Mormons

[Bereta_Eder]

Took a cab, driver started talking about "reborn christians"

I said what the hell with an angry sparkle in my eye, do you plan on doing a catechisism? (this has actually be tried before by an old testament taxi driver - and its illegal)


so he laughed and said no no nothing of that sort, wanna show you a sign

so in the road ahead, there was a sign in a shadey part of town , that said new born christians shermons at 8 hour blhablha entrance free ( )


so i said what the **** is that?


he siad its the mormons.

oh is that right

yeah you know they can marry 5 women?


well thats an appeal


they also forbit to marry outside of your "Race"


i said **** that's pretty damn racist sounding to me

yeah


so blacks cant become mormons

he said nope


i said ****ing racist, its the 21 century for christ sake.

he said some other things about someone coming to utah and preaching the word of the lord or something, dont rememebr


i said, how do you know all this


he said i was brought up in chicago, there's loads of mormons there


etc etc



so is that true are mormons that much racist?


: pukes:

[Amesjustin]

Not mormon myself, but have a few close friends that are. Blacks can (and have) become Mormon, although I do not know why they would want to. Once you start delving deep into the religion, it says that black people are the singed and burned descendants of sinners that escaped from Hell. That is why their skin is black and their hair curly. So they are indeed racist.

They also beleive that after you die you will get to be the God of your own planet.

If I am wrong, please correct me, but I have read passages from their book, attended a few sermons and Mormon Bible Studies out of curiosity and these are some of the things I walked away with.

[Bereta_Eder]

thanks

and what about that about someone coming to utah and "teaching the word of the lord"?

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Never mind that. The ****ers gave us the Osmonds. They must pay.

[Boris Godunov]

Mormonism has a past of undeniably racist tenets, but all the Mormons I have met so far acknowledge them and repudiate them. Then again, the Mormons I have met haven't exactly been the most devout...

[Plan Austral]

Kinky mormons?

[Bereta_Eder]

BTW who's the clown that marks my and everyone else's that speaks agains the US war threads with one star?


Thanks for the honour, joke

[Bereta_Eder]

I didn't have the pressumed unfortune of ever hearing about the osmonds.

SO the today mormons repudiate their racist past?


or just the not so devout do?

[Gatekeeper]

They should institute a system of tracking the IPs of thread-raters, shouldn't they, Paiktis?

[Bereta_Eder]

Considering the propable source, it's a compliment gatekeeper (besides dont u have a single doubt that they already know )



so mormons, your view?

[Gatekeeper]

Mormons are ... different, and that's where I'll leave off, per requirements of polite conversation regardings faiths whose members aren't present to defend it.

Gatekeeper

[Bereta_Eder]

how diplomatic


yoooohooo mormons, we're getting your dirty laundrery on the air, care to comment



bunch of racist, from what I gather.


I rememebr some commencts by some americans about salt lake city olympics, which I didn't understand, they become a bit more clear to me now

[UnOrthOdOx]

Born and raised in Utah as a Mormon, got kicked out later, but know a bit about it.

u start delving deep into the religion, it says that black people are the singed and burned descendants of sinners that escaped from Hell. That is why their skin is black and their hair curly. So they are indeed racist.

Never mentioned blacks by name, the doctrine they teach is about the peoples in the Americas, IE the Indians. It was a curse place on them similar to the one from the tower of babel in the bible, only changing skin instead of languages. The book also has some of these cursed guys become workers of god later.

If I am wrong, please correct me, but I have read passages from their book, attended a few sermons and Mormon Bible Studies out of curiosity and these are some of the things I walked away with.

Basically, but a bit more complicated than that, too complicated to go into right now.

you know they can marry 5 women?


they also forbit to marry outside of your "Race"

No and no. Multiple marriages were there at the beginning of the church but they are now forbidden for quite some time. Inter Racial marriages were never forbidden AFAIK, but people with different skin were not allowed to hold positions in the church until fairly recently: late 60's, early 70's. This includes 'temple marriages' which are a whole different subject.

and what about that about someone coming to utah and "teaching the word of the lord"?

Whole story, cliff notes version:

Joseph Smith, a young boy, prays for guidance. Is told by god that all churches are false. Gives him a new book written in strange language, Joseph Translates this book and founds the church.

Becomes a Prophet, sets up 12 desciples ala the old testiment. Multiple marriages cause problems with locals, so everyone leaves town. Joseph is shot in a prison, Brigham Young takes over as Prophet, problems follow them to the new town, BY gets vision of a place for the mormons to be free of persecution, heads west to Utah.

Finds Utah, declares point to build temple, live happy ever after.

BTW, here in Utah, most frown upon being called 'Mormons'. The official name of the Church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Way too long to expect people to call you that, so most go by LDS here.

They teach the King James version of the Bible as well as the 'Book of Mormon' which Joseph supposedly translated. It tells of a family of Jews fleeing Egypt to america and later being taught by Jesus during the 3 days between his death and resurrection (sp).

The church's focus is on their temples where they do secret blessings and such that most people cannot see. You have to be a good little boy to get in there. Go to church, don't drink, smoke, pay you tithing (10% of your earnings), and no fooling around before marriage, or on your wife.

Blessings include Temple Marriages, endowments (this is way too wierd to explain here), and baptisms and weddings for the dead.

So, don't worry, they'll baptize you after you die if you don't join now. You're only safe after you've been kicked out. Like me.

[Bereta_Eder]

thanks for your contribution unorthodox

[Nubclear]

Your learning what I already know....