Local Memphis TV news reporter mocks Mitt Romney's Mormon beliefs

[dabestsinger]

@ tv reporter

Cool story bro!

[webcelt]

The title needs to be updated. The reporter is actually a conservative talk radio host, though shame on the TV station for treating this guy like a reporter. Of course Mormon beliefs are weird to non-Mormons. Every religion's beliefs a crazy to those who don't share those beliefs. Th Christian conservative with the microphone should consider how his beliefs appear from outside.

[MrRandalator]

religion isnt the issue. ron paul 2012

[PercPhreak]

So many confused people, it's now a game of rumors

[Oranjeklant]

ALL religions are crazy. There is no real difference between Christianity, Islam, the Jewish or the Mormon faith.

[DillonDee1]

Joseph Smith, head of the Mormon church, had 35 wives. (1 of the 14 yr olds said she felt like an abused child & 12 were already married)

Joseph Smith had 2 great Apostles - Brigham Young (56 wives) & Parley Pratt (only 12 wives b/c the husband of 1 wife killed him).

Mitt Romney is a direct descendent of Parley Pratt

Mormons believed they could have multiple wives b/c Jesus had 3 wives & Mormons convinced married women to marry them b/c it’d be a special “celestial wedding”.

[DillonDee1]

One reason married women married Mormons was b/c the “celestial wedding” meant they & all relatives would have a special place in Heaven

Parley Pratt's son Helaman Platt (4 wives) fled to Mexico after getting out of the penitentiary

Miles Romney (11 wives) lost his US citizenship rights to vote or serve on a jury, jumped bail & also sought sanctuary & citizenship in Mexico.

[DillonDee1]

Helaman Pratt's daughter Anna m. Miles Romney’s son Gaskell in Chihuahua, Mexico & they had a son George & though they’d lived in Mex for yrs & set up schools & houses, a revolution caused these Mexican citizens to sneak over the USA border. George Romney was 5 when he came to the USA as an illegal alien but was still allowed to go on public welfare & to public schools at taxpayers expense. In elementary school George was known as “L’il Mex” b/c he was an illegal alien w/ jet black Mexican hair

[DillonDee1]

And b/c Mitt’s dad was born in Mexico & thus given automatic Mexican citizenship, his son Mitt doesn’t qualify as being “natural born” & thus is ineligible to be President

But b/c Mitt’s ancestors were great Mormon leaders, Mitt is not only a Mormon High Priest but also a Mormon High Bishop & he & his wife are entitled to wear the special sacred magical underpanties & Mitt will be in Level 3 in Heaven, where only Mormons can reside, & will get his own planet where he’ll actually be a God!

[97gs500e]

I'm a Mormon and I am voting for RON PAUL 2012!

[DillonDee1]

Mitt Romney is a High Bishop in the Mormon Church so he'll definitely be in Level 3 In Heaven.

Only Mormons can be in Level 3!

[panuncdf]

i don't know about you but i think believing that the garden of Eden existed is a lot crazier then believing that it was in a certain place or another. (btw i believe both existence of it and its Missouri location are true... i must be nutz). anyway im back to reading genesis cant wait for the part about a flood this guy named noa and some boat he built.

[Ipostle]

Before you bash other people for what they think of your doctrines,you need to admit that your doctrine & covenants book was written by a man who saw the words in his hat & conveyed them to a writer sitting next to him.That this all happened 1,800 years after our Bible was finished is bound to be questionable to average voters.

[firealarm211]

From living in the Memphis area, I can tell you that Ben Ferguson is no longer with WHBQ-TV. I don't know if it had to do with this.

[DillonDee1]

LDS is the true church -- repent & follow Joseph Smith.

[JohnRhysMusician]

My opinion of Ben Ferguson just dropped dramatically.

[EscapeNewJersey]

"Get your own planet?" I'm a Mormon and this idiot reporter's question is absurd completely false! Someone show me where in LDS scripture it says that?

