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Tricia Erickson: 'An indoctrinated Mormon should never be elected as President'
CNN.com ^ | July 7, 2011 | Posted by Jay Kernis, Senior Producer

Posted on 07/08/2011 11:00:53 AM PDT by Colofornian

…Answering today’s…questions is Tricia Erickson, author of…"Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters?..."

…How do you know what Romney believes?

Mitt…held…offices of…Missionary, Missionary Zone Leader, assistant to…Mission President…,…Bishop and Stake President…

…You cannot attain the “calling”…to serve as Mormon Bishop or Stake President unless you are a thoroughly entrenched and obedient Mormon…

…I was…a Mormon Bishop’s daughter.

…Are you anti-Mormon?

…My heart aches for the Mormon People. These people…do…the best they can to live up to…false doctrine of attaining godship…

They are trying, through good works, to be perfect…which no man can achieve. That is why Christ came and died on the cross so that we could be forgiven of our sins because it is impossible to be human and sinless.

…The Mormon plan for…exaltation to godship…places demands on…members that are unachievable in order to merit the "highest degree of glory"…

Women in Utah are among the highest factions of consumers of anti-depressants…There’s a reason for this. They are working themselves to death…

It is a loving thing to lead people out of deception and into the truth...

Are you of the opinion that a Mormon should never be elected President?

Yes…Indoctrinated temple Mormons (as Romney is) have experienced years of brainwashing and indoctrination and…have made covenants and oaths…they plainly cannot disobey.

…Romney and all temple Mormons have sworn to obey The Law of Consecration in the secret temple ceremonies…

…would you trust the judgment of a man who truly believes he will become a literal God and...be given his own kingdom/planet to rule over and populate with spirit babies…to be placed in to the highest office in the land?...

…we need…a stable and discerning president…

If a candidate believes in proven lies and practices cult-like doctrine, how can the American people hold confidence in him/her as the leader of the free world?…

(Excerpt) Read more at inthearena.blogs.cnn.com ...


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KEYWORDS: huntsman; inman; lds; mormon; romney
Very good interview. I suggest EVERYBODY read this interview & then get the book!

From the interview: Mitt…held…offices of…Missionary, Missionary Zone Leader, assistant to…Mission President…,…Bishop and Stake President……You cannot attain the “calling”…to serve as Mormon Bishop or Stake President unless you are a thoroughly entrenched and obedient Mormon…

There goes one of the arguments some use -- that they think Mitt is a "nominal" Mormon. Nope, he wasn't; and he ain't.

From the interview: Indoctrinated temple Mormons (as Romney is) have experienced years of brainwashing and indoctrination and…have made covenants and oaths…they plainly cannot disobey…Romney and all temple Mormons have sworn to obey The Law of Consecration in the secret temple ceremonies… …would you trust the judgment of a man who truly believes he will become a literal God and...be given his own kingdom/planet to rule over and populate with spirit babies…to be placed in to the highest office in the land?...…we need…a stable and discerning president…If a candidate believes in proven lies and practices cult-like doctrine, how can the American people hold confidence in him/her as the leader of the free world?…

This latter argument is one I've persistantly made on FR since '07. I've repeatedly said that if a man is vulnerable to deception in supposedly the most important area of his life, what does that say about his gullibility overall?

If he labels 80% of his base as "apostates" -- like the entrenched Mormon view of Christians -- how can we trust him on world policy issues re: being able to accurately define other world religions?

The interview goes into detail what the oath of allegiance Romney & other temple Mormons have given. It's available from other sources that people can quote as well.

1 posted on 07/08/2011 11:00:56 AM PDT by Colofornian
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The interviewer asks Tricia Erickson if she is "anti-Mormon."

She replied: …My heart aches for the Mormon People. These people…do…the best they can to live up to…false doctrine of attaining godship…They are trying, through good works, to be perfect…which no man can achieve. That is why Christ came and died on the cross so that we could be forgiven of our sins because it is impossible to be human and sinless.…The Mormon plan for…exaltation to godship…places demands on…members that are unachievable in order to merit the "highest degree of glory"…Women in Utah are among the highest factions of consumers of anti-depressants…There’s a reason for this. They are working themselves to death…It is a loving thing to lead people out of deception and into the truth...

Bingo. This author knows what she's talking about.

