[Apologetics] Romney is tough sell for many U.S. Christians

[Art Kelly]

Romney is tough sell for many U.S. Christians
Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:03am EST
By Ed Stoddard

DALLAS (Reuters) - When a pair of Mormon missionaries
knocked at the door of Jerry Pierce's home in a north
Dallas suburb last month, he marshalled his arguments
and stood his ground.

"I look forward to encounters like that. I like to
talk to them about the nature of Christ and who Jesus
is," said Pierce, a staunch Southern Baptist, the
biggest Protestant denomination in the United States.

Mitt Romney, a Mormon, is running into similar
resistance as he tries to win over Southern Baptists
and other evangelical Protestants in the race for the
Republican Party's nomination for the 2008 U.S.
presidential election.

Romney will need the support of this traditional
Republican base if he is to take on former New York
mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is running strongly in
opinion polls despite his three marriages and a
pro-abortion position that is anathema to many
Republicans.

The reason Romney faces difficulties with Southern
Baptists, according to many experts, is his Mormon
faith. Not only do many Southern Baptists regard the
Mormon church as a cult, they also regard it as a
competitor that is winning -- or poaching -- converts
from among the evangelical flock.

The full article is at
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1529102720071121



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