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2. LDS people were routinely lynched early in the church's history

Reply to Iliyah (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:52 PM

Dec 2012

The reason they went all the way out to Utah is that people in Missouri were killing them by the dozens. So they formed armed militias for self-defense, which more or less worked at least long enough for them to get out west. (Then they became terrorist nutjobs and slaughtered a bunch of non-Mormons in 1857, oddly enough on September 11th; creepily this is why Utah is still the "honeybee state".)

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Mormon Church-Owned Website Suspends Gun Sales [View all] Recursion Dec 2012 OP

It's beyond me how a so called "religious" foundation Iliyah Dec 2012 #1

LDS people were routinely lynched early in the church's history Recursion Dec 2012 #2

Some other points 2naSalit Dec 2012 #4

The Mormon Extermination Order in Missouri wasn't rescinded until the 1970s marshall Dec 2012 #6

I'm waiting for the accidental 'fire' in the data center, destroying all records, including backups. TheBlackAdder Dec 2012 #3

"These questions deserve time for careful consideration..." translates to.... Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #5

One of those kids killed was Mormon kimbutgar Dec 2012 #7

It's beyond me why a church is allowed to own a network affilate davidpdx Dec 2012 #8

Selling guns over the internet should be illegal..nt and-justice-for-all Dec 2012 #9