I don't know what to say about this one.... Someone snuck a video camera into a small town hall meeting with Mitt Romney. He gets lambasted by an audience member who questions his religion. No ill will towards Mittney. I think he's just another sacraficial lamb in the war that religion creates around politics.
Yet those Mormons do border on the bizarre when in comes to beliefs.... Here's a one freaky factoid by Brian and Laurl at the blog, HinesSight, "where the gospel of spiritual independence is preached":
"[Mormons believe] that in 1827 Joseph Smith dug up some golden plates in New York that had been protected by an angel named Moroni and engraved by Mormon, a pre-Columbian prophet-warrior.
The plates supposedly were written in something called "Reformed Egyptian." Smith translated the plates by looking into seer stones called Urim and Thummim. And that's how the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or Mormonism, got started. "
Hey, I say whether you believe in Mormonism's golden plates or Islam's 72 virgins or Christianity's Noah's Ark, it's all folklore that's been passed down to shape minds and morals rather than strict edicts that need to be protected by combative means. It's for the individual to decide and share with their family, friends and those close to them. It is NOT fodder for wide debate and definitely not for the political spectrum. It's personal. Why include that in politics? It's like debating whether a "good" presidential candidate should like chocolate ice cream versus orange sherbert (cuz we know what those sherbert-lovers are like!)
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