Another positive piece about Romney

This time in the Des Moines Register. I think the "cult" label comes from some protestant ministers who fear the idea of a lay clergy.

Accordings to Dictionary.com a cult is:

1. A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.

That was the rap on Mormons in the 19th century, but if it were a cult of Joseph Smith or Brigham Young, it wouldn't have survived and prospered. The only unconventional thing about Mormons today, not including apostate polygamist groups, is their abstinence from coffee, tea, tobacco and alcohol. It that really a good reason to turn down a brilliant, successful and effective executive and leader as a candidate? The LDS church is thought to be authoritarian, but one of its scriptures explains that authority is not to be exercised except with "persuasion, long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned; by kindness, and pure knowledge." The belief that the church would try to give orders to a member politician shows an unfamiliarity with the church I've known all my life.