“Romney believes that he will become a God”
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Maybe you have a special deep insight into his character that the rest of us don’t, but many people do not see the deity aspect or grandiosity in Mitt that you evidently see.
Like many people I’ve had the good fortune to work with, he seems like a person intent on solving problems and righting the ship. Many were selfless and it was just in their nature to fix things. And that was their reward. Mitt could easily do other good works without taking on the immense challenges of the presidency and the wreckage that will be left after Obama.
I think the misunderstanding is that when you hear that Romney is preparing to become a God, and believes that he will rule over his own planet of worshipers, as our God does to us, that you think it is just an accusation, or a smear, or a negative claim.
It is basic Mormon teaching, a fundamental part of their cult.
Bishop Romney comes from Mormon royalty, his family immigrated here about 170 years ago to personally serve Joseph Smith, after being converted in England. Mitt was the equivalent of a Catholic Bishop, as was his father, as were many men in his line of Mormon devotees, one almost became the Holy Prophet, but dies before that could happen.
Post 100 gave a simple description of some Mormon theology, it is why Christians require Mormon converts to be baptized into Christianity.
This is from the Church of Latter Day Saints themselves::
“The Prophet Joseph Smith taught: “God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man. … he was once a man like us … God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth. …” 6
“If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and … God the Father of Jesus Christ had a Father, you may suppose that He had a Father also. … And where was there ever a father without first being a son? … If Jesus had a Father, can we not believe that He had a Father also? …
“He [Jesus] laid down His life, and took it up, the same as His Father had done before.” 7
Long before our God began his creations, he dwelt on a mortal world like ours, one of the creations that his Father had created for him and his brethren. He, with many of his brethren, was obedient to the principles of the eternal gospel. One among these, it is presumed, was a savior for them, and through him they obtained a resurrection and an exaltation on an eternal, celestial world. 8 Then they gained the power and godhood of their Father and were made heirs of all that he had, continuing his works and creating worlds of their own for their own posterity—the same as their Father had done before, and his Father, and his Father, and on and on. With these things in mind, W. W. Phelps, in a hymn, asks the question:
“If you could hie to Kolob
In the twinkling of an eye,
And then continue onward
With that same speed to fly,
D’ye think that you could ever,
Through all eternity,
Find out the generation
Where Gods began to be?” 9
Nothing is more basic in the restored gospel than these truths that, because of recent events of space travel, are so timely. The great hope of the gospel for us is that we may come to a oneness with our Lord and our Father and partake of this same work and glory and godhood. Being joint-heirs of all that the Father has, we may then look forward to using those powers to organize still other worlds from the unorganized matter that exists throughout boundless space. Creating other worlds, peopling them with our own eternal posterity, providing a savior for them, and making known to them the saving principles of the eternal gospel, that they may have the same experiences we are now having and be exalted with us in their turn—this is eternal life. 10 No wonder this possibility continues to fascinate and inspire Saints of all ages.”
http://www.lds.org/new-era/1971/04/people-on-other-worlds?lang=eng