You are way off base, Romney is absolutely devoted to his faith and is recognized by his religion as such.
Romney has never criticized his religion, in fact he has always done the opposite.
I don't know what you mean with this, or where that quote comes from, or why you are trying to sell this highest ranking church official as outside of his church.
Where is this coming from, especially the meaningless piece of "quote"? ""Romney himself has said of Mormans, “you don’t have to believe everything....”, and he has certainly been known to flip and flop on some of the voodoo practices the Mormans have entertained down through their history.""
It looks like BS to me.
Impressing you favorabley with any of my opinions has always been a laborious task, but the “quote” that you dislike was from a testy radio interview that was filmed in a sound studio somewhere, during the earlier primary fight. It got some play early on, only because Romney was demonstrably defensive when asked about some of the far-out practices of his Mormon “religion”. It took place about the time Santorum took his first state, if I recall. Maybe you can find it on utube.
I am perfectly aware of the high faluting titles Romney carries in the Mormon “church”, which are meaningless to me. I simply do not care. Religious titles prove nothing to me when bestowed outside of Christianity, and in Romney’s case with his “religion”, I see him as a geeky over achiever in ALL of his endeavors, a guy who may give no larger damn about his Mormon “religion” than he does about the Republican Party.
To me it is entirely possible that these universes he engages, his religion, and politics, and finance, are possibly nothing but convenient vehicles to some more titles and increasing power.
Romney strikes me as dispassionate about anything but the chase for achievement, and that includes his religion. I am not going to be found among those using his cult as a hammer when his politics alone are more than enough to be repelled by him.