Countdown with Keith Olbermann Says Mitt Romney Is Not a Christian!

[atheistram]

Anyone who says they're a Christian is one. No matter how intolerant, how bigoted that person may be.

[badmovebaker]

Pretty weak.

[rockethearse]

Wow, you really nailed Olbermann on this one. His guest says it. Where is the part where he agrees?? You forgot to include it?? This is the best you can come up with to trash Olbermann? Weak.

[alindamomof5]

Mitt Romney is a Christian-- ok, so perhaps many Christian churches teach that Mormons are not Christian-- I can live with that, Let me put it this way... He tries to be Christlike. Many of those darn Mormons spend their days trying to be Christlike-- even though they are not Christian. Hmmmm......

[UserNamesUsedUp]

Perhaps Romney could be a good president ... who knows. But fact remains, Mormons are NOT Christian.

Mormons believe:

-Jesus is brother of Satan ("Mormon Doctrine"1966 pg.192-196 & Brigham Young, "Journal of Discourses" Vol 13, pg 282)

-Women can't get into heaven unless husband "calls" them in....if unmarried then someone may "call" them into heaven as their servant!(Journal of Discourses Vol 5, Pg 291)

[elperropatron]

Uh oh!! The Church of Latter Day Suckers just hates it when you post the truth like that.

[Darkhawk1234]

Umm Olbermann didnt say anything. Anne Marie Cox of Time magazine did. You cant blame him for what she says.

[EscapeNewJersey]

DUH!!!! Olbermann is a Jew - I bet this fact never occured to anyone did it?!?!!?

[crushme99]

Any serious and objective student of Mormon theology will recognize that the faith's connection with traditional Christianity is slender. One example: Nowhere in the Bible are we told that humans can become deities (gods) themselves if we live a good enough life to merit Exaltation (the highest heaven in Mormon teaching) where we will get our own world to be the "god" of. It is summarized in the famous Mormon slogan, "As man is, God once was. As God is, man may become."

[yaktx]

This video is so cut that it is impossible to discern whether Olbermann really approved of Cox's comments or not. Let's watch the actual uncut program before we judge, shall we?

Anyway, we have suffered through six-plus years of the most radical freak-show Christian Dominionist administration ever, and I hardly think a Mormon would make a less-Christian presidency.

[quezcatol]

Once Olbermann shows his ignorance.

[AUTiger2487]

um...its not really a question of debate or opinion as to whether Romney is a Christian...Mormons or Mormons...they aren't Christian...I'm not the one to judge that, but they do not believe Jesus to be God's son, they believe him to be a great prophet...figure it out for yourself...

[night0wl83]

Lol. You may want to put that last tidbit of advice to work Tiger. Do you even know where the name "Mormon" came from, or what the church is actually called? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But shoot, I shoulda let you figure that out for yourself...

[EpionFTW]

Romney is 100x smarter than Brownback. He at least believes in evolution, not because of his faith, but because there are thousands of pieces of evidence proving it happened. Christians are morons.

[elperropatron]

Saying Romney is smarter than Brownback is like saying I'm a better footballer than my 6 year old niece. There's no contest there. Brownback is a moron. He's about a half step removed from the clowns who branded adulturers with a Scarlet 'A' and had "witches" burned to death. He barely walks upright.

[elperropatron]

NO CULTISTS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

[thornwellhead]

Amen. It's sad that people are still so foolish as to believe that Romney's Mormonism won't affect his presidency. Of course it will - just as Bush's "faith" affected his.

[edsyouacct]

Watch the "Cartoon banned by the Mormon church" That is what they officially believe is true! Unreal that any thinking person would believe that pack of lies but many do. They are trapped in the cult of Mormonism!

[findalooney]

Go ahead and watch the cartoon. Did you ever think that there is a reason that it is banned?! Try looking up any legitimate mormon website, see what they say. I dont know why mormonism is so scary to people who dont take the time to learn anything real about it

[phoenix4563]

Also, If anybody can back up what they proclaimed against mormonism with credible sources and proof beyond doubt, then by all means respond. If nobody responds, then I have to assume you all got cold feet because you couldn't find a single credible source!

[phoenix4563]

Second of all, why does it make a difference what religion Romney believes in? if there was a jewish cannidate, would you slam him/her? They don't even believe in Christ! How about if they were Catholic? Prodestant? Buddist? Presbeterian?

[phoenix4563]

this is getting ridiculous. ive got to clarify a few things to all of you who seem to hate mormons. First, the full title of the church is, "The church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints." What part of JESUS CHRIST do you people not understand?

