The Speech
Mitt Romney delivered "The Speech" today, designed to deflect and soothe, to reassure evangelical voters that they could trust a mormon candidate. As expected he mostly glossed over specifics about mormonism and focused on broad themes of religious tolerance and his independence from Salt Lake when it comes to decision making.
I doubt this speech will do much to assuage evangelical doubts about Romney's mormonism. He certainly was not going to speak about the temple ceremony, or exaltation or really any of the distinctives that make mormonism a heresy and cause sych unease among people. Certainly one should not expect a President to be a theologian, but Romney's hesitancy to speak about what should be THE driving force behind his ideology in other than the vaguest terms should give one pause.
One comment that gave me pause was this one:
One comment that gave me pause was this one:
I believe that every faith I have encountered draws its adherents closer to God.
Really? Buddhism draws people closer to God? Islam draws people closer to God? The problem is that when a mormon speaks of God, when a Muslim speaks of God, they are not speaking of the God of the Bible, the God of Christianity, the true God. They speak of manmade idols, man's pride and creativity molded into a false image to be worshipped. Allah is no more the God of the Bible than the created being, the exalted man worshipped by mormons.
Romney and Christians who support him are willing to blur the lines of truth, replacing the absolute truths of the Biblical Gospel with a pragmatic embrace of "shared moral values". Romney may be the right man to be President, but his faith sets him apart from Christians. I would rather Romney had directly answered the myriad of issues that surround his faith, put his cards on the table and said "this is what we believe, and if my believing this causes you to not vote for me, so be it." Unfortunately that sort of honesty is a rare commodity among politicians of all stripes.
(Dr. Mohler addressed Mitt Romney's speech today on The Albert Mohler Radio Program)
2 comments:
Not only does is that sort of honesty is a rare commodity among politicians of all stripes
so it is also of the Mormons.
These two things are very dangerous when put together.
If we continue over on Contend Earnestly with Starting to Learn I would love to have your continued input.
Thanks for what you have contributed already.
I will be there! I believe that a big part of why we allowed to be led astray into mormonism and saved by His sovereign grace is to use that experience to witness to mormons of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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