Mormon Church Kicks the Beehive [ex-communications lined up]

Mormon Coffee (Mormonism Research Ministry) ^ | June 16, 2014 | Sharon Lindbloom

[Colofornian]

...The Herald Journal of Logan, Utah is running an online poll asking readers, “Would you support the excommunication of Mormon activists John Dehlin and Kate Kelly?” At the time of this writing, the “No” response outnumbered “Yes” by nearly 4 to 1.

Mormon blogger Jana Riess is very troubled by the Church’s actions toward Kelly and Dehlin. She asked, “Are we looking at a Mormon purge?”...

“If the point of these pending excommunications is to strike fear in the hearts of other Latter-day Saints who love the Church but do not always agree with it on matters of social justice, then it has already failed. For Zion’s sake, and for my own, I will not keep silent.”

This disciplinary action by the Mormon Church has caused Dr. Riess to plant her flag, choosing freedom of thought and expression over allegiance to the Church.

Tim Malone is a Mormon blogger () who loves the Church and sustains Church leaders. Nevertheless, he wrote that he can no longer stand idly by and watch injustice done. Therefore, he surrendered his temple recommend:

“Because I disagree with the excommunications taking place in other stakes of individuals I have come to know and love – first online and then in person – I felt it would be less than honest to keep my temple recommend. I turned it in because I could no longer answer no to the question about ‘affiliating’ or ‘sympathizing’ with individuals who the church has cast out for apostasy. I do sympathize with them and I do intend to affiliate with them…” (emphasis in the original)

Because of the Church’s disciplinary actions toward Kate Kelly, John Dehlin, and Alan Rock Waterman (Pure Mormonism), another Mormon blogger has found the courage to come out of hiding and publicly declare,

[reaganaut]

//Were these people neo-Nazis, trying to persuade the Mormons of the virtues of fascism, I would feel the same. For it does not matter to me what Mormons are; because this is their business. What matters to me is that they keep their house clean of active evil//

But they didn’t and don’t. And are you aware that the LDS church SUPPORTED the Nazi’s and actually excommunicated a young man who spoke up against the Nazi’s?

And there is plenty of ‘active evil’ inside the Mormon church. Want examples?

BTW, my notions are based on being one for YEARS, not pre-conception. kthxbai

[reaganaut]

Yeah like you.

[reaganaut]

//The bottom line is that such people do not give a rat’s behind for “their” religion or supposed faith//

Wrong again. I know Kate and she really does believe in the church. She is correct about the sexism and women being second class citizens and it is because she love the LDS church so much that she wants it better for herself and others. So don’t attribute motives when you don’t know her.

What most people outside of Mormonsim do not get is that this isn’t like other churches with formal, trained clergy. Their ‘priesthood’ is open to boys starting at age 12. Their Bishops (read pastors) have no training and women are excluded from even the most basic things like helping with communion, standing in the circle for baby blessings, giving their children healing blessings - things women in Christianity are all allowed to do.

[laotzu]

Yeah like you.

Thanks. I like you too.