For better or for worse, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain likes to say out loud what others only whisper. A few weeks ago, for example, Cain mentioned what his rivals for the nomination dare not mention: Mitt Romney has a religion problem.
“Romney would be a good choice,” Cain told the editors of The Washington Times, “but I don’t believe he can win.”
Why? Because to win the nomination (and the presidency), a Republican needs to do well in the South — and Cain sees Romney’s Mormon faith as a major barrier there.
“It doesn’t bother me,” said Cain, “but I know it is an issue with a lot of Southerners.”
However impolitic it might be for Cain to raise the “religion issue,” polls suggest that Romney will indeed face significant resistance among voters reluctant to vote for a Mormon.
Christing, the film’s director, says opposition to the candidacies of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman is rooted in the historical battles among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Americans. He thinks his film will shed light on that rift.
The documentary covers the charismatic Mormon prophet Joseph Smith's run for the U.S. presidency and the events that led up to his murder by an angry mob. The DVD contains a “bonus feature” that examines Mitt Romney and other Mormon candidates in the modern age. (Mitt Romney refused to be interviewed for this film.)
Christing, the film’s director, says opposition to the candidacies of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman is rooted in the historical battles among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Americans. He thinks his film will shed light on that rift.
The documentary covers the charismatic Mormon prophet Joseph Smith's run for the U.S. presidency and the events that led up to his murder by an angry mob. The DVD contains a “bonus feature” that examines Mitt Romney and other Mormon candidates in the modern age. (Mitt Romney refused to be interviewed for this film.)
Christing, who is not a member of LDS, adds, “You can’t really understand the gigantic challenge facing presidential candidates Romney and Huntsman until you understand the secret world of Joseph Smith, polygamy and Smith’s political ambition to build a theocracy in the United States.”
- Aug. 17, 1809, in Pennsylvania, Thomas Campbell, 46, and his son Alexander, 20, formed the American Movement for Christian Unity, which later became the Disciples of Christ Church.
- Aug. 18, 1927, Christian radio pioneer Theodore Epp was converted to a living faith at age 20. In 1939, he founded Back to the Bible Broadcast, an evangelistic radio program with outlets today on over 600 stations around the world.
Aug. 19, 1953, Israel's parliament conferred Israeli citizenship posthumously on all Jews killed by the Nazis during the years of the Holocaust (1933-1945) in Europe.
A study found 63 percent of people in Pakistan, 64 percent in Egypt and 77 percent in Israel are worried about Islamic extremism in their country. Similarly in the West, 68 percent of the people in France, 69 percent in the U.S. and 76 percent in Russia are worried about Islamic extremism in their country.
Not only can the man rant, he can write. From the larger and louder half of the world-famous magic duo Penn & Teller comes a scathingly funny reinterpretation of the Ten Commandments. They are The Penn Commandments, and they reveal one outrageous and opinionated atheist's experience in the world. In this rollicking yet honest account of a godless existence, Penn takes readers on a roller coaster of exploration and flips conventional religious wisdom on its ear to reveal that doubt, skepticism and wonder -- all signs of a general feeling of disbelief -- are to be celebrated and cherished rather than suppressed. And he tells some pretty funny stories along the way.
“Romney would be a good choice,” Cain told the editors of The Washington Times, “but I don’t believe he can win.”
Why? Because to win the nomination (and the presidency), a Republican needs to do well in the South — and Cain sees Romney’s Mormon faith as a major barrier there.
“It doesn’t bother me,” said Cain, “but I know it is an issue with a lot of Southerners.”
However impolitic it might be for Cain to raise the “religion issue,” polls suggest that Romney will indeed face significant resistance among voters reluctant to vote for a Mormon.
Christing, the film’s director, says opposition to the candidacies of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman is rooted in the historical battles among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Americans. He thinks his film will shed light on that rift.
The documentary covers the charismatic Mormon prophet Joseph Smith's run for the U.S. presidency and the events that led up to his murder by an angry mob. The DVD contains a “bonus feature” that examines Mitt Romney and other Mormon candidates in the modern age. (Mitt Romney refused to be interviewed for this film.)
Christing, the film’s director, says opposition to the candidacies of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman is rooted in the historical battles among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Americans. He thinks his film will shed light on that rift.
The documentary covers the charismatic Mormon prophet Joseph Smith's run for the U.S. presidency and the events that led up to his murder by an angry mob. The DVD contains a “bonus feature” that examines Mitt Romney and other Mormon candidates in the modern age. (Mitt Romney refused to be interviewed for this film.)
Christing, who is not a member of LDS, adds, “You can’t really understand the gigantic challenge facing presidential candidates Romney and Huntsman until you understand the secret world of Joseph Smith, polygamy and Smith’s political ambition to build a theocracy in the United States.”
- Aug. 17, 1809, in Pennsylvania, Thomas Campbell, 46, and his son Alexander, 20, formed the American Movement for Christian Unity, which later became the Disciples of Christ Church.
- Aug. 18, 1927, Christian radio pioneer Theodore Epp was converted to a living faith at age 20. In 1939, he founded Back to the Bible Broadcast, an evangelistic radio program with outlets today on over 600 stations around the world.
Aug. 19, 1953, Israel's parliament conferred Israeli citizenship posthumously on all Jews killed by the Nazis during the years of the Holocaust (1933-1945) in Europe.
A study found 63 percent of people in Pakistan, 64 percent in Egypt and 77 percent in Israel are worried about Islamic extremism in their country. Similarly in the West, 68 percent of the people in France, 69 percent in the U.S. and 76 percent in Russia are worried about Islamic extremism in their country.
Not only can the man rant, he can write. From the larger and louder half of the world-famous magic duo Penn & Teller comes a scathingly funny reinterpretation of the Ten Commandments. They are The Penn Commandments, and they reveal one outrageous and opinionated atheist's experience in the world. In this rollicking yet honest account of a godless existence, Penn takes readers on a roller coaster of exploration and flips conventional religious wisdom on its ear to reveal that doubt, skepticism and wonder -- all signs of a general feeling of disbelief -- are to be celebrated and cherished rather than suppressed. And he tells some pretty funny stories along the way.
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