting this guy for any reason.
Donny:
Are you absolutely, positively sure you told us EXACTLY what you think about LDS members?
Because you can always come back and post again if you forgot something ...
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