It May Look Good on Paper [Mormonism]

New York Times ^ | January 30, 2012 | Ian Williams

[greyfoxx39]

..................Some of us who have experienced the Mormon life firsthand would rather choose a messy, colorful America.

While it's easy to be seduced by a church known for its practicality, its financial acumen and its commitment to both self-betterment and worldly outreach, I wouldn't buy the underwear just yet. Everything comes with a caveat.

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Mormons typically create their perfect world not by embracing the future, but by fetishizing the past. The very qualities America might want — prudence, thrift, even contentment — come at a price. The Mormon way is steadfastly patriarchal; women can't hold the priesthood, and are encouraged to be as procreative as possible. Their rigid concept of "family" owes more to the early 1950s than the 20-teens.

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A culture that walks in such tidy lockstep has the advantage of homogeneity, and will always look good on paper. It certainly works for my many cousins, whom I love. But some of us who have experienced the Mormon life firsthand would rather choose a messy, colorful America lurching forward without so many confines — every day and twice on Sunday.

[Elsie]

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[ejonesie22]

Book of Jude, Chapter 1

17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”19 These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.20 But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.21 Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

[svcw]

You actually do not know any mormons do you?

[CommerceComet]

Excellent account. This is what happens when a person tries to accomplish by their own strength what the Holy Spirit should be doing. Why is this so common in Mormonism? Because the "Church" of Latter-Day Saints doesn't have the Holy Spirit and is spiritual dead.

Walter Martin was spot on in his observation of talking with Mormons about spiritual matters 'is like describing a rainbow to someone who has been blind since birth.' Of course, Scripture says the same thing: "The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Corinthians 2:14