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Mormons hate polygamy thiiiiiiiiis much
Religious News Service ^ | Dec 12, 2014 | | Jana Riess

Posted on 12/15/2014 8:18:37 AM PST by Morgana

When asked whether they felt an issue was immoral, morally acceptable, or “not a moral issue,” here’s a breakdown of how many Mormons declared that certain activities were “morally wrong.”

Drinking alcohol: 54% Having an abortion: 74% Sex between unmarried adults: 79% Practicing polygamy: 86%

Hold the phone. 86% of Mormons say that polygamy is morally wrong?*

It seems that Mormons hate polygamy even more than abortion. Remember that abortion is discussed in the church handbook as a sin that requires serious repentance — and sometimes disciplinary action on the part of the church. Abortion is permissible only in rare circumstances.

I’ve certainly never heard a Mormon say that abortion is an ideal practice that we’re not living now but will someday be living in heaven. The thought is preposterous. And that’s a strange disconnect, because despite contemporary Mormons’ even greater revulsion at polygamy, we do sometimes (less so in the 21st century, but more commonly a couple of generations ago), hear it extolled as the order of heaven, as explained in Doctrine & Covenants 132.

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TOPICS: General Discusssion; Moral Issues; Other Christian
KEYWORDS: abortion; flds; lds; mormons; polygamy; prolife
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To: BCW; Jack Hydrazine; MeganC; GeronL; Army Air Corps; Norm Lenhart
Girl's Day will wash your car for you.

http://youtu.be/QB4dQcxgJPY?t=2m10s


41 posted on 12/15/2014 9:23:22 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: BCW

Can it be before school....lol


42 posted on 12/15/2014 9:25:28 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: KC_Lion

that is ONE CRAZY video!!!


43 posted on 12/15/2014 9:26:36 AM PST by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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To: Morgana

Wonder what % of Mormans are against drinking coffee?


44 posted on 12/15/2014 9:26:56 AM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: GeronL

i don’t care when they kidnap me...the sooner the better!


45 posted on 12/15/2014 9:27:05 AM PST by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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To: MeganC
Please do some research on these polygamous groups. The reality is, that the women and children in these groups often suffer tremendously, the women little better than chattel. I do not approve of Mormonism at all, but I think it is likely that mainstream Mormons, having knowledge of these fundamentalist sects, are very aware of just how evil it can be and are genuinely opposed to it, as you would be too if you knew more about it. Nowhere where polygamy is practiced and accepted, are women first class members of the human race, nowhere!
46 posted on 12/15/2014 9:34:57 AM PST by erkelly
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To: erkelly

As long as it’s consenting adults participating in these relationships I don’t see the problem. But if it’s moslem child-brides or the FLDS whackjobs going after little girls then that’s 100% different.

But if adults are choosing this then anymore I don’t see a legal argument to prohibit it given that it effectively exists with the tolerance of adultery in our society. A man can have a wife and a family and then multiple mistresses and no one really says a thing about it. I doubt such a man could be prosecuted these days.

But if he merely calls these women his ‘wives’ then suddenly people get all upset.

What’s the difference?


47 posted on 12/15/2014 9:43:43 AM PST by MeganC (It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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To: MeganC

consenting adults..... some schools are telling kids they are ready for sex at 12 or 13. So they can “marry” daddy too.


48 posted on 12/15/2014 9:47:28 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Morgana
Morgana, I think it's *you* who doesn't "get the point".

It's nonsense to try to find significance by comparing the numbers in this way - ie, "86% VERSUS 74%! WOW! *WOW* DID YOU HEAR THAT?!"

If you take a list of hot-button issues and try to relatively rank them via a poll among any group of religious conservatives, your results will vary over time, up and down, up and down, depending on what's "in the news" at any moment.

Every time the media screams about the latest school shooting, polls show support for gun control spiking upwards. Then they settle down. The cycle repeats endlessly. It's because it's "what's in the news" today.

