"What Mormon Theology is really all about."

[Renew Deal]

I don't know how accurate this is, but it's in line with what I've heard before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBNtNnhyXrc

[msongs]

1. and expansion to increase cash flow to the mother church nt

[Renew Deal]

2. So you didn't bother to watch the video.

OK

[valerief]

3. I learned about it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gm6JYFdnD8&feature=related

[charlie]

4. Scientology beta n/t

[old mark]

5. Based on what I learned about them from previous readings, that is absolutely correct.

There is so much craziness that "religious" people believe, but these folks are certainly pushing the limits...and don't forget that people killed over these beliefs. IIRC, LDS is the fastest growing "christian" religion in the world.

mark

[laconicsax]

6. Is it really that crazy?

Crazier than a god impregnating a virgin with himself so that the resulting child, who is also the selfsame god, can be sacrificed to himself to absolve humanity of a singular transgression that occurred thousands of years prior?

[AlecBGreen]

8. labeling others as 'crazy' makes us feel more sane

I think its a function of our ego trying to soothe and protect itself. "Well... at least Im not a nut like that guy!"

[laconicsax]

7. Someone once said,

"The Mormon religion all boils down to whether or not you believe God darkens someone's skin as a punishment." -Brian Dalton (inexact quote)

[LAGC]

9. Just watch "8: The Mormon Proposition"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1484522/

If that documentary doesn't open your eyes and show you how the Mormon Church operates, nothing will.

[dimbear]

10. Many people begging on the streets of Salt Lake City and

Mormons spending money in California to beat back civil rights. Nutshell view.

[onager]

11. One woman's story...

"My Mormon Wedding in the Mormon Temple" by Anonymous

As I have reflected back on it in the years since, I remember my wedding day as one of the worst days of my life...

Since the church teaches that Mormons are superior to non-members, I felt justified in more or less snubbing my parents at my wedding, in the name of righteousness of course. They were, after all, not "worthy" to be at the ceremony. If they would have only changed their evil ways, i.e. stopped smoking and drinking, and become active, tithe paying members of the LDS church, they could have shared in my happiness. Of course, my thoughts at the time were heavily influenced by my fellow students and teachers at BYU, but still, I must take full responsibility for this arrogant attitude I portrayed...

My husband and I got to the temple and waited in a long line of brides and grooms. What kind of a factory was this, I wondered. It was so communal and impersonal. We stood in one line, then in another...

A temple worker came up and told me that my high-necked, long-sleeved dress was immodest and that I needed to put white fabric inside to "make it look nicer". Yes, the fabric appliques might have been a little sheer but nothing was revealed. I was completely covered. Nonetheless, I had to remove my dress and put pieces of fabric on under my dress to satisfy the temple worker.

http://www.exmormon.org/whylft45.htm

[_ed_]

12. Mormonism=

Scientology of the 19th Century. Invented by a convicted fraud.