Reply #143

It's the theological equivalent of Amway, and Joeseph Smith is the 19th century version of L. Ron Hubbard.

It was a common tactic of the more freethinking of the founding fathers to take advantage of the fact that there were so many religious sects. Jefferson was less feared by the Baptists than the Anglicans, because he at least sought to establish no official church.

This is a street fight. We should give up no weapon. If the evangelical movement, which has become the core of the GOP core, has hated Mormonism since its inception, why not use that fact? Barack Obama ought to be more acceptable to these folks, because he accepts the core of Christian doctrine, including the trinitarian godhead, which Romney does not.

It's all nonsense anyway, of course: if there is a god, then having the correct magical formula is probably not the way to hallow yourself in its sight. Nonetheless, why not make the nonsense work to our advantage for once?