Mormons and Mitt Romney

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Yes, this article is a joke.
I have a bible in Spanish and, several in English including a King James Version or two. So what? Personally, as long as he is reading the Bible, that is what matters.
And, any man who is a good husband to his wife knows what it requires. I can certainly understand a guy not
coveting the responsibility of loving and caring for a second wife and family. Besides, when would he ever get to watch a football game without interruption? :-)

hey i totally agree with bambi ,
people just take what the media gives them as information , i think if you really wanna know the truth about the mormon church then , go try it out , you dont have to convert however your just fooling yourelf if you believe all the press and media ....... i urge you to go one sunday to church and see what we ( mormons) really do !!!

hey i totally agree with bambi ,
people just take what the media gives them as information , i think if you really wanna know the truth about the mormon church then , go try it out , you dont have to convert however your just fooling yourelf if you believe all the press and media ....... i urge you to go one sunday to church and see what we ( mormons) really do !!!

I am a mormon and from time to time i see other people dissing my religion, but it never made me waver , mormonism stopped polygamy a while back and dont practice anymore , and whoever does do it now, is immediately ex-communicated .I think people have every right to say what they want but just remember not to make it un- christianable , un-charitable and certainly not christlike.

I grew up LDS(Mormon)....And althought I am not active EVERYONE I grew up with thought it was discusting. They are not proud of that(more ashamed) and in fact the two times in my life that I saw a Poligamist, I and every one around me had were in total shock.

I'm not Morman. In fact I was raised to believe Morman was a cult.... but I have to say, of all the religious peoples I've ever met, Mormans are the greatest. They believe in Gods' creation; society.

In the beginning I was tossed between Romney and Huckabee, but when I learned that Romney was a Morman, it put him over the top... here's a candidate for running this country (and the world) that was raised to believe in the community as a whole. The only good is the good of the majority... what defines the true America more... of the people by the people for the people, not the individual, or the lobbyist or the group, but everyone!!!

As far as poligamy... God said "reproduce and multiply"... a female can only conceive 10 days out of each month... how many wives should a man have if he's going to efficiently answer God's calling?

Of course, Women becoming what they've become, most of us can't handle one, let alone three... unless they're Morman

Was Romney wooing Evangelicals? How did I miss that? All of heard from Romney and his supporters is anti-Evangelical bigotry.

As a non-practicing Presbyterian (the world's only true religion) I feel that Mr. Romney could have made a fine president if he hadn't tried to re-make himself. He had s superior background as a businessman. He operated successfully as governor of Massachusetts (a well known communistic community.)
He had just a superior background that displayed real leadership. Then he tried to tweek things way too much. An emphatic appeal to the evangelicals (we're right and you're going to hell) really rang hollow. Too bad Mitt. You could have made a fine president.

Romney is all fluff. He says whatever he needs to say at the moment to appear authentic. He is a traitor to the conservative cause.

NICK ROMNEY's DEFEAT WAS TREMENDOUS

I noticed you criticized EZRA TAFT Benson for supporting the JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY. BUT you never criticized him. Benson doctrine is what the MAJORITY of Mormons live by. I would like to see you go to your church and criticize Benson. As mentioned I back my statements up with facts.

There are many reasons Mormons will not come forth even though they know of the corruption in the Mormon church. One is due to their belief in Mormon scripture which they associate with the Mormon church. The leadership has usurped power and authority over this scripture. Thus, the members of the Mormon church think that God expects them to support their misguided leaders. This is much the - rationalization that many Americans make about our government. They all know of the corruption, but rationalize that it is unpatriotic to talk against the government or ungrateful to complain when they enjoy superficial prosperity.

THE LINK BETWEEN BUSH FAMILY AND ROMNEY IS EZRA TAFT BENSON. CO FOUNDER OF THE RUSSEL TRUST aka. SKULLS N BONES SOCIETY.

The problem with this article is that it takes Romney to task for statements as they were reported by the press, and does not allow Romney to either verify what he said or explain what he meant. When most reporters are not religious and have little familiarity with the Bible, their perceptions of what was said or even the context can be out of kilter. Even statements by the late LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley in interviews with Mike Wallace and Tom Brokaw were taken out fo context and misunderstood. The key for Mormons commenting on things allegedly said by Romney is that we should not be nitpicking the mote in his eye when we have beams in our own eyes.

As a broad matter, Romney was clearly trying to make friends among Evangelicals by emphasizing common points of belief, such as his faith in Christ as Savior. Of course, given the fact that groups like the Southern Baptist Convention have been poisoning the well against Mormons for decades, so that nothing a Mormon says will be accepted at face value, it was a lost cause in dealing with many Evangelicals. They have been taught a knee jerk reaction against anything religious said by a Mormon, even when it is "Jesus Christ is the Savior." For the same reason, hearing Romney say he wanted to overturn Roe v. Wade was greeted with skepticism rather than joy over his repentance, rather the unforgiving attitude of the older son in the parable of the Prodigal Son. Evangelicals also seem to take the attitude of the lawyers who wanted to justify restricting their love of neighbor, to whom Jesus addressed his parable of the Good Samaritan, a heretic who observed God's great commandment to love thy neighbor as thyself far better than the priest or Levite.

The general view of Romney was that he was "artificial" in some sense. I might suggest that next time he goes out to the public soliciting votes, he should be explicit about the Mormon doctrines that relate to government and freedom, and make a point of stating that, as a Mormon, he is told by God to be a good American, to support lawful government and freedom of conscience for all, and that Americans have a duty to God to live righteously in gratitude for the blessed land of liberty God has afforded us. Those are not points of contact with Protestantism, but with Americanism.

Those Mormons or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as they preferred to be called, that you have quoted missed the point that many Evangelical voters seemed to have missed as well.

That point is that in public discourse there needs to be a clear separation between the values that candidates bring to office and the theological arguments that lead to those values. Romney made this case in his "Faith in America" speech, which was well received by those who heard it.

He Said, "It is important to recognize that while differences in theology exist between the churches in America, we share a common creed of moral convictions. And where the affairs of our nation are concerned, it's usually a sound rule to focus on the latter - on the great moral principles that urge us all on a common course. Whether it was the cause of abolition, or civil rights, or the right to life itself, no movement of conscience can succeed in America that cannot speak to the convictions of religious people. "

As other posts have pointed out how much disapproval did the Latter-day Saints have for Romney when he collected a much as 90% of the vote in Utah? (By the way Utah is 62.4 percent Mormon, with 2/3rds of that population being active members of the faith as of 2006. http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2886596)

Personally I have no problem with Romney reaching across the religious divide to evangelicals to further the common values and goals we have, and I believe that the data bears out that you would find many more of my faith that would say the same. While there are steep doctrinal differences Evangelicals and Mormons share many of the same values. The real story is how religion has been played by the media and certain candidates in a divisive nature. In so doing they have cut down our ability to fight for the values that people of many faiths hold in common, dividing us on theology when we should have been a united front in strengthening this great nation.

Yes, Mormons hate Romney so much that he won 90% of the votes in the Utah Republican primary. Get real.

In my opinion, the following is a more accurate representation of what Mormons are thinking at this point:

http://beehivestandardweekly.com/articles/182/1/Obama-Could-Take-the-West-with-the-Help-of-Mormon-Vote