Posted on 01/13/2012 10:10:00 PM PST by Saundra Duffy
Shawnie Cannon is tired of hearing people spit out misinformation and believe rumors about her religion.
"We are not barefoot and pregnant," said Cannon, who was born into an inactive Mormon family and found the religion herself at age 12.
Cannon and four other Southern Oregon mothers — Kitti Chandler, Kirsten Savage, Heidi Jarvis and Lisa Anderson — have dubbed themselves the "Mysterious Mormon Moms" and banded together to produce a podcast about their religion.
The podcast debuted early last month, and aims to dismiss what Cannon believes are common misconceptions about being a Mormon, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Yes, Mormons can dance, use perfume and ice and do believe in Jesus, Cannon said.
"People wonder, are we these oppressed creatures?" Cannon said about Mormon women. "But we choose to be stay-at-home moms."
Cannon, who holds a bachelor's degree in business, said most Mormon women take their turn as a breadwinner at some point in their lives, yet discrimination toward her religion still is common.
Cannon held a job in the corporate world for years, and said it was hard to settle down and become a homemaker.
"We want to let people hear things from our side," said Cannon, who hopes the podcast will show people that Mormons aren't so different from the rest of the world.
Cannon said that 4 percent of Oregon is Mormon, and closer to 7 percent of people in Grants Pass are.
"You probably know several Mormons and don't realize it," Cannon said.
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“The ‘Mysterious Mormon Moms’ dispel rumors about their religion with podcast”
You go, girls!!
Our local Romneybot strikes again...
Calling in the experts ping :)
Here come the ever-present anti Mormons dog pile.
WOO-HOO!!!
I admire these women.
I would love for them to tell what myths are said about mormoISM they are talking about.
It just is another we are so persecuted, put upon article.
What myths Sandy, what myths?
I am so sick of victim mentality and identity politics.
“Cannon said the group is meeting to come up with topics for future podcasts about Mormon misconceptions, the next of which will probably be about the role of women in the Mormon Church.”
Can’t wait!
“I would love for them to tell what myths are said about mormoISM they are talking about.”
Hmmmm. Let’s see . . . what about the one about how all Mormons are going straight to hell . . . that we have horns . . . that we are a cult . . . that we worship satan . . . blah blah blah.
These misconceptions, words from your own leaders:
“In the beginning, the head of the Gods called a council of the Gods; and they came together and concocted a plan to create the world and people it.”
- Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church, v. 6, pp. 307, 308
“If we should take a million of worlds like this and number their particles, we should find that there are more Gods than there are particles of matter in those worlds.”
- Apostle Orson Pratt, Journal of Discourses, v. 2, p. 345, February 18, 1855
“Each God, through his wife or wives, raises up a numerous family of sons and daughters.... [E]ach father and mother will be in a condition to multiply forever. As soon as each God has begotten many millions of male and female spirits... he, in connection with his sons, organizes a new world... where he sends both the male and female spirits to inhabit tabernacles of flesh and bones.... The inhabitants of each world are required to reverence, adore, and worship their own personal father who dwells in the Heaven which they formerly inhabited.”
- Apostle Orson Pratt, The Seer, v. 1, p. 37
“Intelligent beings are organized to become Gods, even the sons of God, to dwell in the presence of the Gods, and become associated with the highest intelligencies [sic] that dwell in eternity.”
- Prophet Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, v. 8, p. 160, September 2, 1860
So you folks don't sacrifice babies every full moon? What about the incest stories? Just a myth ? :)
Like this rumor:
“It is because the Lord called Joseph Smith that salvation is again available to mortal men. If it had not been for Joseph Smith and the restoration, there would be no salvation,” ( Mormon Doctrine, p. 396, 670)
”That exaltation which the saints of all ages have so devoutly sought is godhood itself” (Mormon Doctrine, p. 321).
Sorry but even the demons "believe in Jesus" it's just what they believe that's the problem, and I'm certain that these ladies are as fine a lady as one could ask for and should not be disparaged....but I can and do, disagree with them when they tell me that they "are Christians too," because they are not.
Who has said that?
None of my mormon family members have horns but I did have a cousin born with a short tail.
And no one goes to hell unless they choose to go.
So again what myths are said about mormonISM?
found the religion herself at age 12.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Thats a myth ...
Joey Smith found the religion when he was 14..
or is that a myth ???
I am not Mormon, I go to a four-square Christian church, but I have no more reason to be prejudice against Mormons than I do being prejudice against a dear Japanese friend of ours who has been Shinto from the day she was born. I may not agree with the tenants of either faith, but we are suppose to judge people by their character, and I think just about every Mormon I ever met were some of the most friendly and trusting people I have ever came in contact with. Oh, and I like the way they vote – almost solid Republican.
Saundra, do you believe the Mormon theology on God, that He was a man once, who became a god, and that faithful Mormons will also become gods, ruling over their own planets?
I have yet to see any Mormon freepers answer this simple question...
Ed
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