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Response to csziggy (Reply #30)

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The Danites, led by my g-g-g-grandfather, probably actually did it. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #1
did you see the movie about the massacre, called "september dawn"? I tried watching it, but niyad Sep 2013 #3
Yes, I did. It's especially chilling, knowing what I know. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #7
not exactly the sort of ancestor of whom one is proud. the small amount of research I have done niyad Sep 2013 #10
Actually, he was a very interesting person when not murdering for the church. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #11
Very interesting BrotherIvan Sep 2013 #13
He's famous. He published his autobiography in the 1800s. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #17
Thanks for the link BrotherIvan Sep 2013 #18
He was Chief of the Danites, and answered only to Joe Smith and Brigham Young. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #29
a most interesting person indeed. and yes, one does wonder-- he really was brave then. niyad Sep 2013 #14
have you heard about this new show? niyad Sep 2013 #16
Nobody ever likes to talk about the excess males that don't fit into this system. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #28
From the web page, "Your Heroes Are Not Our Heroes." www.brotherhooddays.com mikekohr Sep 2013 #2
thank you for this excellent information niyad Sep 2013 #4
This event was pointed out to my RW friends when Romney was running for president Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #5
I got a lot of flack when I pointed this event out to the reichwingnutjobs here. niyad Sep 2013 #6
Actually I did not get a good response either but it gave Romney a knock. Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #8
I occasionally encounter a woman who still wears an rmoney/ryan button on her jacket. she lives niyad Sep 2013 #9
Would you think she might be a part of the 47%? Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #12
. . . niyad Sep 2013 #15
This is certainly well worth discussing, less anybody accidentally trust any of those hated Mormons el_bryanto Sep 2013 #19
Every faith has to confront the ugliness of its past. Lutherans have to deal geek tragedy Sep 2013 #21
Yep - and this is the perfect place to do it. el_bryanto Sep 2013 #23
I never miss an opportunity to bash Martin Luther, as you can read. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #24
Why not? I mean the people who committed the Mountain Meadows Massacre had a set of beliefs el_bryanto Sep 2013 #25
Nationalism, tribalism, ethnocentrism, and religious fanaticism are hardly geek tragedy Sep 2013 #26
Yes, I am descended from Baptists who twisted their religion csziggy Sep 2013 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Sep 2013 #31
how sad CountAllVotes Sep 2013 #27
actually, it is well worth discussing, for many reasons. you will notice that this thread was about niyad Sep 2013 #32
What aspects of it are well worth discussing and applicable in our modern era? nt el_bryanto Sep 2013 #34
~~30~~ niyad Sep 2013 #36
Well if that's the point - that I should abandon Mormonism - and that's why this issue needs to be el_bryanto Sep 2013 #37
Brigham Young was the Yasser Arafat of American history. nt geek tragedy Sep 2013 #20
i thought there was a good account of this in "Under the Banner of Heaven" Scout Sep 2013 #22
thank you. couldn't think of the name of the book. niyad Sep 2013 #33
. . . niyad Sep 2013 #35
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