Mitt Romney and Mormon Prophecy

Growing up as a Mormon there was always a word of mouth Joseph Smith prophecy we were told regarding the ‘last days’. Here is the jist of it: In the last days the United States will be on the verge of crumbling. The constitution will be hanging by a thread (a brittle thread), but will be saved due to the rise of a Mormon leader.  The interpretation of this that was bestowed upon me in seminary, Sunday school, and from my father, is that just before Jesus comes back there will be a Mormon President who will save the U.S. from destroying it’s self.

Remember what I said at the first. This is a ‘word of mouth’ prophecy. I originally thought that this was in an early Mormon publication called, “The Times and Season”. However I have had a difficult time finding this in Joseph’s actual words. Brigham Young and many other prominent LDS leaders have quoted the martyred prophet, but finding it in the founder’s words is difficult. [omg isn't that kinda like the Holy Bible?]

So, Mitt Romney is Mormon. He did some awesome things in Massachusetts; he organized the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (ps the SLC Olympic games were amazingly successful due to many volunteers who spoke many different languages… aka people who used to be Mormon Missionaries). He’s squeaky clean. There’s no Watergate. No Bill Clinton-esque impeachment (banging interns). No George Bush Jr style idiocracies. His only crime is being Mormon, which carries with it some connotations, yes, but it seems the Nation is focusing more on the quirkiness of Mormonism rather than his qualifications (not to mention the virtues of having a Mormon president). My point is, he seems more qualified for the job than Obama was. [fyi that wasn't a slam on Obama, I was as in-love with him as everyone else. I really want to give him another chance, but I am not writing an Obama blog, nor am I writing an 'I should have voted for Hilary' blog.]

Are Mormons stoked about Romney?

- You bet your ass they are!

Is it because of the ‘White Horse Prophecy’?

- No!!! It’s because we have been lied to, lied to, and disappointed with the last 3 presidents (don’t ask me about Reagan, all I remember about him was my Dad shushing me during one of his State of the Union addresses)(ps way back in the 80′s I was saying, “Hey dad, look at this.” He said shush. So I did what I was going to show him, jump from a side table and touch the basement ceiling. [Mission Accomplished] However I did not stick the landing and broke both my tailbone and the fireplace hearth. I couldn’t sit down for months and I remember writhing in agony every time I had to sit, or lay down. So don’t talk to me about Reagan being a saint. I won’t hear you. I have too much Pavlovian association with him.)

Is Romney the Mormon ‘White Horse’?

-Who cares? Worst case scenario, Yes. People (including me) have to admit that the Mormons were right all along. But… [wait for it]… Jesus comes back. (are you kidding me) That would not be bad news. Don’t forget, this is the man who has suffered everything that you have suffered. Could you ask for a better judge? (idk about cock-tales or his stance on medicinal marijuana, but the dude liked wine, hookers, and he hated corruption and liers. , my kind of guy.) What will likely happen… Obama beats him, and America continues on the ‘slow track’ to recovery. So the U.S. has to admit to riding the ‘short bus’ for awhile. Our GDP is still 2x that of China’s. Believe me they still need us more than our debt is worth.

So, my point in all of this is chill out. Worry more about the next Micheal Bay movie (did you hear he is doing the next Ninja Turtles movie?) and leave religion out of politics. If America was ideological we would vote for Ron Paul. If you’re going to be afraid of Mormons, be afraid of Glenn Beck. If you don’t like Obama vote for Romney (like I said worse case scenario, in a couple years we get 1000 years of no Satan).

I'm a Mormon

No, not me. I’m talking about all those people on the billboards. The ‘I’m a Mormon’ campaign. Created to show how Mormons are just like everyone else. How Mormons are perfectly diversified.  Here are some examples of what I’m talking about!

Mormons are disabled rock climbers, dudes with awesome white hair, pretty girls, fugly guys and so on, you can see the photos. Oh and that one made me think, “Am I a Mormon…. or am I a Muppet?” (ok that joke doesn’t really work if you don’t know the song from the new Muppet movie.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRTjksM3YAs&feature=fvst)

In case you are wondering what the actual statistics are (well 5 year old statistics) here’s a link to Wikipedia’s World Mormon stats. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_statistics

Here are the top 10 countries that the omnipotent wiki says has the most Mormons:

1. USA – 6,144,582

2. Mexico – 1,197,573

3. Brazil – 1,102,674

4. Philippines – 631,885

5. Chile – 561,920

6. Peru – 480,816

7. Argentina - 380,669

8. Guatemala – 202,296

9. Ecuador – 190,498

10. UK – 186,082

With in the US the racial break down of the Mormon population is something like this (according to http://www.pewforum.org/Christian/Mormon/A-Portrait-of-Mormons-in-the-US.aspx#3):

White 86%

Black 3%

Hispanic 7%

Other 5%

-What the hell’s your point Brother Jack?

Well, my point is that those billboards are very racially diverse. When the truth is you’re more likely to develop colon cancer than you are to meet a black Mormon in the US.

My first thought was that the timing of the church’s billboard campaign and Romney’s politically campaign was a little peculiar. The LDS church has always taken a ‘we don’t endorse any candidate’ stance regarding politics and elections. However this seems like the church is at very least indirectly trying to persuade the US populous that it is ok to vote for Romney.

Of course the same reason’s the sign is good for Romney are the same reason’s it is good for the LDS church. If people don’t think Mormon’s are strange, if they identify themselves as something other than white they might be more likely to let those 2 conservatively dressed young men in their homes to hear their message.

Anyway, I’m rambling, so I’ll just say it appears the billboards are targeted towards young adults and minorities, and if you remember 4 years ago those 2 demographics are a big reason Obama won. Is the LDS church intentionally helping Romney gain a little bit of favor with those groups? I don’t know.