If you disagree with the Mormons dogmatically, that’s one thing. But to hold what happened over a century ago against the modern LDS church would be akin to liberals holding Sand Creek against modern white America (which some do anyway).
The original thread article is new information on the subject taken from the Deseret News, the mormon-owned newspaper.
FR history has the mormons citing Haun's Mill as one of the primary "proofs" of their century old claim of "persecution", often in defense of reports of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Additionally, the ongoing discussion on mormon doctrine requires the posting of "century old" events and information since they are the history of the sect and there is such a wealth of material available.
Those FReepers who don't frequent these discussion threads often pick up on a single item to criticize without being aware of this.
OOOOh!
LIBERALS!1
That alMOST as good as using the NAZI word!!!
(’cept Homey don’t play dat!)
Oh, DB, it's OVER a century ago that we hold MODERN Mormons up to shame!
They are the ones with ACCESS to the things that were SO hard to find just a few short years ago.
Now (Thanks SO much to MORMON data enterers) we have their history and just GOBS of info in which to dig.
And DIG we do (like the Bereans who were so praised by Paul) to see if what they say and have said can stand up to the rigors of investigation.
Bash the messenger all you want; we can take it.
Can the MESSAGE of the 'church' withstand onslaughts of the TRUTH?