2 posted on 07/08/2011 11:05:27 AM PDT by Colofornian (The Mormon church regards 100% of the founding fathers as apostates from the 'true' church)
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Mormon Women in Utah and elsewhere are preparing for Eternal Pregnancy.
3 posted on 07/08/2011 11:10:07 AM PDT by sr4402
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But it is not Romney’s Mormonism that I won’t vote for him. It is RomneyCare.


4 posted on 07/08/2011 11:11:35 AM PDT by sr4402
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false doctrine of attaining godship

Maybe that's why so many Mormons are so keen on electing Romney.

It would be as close to that goal as any of 'em ever got.

5 posted on 07/08/2011 11:11:57 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Colofornian

Thank you


6 posted on 07/08/2011 11:15:18 AM PDT by BlueMoose
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Give me a break.

The premise of the article is that Mitt is handicapped because of his religion.

There continue to be numerous articles published to raise awareness of his religion, promote it and most of all give him cover as to why he cannot succeed merely because of his beliefs.

His core tenets and the lack of are why I oppose him.

This guy will say anything, stick his finger in the air or poll for his position in front of an audience.

But at no time, ever, has Mitt said what he is about.

Sort of.

On the one hand and for years he championed the right to kill an unborn baby and did so openly while paying homage to and singing praises to his mother, who fought for the “Woman’s Right”.

Even as governor he signed legislation that is consistent with his beliefs for thirty years.

Now all of the sudden he’s found Jesus and “Just give life a chance”?

Give me a break.

Universal Health Coverage? Oh, it’s a states rights issue but the Fed can’t do it. Okay, I agree but he won’t admit it was flawed legislation which he didn’t bother read and digest, the same way Pelosi et al didn’t?

He can’t admit where it went wrong but always and laughingly says Obama should have called him for advice?

What, pray tell would Mitt have told him and what advice would he give Obama on how to properly shape and administrate that monstrosity?

Crickets.

Gee he...so smart.

Exactly what can Mutt disagree with Obama on? His policies?

LOL

He was solicitous in his gratuitous “I agree with the good Senator....(Obama) during the 2008 campaign.

Where has he been for two years? I ain’t heard a peep from this tard and now he what to say?

Oh! That’s right. He want’s to qualify Obama’s screw up, on the economy by saying “He didn’t create the recession, but he made it worse and longer.”.

So Mitt is asked about his comment later and offers this explanation Instead, he denied making such an assertion. “I didn’t say that things are worse,” he insisted. “What I said was that the economy hasn’t turned around.”

Really? Can I quote you on that and why would you contradict what we can plainly playback on youtube?

In 2007, Romney said he favored banning “assault weapons.” In 2008, he opposed the idea.

In 2008 he feigned some righteous indignation and accused Juan McCain of proposing legislation that offered “amnesty” to illegal immigrants. Later, Juan challenged Romney on this. Yet Mutt had previously endorsed Juan’s position.

Mutt was also against the George Bush tax cuts and only 6 or 7 years later said “Yep, by gumby, them there’s a good idea” (paraphrase and an conveniently opportunistic reversal of his original asinine position)

The premise of the article is making excuses for his religious beliefs and distract everyone from talking his core positions, of which he has none, save for his contrived, synthetic opportunistic polling and pitching for the moment his thespian but contrived position, which he will absolutely reverse himself on when that moment comes.

I could go on but do we need to discuss his religion as a qualifier or disqualifier any more?

As usual, kudos to Colofornian but my focus, in regards to Mutt, is my gig with no disrespect.

Thanks for the post.


7 posted on 07/08/2011 11:15:26 AM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: Colofornian

I can’t stand Romney, or Huntsman for that matter, but I would rather have a Mormon president than an athiest or muslim or black liberation faux Christian (or whatever Zero is). While I agree with the premise that Mitt needs to be stopped, I disagree with the substance of this interview.


9 posted on 07/08/2011 11:20:43 AM PDT by wolfman23601
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Neither should an indoctrinated liberal.

Actually, Mormons might not be the Christians they think they are but remember it was major news that a Catholic named JFK was elected President. He did better than most Presidents.


10 posted on 07/08/2011 11:33:08 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: Colofornian

That may be correct, since a majority of USians prefer indoctrinated Moslems...


11 posted on 07/08/2011 11:41:32 AM PDT by veracious
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