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Mormons Can't Use the Internet?

c0rbin

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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 one of my subscribers to unsubscribe from said newsletter because the content was hosted on web pages.

The reasons were religious and the religion is Morman. Strange. I didn't recall the Mormans to be ludiite in their ways or unable to use the internet in particular.

This opened up some confusion for me because they say email is just dandy.

Can anyone shed some light on this? Is it the potential to see filth via the technology? Or the tech itself?
 
c0rbin said:
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 one of my subscribers to unsubscribe from said newsletter because the content was hosted on web pages.

The reasons were religious and the religion is Morman. Strange. I didn't recall the Mormans to be ludiite in their ways or unable to use the internet in particular.

This opened up some confusion for me because they say email is just dandy.

Can anyone shed some light on this? Is it the potential to see filth via the technology? Or the tech itself?
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My wifes family (all Mormon as well as my own) is in town and we were discussing this issue yesterdy. The all have the internet but they use various blocking strategies. The Church maintains a web site http://www.lds.org/ and internet service for members and missionaries. In addition there are many Mormon web sites (apologetics included).
 
Mormons as a whole are not forbidden to use the internet. It sounds to me like this one guy decided he didn't like the web for religious reasons but nothing from the CHurch says he can't
 
I once heard from a mormon (might of been ex-mormon) that when mormon dudes do that two year mission thing they aren't allowed to swim. True?
 
Tony said:
I once heard from a a mormon (might of been ex-mormon) that when mormon dudes do that two year mission thing they aren't allowed to swim. True?
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I left the church before going on my mission but I have never heard such a thing.
 
Nothing against technology in the church as far as I know. Censorship on the otherhand.... Most media in Utah is owned by Mormons and they have done things like not air the Tonight Show when they had on the people from Puppetry of the Penis. Some business out there got in trouble with Hollywood as they were selling edited versions of big movies, with nudity and swearing taken out.
 
Is the internet really mentioned in the Book of Mormon? I thought that book was at least 10 or 20 years older than the internet.
 
Tony said:
I once heard from a mormon (might of been ex-mormon) that when mormon dudes do that two year mission thing they aren't allowed to swim. True?
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Yes, actually that is true. They are not allowed to bear their bodies in that manner; also they are not allowed to go without their temple garments (magic underware) at any time. This is considered a sanctified position, and they are on duty at all times and are (very public) representatives of the church. They are also not allowed to wear any other attire (except for bed) while on a mission than a suite with a white shirt and a subtle tie.
 
Nyarlathotep said:


I left the church before going on my mission but I have never heard such a thing.
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It's true. I hung out with the missionaries (hey, they were usually young, very good looking boys), and I learned a lot about it. I had hoped to go on a mission when I was in the church, but I quit the church before that time came.
 
Actually, next to the Catholics, I think the Mormons are as pro technology as a religion can come. Yes, they are for censorship, but from my time in the church, it was more of a personal censorship thing rather than force everyone even not of the religion to the same standards.
 
Some Mormons tend to incorporate their eccenticities into their religion and, as long as they don't go outside the religion's norms, they are tolerated.
We had a Bishop who didn't own a TV, and wouldn't go into members living room if the TV was on.
I have heard of members who won't have the internet on their home PC - but, as everyone else has pointed out - it's not a general thing.
Is the internet really mentioned in the Book of Mormon? I thought that book was at least 10 or 20 years older than the internet.
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I think BYU recently dug up a pre-Inca modem in the andes. It was next to a horse fossil and it the ruins of a synagogue 'built in the manner of the Jews'
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Chanileslie said:


Yes, actually that is true. They are not allowed to bear their bodies in that manner; also they are not allowed to go without their temple garments (magic underware) at any time. This is considered a sanctified position, and they are on duty at all times and are (very public) representatives of the church. They are also not allowed to wear any other attire (except for bed) while on a mission than a suite with a white shirt and a subtle tie.
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I had to threaten to call the police on a couple of those representitives of the church once. It has made me very distrustful of them ever since then.
 
Peter Jenkins said:
Some Mormons tend to incorporate their eccenticities into their religion and, as long as they don't go outside the religion's norms, they are tolerated.
We had a Bishop who didn't own a TV, and wouldn't go into members living room if the TV was on.
I have heard of members who won't have the internet on their home PC - but, as everyone else has pointed out - it's not a general thing.
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My boyfriend's sister is a Mormon and he was a member of the church, I guess since he hasn't gone through the official procedure to leave, he still is according to them. He has had a lot of missionaries at his house and all that visited him could not watch TV.
 
I'm guessing he's using a blocking software and *is unable to access your web pages* therefore the mailing list *is useless to him*. I don't think it's that he has a religious aversion to the web, just that your page won't load. Is that possible?
 
There was a big court case a while back that might be a source of some of the confusion. The issue had involved even linking to copyrighted data, was a big deal at the time with lots of press. Ended up being a first amendment issue of some sort.
On their Utah Lighthouse Ministry's website, www.utlm.org, Sandra and Jerald Tanner posted the excerpts explaining how people may have their names removed from Mormon Church rolls. The effort was part of the cult-watcher ministry's primary mission of exposing heresy pertaining to the Mormon Church and assisting people who want to leave Mormonism. The Tanners obtained the book from an anonymous source who left a copy -- contained on a computer disc -- in their mailbox.
The legal struggle began in October when the Mormon Church, through its Intellectual Reserves, Inc., subsidiary that holds the rights to its intellectual property, sued the Tanners, alleging copyright infringement.
http://perso.club-internet.fr/jmkahn/mormon.htm
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Virgil
The holy underwear thing is called 'Mormon temple garments' for Google purposes...
 
Chanileslie said:
Yes, actually that is true. They are not allowed to bear their bodies in that manner; also they are not allowed to go without their temple garments (magic underware) at any time. This is considered a sanctified position, and they are on duty at all times and are (very public) representatives of the church. They are also not allowed to wear any other attire (except for bed) while on a mission than a suite with a white shirt and a subtle tie.
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Ahhhh....NO!

Having served a two year mission I can tell you that while it is close it isn't quite right. Missionaries carry a small book of rules wherever they go. This is known colloquially as the white bible, well informally that is what it is known as. I still have mine though it is at my mother's house in Utah with all of my other mission paraphernalia..

The rules forbid the riding in the backs of trucks, operating fire arms, and other activities that would increase the risk of harm. Swimming is included.

The "magic underware" is allowed to be left at home when engaged in activities such as basket ball and Doctors visits though it is encouraged. Missionaries have Monday off. This is known as preparation day and depending on the activity Missionaries do not wear Whites (white shirt, dress slacks and tie). I rarely wore whites on monday.
 
Lisa Simpson said:
I had to threaten to call the police on a couple of those representitives of the church once. It has made me very distrustful of them ever since then.
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I have known many missionaries. They are human, some are good some are bad. Most are pretty decent folks. I still invite the Missionaries over to my house because I know that they are free of judgmental attitudes and are very tolerant.

When I was on my mission non-members used to seek us out for help with all sorts of things because we were percieved to be very honest.

While I was on my mission I advised one non-member who loved the missionaries that it wasn't a good idea to donate his home to the missionaries, especially if he wanted it kept in the pristine condition that it was. He had a vision of missionaries as near perfect. Not so I told him and he changed his mind. He did donate a lot of money to the cause. He never did join though.

I'm sorry you had a bad experience.

RandFan
 
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