Was Mike Huckabee treated unfairly by the media about his Mormon question?

Question

Huckabee was asked-'what do you think about Mormons' in an interview.
To which he answered-' I don't know much about them, aren't they the ones who teach that Satan is the brother of Jesus?'

The media accused him or attacking Mormons.

Huckabee was really bashed by all networks over this question.


Mit Romney said-' this is not true, Mormons do not teach this, and this kind of question always comes from those who want to discredit his faith.

My question is this-was that unfair? No one in the media researched this question.

Just a couple minutes research on the internet turned this up-

A. The Devil was born as a spirit after Jesus "in the morning of pre-existence," (Mormon Doctrine, page 192.)
B. Jesus and Satan are spirit brothers and we were all born as siblings in heaven to them both, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 163.)
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and this video about Mormons belief in origins-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy0d1HbItOo&feature=related


What is the truth here???

Answer 1

Yes, I think he was treated rather unfairly. Huckabee is a populist religionist and that scares the media. Jewish lobbies are also against him because he is not a typical wink-and-a-nod evangelist who is strong on national defense [that also means full support for Israel]; they see him as an unabashed Christian, who can jeopardize the secular nature of this country. So they will keep throwing these types of questions at him until they've proved that he's a noncompoop.

Conservatives, talk-radio type, want a leader who is more subtle about his faith--a person who would use code language that everybody has come to understand. Huckabee says what he means.

I am a Muslim, and I have many problems with his ideas, but I like him as a person because he is intellectually honest. The country can use more leaders like him.

I am planning to vote for Ron Paul if he runs as an independent.

Answer 2

1st Pastor Huckabee asked the question supposedly off record at a lunch. I feel it was an honest question. He wanted to gain alittle insight into their beliefs as the reporter he ate with seemed very knowledgeable about LDS beliefs. No malice in it.
2ndly Mitt Romney is a schmuck who will use any tactic necessary to sling mud on his opponents, even to the point of speaking untruths. Of the 100 requests for pardon when Romney was Governor of Mass not one was pardoned, including an Iraq War vet who had a bronze star... the guy shot another kid with a b.b. gun when he was a kid and it was on his record, the man wanted to become a cop... Romney refused the war vet a pardon based on politics NOT the principle of right and wrong.

I have met good people of all faiths, but if Romney is the ideal Mormon, then I want nothing to do with them!


BTW VOTE HUCKABEE!!!!!

Answer 3

One of my questions on Yahoo Answers was to ask Mormons about the statement, and they all said it was true, but the meaning had been twisted by the media. I'm not sure why Mike Huckabee pointed out that statement, but I think his is not a true separation of church and state candidate.

Answer 4

The media has attacked everyone, but particularly Romney about his faith. Why not attack Huckabee as well. Afterall, he did say:

"I'm just not going to go off into evaluating other people's doctrines and faiths. I think that is absolutely not a role for a president."

While he said he respects "anybody who practices his faith," Huckabee said that what other people believe — he named Republican rivals Romney, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton — "is theirs to explain, not mine, and I'm not going to."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3165...

I see several issues here that contribute to the fact that the media has slammed Huckabee.

1. Huckabee said he would not discuss another's religion and then he did exactly that. Is this indicative of his character and integrity as a candidate for the presidency?

2. He is courting conservative Christians, yet made a personal religious attack against another person, hardly the christian thing to do.

3. He stated an isolated piece of information that would serve to confuse people and create distrust of members of the Church. Remember, Romney is not the only member of the church out there. Comments like this affect every member. Again, hardly christian.

4. Furthermore, while there is a grain of truth in his statement, God is the creator of us all and therefore we are his children, it is left open to the imagination of the individual to figure out what that means. For example, it does not mean that we believe satan and Jesus are equals, which is what anti-mormon critics want people to believe. No, Huckabee didn't say this, but the fact that he threw out his little statement without clarification, is irresponsible at best and probably falls under bearing false witness against his neighbor.

5. Huckabee then excuses himself, like Hillary for the Obama drug remarks, and claims ignorance. I mean no disrespect to baptists, but from my personal experience many are anti-mormon. Many actively study anti-mormon literature and preach against the church. They have also been prolific in their production of anti-mormon propaganda.

I mean merely to point out that it is highly unlikely that Huckabee, as a baptist minister, did not know what he was doing when he made the comments nor that he did not know what people would think as a result of his actions.

So, was it unfair? No.

Answer 5

The only truth here is that Romney is ashamed of his church. Pretty much like when in an interview with George Stephanopaolus asked him about Jesus's second coming wil be in Missouri. Romney denied that this was an LDS teaching and that Missouri had nothing to do with the second coming. But we all know that is wrong. Romney has constantly denied many of his church's teachings which I view as hypocritical. Be proud of your church or leave it. Huckabee was just the victim of this whole web of deception Romney has weaved. He is liar and a flip flopper.

Answer 6

That video was called "religious pornography" by an ecumenical group who saw it. And it is.

No, Huckabee was totally stupid to make such a remark.

We do not believe that SATAN is anyone's brother, in any way shape or form. SATAN fell from God's grace.

Now, LUCIFER, on the other hand, was a Son of the Morning, and one of our Heavenly Father's spirit cuildren, as were we all. ALL of us, including Jesus (the eldest), who was always intended to be the Saviour.

And when Lucifer fell, and became Satan, he no longer has any claim to heaven, what God's other children have.

The Truth is not found in any of Ed Decker's imaginational movies or books. He finds nothing wrong with "lying for the Lord". SATAN is the father of lies, and Decker is full of them.

Answer 7

The media is bias. It depends on which channel you listen to and which commentator. It is not politically correct to say that if you don't believe in Jesus Christ then you are going to hell. If use another book with your Bible to practice your Christianity, is it wrong or right? That is the answer he should have given but people will not listen.

Answer 8

We do not use Mormon Doctrine as an official statement from the Church. This is a book written by one man, and is considered one man's opinion. I have a copy of it, and find it helpful in my studies, but I use it in conjunction with other books and materials.

We teach that both Jesus Christ and Lucifer were in the pre-existence. We do not actually say that they were brothers, but this is inferred. We teach that we were all brothers and sisters in the pre-existence.

When God the Father set forth his plan to create the earth, all of his spirit children cheered. God then asked which one he should send as the Savior, Jesus or Lucifer. Lucifer offered to go as the Savior, and said that not one soul would be lost. He said that he wanted all the glory. Jesus then offered to go, and said that he would do God's will. God then chose Jesus as the Savior. Lucifer became upset and rebelled, drawing one third of the spirit children with him.

What we do know comes from The Pearl of Great Price, Moses 4:1-4:

1 And I, the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying: That Satan, whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the beginning, and he came before me, saying—Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely eI will do it; wherefore give me thine honor.
2 But, behold, my Beloved Son, which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning, said unto me—Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.
3 Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down;
4 And he became Satan, yea, even the devil, the father of all lies, to deceive and to blind men, and to lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not hearken unto my voice.

And Pearl of Great Price, Abraham 3:27-28:

27 And the Lord said: Whom shall I send? And one answered like unto the Son of Man: Here am I, send me. And another answered and said: Here am I, send me. And the Lord said: I will send the first.
28 And the second was angry, and kept not his first estate; and, at that day, many followed after him.

Answer 9

the truth is that all religions are man made idiotic dogma with contradictions galore.