Reply #13: Don't forget the Garden of eden being in

[PDenton]

Missouri. Even most fundamentalists will scratch their head and wonder why it's not in the generally accepted mesopotamia (ironicly, smack in the middle of Iraq).

Or God residing near Kolob (which most Christians would either say God is transcendent- he doesn't live anywhere in particular, or he lives everywhere, or outside the universe, or in the hearts of believers... not near a particular star).

Or the fact that in Mormonism, in order for a woman to reach the highest level of heaven, she must be married to a good Mormon husband and bear children, and please her husband because he has to call out her name when he ascends to heaven, or else... (instant divorce, and use your imagination...) Mormonism is especially hard on single or barren women, to say nothing of gays and lesbians (in fact some Mormons encourage gay Mormons to enter into sham marriages, really sad). Utah's anti-depressant use is above the national average, and its suicide rate is higher than the national average as well (it also has an extremely high teen pregnancy and divorce rate).

I don't particularly relish mocking anybody's religious beliefs, but if Mitt is going to run as a "man of faith", his faith should bear scrutiny.