Pastor backing Perry: Romney not a Christian

[MicaelS]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/07/8211096-pastor-backing-perry-romney-not-a-christian

You're going to see more comments like this. I have some co-workers who are Evangelicals / Conservative Christian, and they really do believe that the LDS Church is a Cult. No way in hell Romney will ever get the nomination.

The Texas pastor who introduced Gov. Rick Perry at Friday's Values Voters Summit in Washington told reporters that he does not believe that former Massachusetts Mitt Romney is a Christian, and called Romney's Mormon faith a "cult."

"Well, Rick Perry's a Christian. He's an evangelical Christian, a follower of Jesus Christ," Dr. Robert Jeffress told NBC News. "Mitt Romney's a good moral person but he's not a Christian. Mormonism is not Christianity. It has always been considered a cult by the mainstream of Christianity. So it's the difference between a Christian and a non-Christian."

Perry's campaign quickly distanced itself from the words of the pastor. The Texas governor, according to campaign spokesman Mark Miner, does not believe Mormonism is a cult.

Representatives of Jeffress' church dropped off statements at the press tables before Perry's speech announcing the endorsement -- not on Perry stationary.

[TheDebbieDee]

1. I saw that clip on MSNBC earlier this evening..........

When Dr. Jeffress said that Mormonism is a cult, I thought, "Jemini, ALL religions are cults!"

[bluestateguy]

2. Liberal mainliners are not fans either

nt

[spanone]

3. it would be just like the thugs to start a religious war

[bengalherder]

4. Catfiiiiiiiiight! n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. As their power fades, they will blame and attack and consume each other.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Missing the point: no candidate should use his Christianity as the deciding reason

for voters. Kennedy acknowledged he was a Catholic and that shouldn't be the reason to vote for or against him in 1960.