His claim that there is some kind of Mormon conspiracy to establish a theocracy in the US is totally bogus. Like many other Christians, Mormons expect that, as the two angels told the apostles in Acts, while Christ ascended to heaven, Christ will someday return to the earth and reign personally as God. When that happens, there will be a theocracy, by definition. But Mormons also believe that anyone who claims to know WHEN Christ is going to come back is contradicting Christ’s own teachings about the unforeseeability of that event (and thus part company with various sects that attempted to make such predictions).

In the meantime, Mormon do ctrine, including the Book of Mormon, is emphatic about respecting the religious freedom of all people, and of supporting democracy. Contrast that with the collectivist tendencies of the Obama Administration as it seeks to mount an invasion of the medical care industry and the energy industry.

The one thing that Mormons feel responsible for doing prior to the Second coming of Christ is to ensure that the Gospel is preached to all the world, since that is a specific prophetic prerequisite to that Second Coming. They feel that great strides are being made in that vein, with the former Soviet Bloc countries opening to Christian missionaries after the Cold War, and the prospect that China may grant more religious freedom. The last major barrier is the political control of Islam over many countries, but Mormons believe God can take care of such issues, as He did with the fall of Communism in Europe, and before that the defeat of Nazism and Imperial Japan.

And Mormons do NOT believe that they have a responsibility to acquire political power in the corrupt world that will be set to rights by the King of Kings. Mormons are spread out over 150 nations, with over half living outside the US. The LDS Church does not promote political involvement in the US or other countries as a major objective of the Church, but rather encourages members to be active in their communities in doing good works (including humanitarian aid after natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the Indian Ocean Tsunami).

Unlike some Evangelicals, Mormons do NOT believe that the righteous will be “raptured” out of the way of the calamities that precede the Second Coming. Rather, they fully expect that they will be suffering through that time along with the rest of mankind, which is why Mormons believe in keeping stocks of emergency supplies and organizing to provide mutual aid to each other and their neighbors (as they did after the Teton Dam in Idaho collapsed in 1976 and inundated several largely Mormon cities; they didn’t wait for FEMA to take care of them).

Mormons believe that God is perfectly capable on His own to take over command of the earth when He comes again in glory. That is why they, along with other Christians, sing each Christmas tide “Joy to the World! The Lord is come!” celebrating the First and the Second comings of Christ.