Colofornian ...
...why are you so petty against a religion that includes 1.5% of the population of the USA?
...your postings are actually more revealing about yourself as a Religious Bigot, than damaging to the LDS church.
.... we get it allready, If modern sensitivities allowed you would be in the front ranks to murder Joseph Smith anew. OK your heart is filled with an unchristian hate ... is that going to get you into heaven? .... not by my understanding.
#2 As Elsie has already displayed, the Mormon church is quite intolerant of all other churches:
They claim they're the "ONLY" true church town (= all others are false)
They claim the rest of us are "apostates" (not much different than Muslims calling Christians "infidels" now is it?...wonder if the same spirit who appeared to Muhammaded appeared to Smith?)
They claim, citing the Book of Mormon (1 Nephi 14:10), that there's really only 2 churches -- their's & the rest -- the rest being the "church of the devil." [Please let me know if you interpret 1 Nephi 14:10 anyway different than that]
If you believe in the Lds "scripture" Elsie cited in post #5, that would mean you deem our churches to be not worth joining...that we're faithless heart-drifters from God...that our professors are "corrupt"...and that zilcho of our creeds honor God -- for Smith claimed there that they were ALL (100%) an "abomination to God."
Now, do you really want to explain Teppe, how any of these statements convey a spirit of "toleration?" What's more, I've been saying these things on a number of threads for a few years. Smith said these things going back to the 1830s!!! By the mid-1870s, the Lds church decided to enshrine these words as "scripture." And ever since, the Lds church has published them into over 100 languages, put it out online to millions of visitors, and have sent out literally over 1 million missionaries proclaiming these same things.
And you get up-tight over a single poster's online threads?
Are you a Mormon tither?
Does your $ go into republishing the Pearl of Great Price -- what Elsie cited in post #5?
Have you ever served on an Lds mission?
If so, did you talk about the so-called "universal apostasy" of all Christians?
Do you believe Joseph Smith - History vv. 18-21 in the Pearl of Great Price? Yes? No?
If we have a series of "yes" answers to those questions, who are you to talk about bigotry & intolerance? Your "scriptures" write off ALL of our Christian "professors" as "corrupt."
If I had an opportunity to talk to Smith, I'd say the same things I'm saying to you...just would be even more direct.
Why don’t you reply to posts to you instead of changing the subject? Folks have posted questions and replies to your posts, yet you take the tact of obfuscation and deflection.
Attack the messenger? Is this the new tactic of lds apologists?
Posted to you by an apostate, who, according to mormon teachings is “doomed to outer darkness”. Am I a bigot for questioning what I was taught and eventually learned? If so, you have a tough road to hoe pal. For there are many more like me who are beginning to speak up and out against what your religion teaches. You can’t squelch the growing rumble of “antis” now that the internet is upon you.
In regards to “hate”, folks who were lied to have a reason to feel a certain level of emotion regarding the many fallacies of lds teachings they fell for. I “hate” the fact that I was stupid and ignorant enough to be drawn into something that is totally and utterly false. I “hate” the fact that I wasted years of my life believing in something that took me down a path of futility.
I “hate” the fact that now that I know the TRUTH, I have to teach my family that same truth in order to ensure their salvation. It would of been oh so much easier had I remained a non-member and resisted the wishes of my wife in allowing our son to be raised in the church.
So, according to you, since I’m a “hater”, I guess I’m again doomed to some purgatory. If so, then I guess I’ll take my chances being judged by Jesus as opposed to Joseph Smith. I need to find a third way to end up in some type of outer darkness, I’m looking for a trifecta.
SZ
BTW, Attributing motives is against FR rules. You would do well to remember that in your judgemental posts. I guess when you're taught that you're going to be a god someday, you start learning how to judge at an early age.
I see it was Colofornian who took the high road and elected not to bring the RM into the fray.
SZ
PETTY?
HA HA ha!
What is it aboutMormon QUOTES that so rile certain folks?
...your postings are actually more revealing about yourself as a Religious Bigot, than damaging to the LDS church.
Time will tell...
If modern sensitivities allowed you would be in the front ranks to murder Joseph Smith anew.
Take your mindreading act on the road; Dude!
Vegas would LOVE it!!