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The New Republic: Despite His Efforts, Romney's Mormonism Always Held Back His Campaign
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- "The Church of Jesus Christ (LDS) adheres more closely to First Century Christianity and the New Testament than any other denomination.....blah, blah.."
Posted by Bot14
According to your logic, if you''re truly Christians, it would make FLDS?.... truly Mormons.
BETTER Mormons at that.
FREE Warren Jeffs!!!!!!
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- IOWEIGN,
You''ll have to explain that one to me, pal. All I can see going on between Islamic churches is guerilla warfare. But it''s all good, whatever makes them happy. - Reply to this comment
- The posts on this article have been surprisingly easy going. The nastiest as usual coming from atheist leftists. I want to point out that no one has been machine gun ambushed, suicide bombed, or poison gassed over this huge religious conflict in the US. Islamic countries should take note and try to emulate the United States of America.
Posted by runningralph at 06:59 AM : Feb 09, 2008
They have been for sometime... - Reply to this comment
- The posts on this article have been surprisingly easy going. The nastiest as usual coming from atheist leftists. I want to point out that no one has been machine gun ambushed, suicide bombed, or poison gassed over this huge religious conflict in the US. Islamic countries should take note and try to emulate the United States of America.
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- The nature of a candidate''s religious beliefs, as well as just how fanatical they actually are about them, is VERY important to me as a non-religious person who is politically active.
To me, all religious people are suspect, and potentially dangerous. I think they all suffer from an insidious form of mutually supportive mass-delusion. To me, they''re all a bit crazy, to one degree or another.
There are "degrees" of religious wackiness to be considered though: a candidate who only attends church occasionally, and who speaks very seldom (or not at all) about their religious convictions seems far less threatening than one who''s constantly bringing up their religious beliefs in support of their political agenda.
I investigated Mormonism when Romney appeared. I wanted to know just how crazy he might be. What I found amazed me; Mormonism seems to have more in common with Alice In Wonderland''s Through The Looking Glass than with any religion that I''m familiar with.
I don''t want to see an evangelical fundamentalist like Huckabee elected either, but Romney seems even worse. Perhaps it''s just a matter of being more comfortable with the devil that you know than with the devil you don''t, but I''d be NO more inclined to vote for a Mormon than I would a Scientologist.
That anybody could embrace such a strange set of beliefs tells me all that I need to know about their fundamental level of sanity, and thus, their suitability for high public office. - Reply to this comment
- This article points out something that I recall talking about when Mitt announced his intentions to run for president. People simply don''t know enough about the Mormon church. This could have been overcome, but it would have to be someone like Harry Reid on the left side of the isle. Dems just don''t care as much and seem to be more accepting - more inclusive than exclusive IMO.
I like how the article uses the word "conversion" to describe how Romeny was trying to get evangelicals on his side - it really is that difficult to change a negative view point from a given culture.
It actually would have been very interesting to see Reid run for President as a dem b/c then the message would be very clear - he''s not conservative and is a Mormon, let''s get out and vote. - Reply to this comment
- Mitt Romney lost because he kept changing his positions, he was a moving target! As soon as he was attacked on an issue he was on your side wondering what you were talking about! lol What was really hilarious was his campaign signs near the end touting "Change", it looks like Obama''s! Amazing, simply amazing. Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up!
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- The Church within EVERY Denomination -
The church is within every denomination throughout the entire world.
We who are in Christ Jesus have become a %u201Cnew%u201D creature (Gal.6:15, 2 Cor.5:17). We have BECOME the church of God (1 Cor.10:32, 1 Cor.1:2, 1 Cor.15:9, Gal.1:13), Jesus%u2019 living body (Col.1:24).
No matter which denomination one attends, the living body of Christ is there.
Patricia (ndbpsa )) Bible Prophecy on the Web
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- I suppose at bottom all religions are cults. Even the one which worships the "Flying Spaghetti Monster". I''m not sure just what it is that compels "believers" to insist that their creed and theirs alone has the sole monopoly on truth. Even atheists are not immune...just read what some of them write on these threads. But whatever it is, it is also divisive, fragmentary and costly - both in terms of human lives and good will. Far more humans have died over which god to believe than whether one should believe in a god or not. And far, far more have died than in all secular causes combined.
Not every believer does this, of course. There are some of every faith that validate another''s sincerity in holding to a one that is different from their own, so such acceptance is possible.
Why Baptists and Mormons are at each other''s throats, I don''t know. I don''t care. I wish it would stop. - Reply to this comment
- "their" not "there".
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