"The Mormons committed a number of crimes, especially once they were in Utah. ... This is what prompted US military intervention against them, and rightly so."
And so we take a wide brush and paint over the truth. I have been very uncomfortable with this thread. I have read what happens when religious freedoms are trampled. We have seen the inquisitions (oddly enough this was the Catholic sponsored governments persecuting Christians) and the expulsions (driving the Mormons west) and the troubles. But lets get out the wide brush and paint it all over with, 'They must have deserved it for something they did or would have done if they'd had the chance.'
Saying this doesn't make it true for the Mormons, the Catholics and Protestants, or the Muslims. The idea that we can keep America and make a religion illegal is insane and unworkable. This is like saying that we can bake some bread without cooking. If you come for the Muslims or the believers in Islam, the rest of us will know who is next. And unlike the people how waited while the Nazis destroyed Germany, we won’t wait for you to get to us.
If it is impossible for America to exist and for a religion to exist together, then America has already ceased to exist. We must find a better solution.
Islam is NOT a religion, it is an ideology that uses religion to gain its power and "protection."
It destroys everything it encounters. No, it shouldn't be banned...
Islam must be wiped off the face of this earth. The best thing that will ever happen to Muslims, will be their emancipation from islam!
"There is no neutral ground in the universe--every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counterclaimed by Satan" -- C.S. Lewis
doesn't make it true for the Mormons
Mark Twain chronicled it in his "Roughing It"
Appendix. A.
Brief Sketch of Mormon History.
B. The Mountain Meadows Massacre
Remember Sam Clemens was a reporter before he became famous for his novels.