The key to understanding Mitt Romney:

[pnwmom]

his shock at being questioned, his sense of entitlement, his arrogance -- it all makes sense when you understand this.
He's just practicing to be a god someday, after he dies and gets his own planet.



So being President of the United States, here, on planet Earth, is the logical next step.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_cosmology

After the resurrection all men and women except spirits that followed Lucifer and the sons of perdition would be assigned one of three degrees of glory. Within the highest degree, the Celestial Kingdom, there are three divisions, and those in the highest of these divisions would become gods and goddesses through a process called exaltation or "eternal progression". According to some Mormon sources this would involve having spirit children and populating new worlds. The doctrine of eternal progression was succinctly summarized by Lorenzo Snow: “As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be.”

The Earth's creation, according to Mormon scripture, was not ex nihilo, but organized from existing matter. The faith teaches that this earth is just one of many inhabited worlds, and that there are many governing heavenly bodies, including a planet or star Kolob which is said to be nearest the throne of God. According to the King Follett discourse, God the Father himself once passed through mortality like Jesus did, but how, when, or where that took place is unclear. The prevailing view among Mormons is that God once lived on a planet with his own higher god.

[CanonRay]

1. So he even wants to be a rich guy in heaven?

[Control-Z]

4. He wants to OWN heaven

which would automatically make him the richest of them all.

[phantom power]

2. heh. it's a Steady State Theology

[factsarenotfair]

8. Sounds like a patriarchal fantasy version of String Theory multiverses to me.

I've been watching the Brian Greene String Theory tv shows.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Interesting.

No wonder traditional Christians think Mormons are heretics. That's some pretty unusual stuff, even as religions in general go. I tend to think it's all a bit fanciful, but the Mormons' theology is especially out there.

Has the Hubble Telescope found Kolob yet?

[pnwmom]

5. Yes, they have many unique beliefs and, of course,

their own additional book of Scripture, The Book of Mormon.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. "Scripture" written by Joseph Smith - a con artist if there ever was one.

He's the nineteenth-century's L. Ron Hubbard.

[HopeHoops]

7. An overdose of Valium and Botox injections?

[geekboy09]

9. I always thought mormonism was a cult

and this confirms it.