[yabruf]

Well the old man gave the reason why Mitt will never get elected- Why have a problem with a mormon president? "Because owning your own planet is "a little fruity, a little nutty".

Its funny how people tend to get bent out of shape when you state the facts of some kooky religion....LOL

[AGRANT716]

My imaginary god is real and your imaginary god aint. Ridiculous.

[musicgladiator]

Great job at bringing portions of "The Book of Mormon" play to the streets. How much do you get paid to do that kind of shoddy work? Wow. Obviously not enough to move forward from your 3rd grade haircut.

[AliveSigns]

Newsflash: ALL OF CHRISTIANITY IS CRAZY. It's a fantastic story about God copulating with a virgin and giving birth to "The Son of God" who died, came back to life, and then disappeared over 2000 years ago, promising to return "soon." It's a laughable premise which one can argue was lifted from ancient paganism and "repackaged" for political purposes.

So it amazes me when some "mainstream Christian" ridicules another religion because "it sounds crazy." Ben Ferguson is an ass.

[dstdevan1]

This reminds me of an interview of shock jock radio. If this is what fox news is coming to in Memphis than you might as well have him in a clown suit with a horn every time answers a question and honk. This is not journalism, this is biased persecution.

[brklynmd3]

Forget Shit Romney and Obama Bin Laden! Ron Paul 2012!

[peaceliberty4all]

I want to know how he thinks he can fix the problems we face not what he believes about the afterlife. More proof that the media can't be relied on to give accurate, fair unbiased, and relevant information.

[AndyShow]

Sorry, but MOST people in general find the Mormon religion to be quite the joke. It's not an "ancient" religion. We look at it in the same way we look at "Scientology" or "Pastafarianism". I'm sorry, but it's just laughable. C'mon... magic underwear? you don't think that's funny?...

[ElmertheClep]

This would be like someone "jokingly" asking which candidate's church believes that the communion wafer literally becomes the flesh of

[TheKirkcb]

He should be fired

[rettek808]

This is soooo stupid....lol what does this have to do with politics!?? everyone has their own beliefs! Focusing on ones credibility of what he/she has done is more important.

[sirjamez41]

We do not believe that the garden of Eden IS n Missouri. I am a High Priest in the LDS Faith. The issue is so blown out of context its pathetic. We beliieve in revalation and what The Lord has revealed he has revealed but do NOT say, in such an irresponsible manner , that we currently believe that the Garden of Eden IS in Missouri. ITS NOT! This idiot should be fired NOW!

[IExposeMormonism]

@sirjamez41 Did the Garden of Eden move somewhere? Of course it's in Missouri. Where else would it be? Mormonism is polytheistic and polygamous. It posits Adam=God Doctrine, a provably false Book of Abraham and a stolen plagiarized BofM as worthy of displacing 2000 yrs of established Christianity. The endowment ceremony swears oaths against the people of the USA. You dropped that? Well, thats an admission.The burden is on Mormons to prove with evidence, not claims, these contradictory assertions

[sirjamez41]

@IExposeMormonism, Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God. I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are. I was with the Father from the beginning. I am in the Father, and the Father in me; and in me hath the Father glorified his name. 16 I came unto my own, and my own received me not. And the scriptures concerning my coming are fulfilled.

3 Nephi 9 - Read the Book of Mormon to learn more. Christ revealed trugh to HIS people on this land. You might want to hear

[IExposeMormonism]

@sirjamez41 The BofM is not truth. Nor is the BofAbraham. And Jesus couldn't create heaven and earth because in Mormonism the universe is pre-existing and men are born into it and become gods thru works and then are given their own planetary system to populate. That is Mormonism. Pre existing matter, men become gods. Polygamous and polytheistic gods. You might want to flee the Hierarchy. And Where is the Garden of Eden if not in Missouri?

[erinnelson92]

@IExposeMormonism yeah mormons are crazy

[IExposeMormonism]

@erinnelson92 And wrong. Even crazy can be right.

