Posted on 11/11/2014 4:27:47 AM PST by Zakeet
Mormon leaders have acknowledged for the first time that the church’s founder and prophet, Joseph Smith, portrayed in church materials as a loyal partner to his loving spouse Emma, took as many as 40 wives, some already married and one only 14 years old.
The church’s disclosures, in a series of essays online, are part of an effort to be transparent about its history at a time when church members are increasingly encountering disturbing claims about the faith on the Internet. Many Mormons, especially those with polygamous ancestors, say they were well aware that Smith’s successor, Brigham Young, practiced polygamy when he led the flock in Salt Lake City. But they did not know the full truth about Smith.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Do you have some examples of this behavior?
with no regard as to how their religion might be affecting that which upsets them about the person.
I read this several times and I'm still don't understand what you are getting at.
In #123, you said to MHGinTN: "What religion are you that is so perfect that you feel no shame in judging Smith’s character?"
IoW, the clear implication is that unless you have a perfect religion, you CANNOT be in ANY position to...
...critique Joseph Smith...
...discern anything negative about him or his belief system...
...perhaps not even frown upon him...
(Last time I looked, 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 was still intact as part of the Scriptures):
4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
It appears that NON-Mormons know more about MormonISM than Mormons do!
Well, hey, if it makes you feel better to...
...stomp on me...
...and tell me I am "disgusting"...
...and sarcastically bite into whatever sense of glory I have or don't have...
...then, hey, go for it!
(I just think if you're going to do that, your message might come across with a tad bit more of consistency if you don't engage in the above behavior while simultaneously -- as in the same breath --
--as attempting to preach, lecture, and scold us about your personal standards & convictions re that we shouldn't be engaging in what you perceive to be "stomping" on people of "faith"...)
I mean now what?
Are we to take you at your pulpit word?
(or your actions?)
Ah...can be sooo confusing!
And, btw...where do we pick up those "religious expression licenses" that allows us to stomp on others' religious expressions...all as we go about scolding others with the message: "thou shalt not stomp on others' religious expressions"???
(I guess I'm always in the wrong line :) )
Have a good evening.
It is not religious persecution. It is religious debate. And it is the only format for posters to air their religious differences.
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No worries, Mod — a good night’s sleep always leads to a fresh outlook. When I have the time to finally unwind and think things through, I realize it doesn’t affect me, and — honestly — it never will. It’ll do me good to remember that (again). ;-)
Thanks for the forum tip.
I just came from there...
...doing what I can to show some facts that have been retained by MormonISM, that today's Mormons may have no idea that they exist.
(I've NO idea why today's Mormons that DO know they exist, are so upset by them.)
Perhaps not.
Start your OWN thread and ask it.
We FI's are well aware of the red herring/rabbit hole tactics of Mormons and their ilk.
HMMMmmm...
Did you not just state THIS??
Showe me where I did.
Bernie Madoff another fine representative of the Jewish faith. Why do so many Jews betray everything that is wonderful about the Jewish faith?
Instead you feel so glorious that you can stomp on the Mormon Church and the People who believe in their faith. I think you are disgusting.
Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself.
If he ever comes back to this thread, and explains more fully: ping me to it, please.
True.
I should have mentioned I was thinking of the folks who frequent FR.
Genesis 4:9
I should have mentioned I was thinking of the folks who frequent FR.
(It's called the same thing our nation's capital is...in fact, Washington D.C. isn't the District of Columbia at all...originally it was Washington Damage Control...Under the Obama admin, it's Washington D.o.D. ... DamageonDemand...)
SHATNER is AWESOME! He had every space babe from here to Alpha Centari! As for the Green dude, very very Guilty!
The ones he missed were collected by Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans
I do not fear the truth. I do not believe in Mormonism, but I do not see constant attacks on it to be the best way to spread the Truth of the Gospels - it hinders the effectiveness of spreading the Good News when one is constantly harping on the negative.
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