Posted on 11/28/2012 6:00:38 PM PST by Colofornian
http://www.lds.org/church/news/mormonor ... c?lang=eng
How about being straight up and saying that Mormons put on costumes and chant rituals in secret buildings that only 10% of gross earnings paid as "tithes" allow entrance?
Mormonism wants people to think they are normal that they are just Christians like everyone else. Each year they get rid of more and more of their embarrassing doctrines - or doctrines that aren't politically correct anymore. Apologist attack dogs fight any critics on technicalities.
Mormonism has one thing that works for them - and that is the funneling of cash from members to the Cult coffers. This is done through mandatory tithe. And in order to make this tithe work - and make the member believe in the Cult enough to pay - they have to have the secret temple ceremonies. You have to put a ton of make believe in there.
Stephen R. Donaldson is one of my favorite authors. In one of his series of books he explained how a great and noble group of leaders were slowly corrupted through the centuries by simple infiltration of ideas. The ideas changed the group slowly until they went from helping people to human sacrifices. The new leaders of the group knew what was going on - but they surrounded themselves with those who only had faith - not knowledge. Those who had faith were much stronger because they were driven by the new cult. Those who held faith were much easier to control.
Pondering the story Donaldson had written I saw the same manifested in the Cult of Mormonism. If you have members who are so convinced you are the one and only true Cult, they will not hesitate to open their pocketbooks and hand over everything. Mormonism needs this kind of special, secret, garment wearing, new name, pay lay ale - in order to keep the tithes flowing. If the cat is out of the bag, the tithing will stop.
So the reality is there is a certain point where Mormonism must stop moving towards Christianity - it has to because money is ultimately the top priority of the Cult. Money - Power - Control.
Look at all the recovery boards right now - even the NOM boards. What is the #1 topic right now because of upcoming December? Tithing. Tithing. Tithing. Oh and don't forget tithing. Sign up for tithing settlement. And don't forget to sign up for tithing settlement.
“All of our messaging is focused on helping people understand that Mormons are Christian,”
Naw, Mormonism isn't a Christian church. It's a secretive Cult with very cultish practices and it has to stay that way - or go broke.
bye-bye...
Yes.
As soon as they die; any lies they told are immediately liable to be superceded by new and different ones.
3. The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.
You keep typing stuff; don't you?
When are you going to face the FACT that you are DAMNED by your own prophet?
One cannot respond when one has been banned/zotted. So I don’t know what you’re talking about. I was zotted for about a year.
Looks like you and Mitt are BOTH losers!
There are a lot of folks who'd rather be praised into Hell;
than rebuked into Heaven.
“Looks like you and Mitt are BOTH losers!”
Thank you for such a kind statement to one who took time and effort to run in CA.
You had BETTER 'pray' that BY was WRONG about the polygamy thing!
Poor baby!
Don't like OTHER folks being able to SHOW what a farce MORMONism is?
Too bad.
But; you are still FREE to blather on...
Go for it.
Geeze, and I thought Roman Catholicism was bad. :P
The only thing being PULLED around here appears to be your chain!
That's NOTHING compared to what BY warned you about!!
“But; you are still FREE to blather on...”
I was banned/zotted for almost a year; therefore, I was not free to express my heart-felt concerns while you and the other anti Mormon/anti MormonISM folk were free to “blather on” and on and on and on as you say.
"Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives, and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned;
and I will go still further and say, take this revelation, or any other revelation that the Lord has given,
and deny it in your feelings, and I promise that you will be damned.
Brigham Young - JoD 3:266 (July 14, 1855)
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