[elperropatron]

Mormonism is a cult. Do we really want a cult member for president? President of the United States or King of Kolob? You decide. Joseph Smith was a con man and criminal. Look it up. Do your own research before putting a cultist in the White House.

[night0wl83]

You may want to research having a life and gaining some common sense.

[elperropatron]

Again, attack the messenger but don't bother to dispute and disprove the facts.

[elperropatron]

Its about time this nation got over it's squeamishness about religion and was forced to have a real debate about Mormonism. People should really have to think hard about whether they want a president who believes he will get his own planet after he dies. Mormonism = Scientology for boring people.

[elperropatron]

Wedding ceremonies for dead people; baptisms for the dead; special underwear with arcane, somewhat Masonic symbols on them; God lives on a planet or by a star named Kolob; you will become a god of your own planet after you die; Blood atonement; The Garden of Eden is in Missouri; God had actual sex with Mary; In the celestial kingdom we'll all have personal seer stones; and that's just the tip of the nutbar iceberg.

[keltontrey]

Some of what you said is inncorrect, But here is where it all stops, and if you were truley smart you would understand this about the church. Why don't you just attack what really makes us different from everyone else --Continuing Revelation- Nutbar? Try explaing Christianinty to someone who has never heard about it and you dont think they would have the same reaction?

[night0wl83]

And your source is an old cartoon by Ed Decker. Ooooooooh, you're giving me the shivers! Go back to your anime and lotion.

[elperropatron]

Funny how you people always want to attack the source but not address the substance of the statements. The things I listed are tenents of the Mormon Faith. Ignore them if you chose, but that doesn't change the fact that Mormonism is a cult with beliefs no less bizzare than Scientology.

[KookyKosmos]

and after watching a few vids of Mr. Hitchens, I can see why he is "faithless". I don't suscribe to any brand of religion, but do believe in transcendental experiences and "miraculous" healing. It takes a certain joy, fascination, and awe of life (call it faith, if you will) to re-connect with that energy or life force I spoke about earlier. He seems like a miserable human being, incapable of appreciating these aspects of Being. If not in this life, may he experience joy in the next one...

[KookyKosmos]

cheers for highlighting the monotheistic brand of religion...because religion as in a religious experience is vastly different from much of the institutionalized variety. there is much distance between the two in many faiths, especially, it seems, in Christianity.

[SpongeJosh]

dumb blonde, she'll be seeing Satan as the Southpark episode depicts.

[NoneBeforeNoneAfter]

Want to learn more. Just watch the videos.

Is Mormonism Christianity? Part 1-6

or go to one of these three places. Real Mormon History site. Saints Alive in Jesus site. Born Again Mormon site.

[bxblox]

believe it or not many christians dont believe mormons are christians... its just someones opinion, do u think he should have given a nice o'reilly "CUT THE MIC! YOURE A STUPID STUPID WOMAN! WEAR SHORT SKIRTS AND COME ON MY SHOW SO I CAN HARASS YOU!"

[prodprod]

Not only Christians. I've heard Mormons say -- I'm not a Christian, I'm a Mormon -- so even if there is a difference of opinion about it, both within and without the LDS, what Cox said -- that the matter, at best, is open to question, is true.

[SpongeJosh]

I dont know why that is even a debate. If the name "Christ" is in their church's official title, then thats good enough for me that they are "Christ"ians. As a non-Mormon, I have alot of respect for them in regards to their worldwide humanitarian relief efforts.

[Zorkmid25]

Snotface, all religion is a man-made concept.

[KookyKosmos]

Disagree... "re-ligare"-to reconnect. through various religious practices, one can "touch God" meaning re-connect with the vital life force or energy that runs through all of us. prayer, meditation, yoga, etc... happiness is directly related to morality and moderation. religion, at its core, is not man-made, but eternal experiential truth.

[Zorkmid25]

Monotheistic religion is a plagiarism of a plagiarism of a hearsay of a hearsay, of an illusion of an illusion, extending all the way back to a fabrication of a few nonevents.

-C. Hitchens

[bitterpill23]

So what's the pay like working for Rupert Murdoch? johnnydollar1? you there?

[bitterpill23]

PS MORMONS AREN'T CHRISTIANS. The defining article for being a Christian is acknowledging Jesus Christ as incarnate three-person God and living as Christ lived. (I will grant you that more people fail the second requirement than the first.) But Mormons do not accept or endorse those things even though they believe the Bible to be a holy book.

