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Mon Sep 17, 2012, 10:57 AM

oberliner (22,134 posts)

76. It's a good thing nobody ever insults their prophet

Imagine what would happen if someone broadcasted a cartoonish parody of Joseph Smith!

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95 replies	Author	Time	Post
Nonpublic weird beliefs of mormons [View all]	Laurajr	Sep 2012	OP
Sports should not be played on Sunday?	LiberalFighter	Sep 2012	#1
My guy laughs at the Mormon churches/temples as we drive by them on our way to the sports bar on	blueamy66	Sep 2012	#54
Our pastor always makes a comment about praying for the Chiefs at the end of services,	xmas74	Sep 2012	#88
Can I get an AMEN?	blueamy66	Sep 2012	#93
so you're okay with the story of paradise in the Garden, talking snakes and all.....	piratefish08	Sep 2012	#2
You can take all that as symbolism like in the Bible	marions ghost	Sep 2012	#5
I think the 'Mitt comes to save the Constitution' part is worthy of note...did you miss that bit	Bluenorthwest	Sep 2012	#6
I'm an atheist. the whole 'anyone' will save us bit seems funny to me......	piratefish08	Sep 2012	#20
Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally.	DefenseLawyer	Sep 2012	#41
LOL!	smirkymonkey	Sep 2012	#45
If you saw the area of Missouri you'd understand the joke.	xmas74	Sep 2012	#89
I don't believe in the garden of Eden...Period	Laurajr	Sep 2012	#3
But do you believe that Mitt has come to save the Constitution and America?	Bluenorthwest	Sep 2012	#7
Geesh	Laurajr	Sep 2012	#31
I agree with you	Jim Lane	Sep 2012	#33
People do that a lot here, don't take it	Raine	Sep 2012	#34
interesting site for ex-Mormons	marions ghost	Sep 2012	#4
All Christians believe the moon will turn to blood. All of them.	boppers	Sep 2012	#50
OK so that's where it comes from	marions ghost	Sep 2012	#57
The KJ Bible is known for its poetry. As in: metaphors.	WinkyDink	Sep 2012	#69
Bullshit	regnaD kciN	Sep 2012	#86
Is the bible accurate, or not?	boppers	Oct 2012	#95
two of them were way out there...	AsahinaKimi	Sep 2012	#8
People living on the moon/sun is pretty crazy.	JoeyT	Sep 2012	#27
heh...	AsahinaKimi	Sep 2012	#30
easy now........ the Moonies have been around for years	oldhippydude	Sep 2012	#82
They are only partially right about the moon. There are people there, but they aren't Quakers	Tyrs WolfDaemon	Sep 2012	#40
That must have been	AsahinaKimi	Sep 2012	#42
We are a hardy people. A little lack of air is just a mild annoyance.	Tyrs WolfDaemon	Sep 2012	#53
white horse prophecy	2pooped2pop	Sep 2012	#9
back in the day I attended Assemblies of God church and	onethatcares	Sep 2012	#10
The opening paragraph is interesting	el_bryanto	Sep 2012	#11
But man will NEVER walk on the Moon!	Bluenorthwest	Sep 2012	#12
Good point. I gather the Joseph Fielding Smith was wrong in that	el_bryanto	Sep 2012	#13
My grandfather believed the moon landing was staged.	Greybnk48	Sep 2012	#17
The man was 'the prophet' and he said 'write it down'	Bluenorthwest	Sep 2012	#18
What sort of response would be acceptable?	el_bryanto	Sep 2012	#22
You know, the man said 'write it down' and yet when that is done, his request is	Bluenorthwest	Sep 2012	#83
I think you might be extrapolating too much from that incident	el_bryanto	Sep 2012	#84
When any man says to you "G'd wants..." or "G'd says..." or "G'd hates..."	HillWilliam	Sep 2012	#28
You are confusing "Apostle" with "Prophet".	boppers	Sep 2012	#51
Do you know of any Mormons that have served in the military??	Angry Dragon	Sep 2012	#21
My Father and Brother; my Brother has since left the Church	el_bryanto	Sep 2012	#23
Thank you	Angry Dragon	Sep 2012	#25
