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Glen Beck answers questions on Mormonism
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 3:28 pm
by _Stormy Waters
Glen Beck answers questions on MormonismHis answer on polygamy was well.... a good reminder of what chapel Mormons are told.
He explained that in the 1800s, there was massive persecution of Mormons wer driven out of New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. In Missouri, the governor even issued Executive Order-44 which ordered that all Mormons be exterminated or driven out of the state, resulting in 10,000 Mormons who lived there either being killed or forced to flee. Executive Order-44 wasn’t overturned until 1976. As a result of this persecution, there weren’t many men left. The desire to repopulate played a role in the decision to practice polygamy, but only about 5% did it before the practice came to an end in 1890.
Re: Glen Beck answers questions on Mormonism
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 3:29 pm
by _consiglieri
This is unfortunate.
Re: Glen Beck answers questions on Mormonism
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 3:36 pm
by _PrickKicker
Re: Glen Beck answers questions on Mormonism
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 3:42 pm
by _Fence Sitter
I didn't watch it, and won't. He is a buffoon who panders to a gullible audience.
Did he use cheesy charts to show how many fewer men there were than women and cry explaining how persecuted the Mormons were/are?
The Church is in a sad state if this man is viewed as representative of what Mormons are really like.
Re: Glen Beck answers questions on Mormonism
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 3:47 pm
by _DarkHelmet
I wonder where he got that idea? Surely not from the church meetings he attends, because the church is completely honest and open about their history. He must have made it up all on his own.
Re: Glen Beck answers questions on Mormonism
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 3:55 pm
by _malkie
He's just one of these lazy and intransigent members who cannot be bothered educating themselves from the copious material made freely available by the church.
Re: Glen Beck answers questions on Mormonism
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:33 pm
by _Bret Ripley
Stormy Waters wrote:Glen Beck answers questions on MormonismHis answer on polygamy was well.... a good reminder of what chapel Mormons are told.
He explained that in the 1800s, there was massive persecution of Mormons wer driven out of New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. In Missouri, the governor even issued Executive Order-44 which ordered that all Mormons be exterminated or driven out of the state, resulting in 10,000 Mormons who lived there either being killed or forced to flee. Executive Order-44 wasn’t overturned until 1976. As a result of this persecution, there weren’t many men left. The desire to repopulate played a role in the decision to practice polygamy, but only about 5% did it before the practice came to an end in 1890.
It's all true. In fact, Smith's foresight led him to marry wives who were already married to other men in anticipation of the day when persecution could possibly lead to their husbands' deaths. Such is the burden of a prophet.
Re: Glen Beck answers questions on Mormonism
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:51 pm
by _PrickKicker
Bret Ripley wrote:It's all true. In fact, Smith's foresight led him to marry wives who were already married to other men in anticipation of the day when persecution could possibly lead to their husbands' deaths. Such is the burden of a prophet.
True... Not to mention the Angel standing over him with its sword drawn ready to smite him! if he didn't marry certain folk.
Re: Glen Beck answers questions on Mormonism
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 7:11 pm
by _Bret Ripley
PrickKicker wrote:Bret Ripley wrote:It's all true. In fact, Smith's foresight led him to marry wives who were already married to other men in anticipation of the day when persecution could possibly lead to their husbands' deaths. Such is the burden of a prophet.
True... Not to mention the Angel standing over him with its sword drawn ready to smite him! if he didn't marry certain folk.
As testimony to Smith's determination, there was to be no angel-smitin' on his watch.
Re: Glen Beck answers questions on Mormonism
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 7:12 pm
by _quark
...the governor even issued Executive Order-44 which ordered that all Mormons be exterminated or driven out of the state...
Is anyone else thinking, Star Wars III, Revenge of the Sith?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09n0qd_n4c0Is Lucas a closet Mormon?