[sidecar771]

@IExposeMormonism All religion, by definition, is make-believe.... so don't sweat it.

[gundalowman]

You think this is bad, do a Google search for Cape Cod Today, and search for their article Mormonism = Cult Founded on Fraud of Joe Smith. It is amazing that any advertiser would sponsor such drivel.

[OperationTailGunner]

When it comes to religion...Mitt Romney will allow those who are seeking Armageddon to become a present day reality! To fully understand this you have to look at who his campaign backers are...Mel Sembler...one of the key people who forged the lead-up to the Iraq war.

Your vote in 2012 will determine how many people die in the name of religion in the next 4 to 8 years....

Every election is an I.Q. test....

[PensFan35]

@OperationTailGunner

Mitt Romney LOVES war. Fuck him.

[Loveschuck87]

that's jacked up. mormons do not believe that the garden of eden is in missouri. more over, people only joke about it because they don't understand it. And yes, it does sound extremely nutty, when you say it or even think about it like that. But hey, this is america and everyone has freedom of speach. lol they can say whatever they wish, i am not going to stop them.

[blockzilla1000]

FACT: Joseph Smith was a criminal. This is a FACT. Look up his history. This 'prophet' was nothing more than a con artist.

[Loveschuck87]

@blockzilla1000 dude, i laugh at comments like yours. do you realize that you are fullfilling prophecy with what you say every time you critisize Joseph Smith? It's funny mainly because you don't even realize it, but you'd never admit it. Would you?

[rippinsteo]

@blockzilla1000 : You lie. This is NOT a FACT. Please give a verifiable reference to a single court document showing a conviction of Joseph Smith on any charge for which he was arrested.

[hobo59]

I stepped in some reporter and had to wipe it off the bottom of my shoe on a stair edge !

[uzimodem]

I am sure he would be reporting favorably if he was a muslim. these liberals would be on there're knees kissing there're anus. sickening. christians and others....well they are fair game by golly.

[Lbenyo79]

It's not like Mormons discuss in Sunday School that they are gonna get their own plant. We believe we are God's literal spirit children and that through the atonement of Jesus Christ and our commitment to obedience, we can become heirs of God and JOINT heirs with Christ. I suppose it's easier for some of you to believe you'll be playing harps in the clouds and have wings....we could very easily mock so called "Christians" but that wouldn't be very Christ like.

[bertmustin]

He's thirty years old and already wearing a toupee.

[voltamp]

I don't want Romney the RINO for president. And I'm not religious.

And this piece of political propaganda / religious bigotry is truly vile.

[badgarcia]

MORMON DECEIVED....ROMNEY JEW OWNED

[swedesmusic]

Mormons do not believe they "get their own planet" - Phrases like that have anti-Mormon DNA fingerprints all over them.

Google LDS EXALTATION and then google APOTHEOSIS and learn some facts.

[justonefirefly1]

fUCK FOX PROPOGANDA

FUCK RELIGIOUS DOMINATION FUCK CORPORATION DOMINATION

YEH MORMONS - YEH 5 WIVES AND 59 CHILDREN

LETS ALL BE MORMONS NOW

[miklamx]

He's a reporter? Your kidding me.

[thejihadresistance]

he's like a fat beetle

[doughbafett]

Religious bigotry? Really, libs? Why not just play the "evil, rich, white guy" card against Romney? That's probably got a better shot of working. Can't wait for the misogynistic commentaries about Bachmann. Or the Uncle Tom remarks about Cain.

[ThreeGreenDown]

Ben Turd-guson is an idiot! The only thing worse than his highly ignorant story is the fact that the TV station even put it on the air! Ben, you and your colleges give conservatism a bad name!

[rzk5f5]

This is perhaps one of the most irresponsible news reports I have ever seen. Ben Ferguson should lose his job over this report. The essence of news reporting is to deliver unbiased facts. He is mocking the Mormon religion and is clearly opinionated that he thinks Mormonism is a joke. Not only is it offensive to millions of intelligent Mormons and their faith, but is a breech of reporting ethics. The stations he works for should display some reporting ethics and take a stand by firling Ben.

