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29 Dec 07
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Last week Romney whined to NBC’s “Today” show, “I think attacking someone’s religion is really going too far. It’s just not the American way and I think people will reject that.” Is he saying that asking questions about what a candidate believes is an “attack” and out of bounds? Voters have every right, even a responsibility to find out what candidates believe because what a person believes will determine his or her actions.
I don’t mean to be offensive but if people only knew a few Mormon teachings, they would be angry, amazed, appalled—and scared.
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One of the most famous Mormon families, the Osmonds said, “We believe that we lived before coming to this earth” Of course that is nonsense but Americans have a right to choose nonsense as their religion.
Mormons also believe that God the Father was “once a mortal man.” Yes, even more nonsense.
Brigham Young, second president of the Mormons said, there is no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith and Smith must open the door for anyone to enter Heaven. More nonsense since Joe Smith is not even close to the door of Heaven, and Christ is that Door.
Joseph Smith believed that the Garden of Eden was located in Missouri and I will concur that Missouri is a beautiful state but it doesn’t have the Euphrates River running through it! Joe had more geographical problems when he declared that the moon is inhabited by people 6-feet tall who live a thousand years! Oh, yes, those “moonies” also dress like Quakers! I’m glad to know that.
Brigham Young continued to walk with Joe Smith down the Nonsense Path (and he convinced thinking people that his brain had been fried) when he taught that the sun is also inhabited! I don’t want someone in the White House who believes such nonsense.
Another Mormon teaching is that Elohim (God) came from the planet (or star!) Kolob to have sex with Mary who is one of his many wives for eternity.
Sure, all the above is nonsense but I would still like to hear what Romany believes about the above. Does he repudiate all or some of the above? Inquiring minds, not only bigots, want to know. -
But there are some Mormon teachings that demand an answer of a presidential candidate. Consider Mormon President Heber C. Kimball’s statement: “Learn to do as you are told, both old and young; learn to do as you are told for the future….If you are told by your leader to do a thing, do it. None of your business whether it is right or wrong.” No reporter in America has the courage to ask Romney if he is willing to repudiate that statement.
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Mormons intend to take over the world according to a former teacher at BYU. “The Mormons do intend to take over the world….There is no secret about that—it’s in the writing of Joseph Smith right on down….The Constitution of the United States will ‘hang by a thread’ and the Church will save it by establishing a theocracy.” Michael Parrish, “The Saints Among Us,” Rocky Mountain Magazine, Jan-Feb., 1980, pp 17-32.
Furthermore, Apostle Bruce R. McConkie wrote, “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as it is now constituted is the kingdom of God on earth….The Church is not a democracy…[but] a kingdom…and the President of the Church, the mouthpiece of God on earth, is the earthly king.” Mormon Doctrine, pp. 415-416
Now, are you ready for the question? “Mr. Romney, since your church clearly teaches that it will someday take over the U.S. and the world and set up a theocracy under Mormon control, will you today disagree, disavow, and disassociate yourself from that teaching and do everything within your power as President to oppose that purpose?”
My follow up question: “If you disagree, disavow, and dissociate yourself from that teaching, how can you stay a Mormon? Moreover, if you refuse to disassociate yourself from these teachings of your church, how can you expect any sane person to vote for you?”
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