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Ichingcarpenter

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20. Mitt Romney was a Bishop in his church ... Kerry and Kennedy were not
Tue May 15, 2012, 08:07 AM
May 2012

While Romney was building his career at Bain Capital, he was also a Mormon bishop (equivalent to a pastor) and a stake president (presiding over several area congregations) in suburban Belmont, Mass.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/29/mitt-romney-mormon-bishop_n_1386592.html



I do believe he should be asked about this particular teaching and Skidmore May 2012 #1
Be it Mormons or a Benny Hinn , Pat Robertson, or other evangelists Ichingcarpenter May 2012 #2
Amen. Skidmore May 2012 #3
This practice of the Mormon Church is greatly disrespectful. Dawson Leery May 2012 #41
OMG. The bringing the Kingdom of God by force crowd. Like fundies wanting to nuke the ME. freshwest May 2012 #46
It would be pointless HeiressofBickworth May 2012 #5
d. Romney is a danger to our nation. Great Caesars Ghost May 2012 #6
he sure a hell is liberalnationalist May 2012 #47
Particularly because of this Icicle May 2012 #15
It sure would be great if somehow all of the evangenitals could read your post. nt left on green only May 2012 #4
Kennedy 1960 Ex-Pat Pats Fan May 2012 #7
Catholic churches are not shrouded in secrecy and cprise May 2012 #35
+1 Dawson Leery May 2012 #40
Big difference Major Nikon May 2012 #42
absolutely correct liberalnationalist May 2012 #50
I tend to be very skeptical of conspiracy theories, but I tend to agree with your assessment Major Nikon May 2012 #61
Sorry, even if I bought that about LDS, I don't believe Romney sincerely believes that (or anything) Recursion May 2012 #8
Yes, but in this case he really would be fulfilling a Morman prophecy CanonRay May 2012 #23
Sorry, I've been both Catholic AND Mormon (yeah, I know)... arbusto_baboso May 2012 #32
I don't worry about this. It seems to me that Mitt believes only in Mitt cali May 2012 #9
No, no ... he has one other belief: MONEY. Mitt believes in MONEY. Bake May 2012 #55
Just wondering out loud.... James48 May 2012 #10
James48 Diclotican May 2012 #11
Mormons for Obama struggle4progress May 2012 #30
Excellent post malaise May 2012 #12
I think it's worth exploring. Instead of Ilsa May 2012 #13
Mitt Romney was a Bishop in his church ... Kerry and Kennedy were not Ichingcarpenter May 2012 #20
Smith prophesied that if the U.S. Congress did not accede to his demands geckosfeet May 2012 #14
I can't seem to just walk away from this thread: It truly troubles me. cali May 2012 #16
Have you read much about the Mormon religion? JNelson6563 May 2012 #17
A fair amount cali May 2012 #18
Interesting. Thanks for your answer. JNelson6563 May 2012 #24
Interesting! Wind Dancer May 2012 #54
"as bigoted as anything I've ever seen here" daaron May 2012 #26
yes, it's bigoted cali May 2012 #29
Nah. Ima pass. Enjoy. nt daaron May 2012 #31
I remember going to a memebers house for some discussion Sheepshank May 2012 #53
I don't see it as bigotry Major Nikon May 2012 #43
You don't seem to understand religious cult brainwashing siligut May 2012 #56
Mitt has visions of his own, and they are radical, wild, visions of ruining the safety nets. Major Hogwash May 2012 #19
Your last sentence is the crux of why religious fundamentalists of any stripe want to eviscerate MH1 May 2012 #21
I had neighbors for years who were Mormons. cr8tvlde May 2012 #38
One of my former bosses for three years home schooled his children and never once did we his jwirr May 2012 #58
I had a good friend who is dead now madokie May 2012 #22
Not to worry TlalocW May 2012 #25
Has the church tried to influence Harry Reid, as Senate Majority Leader, yet? sadbear May 2012 #27
It depends on what you consider the "church" Major Nikon May 2012 #45
K & fookin' R AzDar May 2012 #28
Sounds quite similar to Kennedy rhetoric Bertha Venation May 2012 #33
And Kennedy famously reassured everyone that he was independent from the Vatican lolly May 2012 #39
K & R Scurrilous May 2012 #34
i don't get it....if the goal is to "take over the government and let Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #36
What separates ohheckyeah May 2012 #37
Not much, really Major Nikon May 2012 #44
I've been in churches ohheckyeah May 2012 #57
Essentially that's what almost all organized religions do Major Nikon May 2012 #60
IMO just size treestar May 2012 #49
They need a lot more than the Presidency if they want to "take over the US government." treestar May 2012 #48
The person who first told me about this prophecy said that this would all happen after the govern- jwirr May 2012 #59
But then they want their follower Rmoney to be President of it treestar May 2012 #62
This needs to be posted on every single RW site. Sheepshank May 2012 #51
So should we also try to remove Harry Reid from the Senate? (nt) Nye Bevan May 2012 #52
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