Just ignore it?

Something I struggle with, and I posted earlier about this, is what is the role of Religion in politics and how you vote.   I think it has to be involved to a certain degree.   For example voting for an extremist in any religion would be a bad idea as that really would compromise the Constitution and freedoms.

So, why I am I posting about this again now?   Something was said to me this week that made me really think.   As a Christian it is no brainer not to vote for President Obama slightly paraphrasing.   Looking at the issues and making a decision on policy is one thing.   Voting for either candidate because you agree with x, y, z issues and they are important to you is what it should be about.   However, saying I am Christian and therefore......  leaves a lot of questions.   I will be talking about different issues and my opinion over the next few days so not now,  Where am I going with this?

The Religion of Governor Romney.  If you are saying you are voting for, or, against a person because you a Christian, surely this has to come into it.   In recent days there has been a sanitisation of this faith because it is convenient only because Romney is against Obama, or, is a Republican against a Democrat.   Is this a great deception?   The Bible speaks of false prophets who will deceive and move the flock away.   I am no where near a good enough Bible scholar to pretend to know or understand this, but, when organisations such as Billy Grahams start changing their stance because it is convenient then I see red flags.    Here are just some examples of how the Mormon faith is completely away from the Christian Doctrine.

• The book of Mormon is more correct than the Bible, (History of the Church, 4:461).
• Jesus and Satan are spirit brothers and we were all born as siblings in heaven to them both, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 163)
• God used to be a man on another planet, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 321; Joseph Smith, Times and Seasons, vol. 5, p. 613-614; Orson Pratt, Journal of Discourses, vol. 2, p. 345; Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p. 333).
• God resides near a star called Kolob, (Pearl of Great Price, p. 34-35; Mormon Doctrine, p. 428).
• After you become a good Mormon, you have the potential of becoming a god, (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 345-347, 354.)
• There are many gods, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 163)
• "Christ Not Begotten of Holy Ghost ...Christ was begotten of God. He was not born without the aid of Man, and that Man was God!" (Doctrines of Salvation, by Joseph Fielding Smith, 1954, 1:18).
• "One of the most fallacious doctrines originated by Satan and propounded by man is that man is saved alone by the grace of God; that belief in Jesus Christ alone is all that is needed for salvation," (Miracle of Forgiveness, Spencer W. Kimball, p. 206).
• The trinity is three separate Gods: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. "That these three are separate individuals, physically distinct from each other, is demonstrated by the accepted records of divine dealings with man," (Articles of Faith, by James Talmage, p. 35.)
• "...and he that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and sent Joseph Smith with the fullness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of God, but is Antichrist," (Journal of Discourses, vol. 9, p. 312).
• "Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives, and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned," (Journal of Discourses, vol. 3, p. 266). Also, "The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy," (Journal of Discourses, vol. 11, p. 269).

These are just a few of many examples that can by found in the Book of Mormon (which was actually re-written in 1981), Mormon Doctrine and writings of various leaders.   My point here is not to debate or judge anyone's faith, but, that if you are saying you are not voting for the President as "a Christian" be really careful of who you are voting for if this your main criteria.

So, is this not a big deal, just for political expediency or a great Satanic deception?

-Richard