Joseph Smith Is Tarred and Feathered [LDS lesson in children's class ages 8-11]

LDS.org Primary ^ | 1977

[bcsco]

Non Sequitor.

Exactly. Thus my use of 'absurd'.

[greyfoxx39]

I also suspect they avoid these diescussions out of fear of attack and even getting banned.

LOL...and now we have the

"poor persecuted victims card" in play...

[sniff..sniff..I smell "retread"]

[Tread EZ]

There is no such list.

Colofornian; Elsie; FastCoyote; svcw; Zakeet; SkyPilot; rightazrain; Tennessee Nana; ...

You pinged it and it is a symptom of intellectual or rhetorical weakness.

[bcsco]

He’s trying to draw us in to something. Not sure exactly what, but he’s doing a poor job of it.

[Vendome]

Seems to be the direction we are going to go though.

[greyfoxx39]

I’m sorry you had a taste of the “nicest people in the world”. I hope you have moved.

[Tread EZ]

What are talking about? We are discussing doctrinal differences of LDS and just about any other branch of Christianity.

I believe they refer to themselves as "The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints.

Glen Beck sure thinks he's a Christian

[Vendome]

I can’t figure it myself. There is no direction just leading questions that have only one obvious answer from their perspective.

I am trying to think of the last nOOb who had this same style but can’t recall their nic.

Tread EZ 12-20-10

[greyfoxx39]

He’s trying to draw us in to something.

'S OK! He's keeping the thread bumped...

[bcsco]

Seems to be the direction we are going to go though.

Not if we ignore him. The unspoken point is within his tagline (God bless you and yours). He asks the question "In America, who decides who is a Christian? Should it be the Baptist Christians, the Catholic Christians, or the "church" that protests at soldier's funerals??" yet his tagline defines him as Christian. So, one would think he'd define 'who decides who is a Christian' based predominantly on what religious belief he adheres to. After all, he's a Christian, right? And he belongs to a given 'faith' based on their doctrine being true.

Then why ask the question, unless it's meant to draw us in to something he wants to espouse, or bring up about us? So, why should we bother? I don't care what he believes. It's what I believe that counts. Nor do I care what points he feels compelled to make. They're not my points, nor do I have the intuition they'd be compelling. So, why bother? I'm done with him.

[bcsco]

Our office manager was LDS, though from Oregon by way of New York. He and his family found it difficult to be ‘accepted’ as well. It’s as much a ‘valley’ thing as it is religiously based.

Yes, we returned to Illinois in ‘90. What we called ‘The Real World’ at the time.

[Tread EZ]

It is a symptom of the problem that you automatically think that a tag line of “God bless you and yours” necessarily means I am a Christian. Jewish FReepers would probably disagree with you.

[bcsco]

That’s a point. But then, why would you be baiting a discussion of Mormon vs. Christian theology as a Jew? What would be your motive? Again, you’re baiting us. And I for one am through.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I am going to have to remember that one. Great response.

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Feel free to copy source and use it!

[Tread EZ]

I am not a Jew and I am not “baiting” any discussion. My thesis is that these anti-mormon threads are unAmerican, and by extension, un-FR.

[Vendome]

He and others may very well be. I ain’t up for the job of determining that. Some other guy got the job and that’s a good thing because I make way to many mistakes to be trusted with that decision.

However, that is a recent development in LDS to consider themselves Christians but the members have a view that all others are lesser Christians.

They do not believe we are all part of the larger body of Christ and equal Christians.

If you really want to go through all this fine but that is what was explained to me by someone with a superiority complex and then again by some friends.

I walked away and thought “Huh! Well okay”.

BTW, it is based on doctrinal differences they make their pitch to everyone else.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I don’t know what I am telegraphing except that it is ignorant to attack another FReepers’ religion without provocation.

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YEA! Like that Apostle Paul guy!

"And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness." II Corinthians

[mnehring]

Duh, it is a different religion.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

"Did you see that early on in the thread someone pinged an anti-Mormon ping list?
I don't think an open discussion of religious beliefs is possible on FR--caucuses
insulate from dissent, and open threads invite attack from ping list nazis. It is
to our great shame. "

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Oh, no, you aren't trying to be offensive...

[aMorePerfectUnion]

"My thesis is that these anti-mormon threads are unAmerican, and by extension, un-FR."

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Your thesis is wrong. Americans have discussed and disagreed about religion since the beginning. You are on the RELIGION forum at FR. We are discussing RELIGION...