A Mormon president ?

[otago]

Interesting having a Mormon running for president of the USA, if the bloke wins to whom does he owe his first loyalty , to the bosses of the Mormon church or to the USA ?
It seems all Mormons except those at the very top are expected to obey the Mormon church leaders.
It will be interesting to see the numbers of Mormons who become ambassadors etc.

 

[naterator]

Couldn't go worse than that time we elected a catholic.

But i doubt he'd be any more beholden to the church than he was in Massachusetts, which i believe was negligible to not at all. (But i'm not too familiar with the guy honestly)

 

[_random_]

Interesting having a Mormon running for president of the USA, if the bloke wins to whom does he owe his first loyalty , to the bosses of the Mormon church or to the USA ?
It seems all Mormons except those at the very top are expected to obey the Mormon church leaders.
It will be interesting to see the numbers of Mormons who become ambassadors etc.

This all sounds very familiar.

 

[TopGearFanatic]

I don't think it would make a difference.

 

[SG-17]

Except for the fact that the public image of Mormons is that of an insane sect while Catholics in 1960 were, well, just Catholics.

 

[TopGearFanatic]

Except for the fact that the public image of Mormons is that of an insane sect while Catholics in 1960 were, well, just Catholics.

I've never viewed Mormons as insane.

 

[dwaxe]

I've never viewed Mormons as insane.

Have you looked into their dogma?

 

[downtown]

We've had Mormon cabinet secretaries, dozens of congressman (including the current leader of the Senate), high level judges, ambassadors, and a ton of the FBI. If Mormons were too crazy to be President, we should have lots of data to support it. We don't.

 

[GhostWriter16]

Well, Mormonism does (IMO) have many wacky beliefs but in this case I think the beliefs are just silly and have little to do with how competent the person would be in offense.

@Downtown- Do you support Glenn Beck since he's Mormon?

 

[TopGearFanatic]

Have you looked into their dogma?

Maybe

 

[Jehoshua]

Maybe

"insert ominous music here"

 

[Maniacal]

While I don't doubt that someone who is a mormon could fulfill the duties of president, I'd be highly concerned about him repression of social advances. Its not like Smith's failed treasure hunting, shady character and numerous other blunders by the early mormons has rubbed off on every mormon since.

 

[Jehoshua]

I would actually have no problem with a mormon president precisely because I know he would at least support decent morality against so called "advancement" which is actually harmful to society and regressive in terms to societal stability and sustainability.

But I'm not american so this is a purely intellectual exercise for me

 

[Maniacal]

I would actually have no problem with a mormon president precisely because I know he would at least support decent morality against so called "advancement" which is actually harmful to society and regressive in terms to societal stability and sustainability.

But I'm not american so this is a purely intellectual exercise for me

That doesn't give you a negative image at all /s

I'd like to see any proof that allowing people to express whom they are and not be oppressed for things beyond their control or to make their own choices is bad. The same argument could be made about indoctrinating children into a any of a thousand or so belief systems before they can think for themselves.

 

[flyingchicken]

The important question is: who will be First Lady?

 

[TopGearFanatic]

The important question is: who will be First Lady?

More like which one will be First Lady?

 

[Maniacal]

More like which one will be First Lady?

How many mormons actually have multiple wives? Guess thats a question for the AaM thread.

 

[Perfection]

Have you looked into their dogma?

Have you looked at standard Christianity?

 

[Jehoshua]

@Scamp

only to one of your liberal relativist persuasion .

Your position could perhaps be a symptom of the ideological dictatorship where anyone who holds to absolute objective moral truth is declared oppressive or intolerant by the prevailing relativist society when the reality is that the inverse is true. Theres a reason why Christians are being genuinely opressed in the UK and its because they stand in opposition to the emptiness of modern society and the relativism that pervades the british society. Incidentally you hardly see such opression in any contemporaneous christian state.

 

[Maniacal]

@Scamp

only to one of your liberal relativist persuasion .

Possibly, however the opposite is certainly a distinct possibility too.

-replying to this section in another post in a bit (gotta BBQ up a baby, damn chores)-

Theres a reason why Christians are being genuinely opressed in the UK and its because they stand in opposition to the emptiness of modern society and the relativism that pervades the british society.

[citation needed] about actual prevalent and serious persecution.

Incidentally you hardly see such opression in any contemporaneous christian state.

I'm sure a gay couple will be happily accepted at the Vatican, Uganda or Philippines then.