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Robert Jeffress, Rich Perry, Mitt Romney and Joseph Smith on whether Mormonism is a cult

In typical political “got’cha” fashion, presidential candidate Rick Perry was asked not once, not twice but thrice during one meeting whether he agreed with pastor Robert Jeffress referring to Mormonism as a “cult” and therefore, Mitt Romney as not being a Christian.

His response was, “No,” “No, I’ve already answered that back there. I told him no” and “I already answered that question.”

But what, exactly, did Robert Jeffress say? Here are the relevant portions of his statement. The statement is important to consider as he was not merely referring to Mitt Romney but about Mormonism in general, whether a Christian should consider Mormonism as just another denomination and therefore, whether a Christian could join a Mormon church, etc.:

“As to Mormon churches, you must join none of them, for they were all wrong,” Robert Jeffress stressed, “all their creeds were an abomination in God’s sight, their professors are all corrupt, as the Bible says, ‘they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.’ You are forbidden to join any of them. Oh yeah, and they’re, like, a cult and stuff.”

Well, this is actually a paraphrase or, as you may have guessed from the last sentence, utterly made up. This goes to show the general ignorance in our society about Mormonism, particularly its very foundations.

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Rick Perry should not be made to answer for references to Mormonism as a cult. Rather, Mitt Romney, and any Mormons who take umbrage at such references, should be made to answer for references to Christianity as a cult by none other than their founding prophet, Joseph Smith. Actually, according to Joseph Smith, he did not refer to Christianity as a cult. No, rather, according to Smith, God referred to Christianity as a cult—in so many words.

As you will now see, the pseudo quote from Robert Jeffress was merely a reworking of the very foundation upon which Mormonism was established. The official Mormon retelling (one of many versions) of the “first vision” story is found in their scripture, Pearl of Great Price – Joseph Smith – History – 2:2:18-20. This is where Joseph Smith’s initial revelation is recorded and the moment when Mormonism truly began:

My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which [church] to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right-and which I should join.

I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: ‘they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.’ He again forbade me to join with any of them…”

Thus, whilst in this politically correct climate of ignorance the Rick Perrys of the world are made to answer for the Robert Jeffress of the world, it is Mormonism’s primary prophet Joseph Smith who, as it where, fired the first shot (and the last actually, as he died in a gun battle—see here) and claimed that God considered all denominations around him to be all wrong, abominations and corrupt.

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