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Fri May-04-07 04:50 PM
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| 48. The women were butchered, slain with axes, etc. |
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Most of the men were shot, they said it happened on some signal.
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| -the Mormon massacre |
greenman3610 |
May-03-07 10:58 PM |
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Frontline and the American Experience had a two-part docu on the Mormons this week on public tv. |
Kerrytravelers |
May-03-07 11:02 PM |
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Warren Jeffs is beloved as a great family man... Very kind to all his wives. n/t |
poverlay |
May-03-07 11:32 PM |
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Warren Jeffs is not Mormon (LDS) |
FreeState |
May-04-07 12:27 AM |
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That's like saying that Baptists aren't Christians. Very excluding of you. I'm certain that |
poverlay |
May-04-07 01:52 AM |
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proudly profess blind faith in? |
bryant69 |
May-04-07 10:20 AM |
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Hmmm, is it? Which part? I could ask the same question of any |
poverlay |
May-04-07 12:26 PM |
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I'm not Mormon, but that type of slam isn't valid for Mormons, Muslims, |
benEzra |
May-04-07 02:43 PM |
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Huh?... |
SidDithers |
May-04-07 03:24 PM |
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Thank you for pointing that out. nt |
poverlay |
May-04-07 03:52 PM |
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I read that in the context of post #5...apparently I misread the author's point. (n/t) |
benEzra |
May-05-07 02:11 PM |
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That wasn't even close to a slam. You can, however, believe whatever you wish. nt |
poverlay |
May-04-07 04:36 PM |
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Wow, he's old...nt |
Javaman |
May-04-07 03:38 PM |
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South Park did a good show on Mormons |
madeline_con |
May-03-07 11:11 PM |
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lol |
iamthebandfanman |
May-04-07 05:21 AM |
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Honestly, who cares? |
deadparrot |
May-03-07 11:13 PM |
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Go visit Utah. Then you'll get it |
sampsonblk |
May-04-07 12:51 AM |
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Listen, I think Mormons and their belief systems are bizarre. |
deadparrot |
May-04-07 10:17 AM |
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Go visit Utah, then you'll get it |
sampsonblk |
May-04-07 11:15 AM |
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Fine, but again, I don't think that Utah's hiring policies |
deadparrot |
May-04-07 11:34 AM |
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Actually he did operate business in Utah. Or do you forget he was the rescue boy for the Olympics? |
slampoet |
May-04-07 06:26 PM |
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LOL |
Chovexani |
May-04-07 09:01 PM |
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Again, what does that have to do with Utah's hiring policies? |
deadparrot |
May-05-07 12:04 AM |
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Mormons have always done business with Mormons Only from the 1860's onward... |
slampoet |
May-05-07 12:54 AM |
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The Mountain Meadows massacre was covered up for a long time |
LisaM |
May-04-07 05:52 PM |
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Okay, but what does that have to do with Romney? nt |
deadparrot |
May-05-07 12:00 AM |
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If all they have is one, they're ahead of the rest of us. |
aquart |
May-03-07 11:25 PM |
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And I suppose we Lutherans are responsible |
Hardrada |
May-04-07 12:42 AM |
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Those Fuckers were Unionists! The Hohenzollerns were Calvinists... |
JVS |
May-04-07 12:55 AM |
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Interesting reading! My background was the Norwegian ev. |
Hardrada |
May-04-07 02:22 AM |
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My denomination's roots are in that united church in Prussia |
mycritters2 |
May-05-07 04:10 PM |
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If this damages his campaign then we live in a really sad country |
rpannier |
May-03-07 11:39 PM |
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Ten bucks there will be morans who think that Romney shouldn't be president because he's a Mormon. |
Kerrytravelers |
May-04-07 12:18 AM |
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Agreed, but that's better than those who think he should be president because he is... nt |
poverlay |
May-04-07 12:26 AM |
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Another scary category! |
Kerrytravelers |
May-04-07 01:02 AM |
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Not a moran, or a moron, but.... |
politicat |
May-04-07 04:20 AM |
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This post deserves its own thread. |
Ron_Green |
May-04-07 03:59 PM |
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Good post, good scary portrait |
Jed Dilligan |
May-04-07 07:12 PM |
