Now be totally honest: Could you vote for a Mormon for president? Before you answer, here’s an article from the Wall Street Journal about presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. As Lutheran’s we distinguish between church and state, and spiritual and civil righteousness. Political stance aside: Why is it that we seem to hesitate on this one?
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Frankly, I hesitate because the Mormon faith is so incredibly weird. It’s provably historically untrue, and requires huge leaps of faith as to Joseph Smith’s honesty about the manner in which the Book of Mormon came into being. In short, Romney is a sucker.
I would hesitate less for a Muslim; if I hadn’t been given the gift of the Holy Spirit, the manner of salvation I would have devised for myself would look an awful lot like Islam.
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That’s a great insight, and I’ve never thought about it that way. You can’t vote for someone who’s been suckered by such nonsense. Such gullibility can’t lead the nation.
I’m not sure that I’d hesitate any less for a Muslim candidate. It’s not the violent side of Islam causes the hesitation. It’s the stated goal of Islam: to institute Sharia law throughout the entire world. This just does not jibe with my American sensibilities.
The thing that gives me pause with respect to Romney is that a Mormon president would lend an air of legitimacy and mainstreamness to the Mormon faith, which will have the result of more people converting worldwide. I think one could argue that voting for Romney in a real sense sends people to hell.
If his Mormon faith doesn’t matter to his presidency or the electiion process, I’d like to see some WSJ articles on Mormons who aren’t voting for him.
We’ve discussed this many times. The real question is “Who would you vote for — a Mormon or Hillary?!”
I think it’s not a question of who would you vote for between two Democrats, but if you had to chose between the lesser of two evils which would/will you chose?
And do we, as Lutherans, separate church and state when we vote? Why should we? Isn’t it a matter of conviction if you let your God in the voting booth with you?
Yeah, the road paved to hell will be a straigter shoot for Hillary voters.
What are some thoughts on Huckabee? I can’t help but like the guy…but is he the man for the job?
What are some thoughts on Huckabee?
As a recent resident of the State of Arkansas, I can with confidence categorically say that Huckabee is a bad choice. First off, he’s easy pickins for the Democrats this fall. Second, as a governor he was only moderately a Republican at all. He increased the size and scope of state government quite a bit from the former governor, and was in favor of several tax hikes. Furthermore, his meddling in state education was downright scary. He lost, like, 100 lbs. when his obesity threatened his health, and he projected that onto the schools. As a result, no teacher was permitted to give food to students. That’s right, a state with enormous problems with poverty and children coming to school hungry — and he’s worried they might get fat. He’s probably sincere on his stances in regards to most moral issues, but in terms of governance I’d rather find a wise Turk.
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I actually am pretty much sold on Romney. I really don’t care if he’s a Mormon - to paraphrase Luther, I’d rather have a wise Mormon president than a stupid Christian president. And I wouldn’t consider it a sign of being gullible that he’s a Mormon. He may have never critically evaluated his faith; plenty of people never do. A lot of people are what they are because that’s simply what they’ve always been. Just look at many of our past presidents - we’ve had plenty of “Christian” presidents who didn’t have a clue about Christianity.
I think we ought to evaluate Romney based on his secular accomplishments considering that’s what he’s running for. I think it’s shallow to say, “Eh, he’s Mormon, won’t do it.” There are a ton of other issues on the table, and him being Mormon is the least of our concerns.
Some of the comments seem to predict, wildly, “what if” - such as giving an “air of legitimacy” to Mormonism (etc.) if Romney were to be elected. Why not stay in the realm of actual experience? Romney WAS governor of Massachusetts; did the state convert? (NO!) Was Salt Lake City the de facto capital? (NO!)
So, honest Christians (and others): is there ANY evidence that a Romney presidency would truly lead to any of the predictions or fears stated? (NO! in fact, there is EVIDENCE that demands a verdict to the contrary).
As to the claim that Romney is suckered in by a ridiculous set of claims, I think that’s really in the eyes of the beholder, isn’t it? I know many who think that the claim of a virgin birth, literal resurrection and transubstantiation (Catholic belief that the wafers and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ during the communion), not to mention the legitimacy of the Bible (do any scholars truly believe that Paul wrote all the “Pauline” epistles?) vs. the claim that the Bible is the “infallible word of God” (non-Biblical claim, by the way) beliefs are pretty wild, and that those who believe them are “suckered.”
Don’t we believe, as an Article of Faith as Americans, that men are free to believe what they may - even if it sounds crazy to outsiders?
Again, look at evidence: has any president’s “crazy” (to outsiders) beliefs ever truly led to some chaotic end?
As for me, I will vote for the candidate - Republican, Democrate, Gay, Straight, Black, White, Male or Female )etc.) - that most closely represents my American dream. I know of no candidate that doesn’t correspond with my beliefs at some level, but one will emerge as the closest of all, and that will be my person. And so far, it is Romney.
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