[vcomp1960]

@rzk5f5 The truth hurts?

[emersive]

@rzk5f5 I agree, he should totally be fire. This is absolutely irresponsible and unprofessional. I work for a news organization right now and if I were to make this kind of mistake there is no question I would be fired. I wouldn't fight it either because I would know that I would deserve it.

[amyjo57]

This type of religious mocking is shameful and this man should be reprimanded by the network he represents. If this sort of thing were said about Muslims the world would be up in arms. It is not open season on the LDS church. What happened to religious freedom.

[DanielCarlPeterson]

Ben Ferguson's attempt to portray all of us Mormons as ridiculous loons is certainly a high point in recent television journalism.

For those who might be interested, however, in learning what actual believing Mormons say about their faith, there are many good websites. ("Mormon Scholars Testify" is a helpful one, for example.)

[hopscotchlemonade]

If I were Ben, I would be completely embarrassed at my ignorance. He needs to check his facts before he shoots his mouth off on TV. So not cool

[ChristopherMillz]

Nowhere in Mormon scripture does it state that people "get their own planet." Ben Ferguson does not realize what Mormons believe. Horrible reporter. Not saying he should be fired but... people have gotten fired for less. Shame on him.

[mom2mykids]

How about we actually have reporters who just plain REPORT, who don't interject their own beliefs into the story, for a change? There are plenty of COMMENTATORS around whose job is to comment, provide opinion. I long for the good old days when reporters just REPORTED!!!!!!!!!

[JoeyPittSteelers]

Mitt should be President! Who cares about religion.

[BigBrightBlueBox]

Not to antogonize the entire human race here (or just about) but don't all religions believe in the all-powerful bearded man in the sky? How does believing that you will get your own planet make it any worse??? It's already nonsense! I don't care if your Christina, Muslim, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon or whatever the fuck, IT'S ALL A BIG FUCKING LIE. And you people believe it, which takes me back to my original point: You're all nuts.

[coinfind]

Boo fox. This reporter is uninformed about Mormons. Mocking Mormons or any other religion takes no special skill. He should apologize for his ignorance.

[MrSteveRak]

@coinfind Yes, mocking religion is like shooting fish in a barrel. It's way too easy to make fun of the absurd.

[jedmerrill]

Apparently this reporter does not own land in Missouri. His property value might go up!

[jedmerrill]

Yes, life after life may include work, not just rest in peace. :)

[jedmerrill]

Getting your own planet is not part of the Mormon faith. Helping God create more planets? In theory, yes. Kind of follows being joint heirs with Christ, as the Bible says. Sounds better to me than harps and halos! :)

[thenextvinnie]

wow, let's take fringe Mormon speculations and make them into talking points for a worthless interview... Yes, yes, Romney's religious beliefs about the Garden of Eden impact his professional capabilities as a President???

[mattrush1234]

Who cares if Romney is Mormon! He is a smart business man and would be a great President!

[bj70117]

I don't see anything wrong with this video. What seems to be a moral objection by some of the following posts, is just that, "A moral objection". Polarization and a lack of humility seems abundant here on these responses.

[brownsuns]

Repugnant segment using isolated and exaggerated facts about Mormonism to get a laugh - FOX should be ashamed.

[whoelseknows]

It doesn't matter because it will be a mason in the white house. Whatever happened to free speech. If he was making a racist joke that I personally don't like but it is freedom of speech and the press. Just saying.

[AliveSigns]

It's easy to mock any religion from afar when you have a Cliffs Notes understanding of it's principles. Imagine how odd-ball mainstream Christianity would appear to outsider who had never heard of it. "They say a prayer on some wine and crackers and it turns into the blood and flesh of this Jesus Christ guy? And then we're supposed to eat it?" "So if the Bible says 'DON'T COMMIT IDOLATRY' then why do Christians always wear these giant, ornate golden crosses around their necks?"

