Posted on 05/21/2012 7:33:28 AM PDT by Seizethecarp
CARROLLTON, Ark. — On the wildflower-studded slopes of the Ozarks, where memories run long and family ties run thick, a little-known and long-ago chapter of history still simmers.
On Sept. 11, 1857, a wagon train from this part of Arkansas met with a gruesome fate in Utah, where most of the travelers were slaughtered by a Mormon militia in an episode known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Hundreds of the victims’ descendants still populate these hills and commemorate the killings, which they have come to call “the first 9/11.”
Many of the locals grew up hearing denunciations of Mormonism from the pulpit on Sundays, and tales of the massacre from older relatives who considered Mormons “evil.”
“There have been Fancher family reunions for 150 years, and the massacre comes up at every one of them,” said Scott Fancher, 58, who traces his lineage back to 26 members of the wagon train, which was known as the Fancher-Baker party. “The more whiskey we drunk, the more resentful we got.”
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mormonism does have to do with Romney. Romney’s position in the corporation is significant.
His position is held because he adheres to the belief structure.
Romney is who he is because of his mormonism not in spite of it.
Proving, once again, that the Washington Post (and others) are nothing more than the media arm of the DNC.
The desperation of using an event that is over 150 years old is quite telling.
not helpful to any boost in Mormon membership
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Its the Mormon doctrines and tenets that are not acceptable to many...
Mormons are leaving the religion in droves as they find out more of the beliefs...
Mormonism doesnt line up with the Bible for a reason...
Joey Smith the inventor of Mormonism hated Christians and Christianity...
He deliberately chose to include beliefs that were opposite and blasphemeous to the Ten Commandments and the teachings of the LORD Jesus Christ...
Leaders of Mormonism who followed him built on Smith’s errors by adding further heresies..
Joey Smith was a lazy good-for-nothing and occultist..
He wanted wine, women and song and wealth and easy street and power over others...
He found that religion and superstition was one of the fastest ways to seperate suckers from their money and property and to seduce young girls to give into his sexual lusts....
Most new converts and even Mormon born into the cult dont know about the evil history of the early days..
Until they died several proprets and leaders of Mormonism were still living in sin as polygamists right up to the mid 20th Century..
They were still “marrying” more “wives” up till at least 1920+
Decades after Utah became a state..
The 1890 “proclamation” meant nothing to them..
The Fancher party were not the only Christians that Brigham Young murdered..
Salt Lake City was a Gulug a theocratic prison during Youngs reign...
Anyone who wanted to leave Utah was hunted down and murdered...men women and children...
Even now skeletons are dug up in old backyards of SLC of whole families..
Murdered for disobeying Young or wanting to leave..
So?
Did everyone—or anyone—expect a slew of glowing reports about Mormons in the MSM?
Everyone knew this was coming.
Mountain Meadows,, mormon atrocity. Ok,,fair enough. Barack is a muslim who follows Marx as much as he can.
Will we be treated to Muslim and Socialist mass murder stories that occurred since the 1840s?
Interesting too,,,we can discuss mountain meadows, which nothing but a goober would walk around personally outraged about in 2012. But, we cant talk about Islamic atrocities happening in the last decade, or even the last year.
That's because this is a fallen nation where Christianity is headed out the door. The utopian/secularism is becoming the religion of choice now a days.
It seems to be broken for all with a "D" after their name.
It seems to be broken for all with a “D” after their name.
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No
Harry Reids religion is right here...
It wouldn’t surprise me in the least that these WaPo writers among others are being fed this stuff from Axelrod. This is how the Obama campaign will say that religion is off limits and they won’t attack Romney’s religion knowing full well these news outlets will be negative stories concerning the history of Mormonism.
HEY !!!
Wheres my Oh SNAP award ???
:)
It wouldn’t surprise me in the least that these WaPo writers among others are being fed this stuff from Axelrod
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AH No
They get it from Smith...
Washington Post is really going all out for this Prez
Yep - expect the Obama side to replace Islam with Mormonism as the greatest threat the world has ever seen...
This info does not have to come from Axerod, it can come from mormon historical documents, internet searches, history books, their “religious” writings..........the internet has made it easy to expose mormonism for what it is.
The information is all there.
Mountain Meadows,, mormon atrocity. Ok,,fair enough. Barack is a muslim
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Actually youre right...
Obama does belong here in this story...
Hes the 1st Mormon president...
His Momma Stanley Ann Dunham was dead dunked into Mormonism in June 2008..
Then she was “endowed” with full temple honors and “sealed” to her children making them full temple Mormons too...
According to the Mormons and their doctrines they now have their first Mormon president...
Oh and theres no way to undunk the dead dunked...
or unseal the dead errr sealed...
Oh SNAP
(This is turning into one big SNAPpy thread...)
Funny, Harry Reid is mentioned nowhere in the article. I wonder why?
Nor is Obama mentioned but it didnt stop your cohorts...
I dont wonder why...
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