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stop referring to these people as Mormons. They are not.
Originally posted by Nakash
I'm against polygamy as well, but Why not put gays as well in the top ten list then? Plenty of evidence suggests homosexual couples raising children are much more prone to abuse children for example. I find this a gross generalisation, and many innocent people will end up lumped together with this Jeffs individual.
...fears about children of lesbians and gay men being sexually abused by adults, ostracized by peers, or isolated in single-sex lesbian or gay communities are unfounded.
Originally posted by RoadPebble
no one can ever back it up with factual evidence.
and because they really have no regard for the beliefs of others. What a sad, pathetic, and destitute state that person must be it.
other sects that may profess a relationship to that church should not be called by that nickname.
Even though the Protastant church broke off of the Catholic church do we still refer to them as Catholics?
So, in the interest of limiting confusion,
FLDS is not "Mormon".
By breaking off of an organized group you are in essence not following the leaders of that group.
And if it were Joseph Smith or Brigham Young that stated that pologamy should no longer be practiced after it was introduced to the religion this splinter group still would have formed.
and were no longer followers of the religion that he taught, and thereby, by your reasoning, were no longer "Mormons".
And, by the by, the nickname "Mormons" was first adheared to the LDS church and any other sects that may profess a relationship to that church should not be called by that nickname. It is confusing and defaming.
And if it were Joseph Smith or Brigham Young that stated that pologamy should no longer be practiced after it was introduced to the religion this splinter group still would have formed.
Zombie-jews rising out of the grave and offering salvation by eating cookies is pretty much undisputably 'whacky'.
Yes, Mormons have some weird beliefs in the Book of Mormon considering native Americans, however to my knowledge the Book of Mormon is the most edited text in human history, and the kooky things Joseph Smith wrote on Native Americans have been blotted out in most editions (though not the one this Jeffs cultist aparently uses).
Concerning your comment on the Book Of Mormon, there have been about 1000 changes made to the text and all changes have been concerning punctuation. Not a single word has been added or omitted.
And I've never heard anything preached about zombie-jews, and can't even imagine what part of Mormon doctrine this idea came out of