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To: Rambi who wrote (230664)	5/10/2007 4:34:45 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

But are folks looking at Romney as a candidate who happens to be Mormon, or a Mormon who happens to be a candidate? Romney has a lot of the qualities most people would like in a president, so it's a bit unfair to dismiss him because of what church he goes to. To me, that smacks of 1960 all over again.

To: Rambi who wrote (230664)	5/10/2007 4:48:27 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 281500

I think the secretive and very insular nature of the Mormon church makes it likely that most other religions view it with a certain amount of distrust. The values are good, the church is new, and quite strange. The various secrets of the church are a bit like the Scientology ladder- where you find out more the higher up you get. I don't think most people will be comfortable with that. I find all religions equally weird, so I don't really have a dog in this fight. I like my political leaders to be a little apathetic in terms of their religiosity, or at least not to let it interfere with their politics.

To: Rambi who wrote (230664)	5/10/2007 5:06:11 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If you research Mormon beliefs, you really can't consider them Christian. They are kind of a bastard offshoot of Christianity, founded by a former con man who was running the greatest con or was charismatically self-deluded. I lean heavily toward con myself. The Mormons have a real disadvantage. People were paying attention and writing things down when they were founded, in english! It's a fascinating story. This book is about one third annotated footnotes and is excellent. amazon.com A command from the current Prophet and Revelator is considered a command directly from God, which good Mormons are to obey instantly without question. The current prophet is a humble and kind man, but that wasn't always so, and likely won't be in the future. The Prophet also controls the untaxed billions from the 10% tithe every good Mormon must pay to the church. I suspect that's where a lot of Romney's money is coming from, other than his own pocket. en.wikipedia.org