Defenders, please show me real examples of "persecution"

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Re: Defenders, please show me real examples of "persecution"

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consiglieri wrote:
I do think it constitutes invidious religious discrimination.

Definitely! And un-Christian, to boot.

My teen daughter has come home crying a few times after an LDS friend said something that hurt her feelings. Just last Saturday it happened again, when her best friend told her she wouldn't be allowed to go to the temple to see a wedding because "no unclean thing can enter." She was quite offended and hurt at the implication. Again, it's not exactly persecution, but insensitivity for sure.
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Re: Defenders, please show me real examples of "persecution"

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MsJack wrote:I'm so sorry for what your daughter has had to go through. You're one of my favorite people on this forum and my heart goes out to both of you.


Thank you so much for your concerned and even-handed treatment of the situation.

It helps me see more fully the camp's perspective on things.

You are one of my favorite people on this forum, too!

All the Best!

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Re: Defenders, please show me real examples of "persecution"

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krose wrote:My teen daughter has come home crying a few times after an LDS friend said something that hurt her feelings. Just last Saturday it happened again, when her best friend told her she wouldn't be allowed to go to the temple to see a wedding because "no unclean thing can enter." She was quite offended and hurt at the implication. Again, it's not exactly persecution, but insensitivity for sure.


I am sorry for your daughter's experience, krose.

If I were that Mormon girl's parent, and if you gave me a call and told me what had happened, I would have a little sit-down with my daughter and explain to her that there are wonderful, good Christian people inside and outside the Mormon Church, and there are lots of Mormons that aren't so good, either.

It's what's inside that counts, not what building we can go inside.

All the Best!

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Re: Defenders, please show me real examples of "persecution"

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Hello,

Do Mormons have any idea what is happening to the Copts in Egypt? That's real persecution. Having a Broadway musical mock them is not.

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Re: Defenders, please show me real examples of "persecution"

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Hello,

Do Mormons have any idea what is happening to the Copts in Egypt? That's real persecution. Having a Broadway musical mock them is not.

V/R
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Kid: A bully is picking on me at school.
Adult: Psh... compared to what is going on in Egypt, being bullied is small potatoes!!! Stop complaining!!

I say we label all forms of religious persecution as invalid because the "the Jews in the holocaust, now that's real persecution"!
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