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1 posted on 06/30/2012 7:13:53 PM PDT by Enosh
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To: Enosh

Good for them. Now they can all come home to Rome.


2 posted on 06/30/2012 7:17:01 PM PDT by caldera599
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To: Enosh
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Among the reasons cited by those resigning are the church’s political activism against gay marriage and doctrinal teachings that conflict with scientific findings or are perceived as racist or sexist.

Ok... so they're pro gay marriage and think science trumps their faith. Interesting, and yet not.
4 posted on 06/30/2012 7:25:19 PM PDT by TheZMan (Obama is without a doubt the worst President ever elected to these United States)
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To: Enosh

This is news why?


6 posted on 06/30/2012 7:25:35 PM PDT by KansasGirl
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Among the reasons cited by those resigning are the church’s political activism against gay marriage...

Got it. The Mormons just went up a notch with me.

8 posted on 06/30/2012 7:26:59 PM PDT by Prince Caspian
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To: Enosh

Who’s gonna launder all that magic underwear?


10 posted on 06/30/2012 7:29:45 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Enosh
Curious...I wonder why this is happening *now* rather than 6 months from now or 9 months ago? And why does the AP,by some chance,think it's important? I smell Osama Obama’s stench in this one.
13 posted on 06/30/2012 7:34:26 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Bill Ayers Was *Not* "Just Some Guy In The Neighborhood")
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I still don’t see where they are promoting sodomy.


16 posted on 06/30/2012 7:46:48 PM PDT by 23 Everest (When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
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To: Enosh

Of course, the question begs - what drove them to “resign” (withdraw) from the “church”? Was it that they just grew weary of the legalism? Was it the politics Mormonism (internal, not governmental)?

Was it because some wanted to exercise sinful behavior that Mormons are particularly strict in enforcing?

Or is it because they have truly been called out of the cult by the Holy Spirit, leading them to a real, true, and saving faith in Jesus Christ?

And sorry - but to “go home to Rome” would be to go from legalism to legalism, skipping the personal relationship that Christ calls us to.


19 posted on 06/30/2012 7:58:01 PM PDT by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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To: Enosh

150 people constitutes a “massive” whatever for this reporter?

Really? LOL!


23 posted on 06/30/2012 8:20:05 PM PDT by sarasmom ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xZsFe6dM3EY)
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LOL. 150, eh? 150 liberals masquerading as family loving Mormons.


25 posted on 06/30/2012 8:26:53 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Enosh

ping for later reference


30 posted on 06/30/2012 9:06:00 PM PDT by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)
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ping for later reference


31 posted on 06/30/2012 9:06:12 PM PDT by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)
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ping for later reference


32 posted on 06/30/2012 9:06:39 PM PDT by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)
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To: Enosh

ping for later reference


33 posted on 06/30/2012 9:06:54 PM PDT by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)
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They can join one of the churches whose members vote for gay marriage, Episcopalian, Roman Catholic, Community of Christ or other liberal denominations.


34 posted on 06/30/2012 9:21:47 PM PDT by ansel12
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place marker


37 posted on 06/30/2012 10:00:37 PM PDT by svcw (If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
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YEAH. SURE.

so they didn’t have the courage to do it quietly according to their conscience, but did it en mass, just in time to embarass Romney.

Coincidence?

Wonder why the numbers were so low: there’s a lot more than 150 Jack mormons in SLC...I guess most of the Jack Mormons decided that this was political, not religious...


41 posted on 07/01/2012 4:00:58 AM PDT by LadyDoc
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To: Enosh; All
I didn't see anybody comment upon this one graph from the article? (Why not?)

From the article: The church bills itself as the one “true” Christian faith, and its theology promises families eternal relationships among those who remain faithful, sealing those gifts through special religious rites.

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The middle portion of that graph -- "its theology promises families eternal relationships among those who remain faithful" -- means that mainstream Mormons still practice eternal polygamy in their own eyes...as long as they get sequentially married to serial partners in their temple.

So much for the Mormonistic PR lie that even in their own eyes, polygamy somehow went by the wayside!

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And the first part of that graph -- "The church bills itself as the one “true” Christian faith..." -- is based upon Mormon "scripture" below cited below:

Snapshot of Joseph Smith’s Slanderous Invectives vs. Christian Sects

Mormon Source

Mormon church the only ‘Christ-sanctioned’ church on earth: “…the foundation of this [Mormon] church…the ONLY true and living church on the face of the whole earth” [Obvious ‘scorched earth’ implication: All other churches are false and dead] Lds “scripture” Doctrines & Covenants 1:30

I find it absolutely amazing that we have so many FREEPER conservatives...
...reared in fairly tolerant homes...
...and having rec'd secular high school and college campuses "multi-cultural" education -- including religiously "multi-cultural" education --
--yet somehow their voices utterly fail to even comment upon Mormonism's exclusive claim that "We're the only real church in town."

Why is that? (If you're a FREEPER and you go to a non-Mormon church, why do essentially "Amen!" the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as it goes on singing how "dead" and how "false" your church is?????????)

So much for the Mormonistic PR lie that it's "tolerant" toward other churches!!!!!!!!!!!

42 posted on 07/01/2012 6:30:41 AM PDT by Colofornian (Saying Mitt would keep past political promises is like prophesying that Gumby won't bend anymore)
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