LDS II: The Mormons

I understand that Mormon missionaries travel and house as pairs. Is this true? If so, wouldn't that help restraint any "unhealthy" web browsing?
 
Giordano said:
I understand that Mormon missionaries travel and house as pairs. Is this true? If so, wouldn't that help restraint any "unhealthy" web browsing?
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Also has to cut down on accepted offers of strong drink.
 
5 Things I Learned as a Mormon Polygamist Wife

An excerpt from lesson #1

My church was a fundamentalist offshoot of the Church of Mormon called the Righteous Branch, and that snowy-haired manwich above would sit down with every 18-year-old girl and tell her whom she ought to marry and ****. And in that respect, we were lucky -- most of these fundamentalist Mormon groups start earlier, sometimes when the girls are as young as 14. Thankfully, I was (barely) an adult when I was told who would be my husband.

As opposed to a lot of girls for whom cootie catchers might as well be a legally binding contract.

Every six months our church held a conference. We'd gather at the temple, hear the word of the lord, etc. I'd just turned 18. I was a skinny young thing, and attracting boys. I was conflicted between wanting to find my own love and wanting to follow the path of the Lord, and I asked the Prophet for a blessing. I didn't know that, in reality, the decision had already been made.

At the time, I was living with a friend of the family and his wife (let's call them "Bill" and "Beth") who were members of the church. If you think it odd that nobody would have concerns about a married man inviting a 17-year-old girl to live under his roof, well, you've already guessed the next plot twist: the Prophet had already spoken to both Bill and my parents behind my back, encouraging them to let me move in, because he decided Bill was to be my future husband. Meanwhile, I just thought they were nice people giving me a new start in a new city (fundamentalist Mormon teenagers can be on the naive side). So, during the blessing, the Prophet told me that "my salvation" lay with Bill. Beth (his existing wife) wasn't crazy about that, but for the next few weeks Bill and the church leaders bullied her into accepting me. Eventually she gave in, and the wedding was set for five days later.
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Faced With More and More Press, the Mormon Church Is Once Again Walling Itself Off

Last June, John P. Dehlin was given the option of resigning from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or facing a disciplinary council. Now, Dehlin—founder of the well-known website and podcast Mormon Stories, which frequently discusses controversial topics within Mormonism—said his regional church leader scheduled a hearing for Jan. 25, and that if he didn’t take down podcasts that are critical of the church and disavow his support for the organization Ordain Women as well as gay marriage, he would likely be excommunicated.

Dehlin’s podcast is, in the site’s words, “dedicated to exploring, celebrating, and challenging Mormon culture in constructive ways.” It essentially serves as an ongoing conversation for many of those who may doubt aspects of their belief, providing a rare space in Mormonism—if you’re a Mormon, you’re either a card-carrying one (literally: you have a card called a temple recommend) or you can’t participate in some of the religion’s most sacred ceremonies.
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Your book can't possibly be true because we know it's fictional it gets the historical, physical culture and flora and fauna of the Americas completely wrong. And, might as well face it, JS got caught in a straight up lie on the whole Book of Abraham thing.

Getting caught in lies, and in the petticoats of the daughters of his followers was kind of a theme JS's life.
 
Craig4 said:
Your book can't possibly be true because we know it's fictional it gets the historical, physical culture and flora and fauna of the Americas completely wrong. And, might as well face it, JS got caught in a straight up lie on the whole Book of Abraham thing.

Getting caught in lies, and in the petticoats of the daughters of his followers was kind of a theme JS's life.
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hi Craig. Since you want me to join this thread, I'll try to address your concerns one at a time after sufficiently researching each topic.

What specifically is the most egregious "tell" in the BOM that invalidates its Christ-centered message? Was your copy of the BOM folded and wrinkled, or did it smell of mildew? ;)

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I like the Mormons because their particular brand of bizarre is so strategic. They mostly keep it to themselves and gather strength slowly by way of doing a good version of civilized, relying on that to grow, instead of pushing the nonsense.

Give them another hundred years and they'll dominate, at least in the US.
 
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