[red5llaw]

Biterdill, Where'd you get that crap from?. You've been badly mis'infromed OR ARE LYING. Mormons Believe that Jesus Christ is the Centre of their religeon. The Keystone. Without the Fact that Jesus Lived, Preached, Sacrificed, was Crucified and died then was resurrected IS THE BASIS for the WHOLE mormon belief system. Without Christ there is NO Mormon Church.

[snotface7]

where does it say that in order to be a christian you have to belive in the trinity? personaly i think that the trinity is a man made concept. also i think your wrong (in what you think the requirements for being christian is). trust in the atonement of christ for your salvation is what makes one a christian. red5iiaw i corect in what he/she said. the atonement of christ is very dear to mormons. it is the most important thing in their belife system.

[bitterpill23]

wait...who made you the artiber of them? What the hell is an artiber? Oh, you must mean arbiter, the judge or decision maker in an absolute and final context. arbiter.

[taitaisanchez]

This is so stupid.

"Some people believe we are..." is what comes before your quote.

[taitaisanchez]

This is really stupid.

"This is a matter of debate."

This IS a matter of debate. Many in the Evangelical community do consider mormonism NOT Christianity since it has many non-biblical teachings. Yes, they read the bible, but does that make them Jews since they read the Torah too?

[password]

uh. that IS a point of debate, you want her to lie? I know FOX likes to lie & change the party of Republican lawbreakers from "R" to "D" on the screen quite often, but get off her ass for commenting something that most practicing Christian people agree with, & that a majority of Repubs would have agreed with til they realized they had no good phony candidate to run for office. For over a 100 years Mormons have been considered a cult who follow the teaching of Joseph Smith.

[Emper0rr]

You moron, she said he's not Christian because he's a MORMON! Also, you cut Keith saying thanks to her for the story at the end of the exchange to make it sound like he was going along with it. You are truly pathetic.

[WrongPotion]

What Juleofdenial said.

[Naturyl]

This video is rubbish.

[gillybymarriage]

Weird video to post, I think.

But, from what I understand from a Mormon acquaintance, Mormoms really DO think they are the ONLY Christians, and have the only true religion. Any other "Christian religion" is not real.Never mind any NON christian physosophy!

Whatever..to me it's another version of "my religion is the ONLY religion", and, well, that pretty much sucks.

[holdingcompany]

mitt is not a name. mitt is a piece of athletic equiptment.

[franknyt]

Hard to find the right words. But here they go anyway: Largest dumb fuck on the planet, pull your head out of Gibson ASS. What absolute rubish, you giant asshole. Wimpering parisite on the ass of Rupert Murdock, stop breathing right now!!! Shh, just stop. No! Stop it. Good boy.

[DeadlyChinchilla]

Dude... something she says out of the blue like that is hardly something that Keith can stop from happening. Unless he tries to censor, interrupt, or just turn off her mic like a certain Mr. O'Really does on a constant basis. This vid is really just... lame.

[mcalien24]

who said mormons were christian? who said "christians" were christ like? there was only one christian...and he died on the cross.

[maluwelton]

keith didnt say that it was his guest...

[avalsonline]

up until 1965 moromns were a racist segregationis group. if thats what christians stand for, than count me out

[dogmanstar66]

That's all you can take issue with. This video is pathetic.

[asdffd]

Most Christians do not consider Mormons to be Christian. It's like Islam in that Muslims acknowledge the importance of the New Testament but they say here are these newer texts which complete the picture. Same with Mormons- they claim a whole bunch of new stuff that Christians would never believe.

[greenleaved3]

LAME video. thats the best you could do to "burn" olberman? he must be very good if thats all you got.

[sarcastom]

All who don't know, Romney is a self-professed Mormon. Mormons do NOT align themselves with, nor do they call themselves Christians in the traditional sense. In fact, in their eyes, the New Testament is just a guide, but the Book Of Mormon is THE WORD. While I have heard Romney call himself a Mormon or a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I have yet to hear him call himself a Christian. While he shares Christian values, Mormons don't call themselves Christians.

[snotface7]

uh, yea they do. i should know, im mormon.

[mok2000]

Are you a bill fan? You are aren't you. you're probably over 50 and very republican. It's ok your breed is closer to death than Olbermann's audience

[ksu898]

what exactly is an "artiber"?...lol

if you expect to be taken seriously, you should at least know how to spell.

