Where's Curly?
Larry and Moe go at it. From a story by the AP's Libby Quaid:
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?"The article, to be published in Sunday's New York Times Magazine, says Huckabee asked the question after saying he believes Mormonism is a religion but doesn't know much about it. His rival Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is a member of the Mormon church, which is known officially as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The authoritative Encyclopedia of Mormonism, published in 1992, does not refer to Jesus and Satan as brothers. It speaks of Jesus as the son of God and of Satan as a fallen angel, which is a Biblical account.
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.
"We believe, as other Christians believe and as Paul wrote, that God is the father of all," said the spokeswoman, Kim Farah. "That means that all beings were created by God and are his spirit children. Christ, on the other hand, was the only begotten in the flesh and we worship him as the son of God and the savior of mankind. Satan is the exact opposite of who Christ is and what he stands for."
I'm guessing there's one thing these two could probably agree on: that rational thought -- expecting to see evidence there's a god instead of just believing blindly, as they're instructed to do by the church -- is eeeeevullll!
Yes, it's 2007, and the men and women running to be the leader of the free world all believe in The Imaginary Friend. And it sells.
P.S. Surprise, surprise, from a link by Mickey Kaus, it seems a good many of the Huckter's speeches from when he was a pastor are lost. Did the dog eat them with your homework, Hucky? Did you smear them with raw hamburger to get him to do it?







Like it'd even matter if they did believe Jesus and the Devil were brothers? Frankly, they're giving me some hope because they're showing just how ridiculous they are. And, maybe, just maybe, all the Christians (if there are any left besides the fundy nuts who feel this way) are getting a wake up call that, yeah, if you do succeed in turning America into a theocracy, it just might not be your brand you'd have to bend your knee to.
Donna at December 12, 2007 6:39 AM
If you want "ridiculous", you can start with Joseph Smith, who, absent the Rosetta Stone, claimed all sorts of things for his religion which were the product of his own imagination - and almost completely wrong.
Radwaste at December 12, 2007 4:48 PM
Mormonism is no more retarded than any other form of christianity, or anyother religion for that matter
lujlp at December 12, 2007 6:15 PM
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