Yeast No 7: Yeah, Mitt's a dick but he wouldn't call someone an ass.

I dunno. Mitt has said things we all heard that should be surprising coming from someone of his religion, at least for those who know anything about it.

Remember his offer during an RNC primary debate to bet Rick Perry $10k about something in a book? The news media was all about how out-of-touch with the middle class that made him seem, to just casually wager such a large amount of money as if it were nothing. They missed the bigger story: just seven years before that, Mitt was likely in personal attendance in Salt Lake City, or at least was watching remotely, when then-Prophet of the LDS Church Gordon B. Hinckley gave a General Conference address on the subject of gambling of any kind, including bets and wagers, being forbidden and sinful to members of that religion. And yet there Mitt is just seven years later repeatedly offering a wager on nationally broadcast TV without batting an eye.

Then there was the time when he said in a campaign speech or interview (I'm blanking on which it was) that the poor are to blame for their poverty. Saying such a thing is expressly forbidden in The Book of Mormon, and it even says that whoever does that stands in danger of losing their salvation! Mosiah Chapter 4, part of King Benjamin's address to the Nephites, key verses 16−18.

Then there was the time he openly condoned his party taking Obama's words out of context (I think it was about them naming a whole day of the 2012 RNC, "You Didn't Build That"). When a reporter pressed him on that and spoke of it being very much out of context, Mitt replied, "Well, he did say the words." But Latter-Day Saints must affirm during interviews for Temple recommends and for holding any priesthood position including Bishop or Stake President (both of which Mitt had been) or Elder (nearly all adult males are that, not just the missionaries) that they are and have been completely honest in all dealings with God and man. Out of context is a dishonest tactic.

Moreover, uhm, "there is no God." You know who said those words, Mitt? Your scriptures did. Almost three dozen times all told (34 total) if you count the KJV (preferred LDS Bible translation) and JST-LDS (Joseph Smith Translation [the "-LDS" is to distinguish iat from the otherwise unrelated Julia Smith Translation) separately (22 if you don't).

• 12 times in the KJV (Deuteronomy 32:39, I Kings 8:23, II Kings 1:16 & 5:15, I Chronicles 17:20; Psalms 14:1 & 53:1; Isaiah 44:6,8 & 45:5,14,21 [plus two more in the KJV Apocrypha but the LDS don't consider that fully canon])

• Those same 12 + 1 more in the JST-LDS (Luke 16:21)

• 8 times in The Book of Mormon ― starting with twice in one verse!: (II Nephi 2:13 [2×] & 28:5; Alma 11:24 & 30:40,45,53; Mormon 9:2)

• Once in The Pearl of Great Price, a lesser-known volume of LDS scripture: (Moses 1:6)

How would Mitt and other Christians feel if an atheist political party used those words from the Bible (and LDS scriptures) to claim that the scriptures teach atheism, and named a day of their party convention after that four-word clause? But the scriptures do say those words.