03-02-2007, 11:11 PM | #31 | |
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He's good looking, smart, and says "Jesus Christ is my personal savior" over and over. How is that going to end up backfiring on the church? The only reason I say it would backfire on the church if the church funded him would be that people would be suspect that the church was using him just for PR. |
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Back to the poll, I am not at all surprised that the group with the best net favorable percentage is Catholics with +25 percent. In the relgious world, our true brothers and sisters look to Rome for guidance.
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I agree that overall his election would be a PR boon for the church. Its just that if somehow he became wildly unpopular that could rub off on the church too IF he is the "mormon candidate. Come to think of it, I think there are equal parts upside and downside.
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Really? I bet he doesn't on the campaign trail or in front of the press. Not if he wants any chance of being elected he doesn't.
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03-03-2007, 06:55 PM | #35 |
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I only see upside (barring some strangely major and bizarre PR mistake). The more Americans know about Mormons the better. Not because they might be inclined to join up, but because familiarity breeds less hostility and greater understanding.
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Wholeheartedly agree.
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I believe ETB did influence Mormons to move more to the right. He isn't solely responsible for the movement, but he certainly had an impact.
As a prophet, he was not a radical conservative. As an apostle, he was. By becoming prophet, many of his radical conservative positions began to be viewed as church positions, and many Mormons after time began to forget that certain of his statements were made before he became prophet (like "you can't be a Democrat and be a good Mormon"). The fact that he was allowed to serve as a Republican in a Republican president's cabinet WHILE serving as an apostle only bolstered the impression that the church tacitly supported the Republican party. If you don't think he had any effect on making Mormons more conservative, I would challenge you to post that you can be a good Mormon and a Democrat on cougarboard and look at the responses (or just mention it in Elder's Quorum). |
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Americans don't want to vote for a Mormon because they don't know what that means just yet. Many think it means the guy they saw on Newsweek's cover with 36 wives, many of whom were his nieces. Once they learn more, Romney's largest contribution may, assuming he doesn't win, be to make Mormonism a non-issue for the next Mormon candidate by informing the masses about what the religion actually is. |
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03-03-2007, 11:11 PM | #39 |
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Mormons are conservative therefore Benson did it. Sound reasoning counslor. It's really sad how little Mormon liberals who purvey this nonsense know themselves or their own people and their philosophical roots. I guess this type of pretzel logic is necessary when you belong to a community of poeple whom you find mostly so awful. Nobody except Mormon liberals and grapevine types really cares or even remembers what Benson said over the pulpit anymore. Mormon liberals think they're so much smarter than everyone else but don't give the rank and file nearly enough credit.
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