Mormon Bishop Mitt Romney’s Anti-Christian Religion

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Many naive Americans believe that Mormonism is merely another branch of protestant Christianity. Well that’s not what the founders and leaders of Mormonism believed.

According to its founder, Joseph Smith, and Brigham Young, Smith’s successor, Mormons are the only true people of God on the earth. All non-Mormons and their religions are “wrong, an abomination, blind, damned, of the devil, whores, not Christians, groveling in darkness, heathens, ignorant, devoid of fact, pagan and hatched in Hell.”

When Romney made a speech about his religion in 2008 he refused to distance himself from his faith and fully affirmed his Mormonism. Responding to critics, Romney said,

"They would prefer it if I would simply distance myself from my religion, say that it is more a tradition than my personal conviction, or disavow one or another of its precepts. That I will not do. I believe in my Mormon faith and I endeavor to live by it. My faith is the faith of my fathers - I will be true to them and to my beliefs."

Romney, the father of homosexual marriage in America and abortion funding Romney Care in Massachusetts, flip-flops on virtually every issue, but he is adamant about his anti-Christian Mormonism. Romney needs the vote of Christians to win election, but he refuses to “disavow one or another of its precepts.”

Nor can anyone think Romney is merely a casual or cultural Mormon who just happened to be born Mormon. He is an active Bishop in the Mormon church hierarchy. He cannot pretend to be ignorant of the teaching of Joseph Smith and the other “prophets” of Mormonism.

Below is a list of quotes from Mormon leaders and official publications starting with Joseph Smith down to our day. The message is consistent and clear.

[dennisw]

You’re nuttier than a fruitcake.

Mormon or Marxist Muslim hater of America as I know it? Not a hard choice for me. Sure Romney is squishy and Mormonism is flaky. But the Kenyan is 100x worse so I know who I'll be voting for. Just compare the average Mormon to the average dedicated left wing Obama voters. I would rather have the Mormon for my next door neighbors and in my community.

[Elsie]

Let me get this straight....you’d prefer to muzzle or otherwise stifle Mormons from ‘’advertising’’ their particular strain of belief and purify the marketplace of ideas?

You need some more of this:

It appears that you’d prefer to muzzle or otherwise stifle Bible believing CHRISTIANS from ‘’advertising’’ the facts of MORMONism. The things it is FOUNDED upon; the things it has PUBLISHED and the things that it TEACHES.

Is that a correct assessment of the situtation?

[WilliamRobert]

Lies, lies, and damm lies. Out of context. stop being lazy and do REAL. investigation

[Elsie]

I believe that most of the policies you object to are not taught or supported by the LDS/Mormon church.

Have you any evidence that would support this 'belief'?

You typed 'most'.

Could you state which ones, you believe ARE supported or taught?

[Elsie]

Basically nonsense.

I agree whole hearthedly!!

--MormonDude(Just affirming The Truth.)

[Elsie]

Mormonism is not pro life, and not anti-gay.

I'm a MORMON ...

 

 

 

http://www.affirmation.org/

[Elsie]

Mormons “promoted” homosexuality by funding Proposition 8 against gay marriage in California?

What you 'see' is not always what you 'get' with MORMONism.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52486958-78/mayne-gay-lds-ward.html.csp

[Elsie]

We can lead others away from eternal death to eternal life with God after our human death.

Whoa!

You may want to re-type this!

When I first read it; it sounded like a MORMON advertising their Dead Dunking ritual!

[Elsie]

Your friend sounds like a real jerk.

Galatians 4:16

Can it be that I have become your enemy for telling you the truth?

[Elsie]

[Elsie]

... he is simply a man and kissing his ring is ritual that has no Biblical basis, except to elevate and equate a flesh and blood man with the risen and living Christ Jesus.

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"He (Joseph Smith) is the man through whom God has spoken... yet I would not like to call him a savior, though in a certain capacity he was a god to us, and is to the nations of the earth, and will continue to be."

 - Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 8:321

 

 

"You call us fools; but the day will be, gentlemen and ladies, whether you belong to this Church or not, when you will prize brother Joseph Smith as the Prophet of the Living God, and look upon him as a god..."

- Herber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 5:88

 

 

"If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him [Joseph Smith]"

- (as quoted in 1988 Melchizedek Priesthood Study Guide, p. 142)

 

 

There is "no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith. If Joseph Smith was verily a prophet, and if he told the truth...no man can reject that testimony without incurring the most dreadful consequences, for he cannot enter the kingdom of God"

- Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, p.190

 

 

"I tell you, Joseph holds the keys, and none of us can get into the celestial kingdom without passing by him. We have not got rid of him, but he stands there as the sentinel, holding the keys of the kingdom of God; and there are many of them beside him. I tell you, if we get past those who have mingled with us, and know us best, and have a right to know us best, probably we can pass all other sentinels as far as it is necessary, or as far as we may desire. But I tell you, the pinch will be with those that have mingled with us, stood next to us, weighed our spirits, tried us, and proven us: there will be a pinch, in my view, to get past them. The others, perhaps, will say, If brother Joseph is satisfied with you, you may pass. If it is all right with him, it is all right with me. Then if Joseph shall say to a man, or if brother Brigham say to a man, I forgive you your sins, "Whosoever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them;" if you who have suffered and felt the weight of transgression—if you have generosity enough to forgive the sinner, I will forgive him: you cannot have more generosity than I have. I have given you power to forgive sins, and when the Lord gives a gift, he does not take it back again."

 - Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p.154-155

 

 

 

"It is because the Lord called Joseph Smith that salvation is again available to mortal men.... If it had not been for Joseph Smith and the restoration, there would be no salvation,"

 - Bruce McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 396, 670

 

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They succeeded in killing Joseph, but he had finished his work.

He was a servant of God, and gave us the Book of Mormon.

He said the Bible was right in the main, but, through the translators and others, many precious portions were suppressed, and several other portions were wrongly translated; and now his testimony is in force, for he has sealed it with his blood.

As I have frequently told them, no man in this dispensation will enter the courts of heaven, without the approbation of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jun.

Who has made this so?

Have I?

Have this people?

Have the world?

No; but the Lord Jehovah has decreed it.

If I ever pass into the heavenly courts, it will be by the consent of the Prophet Joseph.

If you ever pass through the gates into the Holy City, you will do so upon his certificate that you are worthy to pass.

Can you pass without his inspection?

No; neither can any person in this dispensation, which is the dispensation of the fulness of times.

In this generation, and in all the generations that are to come, everyone will have to undergo the scrutiny of this Prophet.

They say that they killed Joseph, and they will yet come with their hats under their arms and bend to him; but what good will it do them, unless they repent?

They can come in a certain way and find favor, but will they?

 Brigham Young,

--JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES, vol. 8, p. 224

[Elsie]

Wouldn’t it be ironic that after we drop dead we find out everybody was way off.

Won't it be tragic when MORMONs find out their 'prophets' had LIED to them?

[Steamburg]

Just courteous why are you afraid of Christians?

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I don’t necessarily believe that all evangelicals are Christians or different from most cults. I don’t have a problem with faith. I do have a problem with “religious” organizations that preach that they are the only path to faith. Mormons do that too, but at least they have been able to keep their religion running for more than the career of one preacher.

[Elsie]

Y’all are a bunch of cheapskate heathens - and don’t think I haven’t noticed you have failed to send in your tithes.

Number 10

 

Temple Recommend Questions

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1 Do you have faith in and a testimony of God the Eternal Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost?

2 Do you have a testimony of the Atonement of Christ and of His role as Savior and Redeemer?

3 Do you have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel in these the latter days?

4 Do you sustain the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator and as the only person on the earth who possesses and is authorized to exercise all priesthood keys? Do you sustain members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators? Do you sustain the other General Authorities and local authorities of the Church?

5 Do you live the law of chastity?

6 Is there anything in your conduct relating to members of your family that is not in harmony with the teachings of the Church?

7 Do you support, affiliate with, or agree with any group or individual whose teachings or practices are contrary to or oppose those accepted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

8 Do you strive to keep the covenants you have made, to attend your sacrament and other meetings, and to keep your life in harmony with the laws and commandments of the gospel?

9 Are you honest in your dealings with your fellowmen?

10 Are you a full-tithe payer?

11 Do you keep the Word of Wisdom?

12 Do you have financial or other obligations to a former spouse or children? If yes, are you current in meeting those obligations?

13 If you have previously received your temple endowment:

Do you keep the covenants that you made in the temple?
Do you wear the garment both night and day as instructed in the endowment and in accordance with the covenant you made in the temple?

14 Have there been any sins or misdeeds in your life that should have been resolved with priesthood authorities but have not been?

15 Do you consider yourself worthy to enter the Lord's house and participate in temple ordinances?

MORMONs are SO lame...

HOW lame ARE they?

Mormons are SO lame; that only about 15% or so choose to answer these questions correctly.

Too bad for them, since their Forever Family® will be spending eternity without them, as they mere get to LOOK into the highest level of MORMON heaven, and not actually ever GO there!

Temple Recommend Questions

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1 Do you have faith in and a testimony of God the Eternal Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost?

2 Do you have a testimony of the Atonement of Christ and of His role as Savior and Redeemer?

3 Do you have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel in these the latter days?

4 Do you sustain the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator and as the only person on the earth who possesses and is authorized to exercise all priesthood keys? Do you sustain members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators? Do you sustain the other General Authorities and local authorities of the Church?

5 Do you live the law of chastity?

6 Is there anything in your conduct relating to members of your family that is not in harmony with the teachings of the Church?

7 Do you support, affiliate with, or agree with any group or individual whose teachings or practices are contrary to or oppose those accepted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

8 Do you strive to keep the covenants you have made, to attend your sacrament and other meetings, and to keep your life in harmony with the laws and commandments of the gospel?

9 Are you honest in your dealings with your fellowmen?

10 Are you a full-tithe payer?

11 Do you keep the Word of Wisdom?

12 Do you have financial or other obligations to a former spouse or children? If yes, are you current in meeting those obligations?

13 If you have previously received your temple endowment:

Do you keep the covenants that you made in the temple?
Do you wear the garment both night and day as instructed in the endowment and in accordance with the covenant you made in the temple?

14 Have there been any sins or misdeeds in your life that should have been resolved with priesthood authorities but have not been?

15 Do you consider yourself worthy to enter the Lord's house and participate in temple ordinances?

[Elsie]

But I do know how to search Google.

And mormons know how to PLAY Google®!

[Elsie]

If you’re going to lambaste cults, be intellectually honest and include all of them, even the one based in ole imperial Rome.

Why?

MORMONism only picked on one: CHRISTIANITY. (Ref reply #109)

CAn we not do as IT has done?

We NEVER see any MORMONs on FR 'exposing' the wrongs of Bhuddism, Wiccans, Jehovah Witnesses, ETAL.

I wonder why that is?

[Elsie]

I guess my problem is that I personally do not care what someones believes in the realm of religion.

Then why are you on this thread?

[Elsie]

Maybe his style works in Napoleon Dynamite land, but in Soprano land we’re I live, the girl would have kicked his ass.

Tina; ya fat lard! Eat the FOOD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=c2glOppqBRg&feature=endscreen

[Elsie]

There is only one way to find out, and I can wait a few decades to find out.

And you are betting your eternal soul that you are right?

Gutsy, indeed!