Posted by
Phil E. on Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:30:03 AM
Listen to this ominous warning - and shudder!(About 40 seconds.)
You have to wonder, if they have the truth, what they are so afraid of?
This mind set is characteristic of a cult mentality. It's the same mind set of North Korea's Kim Jong IL, who also tells his people they are in paradise and outside, there is only darkness. So don't question your leader.
Is that the mentality you want directing the Executive Branch of our government?
We're all concerned about how Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, mixes his religion with politics. And he's not in a cult! But to him, they are inseparable. Even former President Ronald Reagan observed the close link between religion and politics! In the days of Bill Clinton, we used to say "character matters." Your beliefs define your character.
Can you be sure Mitt Romney won't mix his religion of the One True Church (guided by his "Living Prophet" in Salt Lake) with politics? Ask non-Mormons in Utah if that ever happens. (sarcasim.)
This isn't the same as being Roman Catholic and following the Pope. No Catholic swears an oath to his church and/or leaders! But Mormons do, and that oath can - and has - often put Mormon's in the public sector in conflict with their oath of office.
[The Mormon oath is so strong, it used to be under penalty of death. That they would rather have their "throats slit" or their "bowels cut out." Does that sound Christian to you?
The penalty of death was taken out of the oath in 1990, but Mitt Romney is old enough to have sworn that oath in its death penalty form. Some of the more fundamental denominations of the Mormon church still enforce that oath on those who leave the church, it is so powerful and commanding. How can you be sure which oath he will obey, when push comes to shove?]