Posted by
Phil E. on Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:13:07 AM
Suppose Mormon Mitt Romney is elected President of the United States. That will create some interesting practical problems, peculiar to Mormonism, some that could lead to lawsuits alleging religious discrimination. Let's take the most obvious problem first, the Inauguration.
Now that the precedent has been set for swearing in a
Muslim Congressman using a Quaran, albeit, ceremonially, will Mormon Mitt Romney likewise insist that he be sworn in using a Book of Mormon on his very public Inauguration Day? Think of all the publicity for his church! The PR might be equivalent to a million BOM ads on TV! That would certainly get him a
higher exaltation as a god, wouldn't it? And that would be consistent with his sworn duty to his church,
to use "EVERYTHING which the Lord has blessed [him]... for the building up of the Kingdom of god on the earth "
But what about
the traditional "morning worship service?" - if you can call it that. See, Mormons only meet at their Ward buildings on Sunday, with a VERY specific lesson plan assigned throughout the world. Since Inauguration Day falls on a Tuesday, will he go to his nearby temple instead and do some baptisms for the dead and/or re-swear his aforementioned
oath to his church before he swears his oath of office? That would be ironic.
After all, unlike Christians and Jews, he doesn't really believe the Bible is the Word of God. (Only as far
as it is translated correctly.) According to Mormonism, "Who knows that even
one verse of the Bible has escaped pollution, so as to
convey the same sense now that it did in the original?" So why go through the charade of using the Bible when you don't really believe it? Clarity is a wonderful thing.
Consistent with their belief about the corruption of the Bible, Mormons are told to read the Book of Mormon once a year, but need only read the Bible through once every four years.But wouldn't you think, with a so-called "Living Prophet" in Salt Lake, that they could retranslate the Bible correctly? Oops -
Joseph Smith already did that. In fact, he "translated"
his own name right into the Bible to literally make a self-fulfilling prophecy! How cool is that? He even decided one book in the Bible doesn't belong there (Song of Solomon) and X'd it out. But the whole thing
is so goofy, not even they use his entire work. The church claims it can't use it because of copyright issues with the RLDS church, despite the fact it has
quite a lot of excerpts footnoted in its own Bible and the
JST is available on line for free. Yeah, right. Basically, like the Jehovah's Witnesses and their New World Translation, they pick and choose what they like that affirms their doctrines.
Already Mormon Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon started us down this slippery slope
when he took his oath using what the Mormons call a "Quad. The Mormon "Quad" consists of four books in one binding: The Book of Mormon, their Doctrine and Covenants, their "Pearl of Great Price," and lastly, the King James Bible. So this was a typically sneaky Mormon way to slip the Book of Mormon into the mix. Why shouldn't Mitt Romeny go all the way and use only the BOM instead?
Another, more serious and peculiar problem, is
the need for ONLY Mormon Secret Service agents to guard the President. And they will have to be "worthy" Mormons at that. This could lead to lawsuits alleging discrimination - even from among his brothers!
You see, in order to become a god someday and populate your own planet, you have to perform certain rituals over and over again in a Mormon temple. No one knows when they've done enough, and like Catholics with their mass and sacraments, Mormons have to constantly be doing temple work if they hope to have a shot at becoming a god. (NOT.) There's no reason to expect Mitt Romney will stop going to the temple during his Presidency and he will need more than a few men with him to keep
The Football nearby.
In the temple, you perform rituals, like swearing oaths and rehearsing secret passwords and handshakes while watching a movie so that their god will let you into his heaven. But you have to be "worthy" to get into the temple. Gentiles - the Mormon redefined term for non-Mormons - aren't allowed into the "House(s) of the Lord." In fact, we desecrate it. After they have those temple open houses, they rip the carpet up and replace it before they "consecrate" the temple because all you Gentiles (including you Jews) have desecrated it.
This means that the ONLY people allowed in a Mormon temple once it's in operation are "worthy" Mormons with valid temple recommends. [An interesting link to a Supreme Court ruling where a Mormon lost his job because he wasn't worthy enough to maintain his temple recommend.] That goes for maintenance workers, meter readers, vending machine operators, etc. in current temples, and, yes, Secret Service agents who have to be with the President at ALL times. Therefore, a non-Mormon SS agent is ineligible for many assignments with a Mormon President and will have to be passed up because of his religion. Wonder if the ACLU will take that case?
Further, suppose a Mormon SS agent loses his recommend, or worse, decides the church is not true? Is he out or a job? Or is he demoted? Is there an increased pay scale if you get to guard the President that you would forfeit if you're not worthy? Could someone in the church hold that over your head? Could a foreign agent?
You can imagine other problems. Those secret underwear the President (and his wife) wear - who's going to wash them? Only a Mormon aide with a temple recommend? How about the President's tailor? Does he have to be Mormon with a recommend to see those underwear? What about the various house keepers who might see or touch the underwear in the course of cleaning house?
Perhaps you Mormons reading this can suggest some other peculiarities that having a Mormon in the White House will bring when surrounded by Gentiles? We can make a contest out of it.
Or NOT. You don't want a Mormon President. You don't want Mitt Romney for President. There will be a lot of unforseen problems.