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Should Presidential Candidates Call Pastors Morons?
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Dillon Burroughs
Yesterday I posted on the controversy surrounding First Baptist Church Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress calling Mormonism a cult at a Value Voter event where Republican Presidential candidates spoke. Most comments were civil, with a few personal attacks as is the unfortunate norm in the blogging world. But then it was reported that a presidential candidate,…
Is Mormonism a Cult? Depends How You Define “Cult”
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Dillon Burroughs
Some prominent Christian voices have spoken against Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, calling his Mormon faith a cult. Most notably, First Baptist Church Dallas senior pastor Robert Jeffress claimed Mormonism is a cult (theologically, not sociologically, he later clarified) at the Family Research Council-sponsored Value Voter Summit. Later, Family Research Council leader Tony Perkins called…
Texas, God, Sports, and Politics
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Dillon Burroughs
Rick Perry’s recent Houston prayer event as potential White House runway has many talking (and often arguing) about this prickly mix of faith and politics. But perhaps more intriguing is how Texans who love God keep ending up on their way to the White House (and how sports keeps creeping into the picture). George H.W.…
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