I expect you will see things a way that fits what you want to believe. That does not mean you are correct. Is this the religion forum or the smear Mitt with his religion forum? There seems to be little difference at this point. This is what I expected from the sleazy media, to try and assassinate the man by tying him to all the heresies and blasphemies in MomronISM. But I didn’t expect it from Freerepublic, or from several I have in the past thought of as friends. So it has come to this, fabricating a smear with which to try and ridicule into silence. Nice try
From what I recall you are not now nor have you ever been a Mormon. I also suspect that being from TN you probably don't even know any Mormons. I am a 5th Generation Mormon who escaped from the cult and found Christ. That has been the experience of many of the Inmans that you now have disassociated yourself from.
I don't think you realize how high of a mucky-muck Romney is in the LDS Church, but he is about as high as you can get without being a general authority. As a matter of fact as far as the LDS Propaganda machine is concerned Mitt Romney is the public face of MormonISM. Mitt Romney is to MormonISM as Tom Cruise is to Scientology. Nobody knows the name of the Scientology leader, but everyone knows that Tom Cruise is a Scientologist.
If Mitt Romney were a Scientologist, then his bizzare beliefs would be legitimate fodder for political discourse.
Romney adheres to all the demonic doctrines of Mormonism so you can't separate the man from his Religion. If Romney were a lapsed Mormon, like Rubio, then his Religion would not have any bearing on his political position. But Romney is a Temple Worthy Mormon, which alone puts him in the small minority of Mormon believers. Romney is not just ANY Mormon, he is the epitome of what the Mormon church wants to portray itself so that the mormon Church can pretend to be just another Christian sect.
So you can't give him a pass on his religion. He is the face of Mormonism. He is the most famous Mormon alive today. He has sworn an oath to uphold the General Authorities of the LDS Church above all other earthly powers.
Maybe you can overlook that fault. I can't. The Mormon Church defines who Romney is. Just as my religious beliefs define who I am and who you are.
If the shoe fits...
Mitt wants to LEAD me.
He wants to make VERY important decisions that will affect me.
He will promise to analyze the data available to him, and, like any good business man, make judgements KNOWING that some of his data will be unreliable.
He promises that he'll rely on his GOD to help him with discernment.
He is still a MORMON; having made sworn oaths to his church.
I do not want him leading me.
Or Barry either.
What has happened on HIS watch is abominable.
I don't want to wait to see what will happen under Mitt's direction.