Daughter of LDS Bishop Warns Against Mormonism and Romney Presidency ['Of two evils...neither']

Christian News Network ^ | Oct. 13, 2012 | Heather Clark

[Colofornian]

The daughter of a Latter Day Saints bishop and author of a book on Mitt Romney’s Mormonism says that she has concerns about a Romney presidency.

Tricia Erickson, who is now a professing Christian after being involved in the LDS establishment for 21 years, stated in an article this week entitled The Obamney Twins that while she cannot support Barack Obama, she is unable to vote for Mitt Romney either.

“To me, as a conservative, a Republican and a Christian, I cannot justify a vote for either one of the Obamney baby-killing, annihilators of the family, government healthcare mandated to take over our economy socialist evil twins – and be right with our Creator,” she wrote.

Erickson pointed out that neither seek to ban abortion, and both have shown support for homosexuality.

“Republicans say that they have to vote for Romney because we are losing our country to socialism and after another four years of Obama, there will be nothing left of America. I can’t say that I disagree,” she said. “However, what is never talked about is that Romney has his own goals for the Mormon Church [and] The Mormon Plan for America, and while he is cunning and a good debater, he lacks the judgment to discern that he will not become a ‘god’ in his next life and receive his own planet.”

Erickson has been making the rounds on various talk shows and has been featured in news publications for at least the past year, discussing her concerns with Mormonism and a potential Romney presidency.

“While he attempts to portray Mormonism as just another Christian religion, Mitt Romney counts on his skills to shift our attention away from what he truly believes,” she wrote in her book Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters? The Mormon Church Versus the Office of the Presidency of the United States of America.

“It’s like our eyes are glazed over when it comes to the religion of Mitt Romney,” Erickson told talk show host Thomas Hartmann in further discussing the matter. “If you just knew what Mitt Romney believed, you would run far away from this candidate.”

Erickson states that she grew up in a devout Mormon household, and was even married in the LDS temple according to mandated rituals. However, she laments many things that she observed and was subjected to.

“It was horrific,” she told WND. “There I was standing naked [at my wedding]. They brought this bowl of water and started washing my body down, and whispering prayers over my body. They stopped over the right and left breast, the navel and knees and prayed specific prayers.”

Erickson stated that because Mitt Romney is a dedicated Mormon, he espouses beliefs that are very concerning, including that Jesus was not born of a virgin, that Jesus and Satan are spirit brothers, and that Romney will one day become one of many deities.

“Mitt Romney truly, unequivocally believes that when he dies, he is going to become a god in Heaven,” she said. “He is going be given his own kingdom/planet. He will be able to call his wife Ann by the secret name that is only given to him in the Mormon secret ceremonies … When he calls her on to his planet, they will have relations to populate the planet with spirit children, as they believe our God has a wife on His planet, and He did the same, and they believe that we are our God’s spirit children from our god mother and god father.”

“So, all of us here on earth, we existed in a pre-existence with God as a spirit baby, then we came down and inhabited these little babies’ bodies that are here on the earth,” Erickson continued, explaining LDS beliefs. “[This was done] so that we could go through our process to venture into godhood.”

She said that there has been a longstanding agenda in the LDS establishment to place Mormons into governmental offices.

“[The LDS establishment has] been trying since the beginning to get someone in the presidency, because they believe they have to establish their authority so when Jesus comes to earth, the Mormon Church will take control of the government and the Mormons will be the government of God on earth,” Erickson explained.

“They believe that when Jesus comes back to earth in the millennium, that He’s going to come to Jackson County, Missouri, which that’s where they believe the Garden of Eden is,” she added.

Former Mormons Dennis and Rauni Higley of H.I.S. Ministries International in Salt Lake City, Utah concur that these indeed are the beliefs of the LDS establishment. They provided Christian News Network with written outlines of their concerns surrounding what is called the “White Horse Prophesy.”

“From its very beginning, the Mormon plan for America has been to have a Mormon president lead this nation and ultimately the world,” they stated. “The so-called ‘White Horse Prophecy’ of Joseph Smith has been referred to often as a destiny of the Mormon priesthood in saving the United States. This ‘prophecy’ predicts that U.S. government will one day hang as if by a single thread and Mormon elders will step in and save it.”

