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75. Poligamy was around long before LDS

Fri Nov 13, 2015, 02:10 PM

Nov 2015

The primary reason why a change of church doctrine occurred in regard to marriage, was to appease Washington DC in an attempt to admit Utah to the Union.

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Thousands of Mormons Plan to Abandon the Faith This Weekend [View all] Newsjock Nov 2015 OP

So everyone that is left is a proud bigot, announced and everything. That's jtuck004 Nov 2015 #1

My favorite responce to proselytizers: edgineered Nov 2015 #11

No. That's unfair. The Mormon church is very authoritarian, Hortensis Nov 2015 #42

Well if it is God's will to be anti LGBT it really upaloopa Nov 2015 #52

Rationality doesn't enter into religion. You know that. Hortensis Nov 2015 #55

I quit my baptized religion when I was old enough upaloopa Nov 2015 #56

Me too. I'm not only not a person of faith and have never Hortensis Nov 2015 #58

My brother is a Catholic priest upaloopa Nov 2015 #59

Umhm. My half sister has a strong bent to fundamentalist Hortensis Nov 2015 #60

Nonage, the Higher Self... Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #78

Lol. Their religion is bigoted and nasty and hateful at its core. Sold by greasy, smiling snake-oil jtuck004 Nov 2015 #57

Goodness. You know the saying that religion makes good Hortensis Nov 2015 #62

" raising happy children in very good homes" < Adhering to a religion of bigoty and hate - how jtuck004 Nov 2015 #64

It's not a religion of bigotry and hate - as religions go. Hortensis Nov 2015 #66

Lol. "manifests against religion " < Poor, poor religionists. Hypocrites packed into jtuck004 Nov 2015 #68

So you do reject all "religionists," and reject them all equally, Hortensis Nov 2015 #69

Adheriing strictly to a fundementalist religion is the very definition of bigotry. LiberalLovinLug Nov 2015 #92

And yet I knew Mormons who were open and accepting, Hortensis Nov 2015 #93

I disagree it makes good people better Skittles Nov 2015 #81

Good one. :) Hortensis Nov 2015 #83

I always wondered if Joseph Smith played a huge joke on the gullible mdbl Nov 2015 #82

LOL Skittles Nov 2015 #80

Actually no. LiberalNotLibertine Nov 2015 #74

They are big enough to stand up to bullies, or support and become them, and not hide behind jtuck004 Nov 2015 #76

Slate article put it succinctly tomm2thumbs Nov 2015 #2

this cult onecent Nov 2015 #3

The daughter needs to charge grandma rent avebury Nov 2015 #67

"Shut down" a church?! WE. DON'T. DO. THAT. Hortensis Nov 2015 #84

You can have him help you here if your looking to have your name removed FreeState Nov 2015 #4

Hi sweetie. Long time no see. yardwork Nov 2015 #24

Hi! You too! FreeState Nov 2015 #29

it is time to put a stop to the bullshit Skittles Nov 2015 #5

They need to file a letter of resignation? NonMetro Nov 2015 #6

If you don't file a letter they won't leave you alone FreeState Nov 2015 #7

Wow. I just posted almost the exact same reply. (eom) StevieM Nov 2015 #10

Don't they convert or baptise Jews posthumously. ToxMarz Nov 2015 #15

I think they usually wait until you have been dead for 110 years to baptize you, but I believe that StevieM Nov 2015 #18

Bizarre! NonMetro Nov 2015 #20

The LDS Church keeps people on the membership rolls unless they formally resign in writing. StevieM Nov 2015 #8

+1 :) FreeState Nov 2015 #13

I am curious. StevieM Nov 2015 #38

A few DU members are still paid-up* members of this hate group. LeftyMom Nov 2015 #9

I once knew a Mormon woman who was a liberal Democrat. StevieM Nov 2015 #22

That still doesn't explain the dark skin as a sign of god's disfavor thing. LeftyMom Nov 2015 #25

I think the Book of Mormon originally said that their skin became "white and delightsome." StevieM Nov 2015 #26

I guess it's the same way that many progressive Dems are still iandhr Nov 2015 #32

I don't get that either. I bounced as soon as the family would let me. LeftyMom Nov 2015 #35

No, it's not the same. The Catholic Church will baptize the children of LGBT. n/t pnwmom Nov 2015 #90

