Mitt Romney and Religious Prejudice

[denverian]

Originally Posted by msina

Many Christians seem to believe that Mormonism is a cult. It could be they have little knowledge of the religion, it could be personal preferance. I have family that happen to follow the teachings of the LDS Church. I would rather attend a gathering of the LDS Elders than a gathering of Evangelical leaders myself. I have found the ones I have met to be "real" people that do an awful lot of good works. I guess I found them comforting in disposition. If I were to vote for a republican, he would be first on my list.

I find the whole thing amusing as a sort of outsider. To me, Mormonism and right-wing evangelical Christianity are equally goofy. Both groups live similar lifestyles (rigid, strict, literalism) and would probably agree on most anything political or moral. Yet evangelicals point fingers and cry cult.

[panacasummit]

you're not from the South are you?

Originally Posted by godofthunder

Every time I encounter the notion that people actually WOULD base their vote solely upon Mitt's religion -- it makes me feel sick inside.

[godofthunder]

Originally Posted by panacasummit

you're not from the South are you?

I lived in the South for awhile some years back. I found the lack of respect many people had for the religious beliefs of others to be stifling. I also found that racism is alive and well down there, but kept more on the down and low. Not the ridiculous KKK-ish behavior of the distant past. More just a general acceptance that black people are inferior or hopelessly flawed. To put it all together, I found the hypocrisy of Bible Belt Christians to be absolutely stunning. Nowhere else can you "give Jesus all the praise", preach love to all mankind, have religions billboards everywhere and still have such widespread bigotry.

That being said, I was very impressed by Southerner's determination to serve and be kind to one another. I was living in Oklahoma when the bombing happened and the genuine Christian nature of the people absolutely came shining through. For that, I was very impressed.

[NCN]

A person who has any faith seems to be in low demand these days. Huckabee is having the same problem. I cannot imagine why people would distrust anyone who believes in God; be it Jewish, Catholic or Protestant. I would not want a president who had no faith. That would be sad, but God is still in control, no matter what faith the president.

[Huckleberry3911948]

IMHO dont see religion as a critical issue in this election.
most on CD seem to be worried bout money issues.