Salon: Mitt and the White Horse Prophecy (MUST READ - parallels to Dominionism)

[AzDar]

4. I married into one of the oldest Mormon families in Az.

My soon-to-be-ex husband, is of course, a "jack mormon", meaning that he hasn't been excommunicated, he just doesn't participate. All I can think when Mitt's name is bandied about as presidential material is: wait til Middle America examines the beliefs and practices of Mormonism up close. Magical underpants; secret names; oaths and penalties sworn at marriage; Baptism of the Dead (including Jews killed in the Holocaust); Jeebus shall return to Earth and rule from Missouri...the list goes on and on.
When Hubs and I first met, he gave me a book on Mormon History and beliefs, and I would periodically peep over the top at him and say ..."Really?" And he would either nod and giggle or hang his head. All religion is ridiculous in my view, but the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints is a whole new level of goofy, and will not play well in the Heartland, or the South...