Enough with the Mormon bashing already! If I owned a business, I would hire Mormons. They are honest, sober, punctual, and not afraid of a hard day's work. They don't call in sick or spend half the day outside smoking. Having said that, I will point out that many Mormons seem to hold a less-than-high opinion of Gentiles (non-Mormons). What implications might this have for a Mormon president? Would he appoint a Mormon cabinet or Mormon judges exclusively? What about his selection of a running mate? There is nothing wrong with the Mormon religion that isn't wrong with the rest of the mainstream religions. As I have stated above, these are hard-working, trustworthy people. But what they think of the rest of us may greatly influence the way a Mormon president chooses to gover.

Hucabee is trying to decide if he should participate in the new reality-based TV show that sheds new light on the falibilty of evolution. It's called "Evolution; Fiction or Friction". Huckelberry Bibleboy will lead modern day crusaders to remote jungles around the world to debunk evidence of evolution. They'll be going back to the dawn of time with exposes on what the first men and women were like 6000 years ago.

He will demonstrate how angels can fly and demons mostly inhabit evil places like New York and San Francisco. He will use the phrase "as God is my witness" more often than Rudy uses 9/11. He can't wait to show pre-schoolers that science is the work of satan and how the Bible is written in God's own hand.

He will promote the use of lethal means to stamp out the wicked; those who require more than some ancient legend to scare them into conformity. His co-host will be selected from the many retiring pillars of morality who have recently been pardoned or parolled.

It should be both thrilling and educational. Remember. Huckleberry Bibleboy is a proven genius. His words are gospel, his actions devine. Praise Almighty! Our savior/warrior is finally free of the shackles of democratic rule. Long live Theocracy!

Trust me folks I live in the middle of Mormonville, it's not a relegion, its a cult and Joseph Smith is the leader! Anyone who puts a Mormon in the WH needs to be waterboarded.

Reverend Huckabee is just agreeing with his
fellow ministers in the US Christian community.

Just because you say you are a member of the
'Church of Jesus Christ of LDS' & therefore 'Christian'
doesn't mean the other Christian sects are going to agree.

Perhaps it's important for the 86% of US who
are Believers to understand where the various
branches of Big Religion stand on the matter
of 'Mormons as Christians'. Apparently most
point out that there are serious differences
of doctrine that prevent Mormonism from being
considered an 'orthodox' Christian sect. For links,
go to the bottom of this site:

http://www.irr.org/mit/Is-Mormonism-Christian.html

I thought Mormons were sort of like Muslims, you know with all those wives and marrying their cousins.

Why is this even a question? Mormons, Catholics, fundies ... it's all just figuring out which shade of blue the Big Guy in the Sky wants you to paint your bellybutton. Who decides which is legitimate? Each thinks the other is wrong, wrong, wrong ... which makes each legitimate ... and likely to send people to my door to sing hymns for me and tell me I'm headed for hell if I don't get legitimate with them, paint my bellybutton their shade of blue and start dropping my tithes into their offering baskets.

Lets examine organized religion strictly from an economic standpoint. Postulate that I organize a religion, if I can get as many as 10 converts paying a 10% tithe I would be better of economically than any of my flock. When I convert up around 100, at that point I can hire spokespersons to carry the message. At this point some of my flock are having children, who can be brainwashed very easily. A sucessfull ministry should grow exponetially, making me a very wealthy preacher!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whatever.

"Huckabee Won't Say Mormonism Is "Legitimate" Christianity"

I hate to defend Huckabee, but I think these gotcha questions stink. Huckabee doesn't want to offer an opinion on the legitimacy of Mormanism. That isn't the same as stating that Mormanism isn't legitimate.

The political debate has been Hannitized. One is asked a question which is framed to corner the answerer, or box him in. Then the answer is twisted around to suit the prejudices of the questioner.

The same for all this "Are you going to apologize for yadda yadda yadda?" junk. Phooey. It is intended to put the answerer in a weak position.

Let me enlighten you with words from the leader of Christianity.

"For God so loved the world he gave HIS ONLY begotten son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life."

So, I guess it's open to anyone who wants it.

Yes, the long war on Christianity. I pray that one day we may live in an America where Christians can worship freely! In broad daylight! Openly wearing the symbols of their religion.... perhaps around their necks?

And maybe - dare I dream it? - maybe one day there can be an openly Christian President. Or, perhaps, 43 of them. Consecutively." ... Jon Stewart

But Mittens is a Saint and I am a lowly gentile.

Alas poor me, if only I could touch them hem of his garment,

Here what MT said

"All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the 'elect' have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so 'slow,' so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle -- keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate. If he, according to tradition, merely translated it from certain ancient and mysteriously-engraved plates of copper, which he declares he found under a stone, in an out-of-the-way locality, the work of translating was equally a miracle, for the same reason.

"The book seems to be merely a prosy detail of imaginary history, with the Old Testament for a model; followed by a tedious plagiarism of the New Testament. The author labored to give his words and phrases the quaint, old-fashioned sound and structure of our King James's translation of the Scriptures; and the result is a mongrel -- half modern glibness, and half ancient simplicity and gravity. The latter is awkward and constrained; the former natural, but grotesque by the contrast. Whenever he found his speech growing too modern -- which was about every sentence or two -- he ladled in a few such Scriptural phrases as 'exceeding sore,' 'and it came to pass,' etc., and made things satisfactory again. 'And it came to pass' was his pet. If he had left that out, his Bible would have been only a pamphlet."

AS if the Huckster brand (Pharisees) is,

Mormon, moron, whatever, I have no grievance
with the organized religion peeps AS LONG AS
they aren't holding their literature AND
firearms at the same time...and that gleam
in the eye bit kind of bothers me, for some
reason...