Romney is a true-believing, 6th-generation Mormon, a former 2-time bishop & 1-time stake president (a stake prez heads usually 5-10 wards). His dad's cousin, Marion G. Romney, was one of the top leaders in the church at one point headed the LDS missionary outreach. Marion G. Romney said that among the top 4 lessons taught to LDS missionaries to "reach out" with the LDS "gospel" was the doctrine of the 100% Christian "apostasy" and LDS "restoration."
In fact, of all LDS doctrines, this is tops because it comes directly from the "First Vision" of Joseph Smith & has become encased with LDS "Scripture" in the Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith - History, verses 18-20. [LDS cannot just shed "Scripture" as of simply yesteryear rhetoric]. In this passage, Smith describes two unnamed personages who appeared to him; these "personages" told him...
...ALL "Christian sects" were wrong...
...ALL believers of such "Christian sects"--referred to as "professors"--were "corrupt"
...ALL creeds of these believers were an "abomination in his sight" [abomination=putrid]
Earlier this year I went to the largest retailer (not just book retailer, but overall retailer) in my region...to their book section...where they had a special LDS section...one of the most prominently displayed books there was supposedly all about the Christian "apostasy" which took place about 4th century & lasted for about 1500 years.
LDS don't believe that just some Christians and some Christian churches fell away; no, they label ALL Protestants & ALL Catholics & ALL Orthodox as "apostate Gentiles."
Romney descended from Parley P. Pratt. Parley's brother, Orson, a leader in the LDS church, called the Catholic church the "whore of Babylon" and the Protestant Church one of its "harlot daughters."
He obviously knows this is the year, 2008, and we are civilized now, lol! Some of us, anyway.