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Are the biggest defenders of Mormonism those most afraid it is really a sham? They are strident and shrill in denouncing anyone who asks questions and are like brown shirts or red guards in their zeal to protect the 'truth' by yelling over anyone who does not agree with them.

Are they so afraid of the truth that they totally ignore it to stay in their little world of beliefs even as those beliefs change from prophet to prophet? Even as the definitive statements of earlier prophets are now totally ignored and even said to be apostate teachings?

Are they so afraid the whole thing might be a scam they will defend it at any cost rather than look for the truth?

Joseph wrote:Are the biggest defenders of Mormonism those most afraid it is really a sham? They are strident and shrill in denouncing anyone who asks questions and are like brown shirts or red guards in their zeal to protect the 'truth' by yelling over anyone who does not agree with them.

Are they so afraid of the truth that they totally ignore it to stay in their little world of beliefs even as those beliefs change from prophet to prophet? Even as the definitive statements of earlier prophets are now totally ignored and even said to be apostate teachings?

Are they so afraid the whole thing might be a scam they will defend it at any cost rather than look for the truth?

Joseph, that describes me in what I consider my last year of Mormonism.

sock puppet wrote:

Joseph wrote:Are the biggest defenders of Mormonism those most afraid it is really a sham? They are strident and shrill in denouncing anyone who asks questions and are like brown shirts or red guards in their zeal to protect the 'truth' by yelling over anyone who does not agree with them.

Are they so afraid of the truth that they totally ignore it to stay in their little world of beliefs even as those beliefs change from prophet to prophet? Even as the definitive statements of earlier prophets are now totally ignored and even said to be apostate teachings?

Are they so afraid the whole thing might be a scam they will defend it at any cost rather than look for the truth?

Joseph, that describes me in what I consider my last year of Mormonism.

Umm ... that is because you were a naïve fundamentalist who had not understood your religion or learned enough about it. You thought you were defending the CoJCoLDS, but in reality you got it all wrong.

That is proved by the fact that you left the church. No-one who understands the church's teachings ever leaves it.

In some instances, I'm sure that's the case. We only need look to apostates who describe their experience that way and remember when their defenses were bordering on hysterical.

But I wouldn't go ahead and assume that of every strident defender. That's virtually guaranteed not to be the case.

Chap wrote: No-one who understands the church's teachings ever leaves it.

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Simon Belmont wrote:

Chap wrote: No-one who understands the church's teachings ever leaves it.

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Is your +1 as sarcastic as Chap's statement?

sock puppet wrote:

Simon Belmont wrote:
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Is your +1 as sarcastic as Chap's statement?

Begging the question. . . who are these folks that understand the non-understandable??

sock puppet wrote:Is your +1 as sarcastic as Chap's statement?

Nope, I took Chap's statement very literally.

Simon Belmont wrote:

sock puppet wrote:Is your +1 as sarcastic as Chap's statement?

Nope, I took Chap's statement very literally.

I'll bet you take JSJr's claims literally too.

Lighten up, dude. JSJr was pulling your leg.

Chap wrote:
That is proved by the fact that you left the church. No-one who understands the church's teachings ever leaves it.

They should now. The day of the Gentiles is done and over with. Come out of Babylon. Be ye clean and flee unto Zion. And that because they DO understand the Restoration and commandments of Jesus Christ.