Mormon as President ?

[bluelake]

Mitt Romney of Mass. may run for the highest office in the land. He’s a Mormon.
He’s also a Republican.
As a Christian, would you vote for him?

His politics seem okay except for ‘National Heath Care.’
Bottom line is, his Christian beliefs?
Mormons call themselves Christian, but as you know they are not.

They teach God was to a man on another planet. He has a body
of flesh and bones as humans do, God the Father had sex with Mary to produce Jesus .
There are three levels of heaven which have to be earned to attain entry.
A famous Mormon said " As god once was, man is." A good Mormon must pay ten percent tithe to the church. This will earn the privilage of entry to a secret Temple.
These teachings can be found on your PC.

What are your views?

bluelake

 

[HailMary90]

Though I would love to see a Roman Catholic president… Like Jeb Bush, Rick Santorum or Bobby Jindal…

His religion should have nothing to do with someone voting for him. If his political views fit your religious moral standings and outlook on things, vote for him.

 

[Semper_Zelare]

I submit to you that I don’t like Mitt Romney very much. Especially because of his being a Mormon.

And there are plenty, PLENTY, of other candidates, Catholic and Protestant alike on the GOP side that I would rather vote for. Mainly because they’re more conservative than he is. Just tonight, Karl Rove said, “there’s going to be a 3 way race for the conservatives in the Republican primaries, and a 1 way race for the moderates”.

Mitt Romney was the 1 for the moderates.
Gingrich, Bachman, and Pawlenty were the conservative contenders in his view.

However, Mitt Romney is the most electable now. He’s got more organization and money to start than any of the other candidates.

And, a pro-life Republican is a pro-life Republican. I would vote for an atheist pro-life Republican over a Catholic anti-life Democrat. And I’m going to vote for whoever the GOP puts up there instead of Obama. I hope every faithful Catholic understands the need to vote against Obama and not necessarily for another candidate.

 

[ttaM]

And, a pro-life Republican is a pro-life Republican. I would vote for an atheist pro-life Republican over a Catholic anti-life Democrat. And I’m going to vote for whoever the GOP puts up there instead of Obama. I hope every faithful Catholic understands the need to vote against Obama and not necessarily for another candidate.

I understand where you’re coming from when saying this, really I do, but I can’t agree. If Obama is running against another unqualified or undeserving candidate, as a matter of personal accountability and responsibility, I would abstain from voting for either. If Obama wins again because the Republicans cannot pick a decent, deserving, qualified candidate like they failed to do in 2008, then I will not feel responsible for his victory, even if my single absent vote could have made the difference.

The blood of unborn babies, the confiscation of my firearms, the march towards socialism, etc. will not be on my conscience. There is no moral imperative to take part in a broken two party electoral system if neither candidate is worthy. I will be blameless in this respect when I render my account to God.

On another note, personal religious beliefs I think are important when it comes to deciding on the candidate that I’d like to vote for. No matter what, you can’t separate your personal and public life. If you claim that you can separate your private feelings from your public work, then you are simply not to be trusted. I have no inclination to trust someone who claims their faith provides them with their personal moral compass and yet refuses to impose it on the society they are charged to shape for the better. This separation of private and public life is the mantra of Catholic politicians who say they are personally pro-life, but will not support pro-life legislation. It is abhorrent.

 

[ishii]

And, a pro-life Republican is a pro-life Republican. I would vote for an atheist pro-life Republican over a Catholic anti-life Democrat. And I’m going to vote for whoever the GOP puts up there instead of Obama. I hope every faithful Catholic understands the need to vote against Obama and not necessarily for another candidate.

 

[ishii]

The blood of unborn babies, the confiscation of my firearms, the march towards socialism, etc. will not be on my conscience. There is no moral imperative to take part in a broken two party electoral system if neither candidate is worthy. I will be blameless in this respect when I render my account to God…

It boils down to this: do you want Obama picking the successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg (she will turn 80 two years after the next president is elected) or do you want a Republican picking the successor? No candidate is perfectly worthy. Every candidate is flawed. But there are candidates who believe in the right to slaughter the unborn, and candidates who believe in restricting that right or eliminating it. We must choose the latter. Voting for the 3rd party fringe “perfect” candidate is the equivalent of voting for the former. There is a moral imperative to vote for the lesser of two evils.

Ishii

 

[mary_bobo]

I understand where you’re coming from when saying this, really I do, but I can’t agree. If Obama is running against another unqualified or undeserving candidate, as a matter of personal accountability and responsibility, I would abstain from voting for either. If Obama wins again because the Republicans cannot pick a decent, deserving, qualified candidate like they failed to do in 2008, then I will not feel responsible for his victory, even if my single absent vote could have made the difference.

The blood of unborn babies, the confiscation of my firearms, the march towards socialism, etc. will not be on my conscience. There is no moral imperative to take part in a broken two party electoral system if neither candidate is worthy. I will be blameless in this respect when I render my account to God.

On another note, personal religious beliefs I think are important when it comes to deciding on the candidate that I’d like to vote for. No matter what, you can’t separate your personal and public life. If you claim that you can separate your private feelings from your public work, then you are simply not to be trusted. I have no inclination to trust someone who claims their faith provides them with their personal moral compass and yet refuses to impose it on the society they are charged to shape for the better. This separation of private and public life is the mantra of Catholic politicians who say they are personally pro-life, but will not support pro-life legislation. It is abhorrent.

Do you think that Obama is a " decent, deserving qualified candidate"? You have stated a number of things that make him undesirable as a president and I agree with them. The GOP has a number of qualified people who could be nominated, however none of them, so far, are flashy and glib. Depends on your perspective, I guess, but I look more towards substance rather than show.

 

[Robert_Bay]

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