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br> -- Lee Dise br> Virginia Beach, Virginia /p>

To misters Dooley and Crisler:

I'm surprised that I'm the one to have to stand up and say this, but there is only two things that one must do to be "Christian." Accept Jesus Christ as the son of God and our personal savior, and to attempt to embody his beliefs in your daily life.

It is the first reason that I am able to categorically call myself not a Christian, as I don't believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the son of God, though he was undoubtedly divinely inspired. Don't get me wrong, in a lot of ways I do try to live my life as described by Jesus. Love thy neighbor, do onto others, all that.

To call Mormonism not Christianity because they reject the Trinity or certain other worldly church doctrines or creeds is a bigoted, ignorant statement. The truly sad part of it is, that it is not ignorance of Mormonism that you show, but ignorance of what Jesus was trying to say, and what the very word "Christian" means (Christ Like).

Up until now, I have been basically ignoring Romney. Not because he's a Mormon, but simply because he's been a little too slick. His speech may just have changed that for me, and I've been looking into other things.

Mormon or not, he says of lot of things I can agree with. If nothing else, he's a man to listen to right now.

So, let's all be a little Christian, eh? Get the boards out of our eyes before we go looking for the speck of dust in our brother's and let's hear what this man has to say.

p>And hey, let's all be nice to each other for a change? (Thank you, Douglas Adams, RIP) br> -- Charles Campbell br> Austin, Texas

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