When a ghoulish abortion "doctor" is in the news, support for abortion immediately declines somewhat.

Now, most people on these types of issues do *not* first blow one way and then the other, but stay consistent in their answers. So the fluctuation up & down of the *overall* poll results are dependent on those respondents whose answers are affected by the latest news.

And when it comes to Mormons, the issue of Polygamy is always "in the news". They are constantly getting hammered over their church's history (18?? to 1890?) of polygamy. Every time a polygamist and his harem from some hick area of Utah/Ariz/etc get in the news, it's used to slam the Mormons. The late night comedians especially love this "twofer" of Religion plus Sex rolled into one. Even when no P-cult is in the national news, the issue is still "In The News" for Mormons ... *all* the time.

It's undoubtedly the one moral issue Mormons are the most sensitive about, because the rest of us will never let them forget it. So when they're asked their opinion on a set of issues that includes Polygamy, that one loaded word will stand out from among the others on the list, and set off a kneejerk reaction of "No! No! Never! Never!" among many/most of the respondents.

If a poll of evangelical Christians rated polygamy as more of a concern than abortion, I would be concerned. The fact that Mormons do so is just one big "Duh!"

49 posted on 12/15/2014 10:03:03 AM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC (Folks ask about my politics. I say: I dont belong to any organized political party. I'm a Republican)
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To: Morgana

I have been telling you information, in spite of your attitude and lashing out.

For instance what I just corrected with you about Bishop Romney.


50 posted on 12/15/2014 10:06:03 AM PST by ansel12
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To: BCW
Never heard of them. But it's obvious they were each chosen solely for their singing talent.

(like Milli Vanilli was)

51 posted on 12/15/2014 10:07:49 AM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC (Folks ask about my politics. I say: I dont belong to any organized political party. I'm a Republican)
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To: ansel12
Uh...the abbreviation “TMI” seems to fit here.
52 posted on 12/15/2014 10:20:00 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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To: miss marmelstein

The thread is on polygamy, I didn’t realize New Yorkers could be so easily shocked.


53 posted on 12/15/2014 10:31:58 AM PST by ansel12
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To: Morgana
Mormons tend to have large families but only 74% of them saying it’s wrong? That tells me there are a few abortions in Mormon households that are unspoken.

It could be that some Mormons are all right with it as a civil law that they don't intend to use, but because mostly non-Mormons will abort.

54 posted on 12/15/2014 12:10:51 PM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

Actually - each has very unique skills...one member can pay several instruments like Prince - E-Young...another, is a very famous Asian model (Nana), others are actors in movies over in Korea...it depends - but they “work” for a company and are not like stars in the US...they live in very cramped apartments and get paid a salary...so, it’s really a job and career where contracts to do other things are consonantly negotiated...

pretty humbling...


55 posted on 12/15/2014 2:07:40 PM PST by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

“Every time a polygamist and his harem from some hick area of Utah/Ariz/etc get in the news, it’s used to slam the Mormons. The late night comedians especially love this “twofer” of Religion plus Sex rolled into one. Even when no P-cult is in the national news, the issue is still “In The News” for Mormons ... *all* the time. “

You know I figure with this Mormon and polygamy thing it’s kinda like this. They never really stopped with it they just went under ground. They tell us it’s outlawed so the rest of us leave them alone but I have a feeling it still goes on, in private.

Now really if these women are dumb enough to do that who am I to stop them?

Killing their baby in abortion however, that is a horse of another color.


56 posted on 12/15/2014 2:08:42 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

It’s not immoral for the 14% who have several wives.


57 posted on 12/15/2014 2:09:39 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Elsie

ping and see post 56.


58 posted on 12/15/2014 2:10:00 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: ansel12

You dog! Way to go!


59 posted on 12/15/2014 2:12:52 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: GeronL

When I say ‘consenting adults’ I mean 18+.


60 posted on 12/15/2014 2:38:36 PM PST by MeganC (It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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