Actually, This is What You Believe
This past weekend, Kate Snow of Good Morning America posted a question to George Stephanopoulos about whether or not Mitt Romney’s LDS faith would be a big hurdle for him (politically speaking).
George’s demonstrated response and investigative journalism is shoddy to say the least. Watch the video for yourself to see.
Romney stated the following in a previous interview:
Our belief is just like it says in the Bible, that the Messiah will come to Jerusalem, stand on the Mount of Olives, and the Mount of Olives will be a place where there’s a great gathering, and so forth. It’s the same as the other Christian tradition.
To which George commented:
Actually, we checked in with a Mormon spokesman who said that’s not exactly true. They believe the New Jerusalem is here in the United States, in Missouri, and that’s where Jesus is going to come.”
“Actually,” George, do you really expect Mitt to give you a missionary discussion type response in the amount of time they provide for media interviews? A student of LDS theology will note that Mitt’s response is in full harmony with revealed doctrine, even though George’s journalistic diamond mine he uncovered is true as well.
Perhaps George could have read up a little more before unilaterally dictating what is and is not correct Mormon doctrine.
Besides, George, you didn’t even answer Kate’s question! Oh well, it’s not like it has anything to do with his political platform, anyways.