[sneezesneeze1f]

So ignorant!!

[Papasmurf550]

That reporter is uneducated.

[vandrimmelen]

Or even better, ask them if they would vote for a politician or a candidate that has tons of experience turning around businesses, or a candidate that knows about finances and has a background in it.

[vandrimmelen]

I am very offended by the way this reporter framed the mormon church in a news segment. This is totally inappropriate. Why don't ask folks if they would vote for a candiate that believe that all children are saved through the atonement of christ regardless of whether or not they have been baptized. Ask them if they would vote for a candidate that believes you can be together with your family after this life.

[sosopitt]

painful and embarrassing to fox on this one. 

[c00l0]

It's kind of a facile thing to mock any belief. That tells me more about Ben Ferguson then anything else.

[beerman1957]

This guy has Blogovich hair! HA HA!

[PensFan35]

@beerman1957

its a toupe i think.

[joselocifu]

Sorry dude, I am Mormon and one of the beliefs we have is that we can become like God and that we will do "what has been done in other worlds" so Yes according to our beliefs we will have our own planet

[rippinsteo]

@joselocifu : Sorry, dude, but any notion of Mormons believing 'we will have our own planet' is a doctrine that is speculative in nature and is not authoritative. You are free to believe that personally if you wish, but, apart from the fact that your quote that we will do "what has been done in other worlds" is taken out of context, it does NOT appear in any of the official sources of LDS doctrine--the LDS scriptural canon.

[llegalPlayer]

@rippinsteo Ask your own Prophet about it.

Teaching on exaltation,LDS MORMON PROPHET Spencer W. Kimball:

Brethren 225,000 of you are here tonight. I suppose 225, 000 of you may become GODS. There seems to be plenty of space out there in the universe.And the Lord has proved that he knows how to do it. I think he could make, or probably have us help make,worlds for all of us, for every one of us 225,000 (LDS Spencer W. Kimball,“The Privilege of Holding the Priesthood,”Ensign,Nov 1975,77).

[hopscotchlemonade]

@llegalPlayer

Wow...you can take a lot of things out of context and turn them into what you like. Glad you've done your homework and read a lot of anti-Mormon websites and books. The best way to get an education about anything is to ask someone who hates whatever you are trying to learn about.

[rippinsteo]

@llegalPlayer: You appear to have poor reading comprehension skills. In the quote from Spencer Kimball, please notice the words, "I suppose..." and "I think..." and "..probably.." Mr Kimball is giving his OPINION on the matter. Again, this is not a concept that is found in the four standard works of the LDS scriptural canon and therefore IS NOT a binding doctrine on the LDS Church membership for belief and practice.

[llegalPlayer]

@rippinsteo you appear to have a bad case of DENIAL!Your LDS MORmON GOD is an EXALTED MAN!

"God himself was once as we are now,and is an exalted Man,and sits enthroned in yonder heavens.That is the great secret...that he was once a man like us...you have got to learn how to become Gods yourselves...the same as all Gods have done before you...God himself,the father of us all dwelt on an earth the same as Jesus Christ."Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 342-345,Gospel Principles,Chapter 47

[rippinsteo]

@llegalPlayer: You appear to be in DENIAL about what constitutes an official source of authoritative LDS church doctrine. "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith" and "Gospel Principles" ARE NOT official sources of doctrine. The four standard works of the LDS church scriptural canon are the ONLY official sources of doctrine that is binding upon the membership of the LDS church for belief and practice.

[llegalPlayer]

@rippinsteo here you go again DENYING the facts,learn what a Prophet is before you speak.

(( PROPHET)) = A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed

((SEER)) = an authoritative person who divines the future

((REVELATOR)) = one that reveals the will of God.

