Come now! You don’t really believe this post. The Holy Bible is as much the Bible of the Mormon faith as it is the various sects of the Christian faith. The Mormons study the Holy Bible as much or more than the members of the other Christian sects. Obviously you do not know many Mormons. The Book of Mormon is a book, presumably found in New York by Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, written on gold plates that the Mormons hold to be sacred and directly from God. Us other Christians are treading on dangerous ground if we try to say that it is not and that the Mormons are wrong. We do not have the knowledge to do so, and we certainly do not have the right. Have you looked at the Catholic Bible lately? Take a peek into one, and you will find all the books of the Apocrypha and Pseudoepicrypha that do not appear in the various Protestant Bibles. Protestants still use the books of the Apocrypha and Pseudoepicrypha for study even though they do not consider them quite on the same level as the books of the Holy Bible. We of the so-called Christian sects likewise should read and study the Book of Mormon, even though we do not consider it quite on the same level as Holy Scripture. It has some very enlightening passages when it is studied with an open mind. The Book of Mormon is okay especially for background study of Holy Scripture although it does not, in my opinion come up quite to the same level as Holy Scripture. Please remember that the Mormons study the same Holy Scripture as do other Christians, and they believe that Scripture to be sacred and from God. Most importantly, they believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and as the Saviour of the world just as we do.

Please don’t blame Mr. Romney, or his late father George, for being Mormon. He will make an excellent Christian President, just as his father George Romney would have if the American people had not been so narrow minded and prejudiced. Believe me! Mitt Romney is okay. He is just as “Christian” as you or I because he believes in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour, as all Mormons do.

You miss the most essential part. Mormons, as a group, are not only “good”, but they are “good Christians” as well. They are most particularly very honest, which seems to be a dying trait among politicians, in particular. This is a basic reason why a Mormon would make a good President.

Just because, as far as you know the Book of Mormon has nothing to do with the Holy Bible, doesn’t mean that it doesn’t. In my opinion, an opinion which is supported by a lot of historical evidence, the Book of Mormon came out of the same religio-historical tradition as the Holy Bible, and it was likely the basic scripture of that 75% of the original Hebrew nation whom God laid His mighty hand to propagate his Will and his Plan among mankind. Many historians have simply written off that 75% as having intermarried over time and who lost their faith and disappeared from history. Some did, but some saw in the Land of Milk and Honey following the Exodus from Egypt as too crowded with the best of the land already taken. It was these blessed souls who picked up stakes and migrated eastward and northward, eventually populating all of Asia and the Americas. Over time, the message changed, as it always changes over time. The Book of Mormon, as it was revealed to Joseph Smith and as he translated it into the basic scripture of the Mormon faith, resurrected and updated the basic beliefs of the Lost People of the House of Israel for all of us to study for the renewal of our faith and our lives. We dismiss the beliefs of this 75% of the Chosen People of God to our peril.

You can call the Mormon faith a sect if you like, as it is; but so is the Baptist, who took their principle of immersion to an extreme; the “foot-washing” Baptist, who took the basic act and teaching of Jesus concerning the washing of his brethern’s feet to an extreme; the sprinkling Methodist who dumped all of that immersion crap and decided to decided to convey blessing in the form of a sprinkle, a little bit at a time; and the Catholics, who liked to convey the message in the form of elaborate ritual as the ancient Hebrew did. These all are sects, and they all worship their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in a way that is most comfortable and meaningful to them. None has a monopoly on Christ. This is the way that Christ wanted it. He wanted to be all things to all people, as he is. He did a darn good job of doing that over a long period of history, across many different languages and cultures, and many, many people. I dare anyone to try to stamp out Christianity. They may kill a particular faith group, even a particular church; but the followers of Jesus Christ will never be stamped out as long as people live. The Mormons are simply an essential and valid part of that tradition and that faith. The Book of Mormon is valid for study, for emulation, and for patterning one’s life and faith after whether or not each and every soul believes it to be Holy Scripture and a part of their Bible or not. It is an essential part of the process that brought Holy Scripture across the ages and made it available to all of us.