liz3564 wrote:I agree with Jason. Most typical chapel Mormons are too wrapped up in living their lives to be dealing with boards like this. Also, keep in mind that if you are truly living as a "by the book" Mormon, you are following the counsel of the brethren and staying away from the Internet as much as possible.
Therefore, I suppose, Merc, that you are stuck with us "fringe Mormons".
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Have the brethren advised us to stay away from the internet? I thought I heard somewhere that they were encouraging everyone to get on the internet and defend the faith! Am I wrong?
Ten years ago, they didn't want members on the 'net. At last October conference, they launched a full scale blitz of the 'net. So they did a 180 degree turnaround from the previous advice. The problem that precipitated the change was that anti-Mormon websites are doing a booming business and the church is losing members because of it. We know the Brethen view the situation as a large scale problem because otherwise we'd never hear about it in conference.
I think you're right, Merc. I often think I'm out of touch with contemporary Mormonism because I haven't been in about 23 years, and all my information about it comes from message boards like this from people who are familiar with the church's problems. Not that I care whether I'm up on the latest flavor of mormonsim or not; it's immaterial to my overall criticism of the church, which is that it's just another bogus religion.
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
sunstoned wrote:I believe the rank and file "chapel Mormon" would be surprised at what is conceded in the name of apologetics on the Fair board.
I agree 100%.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
I believe the rank and file "chapel Mormon" would be surprised at what is conceded in the name of apologetics on the Fair board.
From what I can tell, there are too many RM's and internet savy members for there to be a quantifiable distinction between "internet Mormons" and "chapel Mormons".
However, while I do find some LDS apologetics to be deplorable, it is generally correctible in my experience.
For example, I see more and more LDS refering to actual LDS statements on what is and is not doctrine (such as the Approaching Mormon Doctrine article) rather than erroneously claiming that LDS doctrine can only be seen in the canon or that works not published by the Church can be referenced as doctrinal.