[22cmonkey22]

What is a Mitt Romney?

Please elaborate...

America: WAKE UP!

Watch "A Brief History Lesson" here on youtube.

Spread the word.

Good Luck

[Pavoreax]

Take the Jewish Holy book, add a whole new book to it, diminish the importance of the original book, keep the most basic beliefs, but add new ideas and revise the general philosophy of the religion, and you have Xtianity. How is that different than how Mormonism was created from Xtianity? Yeah, Mormons are Xtian like Xtians are Jewish.

[asdffd]

Well put. I think "johnnydollar01" needs to get a clue as to what Mormonism is and is not.

[KataVideo]

Sh*tt Romney ALWAYS takes his cue from the bible. For example, he denied his pal Larry Craig three times!

1) Sh*tt Romney went on CNBC, compared craig to gop boogeyman Bill Clinton, but DIDN'T SAY HE'D PRAY FOR HIS FRIEND AND FAMILY.

2) Sh*tt Romney tried to scrub his youtube site of craig, but nothing ever 'disappears' on the internet.

3) Sh*tt Romney in effect tried to back date news releases to erase his friend.

If he'd do that to a friend, what would Sh*tt Romney do to the rest of us?

[polystyleneman]

Um, whaaaat? She mentions that whether mormons are Christians and you try to make that something bad about Olbermann?

Ok, next. keep trying whoever posted this. It's almost cute. Pathetic, but almost cute.

[internallybleeding2]

Where did Olbermann MAKE her say that? She said it on her own, its pretty silly that you would insinuate he made her say that, just to try and find some ridiculous way to take away from Olbermann.

[bearealman]

This video mash-up makes no point asserted.

It asserts that some kind of arbitration occurred.

Nothing of the sort has.

If you think it's standard for a US network TV news host to digress to pursue a guest's side reference of a minor "point of debate", you really just prove you're not watching TV news with anything but very limiting biases about what is & isn't debatable.

Examples of contrary standards: Thousands of Pat Buchanan's reprehensible opinions, stated as fact, left unchallenged.

[elrayis]

There are Christians, and there are Trinitarians. Trinitarians believe in the Trinity, while Christians believe in Jesus Christ. Mormons are not Trinitarians, but they are Christians.

[empeegee]

The majority of Christians believe in the Trinity- Father, Son and Holy Spirit, or as my old Baltimore Catechism put it: "In God there are three Divine Persons- Father, Son, Holy Ghost." There are few Christian sects (Unitarianism, Mormonism and the almost extinct Sabellianism among one or two others) who do not see belief in the Trinity as a basic tenet of Christianity. I don't know if LDS are Christians, but Romney certainly did not show the Christian virtue of mercy toward Sen. Craig.

[elrayis]

Do you know how much evangelical support Mitt Romney would lose if he supported Sen. Craig after what he did? The Republicans lost Congress because they lost the "Values Voters" in the last election because of scandals like that among Republican voters.

[nikolai082700]

I'm not one to ever defend Dick-nose McDumbass,...uh, I mean... Olbermann, but Mormons aren't really Christians. But the bimbo still gets some snark points for trying to burn what appears to be a virtuous man. (Romney)

[QuartuvLarry]

Well, I'm all kinds of right from Olbermann, but I'm no mormon. If those mormoes know their holy books, but can't acknowledge the scheister that Joe Smith was, I can't say I, as a regular Christian, am scandalized. We consider them a cult anyway, though with better virtues than any other cult.

[egrimnes]

Mormons are a cult. They have taken Christianity and have perverted it. They believe in multiple wives even though that practice is no longer legal, They idol worship (they have a gold plated statue of Christ in Idaho) and the force you to have as many kids as you can in order to build the church. Shut them down along with Scientology.

[QuartuvLarry]

I guess I wasn't very articulate in my comment. I'd say we're in agreement...but a gold statue of Christ?! What are they THINKING?!

[Tyrion1836]

First, Keith made no comment on this issue, moron. Second, AMC mentions the very valid point that whether Mormon's are christian or not is a hot topic of debate, just ask the Pope. Third, her main point was that he does not consistently portray the "virtues" that christians claim to hold in such highstanding. Yet again, another retarded video that doesnt show what you wish it did and Keith continues to rock your world, moron.

[karasoth]

Screw the Ron Paul Spambots

You can VERY easily make an argument that Mitt Romney isn't christian

[blogagog]

If you are a fan of Ron Paul, then please PLEASE tell him to start taking his Haldol again.