Emails from 'Christian Conservatives' Begin: 'Mitt Romney Belongs to a Cult', by Taylor Marsh
cross-posted from TaylorMarsh.com
The “Values Voters” Summit hit Washington this weekend and the religious bigotry hit the fan along with it. Politico runs down the whole sorry faith competition that’s erupted inside the Republican right.
Texas evangelical leader Robert Jeffress, the megachurch pastor who introduced Rick Perry at the Values Voter Summit, said . . . he does not believe Mitt Romney is a Christian.
Jeffress described Romney’s Mormon faith as a “cult” and said evangelicals had only one real option in the 2012 primaries.
“That is a mainstream view, that Mormonism is a cult,” Jeffress told reporters here. “Every true, born-again follower of Christ ought to embrace a Christian over a non-Christian.”
Asked by Politico if he believed Romney is a Christian, Jeffress answered: “No.”
The Christian leader warned that in a general-election race between Romney and Obama, he believes many evangelicals will stay home and leave the GOP nominee without their votes.
Jeffress said that he himself would vote for Romney.
He also said that he had not spoken with Perry about his views on Romney’s faith and was “in no way speaking for him.”
What’s happening to Mitt Romney is reminiscent of what Barack Obama went through when rumors about his religion became fodder for email smear campaigns. Romney’s people arehitting back hard at Rick Perry, with a supporter of his, Robert Jeffress, starting the brawl. The difference is that Obama is not a Muslim, while Romney is a Mormon. What the hateful screeds have in common is exalting anyone’s religion over another in a political race that shouldn’t be about anyone’s personal religious faith.
It’s simply un-American to pit one religion against another in a quest for the presidency.
Taking off on what Robert Jeffress has said, emails about Mitt Romney’s religion have begun slamming my email inbox, the latest under the subject heading: Mormon Bishop’s Daughter Agrees With Jeffress, Mitt Romney Belongs To A Cult. It’s from a woman named Kay Bell who is pimping an alleged Mormon Bishop’s daughter, who evidently agrees with Jeffress.
Kay Bell, in her email, is trumpeting Tricia Erikison’s writing, which has at its heart a despicable premise: Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters? The Mormon Church Versus The Office Of The Presidency of the United States Of America.
Mormonism is a religion to which I became exposed when I met my husband, a recovering Mormon. As old timers around here know, I also had a head on collision with the tech team taking care of my site at the time when they took it upon themselves to alter links in a piece about Mormonism I did many years ago. Back in 2007, “Censored by Two Mormons” revealed the lengths two people of that faith would go when anyone writes about the intricacies of it.
Personally, I cannot relate at all to Mormonism. But I have the same problem with Catholicism that depends on a pope to connect with God, not to mention the misogyny embedded in this faith. However, I wouldn’t genuflect to my husband either, which is what Southern Baptists believe, while other alleged Christian churches won’t acknowledge the civil rights of gays. The notion that only men are worthy to lead any church is something I reject out of hand, which is why I’m a rebel Episcopalian. What brought me to that religion was a female reverend who once guided it (All Saints Parish in Beverly Hills), my bond solidified when I met and heard speak Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first bishop ever of the Episcopal church, though now I make daily meditations my connection to our intelligent universe.
Religious zealots of any religion, especially the bigoted version from wherever it rises, have a lot in common, whether they’re Mormons, evangelical Christians or Muslims.
A candidate’s religion and his faith has no place in U.S. politics. But you can thank Ronald Reagan for giving “Christian conservatives” like Kay Bell power they haven’t earned and don’t deserve.
Below is a snippet of just one of the emails I have received. It’s despicable.
It also proves that Mitt Romney, if he’s going to win the Republican nomination, just may have to do his version of J.F.K.’s religion speech and reach out to the crazies in his party if he is to prevail.
According to the Random House dictionary, a cult is a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies; a group or false sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc; a religion or sect considered to be, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader; the members of such a religion or sect.
Let us break down each section of the definition of a cult, as it relates to the religion of Mormonism:
“A particular system of religious worship, exp. With reference to its rites and ceremonies;”:
Mitt Romney has participated in the secret Mormon Temple ceremonies throughout most of his life. In these ceremonies, he has
• made physical signs of slashing his throat by placing his right thumb to his left ear, dragging it around his neck to the right ear, symbolic of “suffering his life to death” if he reveals the secret blood oaths, covenants and rites he agreed to therewith.
• made physical signs of holding his right hand up, clasping a symbolic knife and taking the knife down to the left of his abdomen, violently pulling the knife to the top of his right shoulder, then holding the knife out to his right side, turning his hand downward allowing it to fall to the ground, then holding both of his arms out to the sides and bending his body forward symbolic of his guts spilling on to the ground if he revealed the secret blood oaths, covenants and rites he agreed to therewith.
There were many more frightening secret handshakes and blood oaths taken by Mitt and his wife, Ann. To see the full authentic version of the secret temple ceremonies they attended, participated in and made blood oaths in agreement to, you may go here: http://packham.n4m.org/endow84.htm. It is also important to note that these ceremonies have been changed several times due to their exposure on the internet. Mitt Romney started going through and participating in these ceremonies at the very young age of 19 as he embarked on his two year mission for the Mormon Church.
“a group or false sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc; a religion or sect considered to be, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader”
• The Mormon Church has experienced a steady succession of charismatic leader “prophets”, starting with the founder of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith. Joseph, as the founder of this massive religion could not seem to muster even one truthful outcome of his prophecies. The second prophet of the Mormon Church, Brigham, Young, suffered the same plight. Please go here for proof of the false prophecies of the founders of the Mormon Church: http://www.irr.org/mit/wdist/false-prophecies.html.
• These same founders practiced polygamy under this Mormon principal.
• The Mormon Church to this day has a “prophet” at the head of the church. The leaders of the church are the Prophet and his two counselors, the 12 apostles and the council of the 70’s.
“the members of such a religion or sect”
• Mitt Romney is a member of such a religion or sect.
The most outrageous fact the media is not bringing to the American people is the reality that Mitt Romney truly believes that when he dies, if he has kept his blood oaths and covenants to the Mormon Church, he will become a literal GOD in his next life. He also believes that he will be given his very own planet/kingdom in which he will call his wife, Ann, into by her secret name given to Mitt in the temple ceremony. On Mitt’s planet, he and Ann will have relations to populate it with spirit children.
Mitt Romney has sworn in the secret Mormon Temple Ceremonies to the Law of Consecration: “to consecrate yourselves, your time, talents, and everything with which the Lord has blessed you, or with which he may bless you, to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for the building up of the Kingdom of God on earth and for the establishment of Zion.”
This is extremely important because if Mitt Romney absolutely must obey the religion of Mormonism and the Prophets of the Mormon Church first, before his allegiance to our country. His very eternal exaltation to godhood depends on it.
Furthermore, the Mormon Church teaches that the Kingdom and Government of God will be enacted from the Garden of Eden, located in Jackson County Missouri. Mormon Prophet Bruce McConkie stated “During the millennium the church will have the rule and the government of the world given to it”.
I think we can all agree that it is important that the leader of the free world possesses the ability to discern fact from fiction. Otherwise, if he has lived a life of deception, we can conclude that he will continue to be deceived and that his judgment may be distorted. Because the wisdom, judgment and discernment of our President may be crucial to our survival, would it not be prudent to examine his fundamental foundation and beliefs? And if his beliefs are distorted, why would it not be critical to our existence to protect our country from being placed in the hands of such a person?
