Thank you. By your own admission and behavior (anyone can see by checking your posting history) you prove my point that neither you nor Elsie understand the purpose of this site. You actually undermine it by making it an unwelcome place for those who are members of the most politically conservative religion in America. You abuse it for your own hateful agendas, ignoring the purpose and mission of this site.
Spiff, you are very welcome here. This is a Free Republic where comments are encouraged, not like Nauvoo where the mayor there (a certain man named "Smith") sent 200 mobocrats to attack & destroy the place.
You abuse it...
Free speech isn't "abuse," Spiff.
(Perhaps you've been indoctrinated by your leaders to the extent that most critical feedback has been muzzled...A when your leaders speak, the thinking's been done mentality).
To get back to your point about a "welcoming place," just because Mormon missionaries have numerous times knocked on my door through the years, and many of them have recited to me their belief in a "universal apostasy" -- indirectly labeling me as an "apostate" -- I don't see their presence as a neighborhood "threat" in that they treat all non-Mormons as "apostates" and sons & daughters of "apostates."
Spiff I won't recite (you wouldn't likely be interested, anyway) in the long litany of comments made vs. Christians and the Christian church by Mormons for all these years.
Just because I can go to Lds.org and other Mormon Web sites 24/7 and pull up all these comments -- does that make all these Web sites "unwelcoming places?"
I don't see how your comments can face the scrutiny of consistent application.
When my own particular faith is assailed (which happens a lot) I respond with a few facts and then close by saying that I’m not asking anyone to join the faith I belong to.
That said, Colofornian’s posts present information that, on a discussion forum, should be answered with information. Instead, Colofornians’ case that Mormons evade challenges is met with what, to my eyes, looks like evasion.
Before anoyone goes off thinking I’m anti-Mormon I’d like to say that I have a blog (which I will not ‘pimp’ on FR) and I’d say about 1/3 of my readers are LDS, RLDS, and FLDS. While they may not all get on so well, I like all of them just fine.
That said, if Colofornian challenges your beliefs then meet those challenges with the facts as you see them. Or not. But to simply reply with name calling and etc. is to pour gasoline on a fire.
For people like me, who don’t really care one way or the other on LDS/RLDS/FLDS doctrine and history, what I see so far is Colofornian making an insistent case against the LDS and not much in the way of good argument is being presented in return. Ironically, the responses to his posts from people who are allegedly LDS seem to illustrate his points.
Again, I’m not throwing down on the LDS posters but I am imploring you to make a better case for your faith when you post a response to Colofornian!
Or don’t reply at all.
Whatever you do, at least acknowledge that you can’t logically refute accusations of being evasive and repressive with evasion and repression. I especially cringe for you people when you do these things on behalf of your church and you don’t see what you’re doing.
When I speak on behalf of my faith I think about it carefully because I know that I am a missionary for my faith when I speak for it. I am only imploring the LDS people on here to do the same.
Happy New Year to you all.
And this is supposed to make it ok for MORMONism to advance it's heretical cause?
Suck it up and take it; because WE are going NOWHERE!