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I'm an ex-Mormon that left years ago precisely because the more I read, the more it was apparent that Joseph Smith was a con-artist and fraud, the L Ron Hubbard of his day ("The real money is in starting a religion" - LRH). Real, undeniable proof of this is the "Book of Abraham", Smith's "translation" of some Egyptian papyri that Egyptologists call an outright fraud. Smith literally just made stuff up that didn't even come close to what the true translation of the hieroglyphics said.

So, with that said, understand this: I care not one whit about Mittens' religion. There are a number of Mormons that would make outstanding Presidents. Most Mormons are outstanding people. My problem with Romney is that I think he's a modern day Nixon, a RINO that will say and do anything to win but has no bedrock conservative principles. So all of the guff you hear about "They hate him because he's a Mormon" is an excuse.

A visit from a very nice pair of Mormon young men got me to reading about the religion as well. I concluded the same thing you did, that it is a fake religion made up by a really strange guy. Good for you for figuring it out. I have doubts about Romney because HE hasn’t figured it out yet. I will vote for him but I won’t be happy about it.

As a former mormon, you should know then that Romney is who he is because of his mormonism not in spite of it, as all mormons as high in the corporation as Romney.