This country WAS founded on Christian principles. You'd think the people would want a good Christian to lead it in upholding those principles. Maybe we'll even be able to pray in schools again. After all, school shootings have increased dramatically since God was taken out of the schools.
2007-10-18 08:32:52 · 22 answers · asked by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
HELL YEAH, BABY, THAT'S RIGHT!!!! TIME TO LEAVE AMERICA, FILTHY LIBERALS!!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA, GET IT!!!! UGH-MUR-EEK-AH. GET OUT IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT!!!!
2007-10-18 08:53:51 · answer #1 · answered by bamidélé 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Well, we elected a catholic as president, why not a mormon, a jew, or a muslim. I'll tell you why. It doesn't matter who runs for president, sex, or religion or ancestry aside, they are all thieves, liars, crooks, gangsters, bootleggers, draft dodgers, or any combination thereof, and the list is not conclusive. The only way out of this mess, is to declare a mass revolution, kick out the prez, his cabinet and congress. Get rid of the supreme court with their partisan views.Then when all have been gotten rid of, appoint me KING. I'll run it like it should be run. No more campaigne promises to be broken, no more elections to be bought. Just what I say goes. The mayor ticks me off, I have his head removed and appoint a new mayor. There would be an immediate opening to fill 25,000 new jobs as armed border guards to keep out terroists, or anyone else I don't like. I would develop the strongest military ever, just in case someone made ugly faces about me. So many things I would do, but I'll wait for my appointment to tell you, you don't want to read the ending first.
Sealed with the royal seal of the Kingdom of America. Signed by his Majesty Dondi the First.
2007-10-18 09:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by Dondi 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. This country was founded on principles that are common in most major religions, not just Christianity. It would be just as accurate to say that America was founded on Jewish, Muslim, or Moral Realist principles. Many of the Founding Fathers were Deists, not Christian or Catholic, but believers in a Supreme Being (Creator or Nature's God).
I, personally, don't care what sect (or cult as some have called Mormonism) the candidates adhere to, as long as they actually ADHERE to it and don't just play it lip service to garner votes. Romney seems very devoted to his faith and very moral, unlike most of the others.
2007-10-18 10:59:21 · answer #3 · answered by john_stolworthy 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Interesting points
The only Evangelicals who are against Romney NOW are the ones who never really knew God anyway (the Evangelicals with hard and withered hearts). More and more Evangelical Ministers and other Christians are beginning to see that Mormon values are Christian values (I say that is because Mormons ARE Christians) and that voting against Romney for religious reasons is UNREASONABLE.
More over Romney's values are American Values.
In the primary I am voting for Rudy (I like his track record of justice), but If Romney is the "R" candidate I will have NO reservations voting for that Christian Mormon.
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2007-10-19 07:04:45 · answer #4 · answered by Dionysus 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most Christians don't consider Mormon's to be Christian. In fact, Mormon's originally did NOT want to be associated with Christians. It was years later as a p/r move that they wanted to be called Christian. Another reason for not voting for a Mormon is the fact that lot's think they are a cult. There are a lot of books out about secret practices held by the church. Baptisms for the dead and such. You know Mormon's think God is just one of many and that this planet was given to him. Once a Mormon dies he'll get his own planet to repopulate. It's a fascinating religion. My family used to be Mormon
2007-10-18 08:41:33 · answer #5 · answered by Jasmine 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Mormonism is not Christian
they are mutually exclusive, although the mormons call themsleves Christians, they believe in the book of mormon which was written in the 1800's by a poor farmer in upstate new york and they claim he and every church leader they have had since is a prophet that speaks directly to god.
so anything he says is church doctrine, even when the change theyre minds.
its heard to believe any thinking person could seriously believe in some of the stuff they are into
2007-10-18 08:47:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
There's nothing wrong with him being a mormon. It's his poor record and zero credibility that make him a undesiarable candidate.
The rest of your statements are wrong. America wasn't founded on Christianity and the school shooting claim is empty right wing retoric with no basis in fact. Might work on the talk radio crowd but not on anyone who knows more than what Rush, Savage or Levin have to say.
Thomas Jefferson made an interpretation of the 1st Amendment to his January 1st, 1802 letter to the Committee of the Danbury Baptist Association calling it a "wall of separation between church and State." Madison had also written that "Strongly guarded. . . is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the United States." There existed little controversy about this interpretation from our Founding Fathers.
If religionists better understood the concept of separation of Church & State, they would realize that the wall of separation actually protects their religion. Our secular government allows the free expression of religion and non religion. Today, religions flourish in America; we have more churches than Seven-Elevens.
Although many secular and atheist groups fight for the wall of separation, this does not mean that they wish to lawfully eliminate religion from society. On the contrary, you will find no secular or atheist group attempting to ban Christianity, or any other religion from American society. Keeping religion separate allows atheists and religionists alike, to practice their belief systems, regardless how ridiculous they may seem, without government intervention.
2007-10-18 08:50:13 · answer #7 · answered by justgoodfolk 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No one has a problem with Romney's church. He is not the only Christian that is running. However, your question doesn't really help him since you are making him look like a crazed fanatic. School shootings and prayer have nothing to do with each other. Students would just shoot after praying time is over.
2007-10-18 09:35:03 · answer #8 · answered by cynical 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, for me, knowing what I know about the Mormon religion, it is rather cultish. I don't want someone in the White House who believes that in the afterlife, he will be a god, that women are second class citizens good only for baby making, and that only Mormons are going to Heaven. I can see all to easily, him deciding that he is akin to Joseph Smith and that he should be the head of the Theocracy of America. It scares me, frankly.
2007-10-18 08:45:24 · answer #9 · answered by slykitty62 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It isn't a big deal.
Instead of looking at the wisdom and ideas of this person, America strutinizes this cadidate on a non-issue.
By the way, God is everywhere, so you can't take God out of schools. But God can withdraw his Spirit from a non-faithful people.
2007-10-18 08:41:08 · answer #10 · answered by ahedou2 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Because if he truly believes that Jesus came to America after he rose from the dead and their were "tribes" of Israel about at that time and then they suddenly disappeared and all this was sent to Joseph Smith on Golden Plates that were buried in a hill in upstate NY, how can you trust the man to run the country.
2007-10-18 08:39:16 · answer #11 · answered by joe s 6 · 9⤊ 1⤋