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Note that it remains to be seen how fervently the church enforces these new rules.

I too wonder at the amazing parallels between "Evangelical Christianity" and Mormonism. Clearly the "prophets" have been influenced by their cousins to the east. Joseph Smith obviously borrowed, but most of his episodes are well documented. But as OP pointed out, the parallelism is uncanny. We have ...

Thank you so much. Very insightful.

Back to OP's point: absolutely physical assault is condoned by the LDS church. This the same group that brought you Mountain Meadows and Fort Utah and Warren Snow (look it up). This is the church that bases its whole theology on the notion that we re in a constant state of war which will end with th...

The urge to masturbate is the urge to have sex, and that is driven by the production of chemicals in your body that your mind has absolutely no control over. Yes, you need to learn to control the expression of those urges. But (I hope you're sitting down) IT DOES NOT COME FROM SATAN!!!!! So stop let...

One major problem is that the leaders see only one problem in people's lives, and that is the level of commitment to the leaders of the LDS church. News flash, Dallin- most of us have other problems that you idiots never quite seem to grasp. We have mortgages (you do not), we have medical expenses (...

Whether or nor Joseph Smith Translated the papyri (or gold plates) is a secondary question. The fact is that he got it wrong.

They figured out that the church does not make people happy. That as the carrot. It didn't work. Now they have reverted to the stick of "you need to obey us or else".

Jesus and God are idols which people can bend into whatever shape they want to fit their world view.

Very apropos. I just wish this could be discussed in Sunday school instead of Last Days stuff.