{"id":282,"date":"2007-12-11T12:10:41","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T16:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godandculture.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/11\/memo-to-hewitt-romney-isnt-mormon-like-giuliani-is-catholic\/"},"modified":"2007-12-11T12:10:41","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T16:10:41","slug":"memo-to-hewitt-romney-isnt-mormon-like-giuliani-is-catholic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/memo-to-hewitt-romney-isnt-mormon-like-giuliani-is-catholic","title":{"rendered":"Memo to Hewitt: Romney isn’t Mormon like Giuliani is Catholic"},"content":{"rendered":"

MSNBC political analyst Lawrence O’Donnell was recently cross examined by Hugh Hewitt<\/a> regarding statements O’Donnell made about Mormonism as a panelist on The McLaughlin Group<\/a>. Here’s part of what O’Donnell said on McLaughlin:<\/p>\n

On Big Love, the HBO series, that has been a real headache for Romney. Here\u2019s the problem. He dare not discuss his religion. And he fools people like Pat Buchanan who should know better. This was the worst speech, the worst political speech of my lifetime, because this man stood there and said to you, this is the faith of my fathers. And you, and none of these commentators who liked this speech realize that the faith of his father is a racist faith. As of 1978, it was an officially racist faith. And for political convenience, in 1978, it switched, and it said okay, black people can be in this Church. He believes, if he believes the faith of his fathers, that black people are black, because in Heaven, they turned away from God. In this demented, scientology-like notion of what was going on in Heaven before the Creation of the Earth.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hugh Hewitt accuses O’Donnell of anti-Mormon bigotry for those words. Hewitt defends Romney’s allegiance to the Mormon Church on the grounds that just because Romney is a Mormon doesn’t necessarily imply an endorsement on his part of everything his church teaches, in the same way Ted Kennedy or Rudy Giuliani are Catholics yet don’t abide by everything their church teaches.<\/p>\n

There is however, a major difference, between the way in which Kennedy or Giuliani are Catholic and the way in which Mitt Romney is Mormon. The Catholic Church is ON RECORD as opposing politicians who profess to be Catholic while disregarding the Church’s teaching on abortion and homosexuality. Show me one instance where the Mormon Church has ever declared Mitt Romney outside the lines of the theology of the Mormon Church on any issue.<\/p>\n

The teachings of the Mormon Church are abberant on fronts too numerous to mention. Mitt Romney has declared publicly his allegiance to his Mormon faith without citing one point where he disagrees with his church, yet Hugh Hewitt’s passion for Romney has so clouded his judgment he continues to be an apologist for Romney, going so far as to suggest that, like Kennedy and Giuliani, Romney doesn’t agree with his Church on every point.<\/p>\n

Kennedy and Giuliani are ON RECORD on the points they diverge from their Church. Where is Romney on record on the points he disagrees with Mormonism? No such record exists. The man believes the teachings of Joseph Smith<\/a> in toto.\u00a0For Hugh to suggest otherwise flys in the face of fact.<\/p>\n

Every God fearing American ought to research the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. A man who holds to those teachings certainly is not disqualified from holding the office of president on that basis alone. But conservative evangelical Christians, who hold to the faith once for all delivered to the saints and who desire to defend that faith, had best ask themselves what a Mormon in the White House would do to elevate the profile of a false religion parading as Christianity. Dr. Albert Mohler recently wrote<\/a>,<\/p>\n

As an evangelical Christian theologian, I must clarify that Mormonism is in no way consistent with orthodox Christianity. It borrows Christian themes and texts, but its most basic beliefs directly contradict the central teachings of Christianity.<\/p>\n

Mormonism holds that God is an exalted man, with a physical body. Christianity teaches that God is Spirit. Mormonism denies the historic Christian understandings of the Trinity, the person and work of Christ, and the doctrine of salvation. Christianity promises salvation through Christ’s atonement and the sinner’s justification by faith. Mormonism promises deification. Christianity calls for personal faith in Jesus Christ. Mormonism calls for obedience to its own teachings as the path to exaltation. Mormonism replaces belief in the sole authority of the Bible with other writings, including the Book of Mormon<\/em>. This list is only a brief summary of the vast chasm that separates Christianity from Mormonism. Put simply, Mormonism is not just another form of Christianity. It is a rejection of historic Christianity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Question for Hugh Hewitt: Is Dr. Albert Mohler a bigot?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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