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]]> By: rrk1phd http://www.bloggernews.net/112152#comment-145461 rrk1phd Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:09:52 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/112152#comment-145461 As evinced in our Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, our country’s founders envisioned a great nation of opportunity, wherein one’s life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are not contingent upon concurring with the predominant ideology. In our modern day, Martin Luther King, Jr. further challenged the myopia of the hegemony, when he dreamed of a day wherein all Americans would forsake their petty prejudices, so that all men might judge one another according to his character. Our Constitution wisely does not specify any particular religious affiliation as a qualification for the Presidency, and only stipulates: “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.” In précis, the fundamental writs of our nation exhibit an abhorrence of arbitrary and capricious requisite qualifications in order to participate in the American political process. Ostensibly, the builders of our great nation wished to imbue its people with these ideals. Our freedom of worship was not born out of our nation's liberty, but our nation's liberty is a deliberate consequence of our need to worship freely. Our forefathers hazarded scarcely charted seas to come to this blessed land in which they, and their posterity, could freely practice their beliefs without political oppression or social persecution. The colonization of the Americas was no less an exodus than the flight of the Children of Israel, led by the hand of God in search of a promised land--a land free from the tyranny of state imposed religion or socially enforced ideology. From the remembrance of the crimes of past repression, our forefathers founded and fought for a nation that would ensure that its people would not merely have a privilege, but have the right to worship that Almighty Being in accordance to the dictates of their own conscience, in whatever form that may be. Undeniably, our unwritten national credo remains to this day, 'I may not share your beliefs, but I willingly give my life to protect your right to believe as you will.' Our nation is a light upon a hill, a beacon for liberty that invites all nations to share in similar blessings. Mormonism believes that it was the hand of a vibrant and living Christ that guided our forefathers to this land. The Lord inspired our founding fathers to 'form a more perfect union.' Mormonism continues the predication of this land through its pioneering spirit of hope, and embracing the principles of a righteous democracy. Mormonism is a New World religion, which sprouted from the same soil that our nation’s founders cherished. It openly shares with the world a message of hope, camaraderie, and rectitude. It also advocates an orderly personal autonomy and lawful accountability. Mormonism testifies that Christ's love extends to all humanity and His divinity is over the whole Earth, in all ages, times, and seasons. Although Mormonism seeks to embody all that is virtuous and good about Christianity, it is not ideologically rooted in the traditions and dogma that permeate Old World religions. Instead, it boldly proclaims that the Heavens are open and that God continues to speak with his children! The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stands as a witness that the resurrected Christ indeed lives! He lives in our day, He compassionately knows our condition, and He is vigorously engaged in our redemption. I believe that if Mitt Romney truly believes his religion, then we have nothing to fear, because I believe that his religion embodies the same values that our nation’s forefathers hoped would be instilled in this great country. As evinced in our Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, our country’s founders envisioned a great nation of opportunity, wherein one’s life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are not contingent upon concurring with the predominant ideology. In our modern day, Martin Luther King, Jr. further challenged the myopia of the hegemony, when he dreamed of a day wherein all Americans would forsake their petty prejudices, so that all men might judge one another according to his character. Our Constitution wisely does not specify any particular religious affiliation as a qualification for the Presidency, and only stipulates:
“No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.”
In précis, the fundamental writs of our nation exhibit an abhorrence of arbitrary and capricious requisite qualifications in order to participate in the American political process. Ostensibly, the builders of our great nation wished to imbue its people with these ideals.
Our freedom of worship was not born out of our nation’s liberty, but our nation’s liberty is a deliberate consequence of our need to worship freely. Our forefathers hazarded scarcely charted seas to come to this blessed land in which they, and their posterity, could freely practice their beliefs without political oppression or social persecution. The colonization of the Americas was no less an exodus than the flight of the Children of Israel, led by the hand of God in search of a promised land–a land free from the tyranny of state imposed religion or socially enforced ideology. From the remembrance of the crimes of past repression, our forefathers founded and fought for a nation that would ensure that its people would not merely have a privilege, but have the right to worship that Almighty Being in accordance to the dictates of their own conscience, in whatever form that may be. Undeniably, our unwritten national credo remains to this day, ‘I may not share your beliefs, but I willingly give my life to protect your right to believe as you will.’
Our nation is a light upon a hill, a beacon for liberty that invites all nations to share in similar blessings. Mormonism believes that it was the hand of a vibrant and living Christ that guided our forefathers to this land. The Lord inspired our founding fathers to ‘form a more perfect union.’ Mormonism continues the predication of this land through its pioneering spirit of hope, and embracing the principles of a righteous democracy.
Mormonism is a New World religion, which sprouted from the same soil that our nation’s founders cherished. It openly shares with the world a message of hope, camaraderie, and rectitude. It also advocates an orderly personal autonomy and lawful accountability. Mormonism testifies that Christ’s love extends to all humanity and His divinity is over the whole Earth, in all ages, times, and seasons. Although Mormonism seeks to embody all that is virtuous and good about Christianity, it is not ideologically rooted in the traditions and dogma that permeate Old World religions. Instead, it boldly proclaims that the Heavens are open and that God continues to speak with his children! The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stands as a witness that the resurrected Christ indeed lives! He lives in our day, He compassionately knows our condition, and He is vigorously engaged in our redemption.
I believe that if Mitt Romney truly believes his religion, then we have nothing to fear, because I believe that his religion embodies the same values that our nation’s forefathers hoped would be instilled in this great country.

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