Space Gods From Where?!

I knew some detail about the Mormon faith, but I had no idea how much of it resembled Scientology.

So, Jesus and Satan are space god brothers, blacks were neutral in the heavenly wars, polygamy is ok once you die and become a space god on a far away space station, and Joseph Smith is the most important man in human history, even more important then Jesus himself. Well, if he could hit a curveball I might see their point...

Anyways, just knowing that both Scientology and Mormonism base their religious beliefs on spirits from space, and things from another planet, is it any wonder that these are the two biggest religions that the United States of America have created in their history? What is it about the Americas that make people focus on things coming from space? Ancient Incas, Scientology, Mormons, Black Bush, Star Wars nerd, they are all fixated with some big bad from outer space in a way that almost no one else really is, fascinating.

Bob Jones Endorses Romney, or, How to Prove You're Jerk

So, it turns out that not only has Bob Jones III endorsed Mitt Romney, but Romney embraces the endorsement.

Read the article, let that sink in a minute.

Bob Jones and Bob Jones University teach that Mormonism, along with Catholicism, are cults. Mitt Romney is a Mormon. And Mitt Romney embraces this endorsement?

The word cult is ill-defined. It's hard to say what's a cult and what's a burgeoning religious movement. Every major religion started out as a small group of people with radical ideas, something we'd probably call a cult. But still, we all know what a cult is. It's the Branch Davidians. It's the Heaven's Gate folk. It's Jonestown. It's the religious equivalent of a racial slur.

So Romney, a supposed man of faith, has accepted this endorsement? What kind of man, and what kind of President, would accept the endorsement of man who openly spouts religious hatred? Not a good man, in my opinion. How would we all think of Bill Richardson if he accepted the endorsement of, say, the Aryan Nation if the Aryan Nation thought that Bill was tough on illegal immigration? You might say that the white supremacists would never endorse a latino candidate, but until recently, I never thought an ultra-conservative evangelical Protestant would endorse a Mormon, but that's happened.

This is the opposite of integrity. In 2000, when President Bush went to Bob Jones, he wound up apologizing to Catholics for causing needless offense. What does Romney do now? If I were a Mormon, I'd throw my chair into my computer after reading this. As it is, I'm a Catholic and I was so steamed I had to go outside for a cigarette. Romney turned his back on his own folk for cheap political gain.

And you Republicans want him to be your President?