Kishkumen wrote:In this case, I have to agree with Tobin. It is not that LDS people lack principles. It's just that those principles can be overridden by the demands of their LDS Church membership.
Reasonable people do not generalize entire groups of other people. Most people (not a generalization), regardless of religion, political leanings, gender (or transition thereof), race, or sexual orientation have principles. Most people just want to make sure their families are taken care of, maybe have some fun or go on vacation, and do good among their fellow humans. Yes, Kishkumen, even Mormons.
I am sorry, hagoth7, but whether you like it or not, there is a rich history of spying and invasion of privacy in Mormonism. I do not say this to condemn Mormons, but to point out that such policies, some of which remain today in the Church Handbook of Instructions, encourage people to inform on each other. I look forward to the day when such practices of spying and informing come to an end.
Does anyone recall that creepy story about Church security hunting down D. Michael Quinn? Man, that one gave me the shivers.
And O how rich a history it is! Even if I agreed with you about Dr. Quinn, and even if I fully believed John Dehlin's account, what we have here are two incidences. Even if we include some of the other recent political or activist events within the church (Kate K.), we would be at a total of, perhaps, less than a dozen.
O what a rich history of Hindenburg crashes! O what a rich history of ships called Titanic sinking!