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It makes a striking statement about other religions |
Error |
May-05-07 04:00 PM |
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Thanks..a very close and personal perspective. |
zidzi |
May-05-07 05:35 PM |
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Doesn't matter to me why the GOP won't vote for him |
knight_of_the_star |
May-04-07 12:25 AM |
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Ummmm Harry Reid is a Mormon |
JCMach1 |
May-04-07 12:39 AM |
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And Rocky Anderson is a |
zidzi |
May-05-07 05:52 PM |
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It happened but how strange they should bring it up when |
Cleita |
May-04-07 12:43 AM |
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Yeah, there is more than enough there... |
JCMach1 |
May-04-07 12:44 AM |
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It happened 150 years ago September |
FreeState |
May-04-07 12:52 AM |
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IIRC the Mormons left the East after being well persecuted by the locals. |
JVS |
May-04-07 12:56 AM |
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Your right - 5 times they were fourced to flee |
FreeState |
May-04-07 01:06 AM |
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Please read Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven, Fawn Brodie's |
politicat |
May-04-07 05:11 AM |
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Why Bring it Up? Why Hide it? |
lolly |
May-04-07 10:57 AM |
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They mobilized Paiute Indians? Paiutes lived in very small bands |
sfexpat2000 |
May-04-07 11:20 AM |
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That really isn't in dispute |
rockymountaindem |
May-04-07 02:49 PM |
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Well, then let me register my doubt that this happened without |
sfexpat2000 |
May-04-07 03:14 PM |
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The Mormons didn't coerce the Paiutes |
rockymountaindem |
May-04-07 03:33 PM |
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We disagree. Living near the Mormons alone was coersive |
sfexpat2000 |
May-04-07 03:37 PM |
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Okay, fine |
rockymountaindem |
May-04-07 03:52 PM |
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I studied with the Paiute people for a number of years. |
sfexpat2000 |
May-04-07 03:56 PM |
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Okay |
rockymountaindem |
May-04-07 04:25 PM |
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Where does the primary evidence come from? |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
May-04-07 04:54 PM |
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I second that |
lolly |
May-04-07 05:08 PM |
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I apologize if I offended anyone of the Mormon Faith |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
May-04-07 05:22 PM |
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It comes from the recollection of survivors and from archaeological accounts |
rockymountaindem |
May-04-07 05:44 PM |
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You fail to mention where the archeologists come from |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
May-04-07 06:13 PM |
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Read the book review |
rockymountaindem |
May-04-07 06:32 PM |
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Whether all the bodies were exhumed or not - there was no evidence |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
May-04-07 06:55 PM |
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That doesn't make any sense |
rockymountaindem |
May-04-07 07:46 PM |
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I don't think I said that |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
May-04-07 08:08 PM |
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If you're into reading things on Mormonism, you should watch this... |
countryjake |
May-05-07 06:42 AM |
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Is that the Christian thing to do? I would think not. |
spanone |
May-04-07 11:37 AM |
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May-04-07 04:41 PM |
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The women were butchered, slain with axes, etc. |
Ilsa |
May-04-07 04:50 PM |
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way off topic - Jon Voight is a conservative? |
Iris |
May-04-07 06:51 PM |
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I'm not sure but to me.."conservative" doesn't |
zidzi |
May-05-07 05:45 PM |
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Conservative has horrible, horrible connotations for me. |
Iris |
May-06-07 09:52 AM |
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I know what you mean..it's the old |
zidzi |
May-06-07 12:46 PM |
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Religions + Massacres are like Water + Wet. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
May-04-07 08:15 PM |
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okay, those who want to know about Mormonism |
newspeak |
May-04-07 09:58 PM |
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I read the article too. Bizarre. The massacre is a compelling story, but I'm |
Mayberry Machiavelli |
May-05-07 12:58 AM |
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May-05-07 03:18 PM |
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