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Ichingcarpenter

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Tue May 15, 2012, 03:22 AM May 2012

Former Mormon Explains Why Mitt Romney Should Never Be President [View all]

Romney:

The first thing you need to know about Mitt Romney is that he is a Mormon, aka a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They call themselves Christians, but they have so thoroughly brainwashed their members that anything the church says…goes. No matter how much Mitt Romney says he would keep his church separate from Government, and how he would never let the church come in and run Government, commands of the church come first and foremost in Mormon minds.

If the church wanted Mitt to let them come in (AND THEY WOULD) and help or direct the Government, that is how it would be. Why? Because the church leaders would supposedly have a “vision” that it is God’s will. The church is all about trying to prop up the image of its founder, Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith had a supposed vision (prophecy) that one day a Mormon would become President of the United States, FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE, of letting the Mormon Church take over the U.S. Government. You can take it to the bank, that if Romney were President, the church leaders would have another “vision,” that a church takeover must happen. By the way, that prophecy was simple revenge for perceived wrongs done to Joseph Smith by the government. Nevertheless they treat all his prophecies seriously, no matter how ridiculous they are.



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Romney wants to be President to fulfill a cult prophecy. When Mitt Romney received his patriarchal blessing as a Michigan teenager, he was told that the Lord expected great things from him. All young Mormon men — the “worthy males” of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as it is officially known — receive such a blessing as they embark on their requisite journeys as religious missionaries. But at 19 years of age, the youngest son of the most prominent Mormon in American politics — a seventh-generation direct descendant of one of the faith’s founding 12 apostles—Mitt Romney had been singled out as a destined leader. The Cougar Club — the all male, all white social club at Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City (blacks were excluded from full membership in the Mormon church until 1978) — was humming with talk that its president, Mitt Romney, would become the first Mormon President of the United States. “If not Mitt, then who?” was the ubiquitous slogan within the elite organization. The pious world of BYU was expected to spawn the man who would lead the Mormons into the White House and fulfill the prophecies of the church’s founder, Joseph Smith Jr., which Romney has avidly sought to realize.
Economic goals according to Romney’s own book, “Believe in America” Mitt Romney’s Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth © 2011

Wants to provoke China into war by labeling the Chinese government as criminals in the world court. Never mind that they own most of our money, they have nuclear capabilities and over a million soldiers. I’m sorry, but we wouldn’t stand a chance.
Wants to privatize Social Security and Medicare. They say Obamacare would create death panels, but that’s nothing compared to what it would be if Wall Street controlled medical benefits. And with how well Wall Street has proven that they can screw up even a wet dream, do you really want them deciding how much your Social Security checks should be? I don’t think so. Romney would privatize his next meal if he could.
General plans (from stuff he has said lately)

Wants to cut education funding and oversight.
As a vulture capitalist, Mitt Romney cost thousands of employees their jobs and their retirement pensions, while he made out like a bandit. If elected president, Romney will kill Medicare and Social Security and further subjugate women’s rights, while destroying the EPA and other government services.

Romney avoids mentioning it, but Joseph Smith ran for president in 1844 as an independent Commander in Chief of an “army of God” advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government in favor of a Mormon-ruled theocracy. Challenging Democrat, James Polk and Whig, Henry Clay – Smith prophesied that if the U.S. Congress did not accede to his demands that “they shall be broken up as a government and God shall damn them.” Smith viewed capturing the presidency as part of the mission of the church. Smith’s insertion of religion into politics and his call for a “theodemocracy where God and people hold the power to conduct the affairs of men in righteous matters” created a sensation and drew hostility from the outside world. But his candidacy was cut short when he was shot to death by an anti-Mormon vigilante mob. Out of Smith’s national political ambitions grew what would become known in Mormon circles as the “White Horse Prophecy” — a belief ingrained in Mormon culture and passed down through generations by church leaders that the day would come when the U.S. Constitution would “hang like a thread as fine as a silk fiber” and the Mormon priesthood would save it. Mitt Romney views the American presidency as a theological office.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/05/13/former-mormon-explains-why-mitt-romney-should-never-be-president/

