Why so many LDS threads?

08-May-2008 | Grig

[Grig]

I am posting this on behalf of many LDS freepers. They will post their own 'signature' to this in the comments below. --- Some of you have noticed lately a lot of LDS (ie: Mormon) threads here on FR. I'm going to tell you why.

For many years there have been several active LDS freepers here. We post to all the forums on relevant issues, and were happy to have a site where conservative values were so openly welcomed.

Those conservative values include faith in God, and freedom of religion. We fully respect the rights of all posters to express their opinions and views on religious matters, even when people choose to use those rights to express criticism of our own faith. We also support the ideas embodied in FR rules against religion bashing. There is no need for hostility and there should be no room for bigotry on FR. Every religion has it's miracles and mysteries. Every faith has things in it that are not or can not be proven, and things that run contrary to what secular science would have us believe. Someone mature and confident in their own faith generally doesn't feel the need to belittle the faith of others.

We have, to the best of our ability, conducted ourselves with civility and dignity. We do not feel that that respect has been returned by some posters (putting it mildly).

When Mormon missionaries were murdered, the moderators were kept busy pulling jubilant posts off the thread. When Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her home, we contended for months with posters who appeared to be motivated by religious bigotry doing all they could to smear the family and accuse the father. Several posters openly admitted their religious motivation in opposing Mitt Romney and confessed that no matter how conservative any Mormon was, they would never vote for one for President of the USA. When the Pope died, I don't think any Mormon poster posted anything unkind, yet the thread about the passing of our President recently needed many comments removed.

Nearly every thread having any connection with Mormons, or Utah winds up being hijacked by anti-Mormon activists who copy and paste the same false accusations over and over even when it has been clearly and factually pointed out to them on multiple occasions that they are bearing false witness against our faith. Everything possible is done by these activists to make FR a hostile place for Mormons, and for at least some of them, bashing Mormonism is all they do here. Their most recent project is trying to blur the fact that the polygamous FLDS is a separate and distinct religion from ours, just as Lutherans are a separate and distinct religion from Catholicism.

In our opinion, such poster do a great disservice to FR and to their fellow freepers by spreading disinformation and promoting hostility towards a people known for walking the walk of conservative values.

Why the moderators here don't see the behavior of these anti-Mormon activists as religion bashing is a mystery to us, but it is the moderators call to make and we respect their right to do so. That doesn't mean we have to be passive however. We have all spent many hours refuting the accusations leveled at our faith, but these wind up buried deep in a flood of comments, effectively shouting us down.

Recently some of us have decided to take a more proactive approach. Rather than try to wrestle the pig into taking a bath, we are just going to hose it down. We will actively define our faith here rather than just respond to accusations.

So expect to see lots of Mormon threads, now and for as long as we see fit to keep posting them (although probably not as many as there are Catholic threads). They will be about our basic doctrines and responses to common accusations. If you want to know what our faith is about, read the articles we post. We will post them as open threads and I encourage you to compare the difference in tone and spirit between what we post and what our critics say.

[humblegunner]

People with class don't belittle people

People with class don't write "U Said"

[colorcountry]

U’re funny. Eye like U.

[greyfoxx39]

I apologize to any who were inconvenienced by my delay in responding

Inconvenienced? (Snort!)

[colorcountry]

Cripes it took him two weeks just to write that gar er, um.. response....there was no delay. His voluminous answer should contain chapters and headings.

BTW, did anyone actually read it?

[greyfoxx39]

Did anyone READ it?....well....I gave up on even trying to find the beginnings and ends of the last few posts...I wonder if some mormons are in competition to try and "Hose" the forum with the inky, stinky tainted water of mormonism.

I noticed several forum rule violations in part of one post, attributing stuff to Godzilla but I don't imagine they will be corrected.

[DelphiUser]

You Said: People with class don't write "U Said"

Sorry if my abbreviation offended you, however, since there are lots of I said and you said(s), it made things line up better to say
I Said:
U Said:

I am Autistic and we tend to be a bit OCD, I like for things to line up in columns.

[DelphiUser]

I Said: I apologize to any who were inconvenienced by my delay in responding, I literally had funerals to go to.

I Said: Inconvenienced? (Snort!)

I knew that some anti or other would make fun of my absence for funerals, thanks for not disappointing me.

We were talking a people with class?

[greyfoxx39]

I like for things to line up in columns.

[greyfoxx39]

I knew that some anti or other would make fun of my absence for funerals, thanks for not disappointing me.

