Mike Huckabee apologized to Mitt Romney on Wednesday for saying, "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"
Mormonism teaches that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers who competed for the opportunity to become the savior of planet earth. Jesus' plan won approval and Lucifer rebelled and became the tempter and deceiver of planet Earth.President Spencer W. Kimball wrote" "Long before you were born a program was developed by your creators ... The principal personalities in this great drama were a Father Elohim, perfect in wisdom, judgment, and person, and two sons, Lucifer and Jehovah." (Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 32-33). James Talmage explains who Jehovah is: "Jesus Christ was Jehovah...Jesus Christ, who is the Jehovah of the Old Testament" (Doctrines of Salvation, vol.1, p.11,27).Milton R. Hunter (one of the LDS General Authorities) explains "The appointment of Jesus to be Savior of the world was contested by one of the other sons of God. He was called Lucifer…this spirit-brother of Jesus desperately tried to become the Savior of mankind" (The Gospel Through the Ages, p.15, 1945).Joseph Smith stated: "The contention in heaven was...Jesus said there would be certain souls that would not be saved; and the Devil said he could save them all, and laid his plans before the grand council, who gave their vote in favour of Jesus Christ. So the Devil rose up in rebellion against God, and was cast down" (Journal of Discourses, vol. 6, p. 8)."And Satan came among them, saying: I am also a son of God" (Pearl of Great Price, Moses 5:17). See also Mormon Doctrine, pp.192, 546-47, 589-90 and Gospel Principles p.15-16.Mormonism teaches that Jesus is only one of many saviors who are each responsible for the salvation of the population of other planets like Earth. Mormon men are working with the promise that they, too, will eventually become gods and be given a planet of their own to populate. This will be accomplished by their intercourse with many wives who will bear millions of spirit children to inhabit the bodies of the people on their planet.
Just as the Muslims believe that the old Testament is scripture, they look to the Quran as their holy book. Same with the Mormons. They believe the bible is holy, "in so far as it is translated correctly," and only their church leaders can say which parts are translated correctly. If any part of the bible goes against the book of Mormon, that portion of the bible is thrown out. I've seen bishops black out portions of the bible for teenagers that they believe were not translated correctly. And, their early leaders DID teach that Satan and Jesus were brothers, that Adam was a god, and that temple mormons can still marry multiple times for heavenly purposes, but only have one earthly wife. What scares me about electing a mormon who uses the bible to answer questions when asked about Mormonism is that he doesn't take the time to do true research on his own religion, but follows it blindly, like so many 8 year olds I've personally seen stand up and give "testimony" that Joseph Smith was a prophet of god, when at 8, NO ONE can give testimony based on personal conviction. What scares me about electing a Mormon president who doesn't use his own scripture, the Book of Mormon, to answer questions when asked about his religion is that he'll answer questions and tell people what he thinks they want to hear, use their words and not his own, and pull the wool over people's eyes by not researching a question thoroughly enough and with enough historical accuracy that it can't be proven incorrect. Any man who would not know enough about his own religion to answer that "although it is true that the Doctrine of Covenants shows that the belief that Jesus and Satan were brothers was taught by early leaders of the church, we do not teach that or believe that now. All religions have man made errors, but we have an error free God," is just spouting what he's been told to say since a young age, without taking the time to make sure what he's saying is correct. In the case of Mormonism, religion has everything to do with the decision to elect a Mormon president or not. Their religion isn't just what they do on Sunday, it's who they are, all the way down to their temple garments. So, yes, Huckabee was correct. They have taught that in the past. That's the answer that should have been given, not the "dig myself out of a hole" answer that was given. That answer shows forethought and the ability to lie and hide the truth instead of being truthful and honest, and believe me, Mormonism is not about being open, honest and truthful... just try going into the temple without being a temple Mormon, you won't make it to the door. Why all the secrets? Haven't we as a country had ENOUGH secrets?
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