From The New Republic-
In the current presidential election campaign, many, if not most, Americans are expecting that Mitt Romney’s quest for the White House will be buffeted by questions about his religion. How to handle Romney’s Mormonism has proved especially vexing, both for the candidate and for the electorate. It’s worth considering exactly why that’s the case.
The essential question, from the perspective of many voters, concerns the very nature of Mormonism, an upstart religion born in western New York in 1830 and persecuted for much of the nineteenth century. After Joseph Smith Jr. translated the golden tablets that he had excavated from a hillside near Palmyra, New York, and published the translations as the Book of Mormon, Smith began receiving revelations regarding temple endowment ceremonies, lifestyle (no alcohol or hot beverages, commonly misconstrued as a proscription against caffeine) and, most incendiary of all, polygamy.
More here-
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/100375/romney-mormon-election-religion
1 comment:
Romney is caught between a rock and a hard place. The LDS is hemorrhaging members. The internet has exposed Mormons to the true stories of their history. Not pretty. There are good things about Mormonism but their "theology" isn't one of them. How can Mitt say much without revealing their vulnerability to history and the idea that males can become gods with their own worlds? In a country where many Republicans claim some form of Christianity as the foundation of the US. Communication may hold the same fate for the Morg as it has for Russia and other controlled states.
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