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Did You Know that the Mormon Religion Was Partly Inspired By Islam?
Posted on 07/31/2012 10:07:05 AM PDT by pinochet
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The ancestors of the Mormons were civilized Anglo-Saxon Protestants, some of whom were in America in colonial times, before 1776. Mormonism can be seen as an Anglo-Saxon version of Islam. Mormonism shows us what Islam would have become, if it had been founded by civilized people.
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:07:15 AM PDT
by
pinochet
To: pinochet
The problem with Islam is it is a religion of hate founded by a maniac!!
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:10:48 AM PDT
by
ontap
To: pinochet
The lds-org denies that Jesus is the Creator, that everything was created THROUGH Him, BY Him and FOR Him.
They deny that Jesus created even the angels out of nothing.
They do NOT teach the truth about Jesus.
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:14:00 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: pinochet
I was thinking the same thing.
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:15:20 AM PDT
by
redpoll
To: pinochet
My personal experience is that the Mormons I’ve known and worked with and had as neighbors were uniformly good people.
And the Muslims that I’ve known and worked with were insular, aloof, and suspicious.
To: pinochet
It’s an interesting question, but...
I also think there is something inherent in the religions, independent of culture/civilization.
As evidence, I’d note that after the fall of Rome, Europe was invaded by barbarians, a tribal society also. Converting to Christianity was a key part of them becoming “civilized.”
ME tribes converting to Islam became unified; the question is whether this had any effect on them becoming ‘civilized’ in the definition used here.
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:16:35 AM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: pinochet
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:19:58 AM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(OWS = The Great American Snivel War)
To: Admin Moderator
Smokey backroom or chat???
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:20:39 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
To: pinochet
The two religions are in no way linked. Your post is absolute bunk and anti-Mormon propaganda.
And, no, I’m not a Mormon or Mitt-bott.
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:20:39 AM PDT
by
AlmaKing
To: pinochet
I can’t possibly imagine using Hitchins as a source of illumination for any purpose involving religion.
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:20:46 AM PDT
by
jessduntno
("Racism is not dead...it is on life support - kept alive by politicians..." - Thomas Sowell)
To: AlmaKing
Have you read page 190-191 of the paperback version of Hitchen’s book?
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:27:27 AM PDT
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pinochet
To: pinochet
Yep, that’s what I would do if I wanted to know more about a religion,
I would seek knowledge from an atheist. (NOT)
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:29:02 AM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: pinochet
AS much as I dislike the mormon religion, Hitchens is full of crap. J. Smith was an illiterate con man with no foreign exposure or knowledge. To suggest he was even aware of who Muhammad was is Hitchens way of smearing. He has no source material for this supposed quotation. The truth is Chris Hitchens hated God and all religion so he found it easy to just write whatever he wanted.
There are enough reasons to disbelieve the tales of the ‘prophet’, this aint one of them
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:31:13 AM PDT
by
Nifster
To: nascarnation
Yup that has been my experience too. I do not agree with any of their theology but they live their lives in a good manner
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:32:39 AM PDT
by
Nifster
To: greyfoxx39; colorcountry; Colofornian; ejonesie22; Elsie; Godzilla; MHGinTN; narses; reaganaut; ...
Ping.
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:38:29 AM PDT
by
Zakeet
(Liberalism - Ideas so good that you have to be forced to accept them)
To: pinochet
Will you be making phone calls for the Obama campaign?
To: pinochet
That’s why Mormon women can’t get into the best heaven unless their husband calls their secret name.
They just hope their husband isn’t mad at them and remembers the correct secret temple name.
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:42:13 AM PDT
by
donna
("...gay couples raising kids. That's the American way..." -Mitt Romney)
To: pinochet
Is there a way we can work the Illuminati into this too so it can become even more nutty???
To: ontap
Islam is also a political system in conflict with our Constitution.
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:43:45 AM PDT
by
donna
("...gay couples raising kids. That's the American way..." -Mitt Romney)
To: AlmaKing
Actually there are many similarities.
- Both have a self-proclaimed prophet that cast doubt on the accuracy and completeness of the original scriptures in order to get his own scriptures adopted.
- Both prophets used their power as spiritual leader to marry many times and in violation of Old Testament commands and to gather possessions to themselves.
- Both actually started out rather violent. The U.S. Calvary was called in to stop Mormon's from attacking wagon trains passing through.
- Both demoted Jesus from being God to being just a prophet in Islam and just a man who was promoted to Godhood in Mormonism.
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posted on
07/31/2012 10:49:44 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
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