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Republicans & Evangelicals Cross-Promote
No one is coming out and saying this plainly: Republicans and evangelical Christians cross-promote each other. If you're Republican, you're a Christian. If you're a Christian, you're a Republican. There are large groups of evangelical Christian Republicans who also believe that Catholics are on the wrong path and are going to hell because they pray to saints and have priests as intermediaries between them and God (if you think I'm mistaken, I have pictures to prove it).
Evangelicals and most of the Christian community, and, therefore, by default, the Republican party believe that Mormons do not uphold Christian values, do not believe in the Jesus they do, and are all part of a cult. That's why the Christian community, by and large, has a huge problem with Mitt Romney as a potential candidate for president.
I used to like Franklin Graham and was knowledgeable of his back story - that he had departed from his father's "straight and narrow" and then "returned as the Prodigal Son" to follow - somewhat - in his father's footsteps. He runs Samaritan's Purse, a Christian charity. By definition, a Christian charity should mean, a loving organization that espouses and represent Christ's love and acceptance. Listen to what Franklin says about Obama and how he differentiates between Obama's faith (abstaining from an opinion), Santorum's and Gingrich's morals (!!!), and then his perspective on Mormons (as I mentioned before).
Franklin Graham has now established himself to be a two-faced bigot in my book. What's good for the goose in his book is not good for the gander. Obama said he's a Christian. Santorum and Gingrich have said they are Christians. However, Franklin Graham will not support Obama's claims to be true. Why the double standard?
Franklin Graham is too pious a Pharisee.
Religious beliefs and theology have no place in politics. That's why our Founding Fathers (many of whom were athiests or deists, and NOT Christians) established the distinct separation of Church and State.
Evangelicals and most of the Christian community, and, therefore, by default, the Republican party believe that Mormons do not uphold Christian values, do not believe in the Jesus they do, and are all part of a cult. That's why the Christian community, by and large, has a huge problem with Mitt Romney as a potential candidate for president.
I used to like Franklin Graham and was knowledgeable of his back story - that he had departed from his father's "straight and narrow" and then "returned as the Prodigal Son" to follow - somewhat - in his father's footsteps. He runs Samaritan's Purse, a Christian charity. By definition, a Christian charity should mean, a loving organization that espouses and represent Christ's love and acceptance. Listen to what Franklin says about Obama and how he differentiates between Obama's faith (abstaining from an opinion), Santorum's and Gingrich's morals (!!!), and then his perspective on Mormons (as I mentioned before).
Franklin Graham has now established himself to be a two-faced bigot in my book. What's good for the goose in his book is not good for the gander. Obama said he's a Christian. Santorum and Gingrich have said they are Christians. However, Franklin Graham will not support Obama's claims to be true. Why the double standard?
Franklin Graham is too pious a Pharisee.
Religious beliefs and theology have no place in politics. That's why our Founding Fathers (many of whom were athiests or deists, and NOT Christians) established the distinct separation of Church and State.