Erickson said that in Mormon ceremonies, participants must swear to keep secret what goes on behind closed doors. She advised that in rituals that she was involved with, she observed people being forced to make gestures signifying their death if they revealed what takes place.

“They actually had us [symbolically] slashing our guts open and our guts falling to the ground if we told people of the secret dogma of the ceremonies,” she stated.

When asked how Erickson knows that Romney espouses these same beliefs, she replied that Romney has long had high ranking in the LDS establishment, holding office as bishop like her father, and working as a Mormon missionary in France for a time.

“You cannot get more Mormon than Mitt Romney,” she stated. “And I have been through the same temple ceremonies … to follow the church first before anything else.”

“To my way of thinking the idiosyncrasies of Mormon belief and practice are not the issue; Catholic belief in transubstantiation and Protestant belief in the resurrection [of Jesus] can be made to look silly, too,” Romney told CNN last year after being informed of Erickson’s writings and speeches against him.

Because of these concerns, in Erickson’s article this week, she noted that many will vote third party this year or skip the presidential race on the ballot.

“Some have said that they will simply not vote for either establishment candidate, [but] instead, in protest, will write-in another name or candidate if they will vote at all,” she wrote. “I, and approximately 90 million Americans, agree with Charles Spurgeon who says, ‘Of two evils, choose neither.’”

[Colofornian]

For instance, you are asking Christians to vote third party in places like NJ, CT, and Minnesota. Those are three rare blue states where Catholics actually voted against Obama in 2008, and will probably vote againsts him by more this time. It might not mak a difference, but with the third party for sure it won’t, in my opinion.

There's no "might" about it: There's no way Romney will take NJ, CT, or even Minnesota.

This is no different, btw, than those who accuse Virgil Goode/third party voters of "wishful thinking" -- that it would somehow "make a difference."

You are indeed engaging in "wishful thinking" if you think Romney could somehow take one of those three states.

This isn't only opinion-polling, but the actual votes brought to bear on POTUS elections in 2008, 2004, 2000, and the 20th century.

[Elsie]

“Simpleton” ddoes not begin to define your utter witlessness.

Then what word WOULD you use; if you were speaking to my face?

[Elsie]

. I can see there is no reasoning with a real Romney hater.

You could at least TRY!

[truthandlife]

The lesser of two evils...

Is judgement coming upon this nation no matter what?

[Elsie]

More tiresome attacks.

Then, by all means, leave the battlefield and declartion VICTORY!!!

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Professor Robert Millet        teaching at the Mission Prep Club in 2004  http://newsnet.byu.edu/video/18773/  <-- Complete and uneditted

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Timeline...    Subject...

 

0:59           "Anti-Mormons..."

1:16           "ATTACK the faith you have..."

2:02           "We really aren't obligated to answer everyone's questions..."

3:57           "You already know MORE about God and Christ and the plan of salvation than any who would ATTACK you."

[G Larry]

And you claim to be concerned this is part of Romney’s agenda?

[Elsie]

It should be followed by “fanatical”, however.

GOOD!

I at least get tossed into the same grouping that contains Romneybots!

[Colofornian]

I'm not voting for a man to serve as my spiritual leader. I'm voting for a man who has the job of maintaining a safe environment to live, work, and raise a family, and to create a decent economic situation.

(And we all know that THE leader of the free world has absolutely nothing to do with needing qualities such as discernment, an ability to guard against deception -- vs. say, gullibility or vulnerability to deception...why, that quality only applies to "spiritual leaders"...) /sarc

[Elsie]

...bullpatties on this story.

It was sarcasm.

Kind of a mishmash of bits and pieces of MORMON rituals performed in the Temples.

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http://www.lifeaftermormonism.net/forum/topics/can-someone-please-explain

[Nervous Tick]

>> Do this 17 more times and you’ll have accomplished... WHAT?

False dichotomy, you tool of Satan. Get behind me!

[Mr. Lucky]

Well said.

