tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920640965536781054.post3496617809770373943..comments2024-01-07T12:38:39.465-06:00Comments on Clean Cut: [Mormon] Faith in the Public SectorClean Cuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383123314458721660noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920640965536781054.post-14563022467342223262009-12-01T12:38:22.181-06:002009-12-01T12:38:22.181-06:00For the record, I like how Frum points out that by...For the record, I like how Frum points out that by using the "triune God" language, the Manhattan Declaration defines "Christianity" so narrowly that it would also exclude some of our past presidents:<br /><br /><em>"The next wave of social conservatism is presenting itself as a particularly Christian cause, with Christian defined in a way that would exclude not only Mitt Romney, but also the man who created Tiny Tim and Ebenezer Scrooge. (Charles Dickens was a Unitarian, not a Trinitarian.) For that matter, neither George Washington, nor John Adams, nor Thomas Jefferson, nor Abraham Lincoln was a believer in the Trinitarian God of the Manhattan Declaration."</em><br /><br />While Romney's particular brand of Christianity shouldn't matter in terms of the presidency, I still think this (related) question remains fresh and intriguing: <a href="http://latterdayspence.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-do-you-define-christian.html" rel="nofollow">How Do You Define A "Christian"?</a>Clean Cuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383123314458721660noreply@blogger.com