Target: Romney

It's obvious that the contenders for the 2008 election are threatened by Mitt Romney. I believe the venom is due to his contrast ads hitting the nail on the head, and some recently inflated egos from newsroom flattery. The media appears to be biased towards Democrats and therefore tout the praises of those they want to win the Republican nomination, so they will be easily defeated in the final analysis. Romney is the one the Democrats fear. The truth is Mitt Romney has many supporters, because people want to believe in someone who has strong faith, is accepting of all faiths, and is a good example of a leader, husband, and father. I would not vote for McCain or Giuliani because of their past records in office. Huckabee will not get my vote because he has made off handed comments about the Mormon Church. At the very least, a president has to put his own biases aside, and do the best good for all people even those with whom he may disagree. If he can not do this with those who also believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior, then how will he begin to do this with others whose views go against his belief system? He can not, but Romney can.

For all those undeducated on mormons being true christians - Elder Jeffrey R. Holland


Indeed no less a source than the stalwart Harper???s Bible Dictionary records that ???the formal doctrine of the Trinity as it was defined by the great church councils of the fourth and fifth centuries is not to be found in the [New Testament].???3

So any criticism that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not hold the contemporary Christian view of God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost is not a comment about our commitment to Christ but rather a recognition (accurate, I might add) that our view of the Godhead breaks with post???New Testament Christian history and returns to the doctrine taught by Jesus Himself. Now, a word about that post???New Testament history might be helpful.

In the year A.D. 325 the Roman emperor Constantine convened the Council of Nicaea to address???among other things???the growing issue of God???s alleged ???trinity in unity.??? What emerged from the heated contentions of churchmen, philosophers, and ecclesiastical dignitaries came to be known (after another 125 years and three more major councils)4 as the Nicene Creed, with later reformulations such as the Athanasian Creed. These various evolutions and iterations of creeds???and others to come over the centuries???declared the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost to be abstract, absolute, transcendent, imminent, consubstantial, coeternal, and unknowable, without body, parts, or passions and dwelling outside space and time. In such creeds all three members are separate persons, but they are a single being, the oft-noted ???mystery of the trinity.??? They are three distinct persons, yet not three Gods but one. All three persons are incomprehensible, yet it is one God who is incomprehensible.

It is not our purpose to demean any person???s belief nor the doctrine of any religion. We extend to all the same respect for their doctrine that we are asking for ours. (That, too, is an article of our faith.) But if one says we are not Christians because we do not hold a fourth- or fifth-century view of the Godhead, then what of those first Christian Saints, many of whom were eyewitnesses of the living Christ, who did not hold such a view either?7

We declare it is self-evident from the scriptures that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are separate persons, three divine beings, noting such unequivocal illustrations as the Savior???s great Intercessory Prayer just mentioned, His baptism at the hands of John, the experience on the Mount of Transfiguration, and the martyrdom of Stephen???to name just four.


A related reason The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is excluded from the Christian category by some is because we believe, as did the ancient prophets and apostles, in an embodied???but certainly glorified???God.17 To those who criticize this scripturally based belief, I ask at least rhetorically: If the idea of an embodied God is repugnant, why are the central doctrines a

Bryan that was pretty weak, I would "try and get [you] to believe otherwise...."

anybody attacking mitt romney for his religion should be ashamed of themselves ,theyr'e forgetting what country theyr'e living in ,the great majority of the voters hopefully all of them are not going to fall for it,they will choose their candidate based on the issues.i'm not a romney fan but i keep an open mind and would vote for him if i decided he's the better of the lot

BILL Schenectady,N.Y. Do you have any reporters that aren't hearing impaired? During the debate,Romney,Huckabee,Juliani,and Mc Cain each stated,at least once that they agreed with statements made by Fred Yhompson. In my opinion that shows that Fred Thompson was prepared and they were not;making Fred the winner of the debate.If the voters of New Hampshire are foolish enough to want any of these other candidates for President who do they expect them to call to supply a reasonable response to an emergency situation, FRED THOMPSON ? How long would it take to locate him ? Wouldn't it be better to have him in the oval office to handle the situation IMMEDIATELY ?

BILL Schenectady,N.Y. Do you have any reporters that aren't hearing impaired? During the debate,Romney,Huckabee,Juliani,and Mc Cain each stated,at least once that they agreed with statements made by Fred Yhompson. In my opinion that shows that Fred Thompson was prepared and they were not;making Fred the winner of the debate.If the voters of New Hampshire are foolish enough to want any of these other candidates for President who do they expect them to call to supply a reasonable response to an emergency situation, FRED THOMPSON ? How long would it take to locate him ? Wouldn't it be better to have him in the oval office to handle the situation IMMEDIATELY ?

BILL Schenectady,N.Y. Do you have any reporters that aren't hearing impaired? During the debate,Romney,Huckabee,Juliani,and Mc Cain each stated,at least once that they agreed with statements made by Fred Yhompson. In my opinion that shows that Fred Thompson was prepared and they were not;making Fred the winner of the debate.If the voters of New Hampshire are foolish enough to want any of these other candidates for President who do they expect them to call to supply a reasonable response to an emergency situation, FRED THOMPSON ? How long would it take to locate him ? Wouldn't it be better to have him in the oval office to handle the situation IMMEDIATELY ?

As undecided voter, I was turned off by the below-the-belt barbs by McCain to Romney. I may not agree with Romney, but McCain seemed childish, peevish and anything but presidential. I actually started to pull for Romney, who I thought looked like he could handle himself well when the kitchen gets hot.

I thought I lived in America. I think we are losing what our Founding Fathers and Colonists fought for their lives for. I intend to vote for the most noble, most honorable, and most intellgent person. Whether that be a man, woman, no matter what their religion should be. How small of thinking to vote on religion! Most Latter-Day Saints are great people, check out what they truely believe on LDS.org. Go to the source. Religion should not be a reasoning, what about the real issues? Who can bring honor to the Presidency? Who can get things done for the American people.