Huckabee Asks If Mormons Believe Jesus, Devil Are Brothers

The Associated Press reports Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, questions Mormons' belief.

In an article to be published in Sunday's New York Times Magazine, Huckabee asks:

Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?

According to the AP, Huckabee asked the question after saying he believes Mormonism is a religion but doesn't know much about it.

We will have to wait until the weekend to see if the Times Magazine provides some legitimate context for the headline grabbing quote. In the meantime, even though it's hard not to jump to the conclusion that Huckabee is questioning Mormons beliefs, we should give Huckabee the benefit of the doubt, or at least an opportunity to explain.

It is possible that Huckabee managed to fall into a clever political/religious trap. It is also possible that he was trying to set such a trap. It seems highly unlikely that Huckabee would engage in such a dirty trick as the Huckaboom continues to gain momentum.

I'm sure the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can adequately defend Mormon beliefs while we wait.

Comments

[Craig]

The problem with Huckabee's comment is the word "Don't" and the question mark.

It’s easy to find out what Mormons believe. Anyone, including Huckabee and his staff could find out in a minute what is contained on the Church's public websites mormon.org and lds.org concerning any topic. Most Baptist churches have publications, if not courses on Mormon beliefs. Huckabee was a keynote speaker at a large Southern Baptist convention in Salt Lake City in 1998 that was specifically designed to address Mormonism.

The fact that Huckabee posed a question as if he didn't know what Mormons believed, seems to indicate that he was being very dishonest in his statement and trying to do a little negative campaigning himself.

If, on the other hand, as a Baptist Minister and presidential candidate Huckabee indeed didn't know anything about the beliefs of his main opponent, he seems to be someone who is seriously uninformed.

[K Beckley]

Mormons really do believe this, which hasn't been mentioned in any of the articles regarding Huckabee's quote.

[K Beckley]

Mormons really do believe this, which hasn't been mentioned in any of the articles regarding Huckabee's quote.