mormonism

I stopped believing in religious claims a while ago, but never really thought much about "coming out" so to speak. I'm not certain where I stand on the whole god question, but I'm fairly certain that at best he can only be an apathetic god (which would obviously rule out most religious...

Ok, admittedly I'm not form California so I didn't see the original ad, and commentary, and I'm working backwords from the OpEd taking the other side in today's Herald: Gay Sponsored Commercial -> Mormon's knock on Gay Couple's Door, force their way in, and take their wedding rings, and rip up...

I have a friend who has converted to Mormonism. He's usually a pretty skeptical and straight-thinking guy, but when it comes to anything LDS I think he shuts off his brain. Anyway, I'd heard some goofy stuff about how Mormons don't accept some archaeological science with regards to Native...

I was just about to derail the Mormon/Native American DNA thread, I think, so I hope I'm not being even more annoying by starting this thread just to make a simple observation. Nevertheless, here 'tis. The tales spun by Joseph Smith and those which appear in his book(s) are, to say the...

Maybe its wishful thinking, but ole Mitt's victory in MI led me to wonder, would it be a good thing or a bad thing to have a Mormon in the oval office from the standpoint of non-believers. On the pro side, I think it offers an opportunity to show just how ridiculous some of the beliefs of...

http://www.slate.com/id/2178568/ Interesting...he asks some good questions that others don't dare to ask out of fear of being politically incorrect.

Could someone here give me the whole story? Just lay down the whole story. Cause I can't be bothered to actually read the Book of Mormon or try to make sense of the Wikipedia entry. Please do it "what orthodox Christianity says" vs "Mormonism".

I really enjoy your podcast. One small correction on the picture you posted of the urim and thummim on your web page. What you have pictured are the "Kinderhook Plates" -- a whole 'nother mormon story. The urim and thummum were like a set of spectacles. In truth, however, Joseph Smith...

Recently I stumbled onto this very strange cartoon on Youtube that was said by the author to be some form of slander against the Mormon religion, what I want to know is what of it is really true, straight from a Mormon or ex-Mormon or even just someone more familiar with the religion. And...

I was pleasantly surprised in ’04 when little was made of John Kerry’s Catholicism. It seemed the days where folks thought a Catholic President would be a tool of the Vatican were over. Now it’s 2007 and we have Mitt Romney. The number one objection to Romney for President seems to be that he...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1231760586718929761&hl=en Stumbled across this cartoon clip (which watching BSG gag reels, of all things), and was curious how accurate the cartoon is. The bits of it I recognize seem more or less to match up with the little I know of Mormonism (Gold...

From Australian prankster, John Saffran. AXOh4g_FLIM

Some people I know of from Brazil get into Mormonism. For fun I have been poking around in it and what I have discovered saddens me. Among all of the volumes of scientific, historic, and linguistic conflicts one has to wrestle with is the fact that there really weren't any real gold plates and...

We have school board elections next month, and while none of the candidates mention the issue, the most obviously religious of them are LDS. Are Mormons commonly creationists?

http://www.rsicc.org/Members/AlexJones/index.html Yep, good old AJ was part of the RSICC. Don't know what it is? "Remnant Saints Inter-Continental Congress - Toward the Establishment of the Government of God on Earth" Fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7cthPgL5Xk&mode=related&search=mormon%20cartoon How accurate is this video?

I sat them down and we compared Catholic and Mormon notions of the Trinity. It turns out, that Mormonism is polytheistic, holding that Creator, Jesus, and Holy Spirit are three distinct beings united in godly purpose. After some wrangling, I pointed out to them that this is functionally no...

(A SPOILER ABOUT THE DAVINCI CODE FOLLOWS. SKIP THIS THREAD IF YOU DON"T WANT TO KNOW.) One of the premises of The Davinci Code, taken from Holy Blood, Holy Grail (and other places) before it, is that Jesus was married, and had progeny. What many people don't realize is that this is also part...

Hi everybody, I recently joined the JREF forums after many years of reading randi.org. Recently Debunk started a thread that sort of touched on Mormons and their beliefs and some questions re: those beliefs. I was a member for many years so I can answer A LOT about it. If any of you have...

The Bedrock of a Faith Is Jolted from the LA Times: Huh, I'd never heard of this facet of LDS. I didn't know they were telling Native Americans that they were descended from a lost tribe of Israel. Zoiks!

http://www.jefflindsay.com/BMEvidences.shtml A little Mormon propoganda to start the week off right...teach the controversy!

This could go in any of several places but I put it here since it deals with a specific religion. The mods may move it if they wish and I won't complain.... Anyway, back in my Mormon days I recall that we were supposed to stockpile a years supply of food and water in case of disaster. It was...

I took the day off from my work yesterday to do some research on Mormonism. Events are bearing down on me and my situation is coming to a head. My bishop is asking me questions in a way as to make me believe that I could be excommunicated. Don't get me wrong. I don't care if I'm a member or not...

Everything I basically know about the Mormon religion comes from that one episode Southpark, and a few things I've picked up in pop-culture. Apparently, all the information I can find on Google is sub-par apologetics or confessions from ex-Mormons, but I cant actually find much about the Book...

I can kind of see how Christians can ignore evidence that their bible is mythology because the histories of the books are over 2000 years old. But, the Book of Mormon?! I mean, c'mon.. the history of Joe Smith's fraud isn't even 200 years old yet, and it's still a fraud that is well...

This was a new one to me and I can't wait to get back home and ask my neighbors (real, in-the-flesh Mormons) what they think. But, I also thought it would be great to run it past this forum. Part of my job is to manage a consumer-facing email newsletter and I, this morning, got a request from...

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/32003c.asp

If you haven't yet, check out the latest South Park... they tackle the mormons this time around.

A new Mormon family moves to South Park and as the kids get to know them, the show features a story on John Smith and his discovery of the Book of Mormon. The producers aren't subtle, either. The story is overlaid with music, and when it has John Smith making a silly claim, the music switches...

My girlfriend is Mormon, not by her choice, she doesn't believe in god and is forced to go to church, but to most, she is a mormon. And when the bad things about Mormons come along, she sticks up for them, with things like if Mormons are a cult. She says no, and says it's more like a rumor...