Re: Schryver from Kinderhook Bomb
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:21 am
Hi Again Droopy,
It's part of the definition of not believing in Mormonism that one would not believe in the literal reality of Joseph Smith's experiences with God the Father, the resurrected Moroni, and various resurrected biblical figures. If Jack were to answer your questions, this would not prove that she is anti-Mormon, only that she is not Mormon, something on which I believe all are presently agreed.
Note also that criticism of, and even an attack against, a particular Mormon doesn't make someone anti-Mormon. If it did, many LDS apologists on the boards would be anti-Mormon for their screed against their fellow LDS who propound the Heartland geography model, like Rodney Meldrum; and anyone who campaigns against Romney or Huntsman would also be "anti-Mormon" even if their opposition to these candidates had nothing to do with their religion.
If you want to think that Jack's interaction with Will, who is LDS, overrides in importance her relationship with her husband, who is also LDS, or her cordial relationships with a great number of other Latter-day Saints, you are welcome to think that. But opposition to a particular Mormon seems an exceedingly strange basis for labeling someone "anti-Mormon" on the whole.
Let Jack alone and spend your time jousting with actual anti-Mormons.
Cheers,
Don
It's part of the definition of not believing in Mormonism that one would not believe in the literal reality of Joseph Smith's experiences with God the Father, the resurrected Moroni, and various resurrected biblical figures. If Jack were to answer your questions, this would not prove that she is anti-Mormon, only that she is not Mormon, something on which I believe all are presently agreed.
Note also that criticism of, and even an attack against, a particular Mormon doesn't make someone anti-Mormon. If it did, many LDS apologists on the boards would be anti-Mormon for their screed against their fellow LDS who propound the Heartland geography model, like Rodney Meldrum; and anyone who campaigns against Romney or Huntsman would also be "anti-Mormon" even if their opposition to these candidates had nothing to do with their religion.
If you want to think that Jack's interaction with Will, who is LDS, overrides in importance her relationship with her husband, who is also LDS, or her cordial relationships with a great number of other Latter-day Saints, you are welcome to think that. But opposition to a particular Mormon seems an exceedingly strange basis for labeling someone "anti-Mormon" on the whole.
Let Jack alone and spend your time jousting with actual anti-Mormons.
Cheers,
Don