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While some evangelical Christians are defending the presidential candidacy of Mormon Mitt Romney from an attack by Al Sharpton, another prominent pastor is going further in his condemnation – saying a vote for the former Massachusetts governor is a vote for Satan. That's the word from Bill Keller, host of the Florida-based Live Prayer TV program as well as LivePrayer.com. "If you vote for Mitt Romney, you are voting for Satan!" he writes in his daily devotional sent out to 2.4 million e-mail subscribers Saturday. Sharpton, the Democratic Party activist and former presidential candidate, has been widely condemned for singling out Romney's faith as an issue in the campaign.
"This message today is not about Mitt Romney," he writes. "Romney is an unashamed and proud member of the Mormon cult founded by a murdering polygamist pedophile named Joseph Smith nearly 200 years ago. The teachings of the Mormon cult are doctrinally and theologically in complete opposition to the Absolute Truth of God's Word. There is no common ground. If Mormonism is true, then the Christian faith is a complete lie. There has never been any question from the moment Smith's cult began that it was a work of Satan and those who follow their false teachings will die and spend eternity in hell."
- JJ Commentary: Keller speaks the truth, intolerant as it might seem. But that’s the way absolute truth is – it is intolerant of lies, deceptions and blasphemy.
The Christian Post reports that a new Gallup poll found that Americans' favorable and unfavorable views of the Mormon religion are almost evenly split. 46 percent say they have an unfavorable opinion of the Mormon religion in general while 42 percent have a favorable opinion. Those who attend church regularly tend to have highly negative views of Mormons. Americans who seldom or never attend church are more likely to have a favorable view. When asked what comes to mind first when they think about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the most listed term was "polygamy" among both parties who have favorable and unfavorable opinions.
Those holding favorable views of the Mormon religion also listed "good people/kind/caring/strong morals" while those with unfavorable views listed "dislike their beliefs/don't agree with their doctrine/false teachings." The poll comes on the heels of questions about Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has also been invited as the commencement speaker at Regent University.
- JJ Commentary: Mormonism, which came out of Freemasonry, is a dangerous deception that has lured many unsuspecting people into a religion that believes Satan is Jesus’ brother and co-equals, that Jesus is not God, and that we can be redeemed into various levels of heaven by our good works.
