I received a Christmas gift basket yesterday. Do you want to know who sent it?

(pause for effect)

The Mormon church.

I won’t say anything more. Just know that I’m laughing right now.

[Note: if you track this blog at all, you'll know why I'm amused. What's inside? That's even better]

[youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g7H00jNINk]

[ht: LayGuy]

Here, Mormon American Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney claims that his LDS faith will not effect the way he would run the Presidency. He says that his faith does not “exert influence on Presidential decisions.” Ha ha, yeah right.

I’ll tell you this. My faith does influence the way I live and the decisions I make. It must if my faith has any merit at all in my life. I consider myself a follower of Christ first and my status as an American is secondary. Actually I’d say it’s much further back than that.

Here’s how I would order my life. I consider myself a:

1. Follower of Christ
2. Husband
3. Father
4. Son
5. Friend
6. Missionary
7. American

So my question for you is this: How do you order your life? Do you consider yourself a Christian first or an American first…?

Yes, I’m standing by my friend who’s getting married to a Mormon, but don’t think I’m getting soft (because remember, they tired to kill me once…).

Here’s some Mormons getting schooled by a Southern Baptist preacher (and you DON’T mess with a Southern Baptist preacher). I laughed pretty hard on this one.

[youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YPyvJacwUI]

Thanks Joe for showing me this one.