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I do believe he should be asked about this particular teaching and Skidmore May 2012 #1
Be it Mormons or a Benny Hinn , Pat Robertson, or other evangelists Ichingcarpenter May 2012 #2
Amen. Skidmore May 2012 #3
This practice of the Mormon Church is greatly disrespectful. Dawson Leery May 2012 #41
OMG. The bringing the Kingdom of God by force crowd. Like fundies wanting to nuke the ME. freshwest May 2012 #46
It would be pointless HeiressofBickworth May 2012 #5
d. Romney is a danger to our nation. Great Caesars Ghost May 2012 #6
he sure a hell is liberalnationalist May 2012 #47
Particularly because of this Icicle May 2012 #15
It sure would be great if somehow all of the evangenitals could read your post. nt left on green only May 2012 #4
Kennedy 1960 Ex-Pat Pats Fan May 2012 #7
Catholic churches are not shrouded in secrecy and cprise May 2012 #35
+1 Dawson Leery May 2012 #40
Big difference Major Nikon May 2012 #42
absolutely correct liberalnationalist May 2012 #50
I tend to be very skeptical of conspiracy theories, but I tend to agree with your assessment Major Nikon May 2012 #61
Sorry, even if I bought that about LDS, I don't believe Romney sincerely believes that (or anything) Recursion May 2012 #8
Yes, but in this case he really would be fulfilling a Morman prophecy CanonRay May 2012 #23
Sorry, I've been both Catholic AND Mormon (yeah, I know)... arbusto_baboso May 2012 #32
I don't worry about this. It seems to me that Mitt believes only in Mitt cali May 2012 #9
No, no ... he has one other belief: MONEY. Mitt believes in MONEY. Bake May 2012 #55
Just wondering out loud.... James48 May 2012 #10
James48 Diclotican May 2012 #11
Mormons for Obama struggle4progress May 2012 #30
Excellent post malaise May 2012 #12
I think it's worth exploring. Instead of Ilsa May 2012 #13
Mitt Romney was a Bishop in his church ... Kerry and Kennedy were not Ichingcarpenter May 2012 #20
Smith prophesied that if the U.S. Congress did not accede to his demands geckosfeet May 2012 #14
I can't seem to just walk away from this thread: It truly troubles me. cali May 2012 #16
Have you read much about the Mormon religion? JNelson6563 May 2012 #17
A fair amount cali May 2012 #18
Interesting. Thanks for your answer. JNelson6563 May 2012 #24
Interesting! Wind Dancer May 2012 #54
"as bigoted as anything I've ever seen here" daaron May 2012 #26
yes, it's bigoted cali May 2012 #29
Nah. Ima pass. Enjoy. nt daaron May 2012 #31
I remember going to a memebers house for some discussion Sheepshank May 2012 #53
I don't see it as bigotry Major Nikon May 2012 #43
You don't seem to understand religious cult brainwashing siligut May 2012 #56
Mitt has visions of his own, and they are radical, wild, visions of ruining the safety nets. Major Hogwash May 2012 #19
Your last sentence is the crux of why religious fundamentalists of any stripe want to eviscerate MH1 May 2012 #21
I had neighbors for years who were Mormons. cr8tvlde May 2012 #38
One of my former bosses for three years home schooled his children and never once did we his jwirr May 2012 #58
I had a good friend who is dead now madokie May 2012 #22
Not to worry TlalocW May 2012 #25
Has the church tried to influence Harry Reid, as Senate Majority Leader, yet? sadbear May 2012 #27
It depends on what you consider the "church" Major Nikon May 2012 #45
K & fookin' R AzDar May 2012 #28
Sounds quite similar to Kennedy rhetoric Bertha Venation May 2012 #33
And Kennedy famously reassured everyone that he was independent from the Vatican lolly May 2012 #39
K & R Scurrilous May 2012 #34
i don't get it....if the goal is to "take over the government and let Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #36
What separates ohheckyeah May 2012 #37
Not much, really Major Nikon May 2012 #44
I've been in churches ohheckyeah May 2012 #57
Essentially that's what almost all organized religions do Major Nikon May 2012 #60
IMO just size treestar May 2012 #49
They need a lot more than the Presidency if they want to "take over the US government." treestar May 2012 #48
The person who first told me about this prophecy said that this would all happen after the govern- jwirr May 2012 #59
But then they want their follower Rmoney to be President of it treestar May 2012 #62
This needs to be posted on every single RW site. Sheepshank May 2012 #51
So should we also try to remove Harry Reid from the Senate? (nt) Nye Bevan May 2012 #52
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