Most Christians know little to nothing about the Mormon faith, and now is the time

To learn a few facts and then speak intelligently when comparing Mitt Romney’s

Beliefs to their own.

Mitt Romney is not a “Christian“.

I’m not saying that to belittle him, I’m saying it because it’s true.

If you are a Christian who does not care whether your future president is a true believer in Christ and shares a different faith from you own, that’s fine… Just don’t pretend that his and yours is one and the same faith with a few small “doctrinal” differences, because it is not. If you understood the basic tenets of the Mormon faith (as well as your own) you would never make the claim in the first place.

Mitt Romney believes in a different God, a different Jesus, a different salvation…. His whole conception of life, death, God and the universe are not the same as yours. Not even close.

So get educated on Mormonism, then you can make an honest statement that the candidate you plan on supporting Is not a Christian but you “believe” he may share the same so called “Christian values” as you. Essentially, this is the same as if you voted for a Hindu, Muslim, Atheist, etc… who shared some of the same values. Please don’t call Mitt Romney your Brother in Christ… because he isn’t, unless you happen to be a Mormon.

The Strange Religious Theology & History behind the Mormon Church

- The Prophet of the Mormon Church 

Mormon teaching claims that by 421 AD, the “dark-skinned” Israelites had destroyed all the “white-skinned” (Nephrites) and the record of the (Nephrite) existence was written on golden plates and buried by a man named Moroni, who was the last living Nephrite.

Hundreds of years later, Joseph Smith Jr. a treasure seeker and story teller (as in being known to tell “tall tales“) was a man who delved in the occult and used “seer stones” as divination tools in his treasure hunting. In his twenties he found that he had a question for God… Which religious denomination to choose from?

Up on a mountain while pondering this, he claimed to have found golden tablets and also been visited by “beings of light” who revealed to him that all existing Christian doctrine and denominations were an abomination… Smith quoted to have said… “.. the Personage who addressed me told me that all of their (Christian) creeds were an abomination in his sight, and that all of their teachers were corrupt.“

What the “Angels” then shared with Joseph Smith became the basis of Mormon theology

This is also the theology and belief system of Mitt Romney.

- Who is God, what is God?

Mormons believe that Elohim, the God (of earth) is an actual flesh and blood (mortal) being, who was once just like us and eventually evolved (through works) into an “exalted man” who came to rule over this planet. The Mormons teach that long ago an unidentified god (and one of his goddess wives) spawned a spirit child called Elohim. He was later born (in the flesh) to human parents, and as a mortal being eventually attained godhood himself through the process of works. He (Elohim) now lives on a star called Koleb and has countless goddess wives and children.

The Mormon’s believe that Elohim’s eldest sons were Lucifer and Jesus. A council meeting of gods was held to see who would be the savior of planet earth, both Lucifer and Jesus made bids and Jesus's plan was the one that was accepted. In his anger (at not being chosen) Lucifer and some of his spirit co-horts rebelled and were sent to this world in spirit form, but without the option of ever obtaining mortal bodies.

Mormons believed that those in the spirit world who refused to side with either Jesus or Lucifer and were undecided were cursed to be born with black skin, and that those who sided with Jesus would be born as white (or lighter skinned) people and born into “Mormon” families on earth.

- How many Gods are there?

Mormons believe that there are trillions of mother, father, grandparent, aunt, uncle and children “gods” ruling countless planets in untold numbers of galaxies. Mormons believe that there is sex in the afterlife, and spiritual sexual reproduction. Mormons strive and desire to attain this goal of acheiving Godhood while still on earth and to strive to become “one” with all those other existing gods so that ultimately after death (every male) become a ruler God themselves, who is someday assigned to rule their own planet, have his own goddess wives and spawn spiritual children.

Mormons believe that Elohim not a spirit being, as Christians believe, but is actually a flesh and blood man who attained Godhood, an evolved physical being.

- What about Jesus Christ?

In order for Jesus to be born in the flesh, Mormons teach that Elohim came to earth and literally had physical relations with Mary in order to produce Jesus. A Mormon teaching says that Jesus took three earthly wives, Mary Martha & Mary Magdalene and fathered a number of children… and that Joseph Smith was one of the descendants of those children. Mormons believe that Jesus is one of this pantheon of countless gods and happened to be the particular God mentioned in the Old Testament.

Mormons believe once Jesus came to earth, he had to justify his own spiritual salvation through works… just as they believe all men can justify their salvation through works and ultimately be exalted to “Godhood.” They believe his sufferings (not on the cross) but in the garden of Gethsemane made the way for this pathway to Godhood.. And the cross itself was just a means (general salvation) for men to be resurrected then judged for their works after death. They believe that men will stand Before Joseph Smith, the Mormon Jesus and Elohim to be judged.

Mormons do not belief in the concept of grace.

Jesus is their “savior” only in the sense that his death gave them opportunity to come back to earth (after literal death) and use all the special keys secret handgrips and passwords learned in the Mormon Temple to gain access and safe passage through a literal spiritual doorway to their own personal godhood. Mormons believe that genuine Salvation for men, must be conditional on the laws and ordinances of the LDS (Mormon) gospel.

- Was Joseph Smith a true prophet?

Christians believe that the true test of a prophet is based on the validity (confirmation) of all his prophecies. Of the 65-70 prophecies issued by Joseph Smith, only 5-6 actually came true. Because of this failure rate, the Mormons devised their "own test" to confirm that Joseph Smith was a genuine prophet, they ask the Mormon believer to pray and have God reveal the truth to them through a “burning” in their bosom. This is not only unscriptural, but a doorway to the demonic realm.

Through Joseph Smith's visions and claims the Mormon church, it’s doctrine, creeds and beliefs were formed.

When I was a child (growing up in the Catholic faith) the only thing I really knew of Mormons were the Osmond family singers were Mormons. They were a group of clean cut, happy and family oriented pop singers, from a large family based in Utah. I also knew that some Mormons practiced polygamy. And that was my extent of my understanding of the Mormon faith.

Many years later, having become a born-again Christian and gotten interested in apologetics I read the book “Fast Facts on False Teachings”. I put these facts I learned about the origins of Mormonism on the back burner of my mind for a few years,. After Mitt Romney arose as a potential presidential candidate it was time to dust off the book and refresh my memory.

Now you (too) also know a few things about Mormonism, and can no longer plead ignorance and make false claims that Mitt Romney, a practicing Mormon is really just another Christian with slightly different beliefs than your own..

This information on Mormonism, was derived from my source “Fast Facts on False Teachings” written by Ron Carlson & Ed Decker.