Posted by
Phil E. on Sunday, November 25, 2007 5:07:08 PM
Credit where credit is due
I got the idea for this post from one
Oliver Willis, whose tag line is "Like Kryptonite To Stupid."
Mr. Willis appears to be a Liberal (Works for Media Matters.) Nonetheless, he often has insightful comments, as opposed to mindlessly spewing Lunatic Left-wing rhetoric. He thinks for himself. (So Ann Coulter might say
there's some hope for him.) He had an interesting observation about Mitt Romney denouncing Senator Obama's confession last week.
The subhead above is
a command from the Bible. Technically, for Christians to Christians. But when you're wrong, you're wrong and you should confess your sin. You know the ol' saying, "
Confession is good for the soul."
At issue was Barack Obama's
admission to high school students that
You know, I made some bad decisions…. You know, got into drinking and experimenting with drugs.
To which Mitt Romney, calling the confession a "huge error"
said,
“It's just not a good idea for people running for president of the United States, who potentially could be the role model for a lot of people, to talk about their personal failings while they were kids, because it opens the doorway to other kids thinking, "Well I can do that too."
I first learned about Mitt Romney's comments via one of
the Mitt Romney aggregators, which featured the catchy headline "
Mitt Romney Recommends Lying to the Kids About Drugs" at the blog "Stop the drug war."
As I was just about to "go to press" with this blog, I had a flash of insight as I reread the blog above at "Stop the drug war." It suddenly clicked when I read this line
Young people need to know that they can make mistakes and still be successful.
But not if you're a Mormon kid.
You have to put on your Mormon hat (suit and tie?) to get this. You need to know that Mormonism is all about being "perfect." Mormon kids don't really know they can make mistakes and still be successful. In Mormonism, you HAVE to be perfect to have any hope of becoming a god someday. You can see that fleshed out in
Mitt Romney's hair.
It's true that the God of the Bible says
we must be perfect. (i.e. sinless.) While Solomon acknowledged the fact that "There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins" (
Ecclesiastes 7:20), I have found a perfect sacrifice that God will accept that, in God's eyes,
makes me perfect now.
He died for you too. All you have to do is
come to Him in humility and ask Him to forgive your sins. Or, you can just try to work off your sins yourself. Your choice.
To give you "
gentiles" a feel for the burden of perfection Mormons are under,
here's a story written by a Mormon woman for "
The Beehive." (A Mormon newspaper dedicated to "Serving the 320,000 LDS members in Arizona." ) I've underlined the key words. You can see she's obsessed with perfection. She's not alone. This is typical—and stereotypical—of True Believing Mormons. Like Mitt Romney.
UPDATE: Utah ranked MOST depressing State. Part of the reason Mormons are killing themselves is because of this oppressive cult obsession with being perfect by their own hand. Mormons are killing themselves, trying to be perfect. It's impossible without God.
I feel sorry for her. Which is one of the reasons I try to share the True Gospel with Mormons.
Honesty is the best policy. Or NOT!
Well, just because you read it on the Internet doesn't mean it's true. Contrary to the assertion in the Drug War blog above, Mitt Romney didn't say he would lie. We don't know what he would do if his kids asked him about past transgressions. (We do know he deferred
when Mike Wallace asked if he [Mitt Romney] and Ann had had sex before they were married.] From what the stories quote, all we can saw is that he just didn't think it wise to disclose your mistakes to children. I think that's wrong. And so does Oliver Willis.
Now, admittedly, I carry a lot of baggage about this, being raised in the "
Dr. Spock" generation (NOT "Mr. Spock" for you younger readers), where, like the Old
Dick Van Dyke TV show, parents never told their kids about the realities of life. In the Dick Van Dyke show, that meant they avoided discussions about sex. (In those days, even though married, Rob and Laura slept in separate beds!) But this is wrong.
Look, if we all still lived on farms, kids would know about sex as soon as they were able to walk! There's nothing wrong with sex - as long as it's between
married couples. It's even in the Bible! (In both it's good and sinful forms.) Kinda like guns, sex can be used for good or it can be used for evil.
Anyway, a whole generation of parents was traumatized about talking about sex with their children. So what happened? The public school system came to the rescue! Anyone remember "Sex Ed?" What is the government doing teaching your children about sex? We all thought it was a good idea back in the 60's. It was convenient for impotent parents. But we're paying the price now for abrogating our responsibilities then.
Mr. Willis crystallized the thought for me. So
to quote him,
Romney is kind of like the dad who never tells his kids about sex, going no further than the stork story then is surprised when his daughter comes home knocked up. Sen. Obama is like the dad who is actually, you know, being a dad and doing the right thing.
Family secrets?
Now, we don't know if any of Mitt Romney's daughters were ever pregnant out of wedlock. Given Mitt Romney's stated reluctance to disclose past offenses, it's likely we'll never know. All they care about is projecting the squeaky clean Mormon image.
In any event, Mitt Romney's values here aren't my values. While I see no reason to air a laundry list of my past sins to my children, if they ask me about them ("Daddy, did you ever do drugs in school?"), I'm not going to lie. I will confess my sin. The Bible is full of such confessions for all—including children—to read. It's natural.
While Mitt Romney is a little correct that "Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law" (
Romans 7:7b) [and so, for example, I never knew there was such a thing as bestiality until I read
the prohibition against it in the Bible], it's better to know to avoid the sin than to be ignorant and sin. Forewarned is forearmed.
But go ahead. Vote a Mormon in the White House. Vote for Mormon Mitt Romney. What other things won't he confess to you once he's President? Remember,
Mormonism is a cult -ure of Hush. Their silence is deafening. Not to mention
creepy.
Please help me get the Word out, 'cause I can't do it all by myself.
Please copy and paste the following clip to your friends and in the comment field of pertinent blogs or news stories. (Copy it because the link needs the http:// part in the address, not www.):
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Check this out:
http://romneyforpresident.townhall.com/
Like Mormonism, the blog isn't what it seems.
(Funny photos too.)