[AppyPappy]

Seriously, how are you going to ask someone if they believe that BroJoe put a magic rock in a hat to read some gold plates that he dug out of the ground to write the BOM without making them look like they just fell off the turnip truck?

I read The Book of Mormon A Biography by Paul Gutjahr(a non-Mormon). He tried to be totally factual and unopinionated but when he got to that part, you could sense he was uncomfortable telling the story.

You cannot separate Mormons from Mormonism. They are too invested in it, up to their Temple Recommend. That’s why they take it so personally.

[colorcountry]

You cannot separate Mormons from Mormonism. They are too invested in it, up to their Temple Recommend. That’s why they take it so personally.

I totally agree with you here, but that cannot and will not stop the religion forum for discussing Mormonism, and thus Mormons.

[greyfoxx39]

You cannot separate Mormons from Mormonism. They are too invested in it, up to their Temple Recommend. That’s why they take it so personally

I agree.

That's why I now call on ALL the Inmans and anyone else posting facts about mormons to substitute the term "mormonism teaches" for the term "mormons believe".

There. Solved.

[ArrogantBustard]

You cannot separate Mormons from Mormonism. They are too invested in it ...

So ... what?

Can you separate Protestants from their Protestantism? Catholics from their Catholicism? Orthodox from their Orthodoxy? Christians (in general) from their Christianity?

If you can't, is that a bad thing?

If you can, is that a good thing?

Is half-hearted belief good? Is whole-hearted belief bad?

Please ... explain your comment.