Mormon Political Power

[Hauldren Collider]

DaShi, you're an ignorant ****head if you think mormonism is a cult. That's all I have to say to you.

Ditto Felch--I am friends with quite a few mormons, and I've yet to meet one that isn't a really nice person. If it is a cult, then it's a cult that turns people into hardworking, kind and generous human beings.

[Asher]

I'm sorry, is there something wrong with mormons?

Yes, they won't stop ****ing knocking at my door.

[DaShi]

You are so transparent, you're a trannie. It's obvious that you only like mormonism now is because there are mormon republican presidential candidates. For good or ill, it's a cult.

[Asher]

DaShi, you're an ignorant ****head if you think mormonism is a cult. That's all I have to say to you.

It would seem you are the ignorant one.

cult
–noun
1. a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
2. an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, especially as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult.
3. the object of such devotion.
4. a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.
5. Sociology . a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.
6. a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
7. the members of such a religion or sect.
8. any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific.

–adjective
9. of or pertaining to a cult.
10. of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie.

Ditto Felch--I am friends with quite a few mormons, and I've yet to meet one that isn't a really nice person. If it is a cult, then it's a cult that turns people into hardworking, kind and generous human beings.

I'm shocked that suburban Virginian Mormons are nice and "generous".

I also had quite a few mormon friends. One of them was the gayest boy I ever knew, but then right before his mission his church "saved" him and now he is a "heterosexual", with, unsurprisingly, clinical depression. Mormonism FTW. I feel sorry for his wife.

[Asher]

****, they even have magic underwear for **** sakes, which you get the "privilege" of using after you complete an "endowment ceremony".

[Asher]

No, it's not, and I somewhat resent the idea that many of my friends are cultists. Cults are things like scientology or the moonies. Mormonism is not a cult.

Just because a cult is relatively mainstream doesn't mean it's not a cult. It just means it is an effective and efficient one.

Another awesomeness of Mormons: IIRC they were the #1 fund source for the anti-gay marriage campaign in California.

[DaShi]

Don't forget polygamy.

[Asher]

They keep that on the DL now.

One of my favourite TV shows in recent years was Big Love...

Also, HC, look back into the history of mormonism. You'll find that Joseph Smith could undeniably be described as a cult leader...

[Asher]

From DFG's 2009 thread, helpfully identified in the Similar Threads field below:

Gay Couple Detained Near Mormon Plaza After Kiss

SALT LAKE CITY — A gay couple say they were detained by security guards on a plaza owned by the Mormon church and later cited by police, claiming it stemmed from a kiss on the cheek.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said that the men became argumentative and refused to leave after being asked to stop their "inappropriate behavior." The men say they were targeted because they are gay.

The church has been the target of protests over its support of a ban on gay marriage in California.

Matt Aune said he and his partner, Derek Jones, were walking home from a concert nearby on Thursday night, cutting through the plaza near the Salt Lake City Mormon temple.

Aune, 28, said he gave Jones, 25, a hug and kiss and that the two were then approached by a security guard, who asked them to leave, telling them they were being inappropriate and that public displays of affection aren't allowed on the property. He said other guards arrived and the men were handcuffed.

"We asked what we were doing wrong," Aune told The Associated Press.

Church spokeswoman Kim Farah said in a statement Friday that the men were "politely asked to stop engaging in inappropriate behavior -- just as any other couple would have been."

"They became argumentative and used profanity and refused to leave the property," she said. The church did not immediately respond to a request for more comment.

Police later arrived and both men were cited with misdemeanor trespassing, Salt Lake City Police Sgt. Robin Snyder said.

"It doesn't matter what they were asked to leave for," Snyder said. "If they are asked to leave and don't they are ... trespassing."

But I bet they were REAL nice and generous.

[Felch]

Mormons are like muslims. Individually nice, but their plans for how to run society are bat****.

[Asher]

I'm a nice guy and I don't need magic underwear to be one.

[Cort Haus]

I bet you get magic underwear for Christmas, though.

[Cort Haus]

Mormons are like muslims. Individually nice, but their plans for how to run society are bat****.

[Asher]

I bet you get magic underwear for Christmas, though.

I provide the magic. The underwear just contains it.

[Tupac Shakur]

I'm sorry, is there something wrong with mormons?