You must of been out of Mormonism for quiet a while to ask for the flesh and blood Mormon view.
Ya, I was also a oneness pentecostal years ago. Though I know their history and doctrine. I don't even recognize them now. LDS for me was very young. Too young to really form a opinion but still deeply effects my immediate family doctrines.
ezravan wrote:It's very different, I have Mormon friends, go to a Mormon owned car wash etc..
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Mad Viking wrote:[...]Why not start a blog about the Mormon store owner in your town. You sure wouldn't want any christians shopping at his store... cuz... I mean... he believes in a different Geezus y'all.
But hey, maybe in your infinite knowledge you can prove me wrong; go ahead and try.
ezravan wrote:Simon, I'm a apostate Mormon. I used to walk with them now they wash my car. I've been out of the faith so long that things have changed allot so I ask wht the modern view is
No, they own the car wash. You have to wash your own car. You just keep pumping quarters into that little machine so that you can get your extra two minutes on the foam brush or the spot-free rinse. Meanwhile the Mormon owners are using part of the money that used to be yours to pay tithes to the LDS Church.
ezravan wrote:Simon, I'm a apostate Mormon. I used to walk with them now they wash my car. I've been out of the faith so long that things have changed allot so I ask wht the modern view is
No, they own the car wash. You have to wash your own car. You just keep pumping quarters into that little machine so that you can get your extra two minutes on the foam brush or the spot-free rinse. Meanwhile the Mormon owners are using part of the money that used to be yours to pay tithes to the LDS Church.
I really don't know what you meant by this. The Mormons actually scrub my car with rags.They suck all kinds of crap from my floorboard. They do the best job i have ever had in washing my car. better than the fu*k'n mexicans. What the fu*k are you talking about. Your trying to say, they make money off me and pay it into their glorious church.. So what. You missed the entire ever loving god have mercy freak'n point. I was saying, you ignorant saint. I have commerce with Mormons as any other person. Because I live in freak'n Utah. You guys are unbelievable. You try to discredit men based on a fu*k'n car wash. Excuse me if I'm pissed. I am, I have just had like 5 Mormons insult me because they thought I was not worthy to speak of them because I went to a Mormon car wash. I'm in outer darkness and that is where Christ is. Join me.
ezravan wrote:It's very different, I have Mormon friends, go to a Mormon owned car wash etc..
In response to:
Mad Viking wrote:[...]Why not start a blog about the Mormon store owner in your town. You sure wouldn't want any christians shopping at his store... cuz... I mean... he believes in a different Geezus y'all.
But hey, maybe in your infinite knowledge you can prove me wrong; go ahead and try.
I'll still stand by the point that your as stupid as the product that types your insults.. You proved nothing about ezravan, and now you gone pissed him off. All I can say for you, is I know from your post your Mormon... and I think you should go to your bishop with repentance for the lies you spread on ezra. You want to be worthy don't you?
Then I'll say, ezra, calm down. These Mormons say they avoid contention, but really all they have in defense of their faith is contention.
Your right mormonx. I was taken away by Mormon insults. and said words their little ears can't handle. I'm just shocked that no one contended with the evidence I provided. Not one. what they did is try to destroy my person. It gives me hope that I'm on the right track. Mormons can't defend their prophets. They only have insults... that is their defense of the faith. insult.
Simon, when I was LDS, there was this understanding of the "spirit of contention" My brother, a missionary, would leave homes because of the spirt of contention. Because it meant satan was there. I would say you are showing me the spirit of contention. Do you allow satan in your life? Do you think it is Christ like to insult people based on nothing but your will that they be wrong? You mis represented me, actually you misrepresented me very strongly. You bordered on lying about me only to make your point. Is this Christ Like. Is this what Christ did to achieve his perfect being? Sit around and insult people with good intentions? Your worthiness is on your own head.
