Gee, now I know where black people came from, why there’s evil in the world, why Mormons have so many babies and why Joseph Smith has done more for mankind than even Jesus did.
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February 10, 2012
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This is the biggest pack of lies, innuendo and downright bull crud that I think I have ever seen! The creators of this junk are so full of hate that they knowingly distort and lie! Most offensive is to say that Mormons consider Joseph Smith their Savior! Nothing could be further from the truth! Jesus Christ alone can save us! I don’t even know where to start on the rest of the lies! And what was that junk at the end about the Mormon church encouraging people to divorce their spouses?? As a former Mormon Bishop, I can assure you that the church teaches that Ecclesiastical leaders CANNOT recommend, encourage, demand or even lean one way or the other on whether a person should marry OR divorce another person. Those decisions can only be made by the individual! This is all a pack of lies folks! Don’t believe these cowardly and lying people
This negative propoganda, made by bitter enemies of the so called Mormon faith is horrible. Imagine how the President of Iran (I can never spell his name right) would describe the doctrine and history of the Jewish people….It would be filled with this kind of vituperative and vile untruths.
Ahhh… typical Mormon responses from typical Mormons. (It’s a cult, you know. They all say the same thing.)
There’s an audio clip here of the quintessential Mormon. “Everyone hates us. Boo-hoo. We must be true.”
As opposed to, “Hmmm… the facts from my own church these people keep presenting go against what my church tells me. Maybe the church is not true?”
Like Mormonism, the blog romneyforpresident.townhall.com isn’t what it seems.
(Funny photos too!)
On the history channel which is owned by you can guess, they showed how Mormons led wagontrains into American Indian traps where the men were killed, women raped and children taken as slaves.
Great religion, is there any wonder they were run the hell away from the civilization of the times.
I am supporting Ron Paul for President, and am a Mormon. The cartoon has so many distortions of my faith that it is not even worth commenting on. Most of my friends are not members of my church, and I often have attended meetings or vacation bible schools with them and their families. I have the utmost respect for all of these people – how they lead their lives, and their devotion to Jesus Christ. However, one experience I had a few years ago serves to illustrate why Mormons believe we are Christian, and why we have trouble understanding why some people do not believe we are Christian. While attending vacation bible school with some friends in Raleigh, North Carolina, the pastor divided the adults into two classes – the “advanced” bible class, and the “beginner” bible class. My wife and I both served Mormon missions as young adults, and though a little leery decided to attend the “advanced” Bible class. It turned out that of the 40-50 adults, 6 people, including us, went to the advanced class. The class over the course of the week turned out not to be about the bible, but about the creeds of the Christian churches.
The first creed discussed was the Apostle’s Creed, which states:
=-=-=-=
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell.
The third day He arose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty,
whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.
Amen.
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The teacher, who was not the pastor, then asked each student around the table what they thought of this creed. One expressed some reservation about Jesus “rising from the dead” and the part about “the resurrection of the body”, in that it implied that Christ arose with a body and that there will be a physical resurrection. Another did not believe the portion of the creed that indicated that Christ descended into hell. Another questioned how he could sit at the right hand of God if he was God.
My wife and I were the last ones to speak. Both of us answered that we felt the creed reflected the biblical teachings of Christ and the Apostles correctly, and we believed in the creed 100%.
My point is that many people “cling” to the different beliefs of Mormons from other Christian churches, while ignoring the fact that the core Mormons beliefs match the creeds of the early Christian church closer than the beliefs of their particular sect.
Even the controversy about Mormon belief/disbelief in the Trinity is enlightening. Mormons believe in the Trinity, although not in same way as most other Christian sects teach the Trinity. Mormons believe that the three members of the Trinity can be referred to as one God, as they are one in purpose, and never vary from one another in thought. Indeed, Mormons believe that if you have seen Christ you have seen the Father, because they look, act, think, and do exactly alike. The only difference between the beliefs, which is entire exagerrated, is that most other Christian sects believe the three members of the Trinity are three manifestations of the same being. But if the three are separate beings but think, act, and do as One, isn’t the net result the same thing?
There are many beliefs in different sects that outsiders could call “bizarre”, but at the core, Christians, including Mormons, believe the same basic things. Some examples of “bizaare things” that are either shared beliefs that Mormons have with other Christians, or are believed and taught by other sects, are:
Transubstantiation – (not a Mormon belief)
Virgin Birth – (a Mormon belief)
Worship of Saints – (not a Mormon belief)
Earth created in 6000 years – (most Mormons don’t believe, but no official Church stance)
Infallibility of the Bible – (not a Mormon belief)
Faith Healings – (a Mormon belief)
Prophecy – (a Mormon belief)
Speaking in Tongues – (a Mormon belief)
Jesus casting evil spirits into Pigs – (a Mormon belief)
Jesus casting evil spirits into pigs? Is this a joke?
Hogwash.
Mark 5: 1-20
They went across the lake to the Gerasene region. When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came and met him from the cemetery. He lived among the graves, and no one could bind him, not even with a chain. He had often been chained hand and foot, but tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he raged, cutting himself with stones. When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won’t torture me!” For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you evil spirit!” Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area. A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people came out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man – and told what had happened to the pigs as well. Then they pleaded with Jesus to leave their region. As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed
Poor pigs.
That is whay I thought too!
What’s difficult for Mormons in this presentation is that there are a few truths scattered in amongst the outright falsehoods. My suggestion is to follow Stendahl’s three rules of religious understanding
(1) When you are trying to understand another religion, you should ask the adherents of that religion and not its enemies.
(2) Don’t compare your best to their worst.
(3) Leave room for “holy envy.” (By this Stendahl meant that you should be willing to find elements in the other religious tradition and faith that you admire and wish could, in some way, be reflected in your own religious tradition or faith.)
Following this idea would produce a very different view of the Mormon church and its people. I love my church. I believe that it teaches true doctrines. Above all it teaches that Jesus Christ is my Savior and Redeemer. I believe that.