Actually, making fun of the thought that we might be inconvenienced by lack of a 5000-word propaganda post.

(Snort!)

[colorcountry]

Sorry Delphi, but funerals don’t last two weeks.

You might have said you were off the computer due to emotional distress, family commitments or such, related to a (or several) deaths in the family, but to state it was due to funerals is just plain silly.

By the way I might not respond to any posts you might make due to two separate fatal illnesses, a baby due and a wedding taking place in my immidiate family within the next week. (I am saying this tongue in cheek, because while these events will occur, and I will experience some absences, I won’t use it as an excuse to post a thousands of word response to a single post over two weeks ago, then disparage any poster who might not sympathize with me.) lol

BTW, the dog ate my homework.

[DelphiUser]

U Said: Sorry Delphi, but funerals don’t last two weeks.

I said funerals, as in two and you obviously have not tried to organize family from across the states to attend.

U Said: You might have said you were off the computer due to emotional distress, family commitments or such, related to a (or several) deaths in the family, but to state it was due to funerals is just plain silly.

I am sorry that the death of others is silly to you.

U Said: By the way I might not respond to any posts you might make due to two separate fatal illnesses, a baby due and a wedding taking place in my immidiate family within the next week. (I am saying this tongue in cheek, because while these events will occur, and I will experience some absences, I won’t use it as an excuse to post a thousands of word response to a single post over two weeks ago, then disparage any poster who might not sympathize with me.) lol

I continued to post through many things, however, this was not possible and I really don't intend to get into why. However, anti Mormons often claim victory in some Pyrrhic fashion if not responded to immediately. That is why we Mormons who respond late need to explain why.

U Said: BTW, the dog ate my homework.

I hope your Dog is OK.


Everyone can afford the cost of Good Manners, some just don't want to spend the effort.

[DelphiUser]

Nice lines now if they were not on an angle... </humor>

[Tennessee Nana]

Yes, you do write killer posts..

[colorcountry]

And I think YOUR manners are atrocious.

You take two weeks in which you say your are overwhelmed with funerals, yet you manage somehow to compose and post a colossal 5000 word response to a post where a simple paragraph would suffice, then you expect someone to actually take their time out to read your voluminous, oversized vanity posting, and then, THEN you have the audacity to castigate others for their perceived “slights” to you. You actually use the excuse of a family tragedy to justify your own poor behavior. We all suffer tragedies, and BTW it isn’t exactly like anyone was holding their breaths for your response.

Ha.....again, you are silly dude.

[DelphiUser]

Yes, you do write killer posts..

I'll take that as a complement no matter how it was intended.

[DelphiUser]

U Said: And I think YOUR manners are atrocious.

Well, you can't please everyone so you might as well please Jesus...

U Said: You take two weeks in which you say your are overwhelmed with funerals, yet you manage somehow to compose and post a colossal 5000 word response to a post where a simple paragraph would suffice, then you expect someone to actually take their time out to read your voluminous, oversized vanity posting, and then, THEN you have the audacity to castigate others for their perceived “slights” to you. You actually use the excuse of a family tragedy to justify your own poor behavior. We all suffer tragedies, and BTW it isn’t exactly like anyone was holding their breaths for your response.

There are people who follow my posts, believe it or not.

I composed the response answering point by point attacks on my faith. I tried to be as brief as I can, however the topics in the post attacking my faith were varied in a meandering fashion, so my response must meander to address those points.

I have an Idea, lets start one thread per "attack" and not wander around jumping topics and we'll never bring up the topic again, will all the Anti's agree to that?

I didn't think so.

U Said: Ha.....again, you are silly dude.

I can be silly at times, I believe anyone who can't make fun of themselves is doomed to have everyone else make up for their lack. I can and do make fun of myself, even on this forum.

Here, have a couple of my favorite funny video's:
Mormons, The Correct answer:
Why can't Mormons send flowers?
and one of my favorite jokes:
How do you know when you are at a Mormon wedding?


The mother of the Bride is pregnant, but the bride is not.

Have a great day CC.

[Elsie]

WOW!

0nly 30 pages to attempt to rebut something!

[colorcountry]

There are people who follow my posts, believe it or not.

Just looking for a show of hands. Is anyone out there "following" DU's posts?

Was anyone "inconvenienced" by his late response? Seriously??

U'er cute, delphi. ,-)

[Elsie]

I apologize to any who were inconvenienced by my delay in responding, I literally had funerals to go to.

If you post any more like 1677, you'll CAUSE funerals!! ;^)