Posted on 07/31/2014 11:11:43 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
Mormons have some really weird beliefs. For example, many (all) Mormons believe they (males only) can take a cooking/salad oil, pour just a small drop on the crown of your head and their god will heal them of almost anything.
Mormons believe that by wearing ugly underwear bought from a specific company, their god will protect them from harm.
Mormons believe that by wearing a really weird looking costume they are taught secret ways to touch angels so after they die, the angels will let Mormons get into heaven quicker.
Mormons believe their god requires women to not wear outer clothing that covers their crotch (pants) to worship their god in a large and spacious room (chapel).
Mormons believe that a little torn piece of bread and a small sip of water that has been chanted over and then swallowed will require their god to forgive them for their sins.
Mormons believe by consuming certain foods and wearing funny looking clothes god loves them more than the rest of the humans.
It is the same with all parents. We love our children more or less depending upon how ugly their clothes are and how they consume small bits of food items.
The Mormon god must have a sense of humor watching his "SPECIAl" children called Mormons think this makes god love them the most.
But you can censure others. How Roman Catholic!
If someone mentions the site owner it's perfectly OK to bring up a post of his that relates to the thread subject.
BTW, I did NOT call you a leftist and my post about JR wasn't directed at you.
Huh?
Mormons are still welcome. Muzzies, marxists and mittwits, not so much, but Mormons? The few I've met were always decent. I don't hate them. Do you?
It is quite clear that Elsie is a Christian.
What denomination? You and she know my denomination of Christianity, why can’t I know hers?
Oh, Oh, Oh, I can answer that one, because that would be making the thread about her..., er him.
Calling us bigots is OK but identifying others by their particular faith group is OK?
Please leave the thread now.
It’s always weird to me that people use monikers that are the opposite of their sex, lol!
but they were so nasty against the Christians and many of their articles were slurs against Christianity,
so they lost that privilege..
The Christians are gone...
It is just us good people doing what we do best
Your post was removed because it made a claim about another poster that fits the mindreading criteria, which is not allowed.
Posters may or may not declare their religion or denomination.
It’s not a requirement.
In the heat of the Missouri “Mormon War” of 1838, Joseph Smith made the following claim - and threat,
“I will be a second Mohammed to this generation…whose motto, in treating for peace, was ‘the Alcoran [Koran] or the Sword,’ so shall it be eventually with us, ‘Joseph Smith or the Sword.’ ”[1]
It is most interesting that a self-proclaimed Christian prophet would liken himself to Mohammed, the founder of Islam. His own comparison invites us to take a closer look as well. And when we do, we find some striking—and troubling—parallels. Consider the following.
Mohammed and Joseph Smith both had humble beginnings. Neither had formal religious connections or upbringing, and both were relatively uneducated. Both founded new religions by creating their own scriptures. In fact, followers of both prophets claim these scriptures are miracles since their authors were the most simple and uneducated of men.[2]
Both prophets claim of having angel visitations, and of receiving divine revelation to restore pure religion to the earth again. Mohammed was told that both Jews and Christians had long since corrupted their scriptures and religion. In like manner, Joseph Smith was told that all of Christianity had become corrupt, and that consequently the Bible itself was no longer reliable. In both cases, this corruption required a complete restoration of both scripture and religion. Nothing which preceded either prophet could be relied upon any longer. Both prophets claim they were used of God to restore eternal truths which once existed on earth, but had been lost due to human corruption.
Both prophets created new scripture which borrowed heavily from the Bible, but with a substantially new “spin.” In his Koran, Mohammed appropriates a number of Biblical themes and characters—but he changes the complete sense of many passages, claiming to “correct” the Bible. In so doing he changes many doctrines, introducing his own in their place. In like manner, Joseph Smith created the Book of Mormon, much of which is plagiarized directly from the King James Bible. Interestingly, the Book of Mormon claims that this same Bible has been substantially corrupted and is therefore unreliable. In addition, Joseph Smith went so far as to actually create his own version of the Bible itself, the “Inspired Version,” in which he both adds and deletes significant portions of text, claiming he is “correcting” it. In so doing he also changes many doctrines, introducing his own in their place.
