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p> Paul Chesser's column about a Romney presidency is interesting and thought-provoking, but I can't help but suspect that he wouldn't say the same thing about a Catholic candidate. After all, don't most Evangelicals (like Chesser) think that Catholicism is "false Christianity"? br> -- Joseph P. Postel br> Chicago, Illinois /p>

Does anyone believe that New Age-ism adherents have increased just because of Oprah Winfrey? Or that Scientology has benefited from Tom Cruise's headlines? How many Mormon missionaries are currently saying, to paraphrase Walker, "Would you like to hear about the faith of our U.S. Senate Majority Leader?"

It's obvious that James Walker has an axe to grind about his former membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And Paul Chesser is all too happy to help turn the grinding wheel for Mr. Walker.

Of Chesser's many injudicious arguments, I find this one to be the biggest whopper: "But for the most part Christians believe that Mormon theology leads its adherents to an eternal separation from the Lord." Chesser has taken the simple term "Christian" meaning a person who believe in Jesus Christ, and elevated it to the same intolerable level as that espoused by the Westboro Baptist Church who picket military funerals.

p>Who appointed Walker or for that matter, Chesser, as arbiters of who is and isn't a Christian? If I want to know more about New Age-ism, Scientology or the Mormons, I certainly wouldn't start with a visit to Walker's website or believe anything in Chesser's column. br> -- Paul Lindberg br> American Fork, Utah /p>

President Bush is a Methodist. Methodists send missionaries all over the globe. Methodist membership has steadily declined during Bush's presidency.

p>Prejudiced for Eternity? Are you projecting?

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