I’d have to agree with Occams, here. That answer is evasive.

The questions weren’t meant as a test of his knowledge of LDS doctrine. It’s legitimate to ask whether he believes these things.

Does he believe Jesus and Satan are brothers? That their father lives on a planet, named Kobol, that’s actually located physically out in space somewhere? That he’ll one day be a god presiding over his own planet?

You know that there are elements of LDS doctrine that non-believers consider weird, and it’s legitimate to ask whether Romney believes these things.

These days, relatively few American Catholics believe in a literal transubstantiation (though I’m sure Santorum does) — wouldn’t it be fair to ask a Catholic candidate whether he believed that bread and wine literally turned into flesh and blood when the priest says the magic words each Sunday?