That is YOUR opinion, nothing more, and MY opinion is that it is an uneducated, biased opinion to boot. However, it is a favorite theme in the "unofficial" shunning practiced by mormons against those who choose to leave the LDS church and the false doctrines of Joseph Smith. Shunned by the Mormon Church
This "shunning" can be seen every day on these threads, where accusations of bigotry and hate are substituted for reasonable debate on factual posts. There is quite often evidence of an attitude of superiority in these attacks.
MORMON
ATTITUDES OF SUPERIORITY
1. I’m Superior; I have a special gift of the holy Ghost - you don’t!
2. I’m Superior; I have God’s true priesthood power - you don’t! 3. I’m Superior; I can go in God’s secret Temple - you can’t! 4. I’m Superior; I’ve been Endowed with special Gifts and Knowledge - you’re just normal! 5. I’m Superior; I’ll have my family with me in heaven - you’ll be with strangers! 6. I’m Superior; I’m becoming a God - you aren’t! 7. I’m Superior; My women know their place as servants of man and yours don’t. 8. I’m Superior; YOUR creeds are wrong because they come from man - mine comes from God (you can find each one printed in our Scriptures). 9. I’m Superior; I don’t HAVE a creed - I’ve got 13 Articles of Faith. 10. I’m Superior; I have four standard works and you only have one — in as far as it is translated correctly. 11. I’m Superior; I can lie with impunity about such things as church membership, church growth, church doctrine, church history, church influence, etc. — and you can’t. 12. I’m Superior; I am right (everybody knows) when I say 'evangelical' Christians are lunatics -- -- You’re a hideous narrow-minded bigot, who is persecuting me by practicing discrimination by saying I'm not a Christian.
13. I’m Superior; I have a Living Prophet who talks to god every day — you have a dim-witted hireling of Satan who only talks to himself. 14. I’m Superior; I have magic underwear to protect me from the bogey man and you don’t. 15. I’m Superior; I have secret clasps and grips to give the angel so I get admitted to the celestial kingdom — you don’t so you can’t. 16. I’m Superior; I will see Joseph Smith setting on the right hand of GOD, when I get to Mormon heaven, and he will recognize me and judge me favorably — -- You’re on your own; when you get to wherever you’re going! 17. I’m Superior; I’m going to hie to Kolob while you’re going to who knows where. 18. I’m Superior; I get to have a harem and act like a celestial stud for time and all eternity and you don’t. 19. I’m Superior; I have sun stones, moon stones, sky stones, cloud stones, Saturn stones, and the evil eye of Osirus guarding my temple — all you have is a stupid cross. 20. I’m Superior; My church has billions in assets stashed away and yours has taken a stupid vow of poverty. |
accusations of bigotry and hate are substituted for reasonable debate on factual posts.
Agreed
Furthermore, JESUS told Christians to "Go and Tell":
Mark 16:15 And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.Matthew 28:19,
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (NIV)
Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (AMP)
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost... (KJV)
NOT going and telling the Gospel and the Truth would be to defy Christ's commands.
Oh boloney it is a fact there are many out there living a moral loving life who are not members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Day in and day out these threads run 24/7 with the mainstream wraths, strifes, backbiting, whisperings, swellings, tumults faultfinding about another faith!
As long as I can remember the LDS could never have a civil conversation that someone from the mainstream did not think it was their mission to muddy the water.
If that did not work, than some one will bring up x Mormons, which leads another to reply why the X-er’s left and when it was pointed out why most left, it was called being judgmental, instead of it being recognized that was a response to those who was slamming the Church in the first place.
I know people who left and the Church don’t bother them, unless those who left continue to bother the Church, and even than the Church very seldom gets involved.
In the Lord Church are anoint servants who have a responsibility and when someone leaves that all i’s dotted, and t’s been cross, meaning they are sure that is what they want to do, after that there is no more need for contact on religious basis.(being the fact that in some cases might be family or friends)
As a member there is no need to bother that person about religion, but should a member be among a crowd where some one intentionally brings up the Church to bad mouth I think that person might be called on it.
So if one say the Church won’t leave them alone there are two sides to that story.
The Church tries very hard to be good neighbors and that includes those who left.
I think it is fair to say when someone really leaves the Chruch they leave it alone.
I left the Presbtertian Church over 44 years ago for disappointing reasons but I have never started a web site and pound on them!