"God himself was once as we are now,and is an exalted Man...you have got to learn how to become Gods yourselves..."Teachings of the LDS MORmON Prophet Joseph Smith,342-345

[rippinsteo]

@llegalPlayer: You present a classic straw man argument. Your version of a prophet, seer, and revelator is nothing but a veritable dummy--incapable of his own thoughts and opinions on any given subject--with God as the ventriloquist behind every act and utterance.

You are the one denying facts and criticizing LDS beliefs as YOU conveniently (and often condescendingly) frame them with little regard for context, accuracy, fairness or intellectual honesty. Does your arrogance know no bounds?

[llegalPlayer]

@rippinsteo And again you dodge the MORmON Facts.

HOW MORmONS become GODS

D&C 132:19-21

19...if a man marry a wife by my word,which is my law...

20 Then shall they be Gods,because they have no end...everlasting to everlasting, because they continue;then shall they be above all,because all things are subject unto them.Then shall they be Gods,because they have all power,and the angels are subject unto them.

21 Verily,verily,I say unto you,except ye abide my law ye cannot attain to this glory.

[Loveschuck87]

@llegalPlayer Well 2 questions. Do YOU believe in God?  Where is your athority to marry, did God give it to you?

[rippinsteo]

@llegalPlayer: I have not dodged any facts. I have clarified them in the face of your misrepresentations. For example, please cite the book, chapter and verse(s) in the LDS scriptural canon where it says that a faithful Mormon will have his own planet to rule in heaven?

You can't and you won't because it's not there. Hence, the concept that faithful Mormons will be gods of their own planet is not authoritative doctrine. To represent this concept as such is thus a lie.

[llegalPlayer]

@rippinsteo Right here you dodged the FACT,that you MORmONS believe you can become a GOD in your MORmON SCRIPTURES!

What is a GOD and what can a GOD DO rippinsteo?Let me help you out straw MORmON MAN.

A GOD can make his own PLANETS and make his own CHILDREN to populate those PLANETS HAHAHHA you got OWNED!

(continue)

[llegalPlayer]

@MORmONS HAVING SEX IN HEAVEN,GET PLANETS & BECOME GODS

Joseph F. Smith Jr,Doctrines of Salvation,Vol.2,p.48:

...To become like him we must have all the powers of GODhood; thus a man and his wife when glorified will have spirit children who eventually will go on an earth like this one ...There is no end to this development; it will go on forever.We will become GODS and have jurisdiction over worlds,and these worlds will be peopled by our own offspring.We will have an endless eternity for this.

[rippinsteo]

@llegalPlayer : Doctrines of Salvation is a work representative of the beliefs and views of Joseph F. Smith. Doctrines of Salvation is NOT a part of the LDS scriptural canon. Pay attention closely to what you are about to read: The four standard works of the LDS scriptural canon--the Holy Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and, the Pearl of Great Price--are the ONLY official sources of authoritative LDS doctrine that is binding on the LDS for belief and practice.

[rippinsteo]

@llegalPlayer: I got owned? Hardly. It seems your arrogance is indeed boundless. You impose your own definitions and views of prophets on the LDS and then make criticisms based upon those non-existent LDS views. Now you are projecting what you so desperately WANT to be authoritative LDS doctrine about the afterlife so you can then criticise it, when in fact, not much detail about the afterlife is found in the LDS scriptural canon. It's a veritable parade of YOUR straw men.

[rippinsteo]

@llegalPlayer: Feel free to criticise the concept of a man and a woman becoming a gods and ruling over their own planet, but if you represent this concept as ‘what Mormons believe’ then you are being deceitful. Even if there are Mormons who personally believe such a thing, that does NOT mean it is authoritative LDS doctrine.

[garyblund]

Hey dude, get it right. Mormons do NOT believe they will get there own planet. If one attains the Celestial kingdom, they will live as a joint-heir with Christ on this celestialized planet and He will still be their Lord and God forever.

BTW The Garden of Eden WAS originally located in Jackson County - long since gone. You are spreading serious falsehoods - check your sources.

[MegaZeusThor]

"Own planet" is no more outlandish than most religious claims.