As a part of their new scriptural “spin,” both prophets saw themselves as prophesied in scripture, and both saw themselves as a continuation of a long line of Biblical prophets. Mohammed saw himself as a continuation of the ministry of Moses and Jesus. Joseph Smith saw himself as a successor to Enoch, Melchizedek, Joseph and Moses. Joseph Smith actually wrote himself into his own version of the Bible—by name.
Both prophets held up their own scripture as superior to the Bible. Mohammed claimed that the Koran was a perfect copy of the original which was in heaven. The Koran is therefore held to be absolutely perfect, far superior to the Bible and superceding it. In like manner, Joseph Smith also made the following claim. “I told the Brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding its precepts, than by any other book.”[3]
Despite their claim that the Bible was corrupt, both prophets admonished their followers to adhere to its teachings. An obvious contradiction, this led to selective acceptance of some portions and wholesale rejection of others. As a result, the Bible is accepted by both groups of followers only to the extent that it agrees with their prophet’s own superior revelation.
Both Mohammed and Joseph Smith taught that true salvation was to be found only in their respective religions. Those who would not accept their message were considered “infidels,” pagans or Gentiles. In so doing, both prophets became the enemy of genuine Christianity, and have led many people away from the Christ of the Bible.
Both prophets encountered fierce opposition to their new religions and had to flee from town to town because of threats on their lives. Both retaliated to this opposition by forming their own militias. Both ultimately set up their own towns as model societies.
Both Mohammed and Joseph Smith left unclear instructions about their successors. The majority of Mohammed’s followers, Sunni Muslims, believe they were to elect their new leader, whereas the minority, Shiite Muslims, believe Mohammed’s son was to be their next leader. Similarly, the majority of Joseph Smith’s followers, Mormons, believed their next prophet should have been the existing leader of their quorum of twelve apostles, whereas the minority, RLDS, believed Joseph Smith’s own son should have been their next prophet. Differences on this issue, and many others, have created substantial tension between these rival groups of each prophet.
Mohammed taught that Jesus was just another of a long line of human prophets, of which he was the last. He taught that he was superior to Christ and superceded Him. In comparison, Joseph Smith also made the following claim.
“I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam. A large majority of the whole have stood by me. Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did it. I boast that no man ever did such a work as I. The followers of Jesus ran away from Him, but the Latter-day Saints never ran away from me yet.”[4]
In light of these parallels, perhaps Joseph Smith’s claim to be a second Mohammed unwittingly became his most genuine prophecy of all.
http://saintsalive.com/resourcelibrary/mormonism/qi-will-be-a-second-mohammedq
Thanks for clearing it up.
I’m a Catholic, by the way. Proud to let it be known, lol, no matter how many attacks!
I have to convince no one of anything. If someone cannot see that it was not a “religious” post by reading it, no one will ever convince them otherwise. But mocking another religion (false or otherwise) is not “religious” in nature. And if it’s not politics, then it is simply childish behavior.
Now if you or someone else can offer some sort of argument that would suggest that publishing the beliefs of any religion in a mocking fashion like this advances the cause of any religion, I’ll tip my hat to that person. No legitimate religion establishes the truth of their religion by mocking some other one.
But inasmuch as recent news accounts have been filled with the suggestion that Mitt Romney is considering another go at the Presidency, and considering the fact that his LDS religion still gives him at least 30 pounds of lead in his run, I’d say that raising some of the many oddities about Mormonism and then presenting them in the most absurd fashion possible, is a good way to start the early attack. And it is generally sneak attacks like this that the low information voter rarely sees coming. That’s why it works.
And who says they wear funny clothes? The Mormons I see are generally well dressed,
Took me some time....but I realized the truth.
Attacks??
I don't think so....
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