Got it iandhr Nov 2015 #94

You need to read up on the documentary: "A Sinner in Mecca".... Moonwalk Nov 2015 #37

+1 BuddhaGirl Nov 2015 #46

Very good explanation. And some people of faith Ilsa Nov 2015 #53

+1. Thanks, Moonwalk. Hortensis Nov 2015 #85

Yeah, how can a Mormon be a Democrat B2G Nov 2015 #41

Can a Christian Identity believer be a good Democrat? LeftyMom Nov 2015 #45

I am not referring to radical fringe groups. nt B2G Nov 2015 #49

Lacking pre-qualifiers, "ANY religious person" directly implies radical fringe groups. LanternWaste Nov 2015 #50

Thanks for the hot posting tip. nt B2G Nov 2015 #51

I dunno. Why don't you ask Harry Reid? KamaAina Nov 2015 #71

And yet most Democrats identify themselves as religious. Hortensis Nov 2015 #86

There's a hit Broadway musical about the Mormons LiberalElite Nov 2015 #12

Satire, from the creators of South Park. Beartracks Nov 2015 #27

ok that explains it - eom LiberalElite Nov 2015 #28

Saw it. It was hysterical. Laffy Kat Nov 2015 #30

If you have a chance to see it... iandhr Nov 2015 #33

It is incredibly funny. roody Nov 2015 #36

The audience was screaming with laughter yellerpup Nov 2015 #44

Good...its about time they raised the age to 18 Submariner Nov 2015 #14

Sadly, the new policy also mandates that when the child turns 18 they must disavow StevieM Nov 2015 #16

Holding the children responsible for the sins of the parents is keithbvadu2 Nov 2015 #17

The parents did not actually commit a sin. StevieM Nov 2015 #23

"actually commit" - The church does not care about that part. keithbvadu2 Nov 2015 #63

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #19

The Fed should take over that evil state. Dawson Leery Nov 2015 #21

The fact that people need support to leave the LDS church iandhr Nov 2015 #31

It really does. Most Mormon life takes place within Hortensis Nov 2015 #87

I don't think grasp how much it controls FreeState Nov 2015 #95

No. I saw but didn't feel. What I saw from the outside Hortensis Nov 2015 #96

Well as someone who grew up in the church your assumptions are not what I experienced n/t FreeState Nov 2015 #97

They weren't assumptions, just descriptions of the faces Hortensis Nov 2015 #98

Youth Group is Mutual, right? I thought the night of Mutual varied, from week to week. (eom) StevieM Nov 2015 #99

The have "combined" groups or just your age group/sex FreeState Nov 2015 #100

But is that what they call "Mutual" or am I thinking of something else? (eom) StevieM Nov 2015 #101

Yes - they still call it that FreeState Nov 2015 #102

thank you for this--just reinforces how whacked they are. let us not forget the white horse niyad Nov 2015 #34

I just finished reading: Under the Banner of Heaven. Scary stuff! Paper Roses Nov 2015 #39

I wish them luck Jack Rabbit Nov 2015 #40

Mormons have to fill out a form to 'quit' their church? Isn't that a Corporate tactic? Sunlei Nov 2015 #43

It's not that they have to fill out a form to quit and stop attending. StevieM Nov 2015 #48

Or, a person can undertake acts of an apostate, and have their name struck HereSince1628 Nov 2015 #79

Wow JLTaylor Nov 2015 #47

leaving the Church of LDS is traumatic-- lanlady Nov 2015 #54

Thousands Are Sailing AngryAmish Nov 2015 #61

I didn't know the LDS church would go so against the words of Jesus. mwooldri Nov 2015 #65

I didn't know the LDS church would go so against the words of Jesus. The CCC Nov 2015 #70

The Mormon church wants people to understand Don Draper Nov 2015 #72

Poligamy was around long before LDS LiberalNotLibertine Nov 2015 #75

I really don't have a dog in this fight. LiberalNotLibertine Nov 2015 #73

Mormons are deeply entrenched in their church, it's hard to leave IronLionZion Nov 2015 #77

They just put 10% of their income back in their pockets! zwyziec Nov 2015 #88

It is the weekend ... Srkdqltr Nov 2015 #89

a quick google of the story Maeve Nov 2015 #91