Oh yes, the good ole days. I remember a thread that was pulled, the title was “What don’t you like about Mormons?” The history was that those who were banned were on both sides. Several Mormons were also banned for heated rhetoric. I was on those threads too, and I thought the posters who were banned should have been. In fact on several of those threads, several posters thought the Religion Moderators were Mormon.
I don't remember a thread titled by that. Even so, that would have been in poor taste and rude.
The history was that those who were banned were on both sides. Several Mormons were also banned for heated rhetoric. I was on those threads too, and I thought the posters who were banned should have been.
On a thread about debate on the history of Joseph Smith and the Mormon church, I posted (verbatim) an article by respected author and Christian Josh McDowell from his book A Ready Defense While this book does debate about different faiths such as Shintoism, Hinduism, - Buddhism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Islam, etc - one could hardly call it anything close to bomb throwing or wicked slander. It is a book that discusses faiths in biblical terms, by direct reference to biblical scripture.
It was deleted, and I was threatened with being banned if I tried to post it again.
I received several mails from Freepers who were treated in a similar fashion.
I have to tell you Utah Girl, in all clarity and honesty, I have not received 1/100th of the nasty exchanges from the followers of Islam as I have from the followers of the church of LDS concerning matters of faith.
I will also tell you that I concur with the conclusions of Josh McDowell.
Not long ago, a man I greatly respect and admire reached out to Mormon followers. His name is Ravi Zacharias.
Ravi actually came under criticism for speaking in Salt Lake City, but I applauded him for it. I urge you to listen to one of his radio recordings, or to read some of his brilliant essays or books.
He is the C.S. Lewis of our age.
Lastly, one of the moderators in 2003 posted that he was a proud Mormon. This didn't surprise me, and I am puzzled why you mentioned it. It was no secret.
Take care.