ezravan, I know these Mormons are bogging you down. But I want to make a friendly criticism of your blog. I want to stress "friendly".. I'm not going to attack you because you said something about Mormon car washes. I actually spent the last two days reading your blogs. And I liked them, I'm going to say allot about your blog, but I want it only to encourage you to continue and maybe get closer to your audience. I read all your blogs including the one you wrote today at four o'clock on Mormon racism. I want to say before I start giving you advice, Your blog has already been justified in my eyes. I read hundreds if not thousands of blogs. I've read Joseph's boast hundreds of times, but in your blog you stated what I have never heard in any other blog. You said "did Joseph just kick Christ's ass?" well put. I've been reading for 30 years and that was the most well put statement of Joseph Smith that I have ever heard. Sure many talk about his boast, but I dare to say, you are the first one I have ever heard that put it so clearly.. Joseph Smith kicked JC's ass.
I did something funny. I went to café express and ordered 20 t-shirts 20- bumper stickers and 10 coffee cups that read "Joseph kicked Christ's ass". I live in Utah and can't wait for the response.
But I must say a few things about your blog... I could live with it as someone who searches around for evidence... but I'm afraid your audience will be board to death by your two mile long posts. Don't get me wrong once again, I loved your posts and the personality in them.. I'm just thinking of your audience.
First- you said your writing this for Christians checking in to Glenn and Romney's faith. I like your blogs. I used to have to go to 10 different sources to get all the quotes, but you list so many sources that I don't think I would ever finnish it. The point being, you want evangelicals to know/understand Mormonism. Don't go off on the prophets for ten pages, all these evangelicals need to know is that these guys worship a different god.
On your "god" posts, you post like 40-50 quotes from the D&C and Book of Mormon, pearl etc.. You don't need to do this. Three or four quotes will do. They will get the point. You don't have to be exhaustive. Though I love having a place where all the quotes are in one page. But I'm not your audience.
Grammer - Your ex-lds, you know that they are only pharisees. straining a gnat but swallowing the camel. They will shred your grammar. I shouldn't talk because I'm terrible at grammar, but I noticed problems on your site. You thinking LDS will dispute your evidence, but what they will really do is make you look stupid because you spelled something wrong, or did not connect a proper sentence. They will make a good point of NOT trusting your intelligence because of your grammar, but they won't touch the issues. Be aware of this, and try to fix your grammar. I have a ten year old blog and they attack me on grammar all the time. But rarely do they attack me on the evidence.
I'll say last, and to sum it up. You say in your opening letter that there are lots of searches in google for "glenn beck Mormon" and "Romney Mormon" and so on... your missing the train. When I went to your site two days ago the first story was something to do with "war of the prophets" McCONKIE was the main issue. Do you really think these Christians that are searching for Beck's beliefs on a whim are gong to care about McCONKIE. No... these guys need to run into hard evidence of the loons LDS. Like Joseph Smith having 40 secret wives, or God having sex with mary... sensational stuff.
I must say, I love your blog, but for the wrong reasons. Your latest post "praise to the man" has like 20-30 quotes in it. Who else would like that but me? do you get the point? You may cover all your grounds, but what you really need to do is just make the point, use two or three quotes and make the freaking point. I promise you, 85% of people will not Finnish your post on "praise to the man" it's just to freak'n long. 20 quotes with explanations? come on do we need all that?
I'll finnish saying this.. change the name of your blog, and it will be a resource for me. But if you want to reach the audience you claimed to reach, you need to trim it all down and just hit the highlights.
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As a miserable Hungarian, I don't know what does "k" mean.
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And what can be edited on that character. Is it something from KEP, GAEL, Book of Mormon, Book of Abraham or D&C?
by the way SS is not Sunday School - for Europeans. It is Schutzstaffel (German pronunciation: [ˈʃʊtsʃtafəl], translated to Protection Squadron or defence corps), abbreviated SS—or Runic "↯↯" with stylized "Armanen" Sig runes.
For example.
As I mentioned in another thread, there are many other languages beyond English.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei