Oh??
The Old Testement records a different story.
Psalm 33:12-22 (KJV)
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
13 The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Before we even get to theological differences, Willard’s problems were those of character, ethics, honesty and ideology, all of which were disqualifiers. If we had Candidate X running for President who was, say, a Hindu who possessed the positive qualities and was strong on the Constitution, I would vote for them despite not sharing their religion. About the only groups I would not vote for would be Mohammadans (for obvious reasons), Scientologists or other cults.
Despite your disagreements with Mormonism, would you not support some of their candidates (such as Mia Love & Mike Lee in UT), based on their ideological stances ? Just curious.