Posted on 03/29/2012 5:01:53 AM PDT by Colofornian
...numerous times Republican candidates and operatives sought to inject "Reverend Jeremiah Wright" into a conversation...
...a glaring double standard exists in Republican circles now...a Republican brings forth suspicious and dubious credentials vis-a-vis his faith of choice...
Book of Mormon
1 Nephi 12:23..."...became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people..."
1 Nephi 13:15 (Gentiles) "...they were white, and exceedingly fair and beautiful..."
2 Nephi 5:21 "...they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them."
2 Nephi 30:6..."they shall be a white and delightsome people." (Changed to pure and delightsome in 1981)
Jacob 3:5 (Lamanites...) "...whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins..."
Jacob 3:8-9 "...their skins will be whiter than yours...revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins..."
Alma 3:6 "...skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark...set upon their fathers...a curse..."
SNIP
Alma 3:9 "...whosoever did mingle his seed with that of the Lamanites did bring the same curse upon his seed."
SNIP
3 Nephi 2:14-16 "...Lamanites...curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites...became exceedingly fair..."
3 Nephi 19:25,30..."...they were as white as the countenance and also the garments of Jesus; and behold the whiteness thereof did exceed all the whiteness...nothing upon earth so white as the whiteness thereof...they were white, even as Jesus."
Mormon 5:15..."...shall become a dark, a filthy, and a loathsome people, beyond the description of that which ever hath been amongst us..."
...Mr. Romney needs to repudiate much of his Church's doctrine and...foundational oratory espoused by its many racist leaders.
thanks to...Shield and Refuge Ministry...
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagonow.com ...
I disagree with quite a bit of this article -- including how this author kicks it off + his over the top digs vs. Republicans. (But, hey, he's from Chicago...what can you expect from ObamaLand???)
What I find it interesting is liberal politicos like this one -- tapping into Christian ministries like Shield and Refuge Ministry...and Utah Lighthouse Ministry...IoW...we will see more of same rest of 2012
This then becomes, in essence, like a "scouting report" as to the ongoing ways the Democrats will have its bloggers scouring and presenting Mormon doctrine...and thereby tagging Republicans-across-the-board as racists, etc.
So, if you think only "religious FREEPERS" and Evangelicals might be interested in the tenets of Mormonism, think again. The Democrats have this sudden interest.
But not only that, Republicans who have cried "unfair! unfair!" for those who dig into Romney's Mormonism, have a lot of explaining to do then re: all the 2008 forays into Rev. Jeremiah Wright's theo-political viewpoints.
They have left themselves open to The Left re: charges of engaging in open religious hypocrisy if they object to coverage of Romney's Mormonism -- as this blogger claims.
From the Book of Mormon citations: 3 Nephi 19:25,30..."...they were as white as the countenance and also the garments of Jesus; and behold the whiteness thereof did exceed all the whiteness...nothing upon earth so white as the whiteness thereof...they were white, even as Jesus."
Sounds like Joseph Smith was very much into extolling whiteness. And this isn't just some "former" teaching; the above citations & more are all still "on the books" as Mormon sacred "scripture"...meaning Mormons can't shove this into yesteryear as something they dealt with in 1978. It's still all on the Mormon theological cookbook which they feed worldwide Mormons & prospective proselyted Mormons EVERY DAY!
apples and .....????..coconuts
Opps! Somebody jumped the gun here!
The hardcore anti-Mormon articles like this are not supposed to be run until AFTER Mitt totally sews up the nomination.
This is one of the biggest reasons why the MSM and Obama have been so eager for Romney to get the nomination. And believe me, this is just the start.
They have lots more hit pieces lined up.
Just wait.
All, without telling one single lie about mormonism.
I saw Romney yesterday saying he was for the popular ‘Santa’ mandates, just against the unpopular personal mandate. That is a plan for disaster.
Of course Dems do the same with Obama. Most progressives cursed the personal mandate, in fact they supported Obama when he was against the mandate.
Romney and Obama are two of the biggest pathological liars I have seen in a while.
Yes, I expect Romney will have to answer to having been active in a church that discriminated well into his adulthood—1978, when Mitt was in his 30’s.
Also, he’d have to answer for his church not having to this day—as far as I understand—denounced that dozen or so racist statements in their founding book.
Obama and the Dems are just waiting for him to be made the official nominee before breaking out their assault on Romney on those grounds.
One might consider virtually all organized religions as being fundamentally ‘sexist’ and discriminatory somewhere in their founding documents and recent or historical practices as well, but the double standard in permitting a pass on that won’t be noted.
The continuing ‘sexism’ of the Mormon church might however rate special attention from Obama, the Dems and the MSM in honor of Romney’s nomination.
Bishop Romney was far more than active in the LDS Church.
Bishop Romney was and still is in a Mormon leadership position; served a two year Mormon Church mission; proclaimed and still proclaims Mormon doctrines; gave and still gives large amounts of money to the Mormon Church; and promised and still promises to uphold the Mormon prophet and all their beliefs. As such, he will have far more to answer for than just an average cult member.
The Democrat oppo book on Romney is thick as a brick. This is only one of what we will see is many, many chapters. The Stupid Party seems hell bent on giving the Dems the candidate they KNOW they have the best chance of defeating.
Romney has a “Drinks on me” policy and the Country Club drunks continue to line up at the bar for another round with Anne Coulter as the ersat bar wench serving up drinks and entertaining any man who will daze at her scrawny package
“We told ya so” placemark
republicrats
Liars? Add Paul Begala and Robert Reich, please : )
We have been saying the MSM will bring this up...sadly, too many think they won’t.
Mormonism has been (and in many ways) continues to be JUST as racist as Wright’s church.
I still hear older LDS make statements that Black and Indians who truly ‘live the [LDS] gospel’ get lighter. Just last night, a friend who recently left Mormonism told me that his mother was wondering if Blacks had to wait to become ‘white and delightsome’ after the resurrection.
wow. Anyone who believes Beyonce isn’t “delightsome” as is is following one stupid religion...
In fairness, not everything here is as appears. Much is.
Keep in mind this is the new text changed as of the mid 70's. Not the original as translated through the seer stones from golden plates as seen through a hat.
When these bits and pieces are presented as 30 second sound bytes, this election will turn into a disaster.
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