Yes, let's be honest. You are a big fan of Mormons? You are in favor of theocracy (if Baptist)?
Reagan was a big fan of Mormons.
“Yes, let’s be honest. You are a big fan of Mormons? You are in favor of theocracy (if Baptist)?”
I absolutely abhor mormonism. I am not in favor of a theocracy...only extremists are. Baptists have traditionally avoided theocracies because they believe in freedom of conscience. Also, they do not believe in a “state” church. The first “Baptist” colony in America was in Rhode Island where peole of all religious convictions were allowed to practice their beliefs without reprisal or government interference. Other colonies weren’t so open and free.
Mormanism, contrary to what many will say here, is very theocratic. One of the things that kept Utah from being a state sooner was the issue of not allowing their “prophet, seer, and revelator” to be the state’s governor and wanting mormonism as the state religion. Joseph Smith, mormonism’s founder, established a mormon theocracy in Navoo with him at the head and made himself a “Lieutenant General” (arrogant rank for that time) in his private militia called the Navoo legion. This guy started scaring the locals with his theocracy, adulteries, and suppression of free speech (destroy an anti-mormon newspaper). If you free “theocracies” then you need to fear a mormon in high office.
It is time for me to say goodnight.