Cool, a nearly cogent post.
You made a post that seemed off of the wall, and rather than fly off of the handle, I took the time to look up your posts and read what you have been writing. Due diligence requires this, perhaps you had a point and I wasn't getting it.
Your post was, "I would hope that Gov Sarah Palin doesnt appear to give any credence to this sham..."
This stuck me as odd. My mom who is 82 has decided to go to this and a number of events because, regardless of who is saying no, no has to be said or Israel will exist no more in a very short time. This is a reality, just because Glenn Beck says it doesn't mean it isn't so. But, here you were calling the event a sham. And I thought, odd. So I looked up your previous posts and found, to my surprise, that you have been trolling threads bashing Romney, Beck and Mormonism in general and in these threads folks have been calling you out and saying stop this crap.
You think you are educating people, but in fact, you are just filling our threads with crap. This is your own crusade, you and a number of fellow travelers and in the general world, it is called a dirty trick. But, worse, it is an appeal not to reason, but rather an appeal to bigotry.
I am not going to get sucked into defending Mormonism, or Islam, or Communism. All of these systems of thought are flawed in my eyes but you see, per force, I also see Christianity as flawed. Yet, I love Christians and sincerely believe they are a blessing to this green earth and all of God's creation. I know Mormons and have worked for them and I read and love Orson Scott Card.
The book of Joshua instructs the Israelites to kill and dispossess the Caananites from all of the land. And, when they wouldn't, couldn't even though it cost them Israel in the end, was this God's intention all along? It is a bitter pill when you confuse love and hate.
As for your question about laws of states 40 years after, the discussion was about when did laws regarding to the age of consent get passed originally and why?
As for Joseph Smith his problem with the law was not that the question of whether she was too young, at the time the practice of marrying a 14 year old was perfectly acceptable. The issue was Bigamy, which people seriously frowned on and which was against the law in the State of Illinois. But, I really don't care about the rest of it with regards to defending anything about it. Monogamy is a blessing. Faiths that respect human dignity are inherently "liberal" but small "l" liberal means about 180 degrees away from what is generally accepted as "Liberal" thought today, big government socialism and the inevitability or tyranny.
Yet, none of that matters. In your zeal, one supposes to expose the "depravity" of the Mormon faith, based on characterizations based on your views of the behavior of Joseph Smith and the mind bending doctrines of that faith, you skip over the line from that cause and into simple religious bigotry. Many if not most of the Mormons I know are really good people, I don't know how this comes to pass, especially given all that is generally known about their faith, but there it is. Mormonism used to teach Racial bigotry, but they renounced it. It used to teach Polygamy and yet they renounced that even though zealots attempt it regardless. But, that is the nature of zealots.
You are acting out of zealotry too, though, and this is a form of evil borne of the sin of pride. As it is said, "Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."
Where is that line? I do not want to step over it and upset fairminded people.
If I do not see it, I may skip from the simple to the complex without knowing it as well.
I am not going to get sucked into defending Mormonism,
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Too late kid
Thsats what you hgave been doing for 100 posts
Attacking Christian Conservative FReepers on behalf of a racist bigoted anti-Christian cult
and then calling the FReepers bigots...
and you dont think the lurkers can read...
What is it you accused me of ???
“First, understand that is it is easy peasy to look at the history of your posts around here and see them all and get an idea of where someone is coming from. This is important when confronting someone who is acting trollishly. Folks who have been around for a while take the time to discover who they are talking to and you have a history that is extensive and clear. Your comments are squarely within the mainstream for the most part, but it comes clear that you have a central point and that is hatred for Mormonism and all of its adherents rather than specific disapproval of this Candidate or that person. Anyone can check this out for themselves.”
Ditto back to you Brother Smuck as we used to say when we were children
(I was learning how to fight off liberals and anti-Christians even then..)
and again...
“But, what ever the doctrines and tenants of a faith may be, we owe respect”
No kid I dont owe any respect...
Islam stones women and mutilates the sex organs of little girls..
They want to kill me because I am a Christian...
They burn christians alive in their churches in Egypt
and you declare I have to “respect them”
No kid I dont gotta do nada..
From your words you have no respect for my religion...
Wheres the respect ???
I am not going to get sucked into defending Mormonism,
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Too late kid
Thsats what you have been doing for 100 posts
Not sucked in though ...a “volunteer”
Attacking Christian Conservative FReepers on behalf of a racist bigoted anti-Christian anti-Constitution unAmerican cult
and then calling the FReepers bigots...
and you dont think the lurkers can read...
What is it you accused me of ???
“First, understand that is it is easy peasy to look at the history of your posts around here and see them all and get an idea of where someone is coming from. This is important when confronting someone who is acting trollishly. Folks who have been around for a while take the time to discover who they are talking to and you have a history that is extensive and clear. Your comments are squarely within the mainstream for the most part, but it comes clear that you have a central point and that is hatred for Mormonism and all of its adherents rather than specific disapproval of this Candidate or that person. Anyone can check this out for themselves.”
Ditto back to you Brother Smuck as we used to say when we were children
(I was learning how to fight off you liberals and anti-Christians even then..)
and again...
“But, what ever the doctrines and tenants of a faith may be, we owe respect”
No kid I dont owe any respect...
Mormonism started out as a “disrespect” of Christianity..
Christians were murdered and their land, cattle and belongings stolen by the mormons just because they were Christians..
Islam stones women and mutilates the sex organs of little girls..
They want to kill me because I am a Christian...
They burn Christians alive in their churches in Egypt
and you declare I have to “respect them”
No kid I dont gotta do nada..
From your words in “the history of your posts” you have no respect for my religion...
Wheres the respect ???