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Title: Jesus, Lucifer, Mormonism (WAS HUCKABEE'S QUESTION LEGITIMATE?)
Source: Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish
URL Source: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.c ... sh/2007/12/jesus-lucifers.html
Published: Dec 13, 2007
Author: Andrew Sullivan
Post Date: 2007-12-13 17:06:25 by aristeides
Keywords: None
Views: 133
Comments: 1

Jesus, Lucifer, Mormonism

13 Dec 2007 01:47 pm

Here's a fascinating exploration of the question raised by Mike Huckabee with respect to certain Mormon beliefs. Money quote:

"This is what they [the Mormon missionaries] told me: God has a physical body shaped like a man's except that it is a resurrected and perfected body of flesh and bones and spirit-no longer corruptible. He has a head, body, legs, and arms such as ours. He has feelings and emotions-love, compassion, jealousy, anger, and so on-much as we have, though in him they are controlled and exercised to perfection. He once was as we are now, and we may some day become as he is now. He once lived in accordance with eternal laws on a planet such as ours. In due time he obtained the power to beget spirit children---to become a God or Father in heaven. Jesus Christ was the first born of his children in heaven. Probably Lucifer similarly was among those early born spirits. Both are older brothers of ours, Jesus Christ being our eldest brother. We were created in God's image." (No More Strangers, 3:91)

God also has sex, it seems. I reproduce this solely because it's interesting. Mormonism really is very different from Christianity in its theology and doctrines. I don't think it's inherently stranger. As a Catholic, I am obliged to believe that the mother of Jesus was whooshed physically into the sky rather than dying. (This is a more binding teaching than the bar on sex with my husband, by the way.) Once you start subjecting religious doctrines to secular, empirical standards, not many would survive. But, as long as we have a secular politics, this doesn't and shouldn't matter in a presidential election. For me, it doesn't. But here's the point: for those who believe no politics is meaningful without religion dictating its meaning and direction, i.e. today's Republican leadership, it's a legitimate question.

So quit the whining, Mr Romney, and enjoy the bed you've made for yourself.

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#1. To: aristeides (#0)

Journalists don't ask Romney about being a Mormon because it would revolt the rest of America that isn't Mormon. Mormons are theologically batshit-crazy. That being said, I also think they are good people for the most part, they believe in being prepared for emergencies and hunting/gun ownership is part of their lifestyle (I've got some distant Mormon relatives, they HATE Romney). Mitt Romney is a sort of apostate within Mormonism because he is a gun-grabbing piece of shit who ran to the East coast to practice his unorthodox (by Mormon standards) politics.

Mike Huckabee was right about questioning Mormonism, but the news media spanked him because Romney is down for the liberal agenda.

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite." James Madison

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