[Elsie]

I don't see how being a Mormon would lead one into treason against the United States.

Why Joseph Smith Ran for President

“I would not have suffered my name to have been used by my friends on anywise as President of the United States, or candidate for that office,
if I and my friends could have had the privilege of enjoying our religious and civil rights as American citizens, even those rights which the Constitution guarantees unto all her citizens alike.
But this as a people we have been denied from the beginning. Persecution has rolled upon our heads from time to time, from portions of the United States, like peals of thunder, because of our religion; and no portion of the Government as yet has stepped forward for our relief.
And in view of these things, I feel it to be my right and privilege to obtain what influence and power I can, lawfully, in the United States, for the protection of injured innocence.”

Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 6:210–11.

[Colofornian]

Virgil Good is also pro-abortion. Wake up!! The man is a misleading, lying coward who only wants to take your vote or your money and leaving you with four more years of Obama.

No...I'd say the "L" word above -- or since I don't know your intent, perhaps you're just mistaken -- applies to you...and you've 100% shot any credibility you might have on this site with such a false "pro-abortion" accusation.

Per: OnTheIssues: Virgil Goode on Abortion:

Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
No federal funding of abortion, but no litmus test. (Dec 2000)
Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)
Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance. (Dec 2006)
Prohibit transporting minors across state lines for abortion. (Jan 2008)
Grant the pre-born equal protection under 14th Amendment. (Jan 2007)

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In contrast, the very man you support, Mitt Romney, told CBS News in late August 2012 that he favors abortions for the wide-open, anything-goes reason of "health of the mother" ("health" of course being determined by the abortionist, and the abortion industry)...ALONG with OTHER exceptions.

He told Katie Couric dec of 07 that 'twas "OK" for parents of embyros to either give up their embryos for adoption -- or "donate" them to "research."

MA RomneyCare, with a Planned Parenthood rep permanently on the commonwealth oversight board as set up by Romney, has gone from $50 taxpayer funded abortions in that state to some that are 100% covered by such funds!

Wake-up! to your own accusations -- as applied to Romney!!!

[Elsie]

Then why has he allowed the Church of Latter-Day Saints to survive and thrive?<>I'd think a Catholic would KNOW this!

[libdestroyer]

“I would love to hear him explain why he believes he is smarter than the writers of Holy Scripture”

Bang-on!

I’m still wondering why I should care who this man endorses... or Ross Perot either.

Honestly I couldn’t care LESS who endorses who.

[libdestroyer]

“Ross Perot endorsed Romney.

Your move.”

You’ve lost me... am I supposed to care about Ross Perot’s opinion?

[Elsie]

When it comes to rendering judgement on the faith of others...

It ain't about FAITH; but FALSE TEACHINGS.

Did you NOT learn from Catholicism that they MUST be exposed and expunged??

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

I am saying to you that Virgil Goode knows full well he has NO shot at ever becoming president but he doesn’t care if he reelects Obama to four more years. There has never been a more pro-abortion president than Obama and you’re going to help reelect him. THINK!!

[Elsie]

I’ll pick the Mormon anytime.

Intolerant?

You make the call.

Possibly racist?

Maybe as well.

[Colofornian]

The lesser of two evils...Is judgement coming upon this nation no matter what?

Yes.

#1: Peter said that judgment "begins" with "the household of God."

#2: And certainly, socially, we've invited it even apart from our political choices.

As somebody once aptly said, "If God doesn't judge America, He'll have to apologize to Sodom an Gomorrah."

#3: I simply think, that with what we've done in this political season, we've "fast-forwarded" it to a point of key divine provocation.

We've placed $ -- and with it the sanctioning of a rival "god" to THE God -- over denouncing false worship centers.

If you look at Exodus, Deuteronomy, Numbers -- and then the Kings and Chronicles books -- the most common theme that provoked God to the extreme was Israel's catering to false gods, and a series of kings' failures to remove false worship centers from a "front and center" role in their culture.

Here, in this election, we have now elevated and openly endorsed somebody who says "I am indeed a 'god' - in embryo -- and I will one day compete with THE God for worship, glory, reception of prayer, role as 'creator', etc."