[Lowkey2076]

Getting your own planet, while certainly a mormon belief that puts people off, is not among the reasons to have concern about a mormon in the white house.

Mitt Romney made a death oath in a mormon temple to consecrate everything he owns, his time and his talents, to the building up of zion. Mormons believe that zion will shortly be restored in Missouri and the US government and constitution will be overthrown and replaced by a worldwide theocracy with headquarters in MIssouri.

[VeryBeri1]

Apparently this guy doesn't know what Mormons believe in either. What a doofus!

[Lowkey2076]

@VeryBeri1 Everything he said was accurate except for the arch remark which was clearly a joke because the family had just been there. Mormons believe that the garden of eden was in Missouri - at or near present day Daviess county.

[VeryBeri1]

@Lowkey2076 You are mistaken. Mitt Romney made no such "death oath." Mormons do not believe that if you're a good person you get your own planet. Mormons do in fact believe that the Garden of Eden is in Missouri.

[Lowkey2076]

@VeryBeri1 All mormons made death oaths in the LDS temples prior to 1990 when they were removed (the death penalties, not the oaths themselves, one of which I described above) Mitt and I took out our endowments prior to 1990 we made the same death oaths. But the oath about consecrating everything is still in the endowments. You must be young and have not been to the temple at all? Exhaltation is a very basic core doctrine, exhaltation means becoming like god, with your own spirit children.

[VeryBeri1]

@Lowkey2076 I am old enough to know that a youtube comment thread is an inappropriate place to discuss the temple ordinances.

[rippinsteo]

@Lowkey2076 : There have never been any death oaths in the temple ceremony. There were representations of symbolic penalties for breaking an oath. You may wish to learn the difference between that which is symbolic and that which is literal. Also, becoming like god with the potential for procreating spirit children is a concept that the LDS scriptures do not say much about, so the whole notion of 'getting your own planet' is speculative in nature--it is NOT authoritative doctrine.

[Lowkey2076]

@rippinsteo Sorry bud - but you are either a liar - or clueless. I took the death oaths, so stop lying. And you are really out to lunch about getting your own planet, stop lying about my religion

[rippinsteo]

@Lowkey2076: I am not a liar nor clueless. Sadly, you appear not to have grasped the concept that what you refer to as so-called "death oaths" and penalties are symbolic in nature. Otherwise, a great amount of not-so-Saintly blood would already have graced the streets. "Getting your own planet" is not authoritative doctrine. It is a concept NOT found in the ONLY official source of LDS doctrine--the LDS scriptural canon. You can't show otherwise. Perhaps you can learn more about your religion.

[Lowkey2076]

@rippinsteo There are multiple references to LDS prophets discussing the concept of exhaltation in this very comment section. If you refuse to accept mormon prophets as doctrine, you need to repent.. So stop lying about my religion by saying that prophets do not speak for god. If you say scripture is the only source of doctrine you are a heretic that does not believe in mormonism.

multiple references to both prophets and scripture go to l d s . org and look up lesson 47 gospel docrine

[emersive]

@VeryBeri1 close they believe it was. they don't believe it is still there.

[TheGraham721]

Wow, hack journalism much? Ben Ferguson, please get some class.

[2012Romney]

This is SICKENING.

This country has ZERO CLASS, ZERO GRACE.

What happened to the great America we used to have in 1968?

No one used to bash George Romney for being Mormon when he ran for president.

Ben Ferguson is going straight to Hell. He is an evil scumbag with no dignity.

[muzik313]

@2012Romney

I'm assuming your mormon if not at least Christian. I'm not, but you should read your comment and see how christlike that is. when you disagree with someone, they are "an evil scumbag who is going straight to hell". how loving.

[2012Romney]

@muzik313 Actually I'm atheist. I use Hell as a figure of speech, not an actual belief.

[ChinoBlanco]

Mitt Romney (and/or other prominent LDS politicos) ought to step up and explain a few things to these hillbillies.