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“If Jesus was leading you out of Mormonism, would you go? Or would you rather stay LDS regardless?”

As far as I can tell, Mormons don't really have any need for Jesus. He's done His work, and has opened the path to resurrection by going first.

Now it's up to them. They can just kinda be fairly good people, and they'll get to hang out with Jesus in the middle kingdom of heaven. I guess he's like their uncle or something.

If they are really good they become his equal and can hang out with him and his dad in the celestial kingdom. They'll be homies, bros.

If they are awesome, they get to move out and say, "Adios Hay-zeus, smell ya later Dad! I'll write when I get my new inter-steller address!"

As far as I can tell, Mormons don't really have any need for Jesus. He's done His work, and has opened the path to resurrection by going first.

Now it's up to them. They can just kinda be fairly good people, and they'll get to hang out with Jesus in the middle kingdom of heaven. I guess he's like their uncle or something.

If they are really good they become his equal and can hang out with him and his dad in the celestial kingdom. They'll be homies, bros.

If they are awesome, they get to move out and say, "Adios Hay-zeus, smell ya later Dad! I'll write when I get my new inter-steller address!"

As far as I can tell, Mormons don't really have any need for Jesus. He's done His work, and has opened the path to resurrection by going first.

There is a thread on exmormon.org right now discussing the fact that the temple has now replaced Joseph Smith as the object of mormon worship.

Very informative and interesting comments.

Oh good - Joseph worship is out and the temple is now our Golden Calf

Example: "They do worship the temple. Why? The temple is their key population control mechanism. They prepare the youth for years to attend and get married in the temple. It allows them to shame members who don't pay a full tithing or slack on callings. Temple marriage is the big stick they church likes to swing. Once you get the system, it's a really sick form of manipulation.

If Jesus was really important to them, Jesus would be on the temple and not Moroni. Jesus is only used to make Mormonism more acceptable than it would be without the Jesus image. Jesus is just a public relations tool."

Very similar to what we say here, except for the general anti-church comment.