There is every reason to ask if Mr. Romney holds to the beliefs and belief structure of his professed faith, a faith with a very unusual origin and notions, as briefly outlined by Mr. Hitchens. Mr. Romney is free to follow and advocate the Mormon belief system, no matter how absurd it may be in the year 2007, and Mr. Hitchens points out some of the absurdity. We live in a complex world where reason in leadership must prevail. To believe that "Eden" lies in Missouri is a bit different from the question about Iowa in the film "Field of Dreams" --"is this Heaven." Now both Iowa and Missouri are fine states, but I suspect we understand that Iowa is not Heaven, and Missour is not Eden. We also realize that the nonsense in the Book of Mormon is nonsense. It is a fair question to wonder where Mr. Romney stands with regards to knowledge and belief.