The degree to which he succeeded or failed won't be found in blogs, columns, polls, or talk shows. It will be seen in church pulpits in the coming weeks. If pastors across the nation feel the need to do sermons explaining Mormon theology, he will have failed because voters will have come to identify Romney even more closely with his religion. If pastors don't feel the need, if parishioners just don't care about his faith, then he will have succeeded because people will simply see him as the guy running for president who happens to be of a different faith.
Romney's results...
Friday December 7, 2007
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"Anyway, Romney's religion of godhood, won't go over very well in the Islamic world."
I'm been thinking this for a while and I'm surprised that this is the first time I've heard someone mention it. The United States is under attack by Muslim terrorists. Would having a President who believes that many gods exist cause us more problems in the war on terror? Seriously, think about it. Would it make us more of a target?
I don't think Muslim terrorists care much about distinctions within Christianity, justathought. Anyone who is not them is a target. They even blow themselves up!
Muslim terrorists don't care about what the leaders of the United States say or claim to believe, they care about what they are as shown in what they do.
Remember, Osama bin Laden endorsed George Bush for President in 2004. It got Bush the 2 million votes he needed to become a disaster.
There are, what, a billion Muslims? Yet not all of them are working for Osama Bin laden. Notice that their propaganda was against the "atheist" Soviet Union, and the "crusaders and jews." Its Muslim religious recuriting propaganda. Since Mormons are polytheists, that is basically the worst religion in Muslim eyes, so I think it would boost their recuriting abilities. So I'm saying, would having a polytheist as President weaken the war on terror in making ourselves more of a target and allowing more terrorist recruitment on their side? I think it would hurt the public image of the United States throughout the world. What do you think?
Two points in response to hmm's post:
1. correct me if I'm wrong but I think many Muslims already view Christianity as polytheistic due to the concept of the Trinity.
2. after the fiasco that is Bush, how could we possibly look any worse to anyone else in the world?
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