Many South Carolina Republicans got a bogus holiday greeting card this week, purported to be from presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, that cites some controversial passages of the Book of Mormon.
"We wish you and your family a happy holiday season and a joyful New Year. The Romney family," the card says.
The last page features a photograph of a temple above a box that says "Paid For By The Boston Massachusetts Temple."
Romney's campaign said the former Massachusetts governor had nothing to do with the cards, postmarked Thursday from Columbia with a 41-cent stamp, and Boston Temple President Ken Hutchins said Saturday he first heard about the mailing Friday from a woman in Charleston, South Carolina.
The card contains passages that underscore some differences between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and those of Christian denominations that are prevalent in South Carolina.
"We have now clearly shown that God the Father had a plurality of wives, one or more being in eternity by whom He begat our spirits as well as the spirit of Jesus His first born, and another being upon the earth by whom he begat the tabernacle of Jesus, as his only begotten in this world," reads one passage from Orson Pratt, cited on the card as an "original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles."
The card also cites a passage on Mary's virgin birth that underscores her race. "And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the great city of Jerusalem, and also other cities. And I beheld the city of Nazareth; and in the city of Nazareth I beheld a virgin, and she was exceedingly fair and white." On the card, "fair and white" are in a bolder, larger font and on a separate line.
Those whacky Mormons. Wait, I'm sorry, those peculiar people. Wait, I'm sorry, that changed again, call us Latter Day Saints.
A few years ago on Larry King, the Hinkster stated that Mormons were widely respected for their values and how they live their lives. It just isn't true. People outright distrust Mormons, find their doctrine weird, cannot get past the polygamy, closed societies and Wizard of OZ like temples - not to mention funny white underwear. And 40 thousand men in white shirts pounding on doors to talk about a little boy and some golden plates just isn't working well. Of course, the missionaries are prospering in countries where the people are so poor, there is no access to media or Internet. Left in the dark about Mormonism these people are so bamboozled by the Cult that they take their own gold fillings out to pay for a building that is a matter of pocket change to the Corporation.
Why can't Romney face the camera and say "Yes, I believe that GB Hinskter is a Prophet of God, and receives personal revelation". Naw, he won't do it, because not even his own Prophet can stand up on public television and state, "Yes, we believe AND teach that man through eternal progression can become a God".
Well, I don't know that we teach that.
