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skepticscott
(13,029 posts)who think Jesus was just a distant relative of the guiding energy of the universe. At least when it suits them. And when there are elsewhere, sucking up to their Xstian cronies, their version of god and jeebus changes like a chameleon to fit the moment.
This is more for the believers in the trinity. The we are a christian nation people. It should not sit well with them, yet it seems to be?.
patrice
(47,992 posts)bluerum
(6,109 posts)marybourg
(12,531 posts)pwb
(11,189 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,082 posts)The links you get are just pages that mention 'Jesus' and 'angel' and 'Mormon' on the same page. Google results these days don't even have to have the words you search for on the page returned; sometimes they are just on an associated page. Nothing I see on the first page of results looks relevant to your claim.
Why don't you link to a genuine explanation of Mormon beliefs instead? It's save everyone else a lot of bother, since you've know what it says.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)I can't say for sure what Mitt might believes, and I'll oppose him on political rather than religious grounds.
laconicsax
(14,860 posts)struggle4progress
(117,949 posts)pwb
(11,189 posts)Guess you did not.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,082 posts)I told you; your Google search was useless.
Just give us the real links.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)The fact that the Book of Mormon says xxxx or the Doctrine and Covenants say yyyy or the General Council says zzzz doesn't make it Mormon belief.
Mormons believe different things at different times, just like everybody else. That said, for a surprisingly not completely wrong take, see this Chick tract:
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0061/0061_01.asp
It summarizes all their more outrageous beliefs past or present.
Obviously it is propaganda, take it as such.
demosincebirth
(12,517 posts)Book of Mormon.
provis99
(13,062 posts)his thoughts on it: "The Mormon Bible is rather stupid and tiresome to read, but there is nothing vicious in its teachings. Its code of morals is unobjectionable --it is "smouched" from the New Testament and no credit given."
2ndAmForComputers
(3,527 posts)laconicsax
(14,860 posts)...some people will think that you're unfit for office.
pwb
(11,189 posts)Evangelical Christians are a huge voting block that vote puke. Post was more about religious voters than religion itself.
2ndAmForComputers
(3,527 posts)Except for the most deranged of the deranged voters, a repub who's Jewish, if he's enough of a dick, is a-OK for them. I see Mormons being generally regarded the same way. (If not now, once the novelty wears off.) Yeah, it doesn't make sense, but it's Republicans we're talking about. Being a dick to everything and everybody trumps all.
I had more hope for the "hey, evengelicals, did you know he's a Mormon?" line of action, but now I'm starting to think it'll be of very limited efficacy.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)jeepnstein
(2,631 posts)are wrestling with this issue. Mormons over the last few years have really tried hard to portray themselves as mainline Christians. They jump through all sorts of hoops to prove this. In reality, they are something quite different from what passes for a Christian church. For all the differences between the various denominations, the differences are really minute when compared to LDS doctrine. Mormons get all sorts of outraged when this is brought up.
We'll have to see how this all plays out. I do know it has the potential to split the previously solid voting bloc known as the Religious Right if it's played properly. What I expect to happen, though, is for the anti-Christians to drive them into Romney's arms.
edhopper
(33,075 posts)Mormon's founder was a charlatan and many of his claims were proven false at the time he made them.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Not just a charlatan but an actually convicted conman.
As far as I'm concerned any evangelical voter we peel away from Romney by pointing out what Mormons actually believe is a win.
daaron
(763 posts)Interestingly, in their original formulation, secret societies were forbidden, but almost all the founders of Mormonism had a change of heart and became die-hard Masons, going so far as to incorporate many Masonic concepts, symbols and even rituals into their religious practice.
There's a short article on Wikipedia, but of course much more is available on the subject given a little oomph.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry_and_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement
At some point, America will have to confront it's Masonic (not Christian) origin story. And one day, I expect, the Freemasons will tell us what we need to know to face that truth. The role of secret societies in U.S. history has been quite profound, and is interesting from an anthropological and historical perspective, without recrimination. Perhaps one day we will be able to utilize this information to put some of the pieces together, and some of the ghosts to rest.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)I vouch that it is true as recounted.
A visitor nowadays to Temple Square sees a much different representation than was there in the early 1960s. The mummified Native Americans are gone too. That was eerie, not to mention disrespectful.
daaron
(763 posts)How secretive many fraternal orders became as the 20th century wore on.