This seems, at first blush, like a lot of pearl-clutching over nothing.
On reflection it seems that Wiesel, activist that he is, is grasping at straws in an effort to insert himself into the Republican presidential nominee selection process. And he clearly is not a Republican.
I am not only not in favor of Romney, I actively oppose him.
But I really resent this poo-slinging by Wiesel. FU Elie!
Well, it seems like many of you aren't looking @ this from either a Jewish or even New Testament angle.
From a Jewish holocaust perspective, they see Jewish identity as the core target of why so many Jews became readily "expendable." So...as it was in life, they see Jewish identity targeted even in death...where they see Mormons saying to them, "No. We can't let you be with a Jewish identity; we will hang a Mormon tag on them instead."
From a New Testament angle, I covered this in post #15...The apostle Paul says in 1 Tim. 1:3-4 & Titus 3:9 that genealogy promoting to the degree it was practiced was useless, provoked controversy, and wasn't faith-promoting.
I would act that since Mormons see themselves as "saviors" via this process, it's also idolatry -- substituting themselves as "saviors" in diluding what Jesus did on the cross.