Mormons serve in the military, just in smaller numbers, Mitt's draft deferment was not for blacks	braddy	Sep 2012	#59
It is good to see that the LDS treat all their people the same	Angry Dragon	Sep 2012	#60
I do.	xmas74	Sep 2012	#90
in the name of disclosure	Panasonic	Sep 2012	#46
Excessively personal question, don't you think? n/t	eridani	Sep 2012	#49
I don't know why I would have to disclose that	el_bryanto	Sep 2012	#61
because it is cute	snooper2	Sep 2012	#62
Mitt and the White Horse Prophecy	JSK	Sep 2012	#14
#10 Happened to Jesus but he didn't convert he just had to wait for people	jp11	Sep 2012	#15
All religions have weird beliefs. Christians believe a man was literally ressurrected from the dead.	cleanhippie	Sep 2012	#16
46. Flip-flops are not to be worn in the church building	Angry Dragon	Sep 2012	#19
I'm screwed.	xmas74	Sep 2012	#91
This could explain Mitt's aggressive presser on Libya	JohnnyBoots	Sep 2012	#24
The garden of Eden is filled with Meth?	Rambis	Sep 2012	#26
This was my one annoyance with a mormon and these bizarro laws	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#29
I could not read the whole list because I was laughing so much. n/t	RebelOne	Sep 2012	#32
The Book of Mormon is based on a novel manuscript that Joseph Smith stole as an apprentice.	The Midway Rebel	Sep 2012	#35
isn't that the plot of a new movie with Bradley Cooper	Laurajr	Sep 2012	#36
All Religions Have Weird Beliefs Depending On Your Perspective	DemocratSinceBirth	Sep 2012	#37
To be fair all religions have weird beliefs.	Cleita	Sep 2012	#38
true	marions ghost	Sep 2012	#58
Not all are started by pathological liars and con men	bhikkhu	Sep 2012	#75
Well, really, all "faiths" are based on myths, storie, lies, tales, legends, fantasy & some history.	Arugula Latte	Sep 2012	#85
The prophets have spoken?	Initech	Sep 2012	#39
MMM MMM MM. I loves me some religious bigotry.	cherokeeprogressive	Sep 2012	#43
An ex-member of a religion simply stating the facts about that religion...	Silent3	Sep 2012	#81
based on this, Rmoney sshould be banned and excommunicated from LDS	Panasonic	Sep 2012	#44
Glad that I'm just a Unitarian Universalist	Joey Liberal	Sep 2012	#47
That's only because they never can seem to make it out of committee.	boppers	Sep 2012	#52
That's what UU church committees are for.	Jackpine Radical	Sep 2012	#78
holy banana hammock!	Gabi Hayes	Sep 2012	#48
Denigrating Mormonism is OK?	oberliner	Sep 2012	#55
Relax.....	physioex	Sep 2012	#56
we have to make fun of all religions..	snooper2	Sep 2012	#63
Even if it might incite violence?	oberliner	Sep 2012	#64
not our job to control other people's actions..	snooper2	Sep 2012	#67
I agree with you	oberliner	Sep 2012	#68
Heh.	WinkyDink	Sep 2012	#70
"So you're saying a once openly racist religion that says God is from Planet Kolob is not worthy of	FSogol	Sep 2012	#65
What if angry Mormons start storming US embassies around the world?	oberliner	Sep 2012	#66
Beware the Mormon Street!	WinkyDink	Sep 2012	#71
Is that Temple Street in Salt Lake City?	oberliner	Sep 2012	#72
In suits and on bicycles? In pairs?	FSogol	Sep 2012	#74
It's a good thing nobody ever insults their prophet	oberliner	Sep 2012	#76
Who has the time to think this stuff up?	KansDem	Sep 2012	#73
Oh my!	JustAnotherGen	Sep 2012	#77
Since they didn't allow any Black people until after 1978, this is very very troubling...	luvspeas	Sep 2012	#80
I knew about that one	JustAnotherGen	Sep 2012	#92
Interesting read and a good insight into the cult.	GoneOffShore	Sep 2012	#79
A LDS friend explained the whole "Garden of Eden" thing when I asked her years ago.	xmas74	Sep 2012	#87
Religious insanity can be a funny thing.	sarcasmo	Sep 2012	#94

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