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My goodness, Servant, you have certainly been putting on a show here over the last few weeks. I do not usually post in the Terrestrial forum because I prefer to avoid contention as much as possible, however today I am making an exception.

I want to inform you of a few pressing things, and then perhaps ask you a question. I hope you will participate in this thread.

• You seem to be of the mistaken understanding that members here have a desire to defend Mormon beliefs. From what I have noticed in almost a year of lurking and occasional participation is that most folks here are no longer believing Mormons. In fact, most folks here actively mock Mormonism. There are a few--I can count them on one hand, perhaps--active Mormons here: myself, maklelan, Kevin Sim, and bcspace.
  
• From what I have gathered, a large portion of members here are atheist and are prone to mock religion in general. For example, I believe that many here might ask you 'why are your weird dogmatic beliefs any stranger than Mormon weird dogmatic beliefs'?

And now, if I may ask you a question: in another thread, you said

Servant wrote:I am an Anglican. Their beliefs are recorded in the Nicene Creed. You'll find that on the internet.

Why are you an Anglican? Every other traditional Christian church believes that their beliefs are recorded in the Nicene Creed. If that is the case (i.e. one common creed), why is there more than one traditional Christian denomination?

Because Henry VIII wanted a divorce, and Luther was tired of going to confession.

BartBurk wrote:Because Henry VIII wanted a divorce, and Luther was tired of going to confession.

Well, yes. It seems to me that almost every Protestant faith came into existence for some type of political reason.

Megacles wrote:

• You seem to be of the mistaken understanding that members here have a desire to defend Mormon beliefs. From what I have noticed in almost a year of lurking and occasional participation is that most folks here are no longer believing Mormons. In fact, most folks here actively mock Mormonism. There are a few--I can count them on one hand, perhaps--active Mormons here: myself, maklelan, Kevin Sim, and bcspace.
  
• From what I have gathered, a large portion of members here are atheist and are prone to mock religion in general. For example, I believe that many here might ask you 'why are your weird dogmatic beliefs any stranger than Mormon weird dogmatic beliefs'?

Are you suggesting that I and the other alleged mockers should switch to mocking Anglicanism and the broader Nicean-based Christianity?

I'm blown away that she is Anglican, I had Servant picked as a garden variety American Baptist.

Runtu wrote:Are you suggesting that I and the other alleged mockers should switch to mocking Anglicanism and the broader Nicean-based Christianity?

Definitely more dogmatic and partisan than any Anglican I've ever met. Weird, huh?

She is obviously paying lip-service only to Anglicanism. She says she goes alternate Sundays to Calvary Chapel. Usually this is a compromise in inter-faith marriages. I suspect her cradle faith is Calvary Chapel. I could be wrong, however.

by the way Megacles, thanks for slumming down here! I never look in the Celestial so it is nice to make your acquaintance.

Lucy Harris wrote:She is obviously paying lip-service only to Anglicanism. She says she goes alternate Sundays to Calvary Chapel. Usually this is a compromise in inter-faith marriages. I suspect her cradle faith is Calvary Chapel. I could be wrong, however.

Calvary Chapel makes way way more sense to me.

Count me among those who was flabbergasted that Servant would self-identify as Anglican. She is certainly not like any other Anglican or CoE member I have ever met. She sounds about as Anglican and Kent sounds atheist.