Next US President a Mormon?

[saturneptune]

Refreshing.......some clear thinking.

Actually the moral system of Mormons wouldn't be any worse than JFK's under RC. At least I assume that now without any real evidence. We have until recent years relied on a good measure of morality from our CIC's. But from JFK on we've been let down, with Ronald Reagan the exception. And maybe Bush the elder. Now Gerald Ford comes to mind. My theory is fading.

As do many of your theories. If you cannot see the difference between the way the Mormon church and the Catholic church treat Jesus Christ, you need to do some research.

 

[Daisy]

Not everyone cares to make distinctions, fine or gross, between peoples.

 

[hillclimber1]

As do many of your theories. If you cannot see the difference between the way the Mormon church and the Catholic church treat Jesus Christ, you need to do some research.

Lighten up sn. I was trying to bring a little levity in as I was shooting my own theory down. But your assertion would hold water if JFK had treated Jesus any differently than would a Morman, but he totally ignored Him. Therefore, I don't see much difference. As an aside, it seems all Kennedy's from that particular family, have nothing to do with Christ.

 

[carpro]

I have been watching this thread with great interest but have been hesitant to wade in.

I'm leery of anyone from the Northeast that calls themselves a conservative, Republican or not. Romney's epiphany is not altogether convincing.

His Mormonism gives me as much pause as his politics, maybe more. I have more than one friend and several acquaintances that are Mormon. They are, without exception, very family oriented, hard working, conservative people. It pains me a great deal that they are as lost as can be.

Would I vote for a conservative Republican Morman? At this point, I am ambivilent. It might have a lot to do with who their oponent is in the primary as well as the general election.

 

[saturneptune]

Lighten up sn. I was trying to bring a little levity in as I was shooting my own theory down. But your assertion would hold water if JFK had treated Jesus any differently than would a Morman, but he totally ignored Him. Therefore, I don't see much difference. As an aside, it seems all Kennedy's from that particular family, have nothing to do with Christ.

Agreed that the Kennedy performance does not give evidence of Christ. However, as much as I do not like Catholic doctrine, they do treat Jesus as the Son of God, that is, God Himself, whereas Mormoms relegate him to something of a minor god.

 

[hillclimber1]

I have been watching this thread with great interest but have been hesitant to wade in.

I'm leery of anyone from the Northeast that calls themselves a conservative, Republican or not. Romney's epiphany is not altogether convincing.

His Mormonism gives me as much pause as his politics, maybe more. I have more than one friend and several acquaintances that are Mormon. They are, without exception, very family oriented, hard working, conservative people. It pains me a great deal that they are as lost as can be.

Would I vote for a conservative Republican Morman? At this point, I am ambivilent. It might have a lot to do with who their oponent is in the primary as well as the general election.

Well spoken, and I concur.

 

[hillclimber1]

Agreed that the Kennedy performance does not give evidence of Christ. However, as much as I do not like Catholic doctrine, they do treat Jesus as the Son of God, that is, God Himself, whereas Mormoms relegate him to something of a minor god.

There, see, we can reach an understanding and be civil at the same time. At least once and a while.

 

[mnw]

...does it matter who the next president is, surely the Illumanti control the world anyway... :thumbs:

 

[KenH]

I'm leery of anyone from the Northeast that calls themselves a conservative, Republican or not.

His Mormonism gives me as much pause as his politics

Yea, that's right, if we don't like a person's geographic location let's just toss him aside into the trash heap.

Yea, that's right, if we don't like a person's theological location let's just toss him aside into the trash heap.

I am forced to consider the possibility that politics in this country is devolving rhetorically into a similar kind of sectarianism that we witness daily in Iraq on the evening news. Fortunately, we haven't devolved to the point of killing each other over our geography or our theology or our ideology. At least not yet.

 

[carpro]

Quote:
Originally Posted by carpro
I'm leery of anyone from the Northeast that calls themselves a conservative, Republican or not.

His Mormonism gives me as much pause as his politics

Yea, that's right, if we don't like a person's geographic location let's just toss him aside into the trash heap.

Yea, that's right, if we don't like a person's theological location let's just toss him aside into the trash heap.

I believe you are over-reacting.

I have not consigned your annointed one to the "trash heap", but I will look at him very carefully through the eyes of one who is skeptical. He may pass muster, yet. Then again, maybe not.:thumbs:

 

[KenH]

Not really meaning to jump on you about this, carpro.

I am just amazed about how the Mormonism of George Romney in the 1960s and Mo Udall in the 1970s was an absolute non-issue(I didn't even know that Udall was a Mormon until yesterday and I followed the 1976 Democratic nomination battle very, very closely) but now we see story after story in the news about whether Americans will elect a Mormon as president in 2008. To me that is sad to see and shows devolution in our politics.

But it will make an interesting topic of conversation the next time that I call into the local radio talk show.

 

[LadyEagle]

Closed per previous warnng. LE