Pulpits, the Bible and Prayer

Karl Rove & Co. planned their work and worked their plan. One by one... conservative candidates were targeted and then they were gone. The plan may have been touch and go for a while but it has worked, so far anyway, including mollifying those conservatives over what had just happened to them. Had it been Jeb Bush, Chris Christie or Mitch Daniels I could very easily vote for them, particularly since we have a Communist in the White House, but Mitt Romney is another story for we are out of the political realm now and few, none that I know of, in the media or politics, can understand this. Even Jerry Falwell was quoted as saying on Romney's first candidacy, "If he's pro-life, pro-family, I don't think he'll have any problem getting the support from evangelical Christians." My concerns began in February 2007 when Romney announced his candidacy for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination because I knew that in many ways he would be a formidable candidate. There are a few articles that come out every day on Romney's Mormonism with most of them zeroing in on issues such as polygamy, but Ross Douthat of the New York Times came closest in describing a scenario that would hurt Romney whereas President Obama would use the media in a "wave of theoretically evenhanded coverage come August and September..." on basically historical articles on Mormonism, something that would be perfectly natural on any candidate's religion. It would be a gentle reminder to Christians on what a strange religion this is. Although this will most likely happen its not the crux (literally) of the problem and would not really pose a problem for Mitt Romney. That problem would have to come from the pulpits, from Bible reading and from prayer time of Christians across America. The pulpits wouldn't even have to mention politics or America...only proclaim the glorious doctrines of Christ. Here, for anyone interested, is the real problem for the Republicans: God has blessed this nation from before its beginning and in multiple ways. There would be no United States of America, at least in anything even vaguely resembling our history, had He not had His hand upon us. There would have been no Constitution, no American Creed and no liberties as we have enjoyed. We would not have influenced this world for the better and most importantly we would not have spread this world's greatest gift from God, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to every corner of this earth. The Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville wrote "Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power." The percentage of Christians in America is today minuscule to what it had been but not so minuscule as to be impotent in influencing a close national election. As I've written before, the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints has been from its beginning, and remains so today, a direct assault on the Person of Jesus Christ. That is a direct assault on God...on the benefactor of every blessing bestowed upon us. It is not simply...not Christian, it is anti-Christian. Christians who know their faith...know this. Christians who only know their beliefs, do not necessarily know this. One can defend to the best of their abilities our Constitution, our liberties and our republican form of government, and one can see in Barack Obama a Manchurian President intent on destroying every vestige of our constitutional republic that has been a stabilizing force in this world but if we depart from the creator and sustainer of this universe, the benefactor of America's blessings and the coming righteous judge then all efforts in protecting America will be in vain. The Christian really has only one decision to make. Do we cast our vote for Mitt Romney and wish him God-speed in his campaign...or do we acknowledge that we have brought these calamities upon ourselves and trust in the omniscience and omnipotence of God to accomplish His will and pray that mercies upon us are part of that perfect will. As for me...I choose the latter. I will not vote for Mitt Romney should he gain the nomination. Should the Lord will it, I'll continue to pursue a third alternative who is now the last man standing...Ron Paul. Should he fall away, my hope would be in a revived Congress that should Barack Obama be reelected would not only hold in abeyance rule by Executive Order but seek impeachment of this president. Should Mitt Romney become our president, my hope would be, as it would be anyway, that God would have mercy on his church, strengthen it and give us one more generation to proclaim His glories throughout this land and the entire world.