My first post made no comment about the thread poster, just my opinion about the general religion thread vs this particular thread.
I attacked you in another post, because you suggested that a freeper was sympathising with rapists. I’ve seen comments like that from time to time, but not on this thread — in context, the argument was simply an attempt to make people address the issue the way you wanted, by slandering them.
If this was news-activism, I’d discuss more why people might react negatively to the post; since it is a religion thread, I’ll let them do so if they wish.
I would say that, having done so much of the research, and having found that most of the thread posters reacted quite negatively to the thread, rather than as you wanted them to react, you might want to take that into account in your future postings, if you are bothered by what other freepers think about what you are posting.
I’m not saying you should care what other people think, just that you appear to be quite concerned about it, and if you are, maybe you should take a lesson by the harsh negative reaction you get to some of your posts.
I don’t think the mormon faith is a christian faith. As such, from a religious perspective, i see the danger in the appeal of such a religion to misguide people from the truth. As a presbyterian, I feel God has already chosen whom he will chose, so I fear more for my relationship with God than I do that one who would be saved might miss out because some non-christian faith might do too good a job.
Clearly others feel it is important to create a harshly negative opinion of this particular religion, and feel compelled to use any means necessary.
But this being a conservative site, and knowing that there are many good conservatives who vote for our cause, and are socially and politically part of the solution, who are followers of religions other than the true faith, I don’t feel the same compulsion to spend energy here attacking someone’s religion.
But some do, and I really need to remember to just ignore the hate-threads.
Charles, #1 most of what I post are articles from Mormon sources; and those who are provoked are the people who are generally fine & dandy (to a certain degree) with Mormonism. (That's what makes this all so ironic)
#2...99% of the articles I post aren't written by me.
#3...People can react negatively all they want to the articles; it's when they engage in ad hominens that they set a bad tone for the world to see.
#4...Truth isn't subject to a provocation vote. (Otherwise, Jesus wouldn't have spoken so negatively of the legalists of that time -- the Pharisees)