Huckabee Questions Mormons' Belief

[sampsonblk]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, asks in an upcoming article, "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"...

A spokeswoman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Huckabee's question is usually raised by those who wish to smear the Mormon faith rather than clarify doctrine...

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8TFL9B81&show_article=1


She could have just given a straight answer: yes.

Huckabee is going to catch holy hell for asking. What will this do to illuminate our party? Nothing. We'll have two GOP guys arguing about what they believe in while our party slings mud at each other. I hope Romney and Huckabee do not suck up all the oxygen in the next few weeks.

I hope that if there's going to be a debate about religion that its kept in its proper place. And I hope our side takes part. It does matter.

[vanlassie]

1. Not Our Problem!

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[sampsonblk]

6. Actually, I think it is our problem

If the debate within the GOP is about who has the stronger and more sound beliefs, what does that make our party look like? Not good.

[vanlassie]

10. I don't follow your thinking

Just because two religious wackos duke it out does not mean WE are NOT worthy, not religious, not serious candidates, etc. What are you believing?

Who cares whether Mitt and Huckabee have a debate about which or their religious beliefs are best? They have an audience of koolaid drinkers. They're likely not going to convert anyone to Mormanisim, from Mormanisim, or to the Republican party, either.

Meantime, WE talk about the things people CARE about.

[sampsonblk]

11. I am talking about appearances, not reality

The GOP is having a fight about what they believe in. What are we fighting about? Past drug use and other kindergarten stuff. It doesn't present a good contrast for us.

[marylanddem]

2. I love this religious war between Huckabee and Romney

Two dorks punching it out over who's the holiest...

[no_hypocrisy]

3. The implication of that's why a registered voter should not poll for Romney

is chilling.

The Iraq debacle, the sinking dollar, the subprime crisis, the prospect for martial law, the growing homeless crisis, immigration are issues put by the wayside while theological debates determine who the leader of the free world is going to be.

[havocmom]

4. Yep, religious litmus tests over discussion of the problems killing us.

My, how helpful both those idiots are.

[AlinPA]

5. The republicans are now going all out with the religion "issue" to win over

their base. Who would have thought that a main campaign issue for republicans in the US is focused on talking about Jesus and devil? Is this Karl Rove at work? Totally wild.

[sampsonblk]

7. Are you surprised by this?

The issue was always there.

[AlinPA]

9. No, but now its full scale when they are talking about devils and Jesus.

[hayu_lol]

8. I am so glad that the Repugnants...

offer us such great comic relief as we are about to witness(gives a new meaning to the word witness)between two such religious sour-pusses.

Add to that the sight of all Repug candidates dressed in Keystone Kop costumes and weilding and jousting with rubber bats...oh my. Oughta make a movie outa all this.

[saltpoint]

12. I think it would be very instructive for Bill Moyers to interview Huckabee.

Bill Moyers knows his stuff. My guess is that Huckabee would be exposed as a superficial pseudoChristian hardly deserving of the title "Reverend."