Worst President?

Jimmy Carter has put his foot in his mouth yet again, calling the Bush Presidency "worst in history". Personally, I owe a lot to Mr. Carter. Way back in 1976 I was a pimple-faced high school student too young to vote, but with the rest of my Democratic family was on the Carter bandwagon. I recall debating my Republican friends daily over lunch on the virtues of how Jimmy Carter was going to take Washington by storm and clean the cesspool up.

By 1980, in the middle of my first year of college, I was working the polls supporting the man I thought would be the best candidate for president - Ronald Reagan. The Jimmy Carter fiasco was enough to make me vomit out any loyalty my family had traditionally held to the Democratic party and flush it into the sewer where it belonged. I witnessed, in those four short years, the stabbing in the back of Taiwan, the giving away of the Panama Canal, double-digit inflation, and of course, the Iran hostage crisis. Over 400-some odd days I watched the leader of the free world wring his hands and twiddle his thumbs while American citizens were humilated by brutal Islamic fascists, and our country was made the laughing-stock of the world. Carter sat by paralyzed, like a kid watching his little sister being beaten up by a bully.

Worst presidency ever? I am not a big fan of El Presidente Bush and his open borders, but I am afraid that in my book honor is not for him, but for YOU, Mr. Carter.

Al Sharpton, Glenn Beck, That Romney guy, and Mormons

I have to confess I didn't catch much of Sharpton's criticism of Romney and his Mormonism, I listened to a good portion of Glenn Beck last Friday. Apparently Sharpton, the professional divider of Americans, is at is again and his latest victims are those of the Mormon persuasion.

However, there is a smidgen of truth in what Sharpton said. In no way would I condone his method of saying it, or his motivation. If I am not mistaken, he implied that Mormons do not worship the same God as Christians, and cannot be described as "Christians".

I studied Christian theology for a large portion of my life, and have also delved briefly into a study of Mormon beliefs as well. My dear Mormon friends and neighbors, let's face the facts. There is no way you could subscribe to the Apostle's Creed, or any of the other Christian creeds, and remain a Mormon. You are nice folks and good neighbors, but we have to be honest with you and say (as a serious, Bible-believing, orthodox Christian of any denomination) you are not a Christian according to the biblical definition.

The question arises about voting for a Mormon for President - could I (as a biblical Christian) vote for a Mormon? I would think that I could, depending on the circumstances. The way a person views God is a core issue that influences much of how they view the world and how they think. Mormons do not believe in a Trinity, and to them the "Father" is just one god among many, who at one time was a regular human being who progress up the ladder until he reached "godhood". Jesus Christ is not the eternal Son of the Father, but one of his many children, among whom is also the devil. Mormons mix up theology, angelology, anthropology, and a bunch of other "ology's". To top it off, the Bible (which is the word of God only if translated correctly) isn't enough for a Mormon, who adds to it the book of Mormon (which is the word of God period) and a couple of other notable theological documents.

To put it bluntly, most of us of the "evangelical" persuasion would probably vote for a good, conservative, patriotic Mormon. "But", that person would not be able to energize the base sufficiently to overcome the huge population of voting Stalinists in New York and California, not to mention the droves of dead people who are resurrected every fourth first Tuesday of November. So, Republicans - give us a decent candidate we can be excited about voting for or be prepared to sit out the next couple of decades.