The Mormon Church has always staked out positions among the political far right. In the 1920′s Reed Smoot, the first Mormon senator and the most powerful LDS leader in politics at the time, was good friends with Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. By passing the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill, Hoover sent America into the Great Depression. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Posts Tagged ‘Mormonism’
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While Mormons like to say they’re no crazier than other religions, it’s apparent that when you actually compare them, Mormons have them beat by a mile. Mormons like to shine the light at other religions when they’re questioned, and traditional religions do believe in some pretty outrageous things, but they are distinguished from cults in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mitt Romney is a loyal member of an organization that openly practiced white supremacy, one that advocated for it, philosophized about it, codified it and enforced it. As Andrew Sullivan writes, It is a fact that Mitt Romney belonged to a white supremacist church for 31 years of his life, went on a mission […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mormon Prophet Thomas Monson Wraps Up Hastily Arranged Trip to Germany
on October 22nd, 2012 at 12:21 amA seemingly spur of the moment decision sent Mormon president/prophet Thomas Monson over to Germany for the last two weeks. Speculation swirls about what Monson was up to when he vanished for a week in Germany. From Oct. 13 to 20, the 85-year-old Monson, considered a “prophet, seer and revelator” by the Mormon faithful, will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
CNN’s General Election Coverage of Mormonism Uncritical and Overwhelmingly Positive
on October 19th, 2012 at 1:14 pmOn a scale of 1-10, 10 being highly positive stories favorable to the Mormon Church, here’s a run-down of CNN’s coverage of Mormonism this year. You’ll notice that CNN hasn’t run a fair and balanced story (unbiased journalism is rated a 5) on Mormonism since Mitt Romney secured the Republican nomination on May 29th. 10 Marriott head […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was a great movie from 1962 called the Manchurian Candidate. It was about a good-looking soldier who, while fighting in Korea, was captured by the Chinese and brainwashed. The soldier’s foreign handlers made him into a war hero and returned him to the United States where they could trigger him to do whatever they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
└ Tags: Bain, LDS, Manchurian Candidate, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, Mormonism, Olympics, Utah, Vietnam
Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, introduced baptism for the dead in the 1840s… For Mormons, baptizing the dead is not seen as a new Mormon tradition but as a practice that ancient Christians practiced and that the LDS Church has reintroduced. Read more at CNN Mormon priests work night and day baptizing dead people in private […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We all know that a salesman will say anything to make a sell. Mitt Romney is a good salesman. We’ve all faced that certain salesman, that guy who’ll look you in the eye and promise you anything, cross his heart and swear he’s on the up and up, flash his smile and hope the twinkle […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Mormon Church has effectively silenced debate about their political beliefs, labeling anyone who dares question their activities as religious bigots. Sorry, it doesn’t wash. If Mike Huckabee was the Republican nominee, you can be sure the media would question his religious beliefs ad nauseum, and it’s not because they hate Protestants, it’s because a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Getting to Know Mormondom’s Avenging Angel, Orrin Porter Rockwell
on September 27th, 2012 at 11:54 pmWe all know Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, folk heroes of the American frontier. Mormon children have their own folk hero, a man few outside the LDS Church have ever heard of. His name is, Orrin Porter Rockwell, “Mormondom’s Avenging Angel.” Rockwell lived in the 1800′s and, because LDS founder Joseph Smith said he’d never […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A good example of where a candidate’s religious beliefs collide with real world politics is their view of history. From how the world was created to how it will end, a candidate’s view of their place in the world can have real impact on the decisions they make and how they govern. For example, Ronald […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Six reasons Mormonism spawns so many terrorists; Mormonism has embraced British-Israelism, the idea that Mormons are the Chosen People. It is an idea underlying many white supremacist groups, specifically Christian Identity. Early persecution by gentiles led to reactionary and violent rhetoric by founders Brigham Young and Joseph Smith. LDS history towards women not kind. From […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
How the Mainstream Media Missed the Biggest Story of the RNC Convention
on September 1st, 2012 at 1:42 amHow could the mainstream media miss the biggest story of the year? Were they distracted by the shiny object, Clint Eastwood’s bumbling and insulting performance, we’re they rutted in the traditional narrative of covering the acceptance speech of a presidential candidate and didn’t see it, or did they just decide to pass on a story […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You’ll probably hear it a lot in the coming months; Mitt Romney will not be beholden to the Mormon Church, that he will keep his beliefs separate from his political and secular actions if elected president. While this is reassuring, the problem is it’s impossible, and a nonsensical thing to say. You see, Mitt Romney is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
└ Tags: Anna Platt, Brigham Young, Joseph Smith, LDS, Miles Romney, Mitt Romney, Mormon Church, Mormonism, Nauvoo, Polygamy, Utah
In case Armageddon and the end of the world comes about, the Mormon Church requires its members to keep enough emergency food and supplies in their homes to last a year. Mormons consider survivalist preparation a “commandment.” This is a commandment that comes straight from the church president and stretches back to the beginnings of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s quite odd that Mitt Romney is running away from his Mormon religion. He doesn’t want anybody to touch the subject with a ten foot pole. Quite odd when you consider that Mormons have gained the reputation for constantly seeking converts. In fact, Romney himself, spent 2 1/2 years in France as a missionary trying […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
└ Tags: ADL, Andrea Saul, Evangelicals, Jews, Judaism, LDS, Mitt Romney, Mormonism, Mormons, Nation of Islam
Mitt Romney had a chance to stand for something Saturday when he gave the commencement address at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Fresh off his unfathomable inability to recall traumatizing young high school student John Lauber, Romney had to chance to chastize those who bully and to call for tolerance in our associations and with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What we’ve seen is a bunch of posers, dogs without a bite, men without conviction. Texas evangelist Robert Jeffress is one such man. Jeffress once said that Mitt Romney was part of a cult, you know, those groups who want to take your children from you and brainwash them? Not so much now. Jeffress just announced […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mitt Romney won by 25 points yesterday in the Nevada Republican caucus, coincidentally, that’s the same percentage of Republicans voters in Nevada who are Mormon. It can be argued that without the Mormon vote, Newt Gingrich would have come out slightly ahead. It’s becoming clear that Mitt Romney has the full-throated endorsement, not just of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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