Sick. This is totally bass-ackwards. If you all are so confused about what LDS (Mormons) believe, why don't you try THE WEBSITE.
www.lds.org
www.mormon.org
www.josephsmith.net
Isn't any harder than that. What it says there is what the LDS members in general believe. Individuals with delusions of grandeur may tell you otherwise, but if you honestly wonder what they teach on Sunday, just look at the official site. End of story.
And you certainly don't see myself, or most others, poking fun at, oh, the Pope, or any other religious leader. I am not Catholic, yet I hold the Pope in the most high regard, and would consider his words as wise and most certainly guided by heaven. Is it so hard to do the same for Joseph Smith and the LDS church, or even just lay off the insults a bit?
For the record, the LDS church is not based off of works *or* faith alone. They believe it takes both. Is that so unthinkable? So wrong that we need to discuss it here? God forbid they believe in Christ, and actually what to DO something about it.
Nice work, guys - taking the death of a young man, doing what he can do - at least in his eyes - to HELP OTHER PEOPLE, and making it a bashing festival. What class.
Yeah, this is my first post, too. Been a lurker for a long time, but this kind of crap pisses me off.
Welcome to FreeRepublic. Great first post.
Way to go on your first post!
If you read the truth about Joseph Smith, yes it is hard to hold him in any kind of regard. That is the only problem I have with mormonism. Joseph Smith was a sexual deviant, pervert, whatever. It makes my skin crawl when I think of what he did and claimed was sanctioned by God.