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OlderButWiser (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:40 PM Original message |
How do Mormons believe the story of Joseph Smith? |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Almost as crazy as that "Virgin Birth" nonsense, eh? NT |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. What's not to believe? It's faith ! |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. They believe it just like all other religion followers believe |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. There is no archaeological or historical proof of most of the |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. I wrote a whole deal |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. With faith there is no need for rationality |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sounds like Smith was stoned off his ass |
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OlderButWiser (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I guess the product he had to sell |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. You missed part of the tale... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Pretty much just the way South Park told it too... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Not only that, but much of The Book of Mormon was stolen from a book by Rev Solomon Spaulding |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 05:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Papyrus boats? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Heyerdahl manged to keep a papyrus boat afloat for 57 days |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. I thought they stole it from The Honest Book of Truth? |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's even stranger than that. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. The author of that book is also concerned about Harry Potter... |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
12. Imagine that |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. LOL - that was going to be my response. |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. If you cherish your sanity |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I failed to think once... I think my IQ dropped about 40 points n/t |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Hell, take a stroll through GDP... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. I find that I am no longer capable of reading or hearing anything about Mormonism without... |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Men wanted many women to fornicate with so they went along |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. They sent missionaries to Europe, who converted women, convinced them to move to Utah. They left out |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. Many people have ideas that strike me as odd, just as many of my ideas seem odd to others |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. Mormonism is so ridiculous ... |
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rexcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
24. As in all religions... |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. Seems like the truth about this has been out there |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. But Mormons believe it's a sin to look at "anti-Mormon" literature, i.e. anything that doesn't |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. With a little creativity, it can be made to fit the book of revelation. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
30. People generally believe what they're taught as children. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
32. I'm willing to let pass almost all religions, but Mormonism and Scientology are just batshit crazy. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. But it's hard to see how screwed up Mormonism is if you're raised in it. |
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