[Apologetics] Why Romney Can't 'Solve' His Mormon Problem

[Art Kelly]

December 18, 2007 
Why Mitt Romney Can't 'Solve' His Mormon Problem
By Stuart Rothenberg

...(M)any observers still don't fully understand why
evangelical Christian voters are having a problem with
Romney's Mormon religion. It's not merely that they
disagree with his church on matters of theology or, as
some may believe, that they are intolerant. The issue
is far more fundamental than that.

Many evangelicals won't vote for a Mormon for
president of the United States for the same reason
that almost all Jews would not vote for a candidate
(for any office, I expect) who is a member of Jews for
Jesus. For Jews, the Jews for Jesus movement is a
deceptive attempt to woo Jews to Christianity under
the guise of remaining true to Judaism.

Likewise, for evangelicals, Mormons are not
"Christians" in the sense that evangelicals understand
the term, and by portraying themselves as
"Christians," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints is deceptively wooing evangelicals or potential
adherents away from Christianity.

Evangelicals see Mormons as trying to blur the line
between Christianity and Mormonism, just as Jews see
Jews for Jesus as trying to blur the lines between
Judaism and Christianity.

The full article is at
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/12/why_mitt_romney_cant_solve_his.html



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