A peculiar people (how?)

[_Inconceivable]

I woulud add that Mormons wair this "peculiar" badge as a matter of pride - and proof that they are God's chosen people.

Keeping in mind that "peculiar" means something different to Mormons than it does to anyone else.

[_Bond...James Bond]

We are supposed to be "in" the world, but not "of" the world. (As opposed to the FLDS who are not allowed to "in" or "of" any world but their own.)

We're peculiar because we don't smoke, drink, have sex before marriage, dress modestly, have no tattoos or multiple piercings, we look clean, we don't swear, etc.

We're probably awfully peculiar because we believe in a gold Bible....

Wow. That's me to a tee...except for the sex part (which at the moment I am Mormon then :P).

What does "we look clean" mean? You must mean "cleaner" (cut) than most people, because alot of people look "clean".

I think it's the gold Bible (which doesn't even have a bit of historical accuracy to it unlike the Bible 1.0), the mandatory tithing, the secret underwear that make you peculiar.

[_The Nehor]

I woulud add that Mormons wair this "peculiar" badge as a matter of pride - and proof that they are God's chosen people.

Keeping in mind that "peculiar" means something different to Mormons than it does to anyone else.

I'm personally more interested in what God seemed to have in mind regarding the term. I think he meant the establishment of Zion would make us peculiar, not a few things we don't drink and a different haircut. In that respect, so far we've failed.

[_GoodK]

I woulud add that Mormons wair this "peculiar" badge as a matter of pride - and proof that they are God's chosen people.

Keeping in mind that "peculiar" means something different to Mormons than it does to anyone else.

I think you are so right about this.

[_John Larsen]

It seems that the descriptions of being peculiar center around certain strange behavior principles, such as diet restrictions. But how is this any more peculiar than refusing to eat dairy & meat together, no meat on Fridays, or a vegetarian only diet.

Take not drinking alcohol. I have meet several Americans who are tee-totalers for heath reasons. I have also know Muslims, Hindus and Buddhist who refuse to drink for religious reasons.

As far as "we don't smoke, drink, have sex before marriage, dress modestly, have no tattoos or multiple piercings, we look clean, we don't swear, etc." I was on a software development team that was multinational including at least one Catholic, Buddhist, Hindu, Protestant and Mormon. Except for the sex, which I obviously can't know about, that description held for the entire team.

In fact, dressing modestly, no tattoos or visible piercings, clean looking, or not swearing really describes class distinctions in the US as opposed to religious distinctions.

[_Coca Cola]

We are supposed to be "in" the world, but not "of" the world. (As opposed to the FLDS who are not allowed to "in" or "of" any world but their own.)

We're peculiar because we don't smoke, drink, have sex before marriage, dress modestly, have no tattoos or multiple piercings, we look clean, we don't swear, etc.

We're probably awfully peculiar because we believe in a gold Bible....

Wow. That's me to a tee...except for the sex part (which at the moment I am Mormon then :P).

What does "we look clean" mean? You must mean "cleaner" (cut) than most people, because alot of people look "clean".

I think it's the gold Bible (which doesn't even have a bit of historical accuracy to it unlike the Bible 1.0), the mandatory tithing, the secret underwear that make you peculiar.

Yes - the peculiar underwear. Very peculiar.

[_Coca Cola]

It seems that the descriptions of being peculiar center around certain strange behavior principles, such as diet restrictions. But how is this any more peculiar than refusing to eat dairy & meat together, no meat on Fridays, or a vegetarian only diet.

Take not drinking alcohol. I have meet several Americans who are tee-totalers for heath reasons. I have also know Muslims, Hindus and Buddhist who refuse to drink for religious reasons.

As far as "we don't smoke, drink, have sex before marriage, dress modestly, have no tattoos or multiple piercings, we look clean, we don't swear, etc." I was on a software development team that was multinational including at least one Catholic, Buddhist, Hindu, Protestant and Mormon. Except for the sex, which I obviously can't know about, that description held for the entire team.

In fact, dressing modestly, no tattoos or visible piercings, clean looking, or not swearing really describes class distinctions in the US as opposed to religious distinctions.

Yes - I think it goes back to the "matter of pride" in our being peculiar - we have the truth, it makes us different, we stand out to the world as the shining example of truth, we are a beacon or ensign to the nations by our peculiarity.

[_RockHeaded]

It seems that the descriptions of being peculiar center around certain strange behavior principles, such as diet restrictions. But how is this any more peculiar than refusing to eat dairy & meat together, no meat on Fridays, or a vegetarian only diet.

Take not drinking alcohol. I have meet several Americans who are tee-totalers for heath reasons. I have also know Muslims, Hindus and Buddhist who refuse to drink for religious reasons.

As far as "we don't smoke, drink, have sex before marriage, dress modestly, have no tattoos or multiple piercings, we look clean, we don't swear, etc." I was on a software development team that was multinational including at least one Catholic, Buddhist, Hindu, Protestant and Mormon. Except for the sex, which I obviously can't know about, that description held for the entire team.

In fact, dressing modestly, no tattoos or visible piercings, clean looking, or not swearing really describes class distinctions in the US as opposed to religious distinctions.

Yes - I think it goes back to the "matter of pride" in our being peculiar - we have the truth, it makes us different, we stand out to the world as the shining example of truth, we are a beacon or ensign to the nations by our peculiarity.

It would be better if you said that you 'believe' you have the truth, sounds less arrogant and most people will accept it better. Your statement turns people off and they don't care to hear anymore. A prime example of this is the missionaries had been visiting my house for about 4 months, every week. Unfortunately they kept switching missionaries, I went through a few of them. The last missionaries that came over I had to tell leave and never come back. Their arrogance I felt was rude and showed their ignorance, which most certainly they would never admit because they have the truth and no one else does. Make sense?

RockHeaded

[_John Larsen]

It seems that the descriptions of being peculiar center around certain strange behavior principles, such as diet restrictions. But how is this any more peculiar than refusing to eat dairy & meat together, no meat on Fridays, or a vegetarian only diet.

Take not drinking alcohol. I have meet several Americans who are tee-totalers for heath reasons. I have also know Muslims, Hindus and Buddhist who refuse to drink for religious reasons.

As far as "we don't smoke, drink, have sex before marriage, dress modestly, have no tattoos or multiple piercings, we look clean, we don't swear, etc." I was on a software development team that was multinational including at least one Catholic, Buddhist, Hindu, Protestant and Mormon. Except for the sex, which I obviously can't know about, that description held for the entire team.

In fact, dressing modestly, no tattoos or visible piercings, clean looking, or not swearing really describes class distinctions in the US as opposed to religious distinctions.

Yes - I think it goes back to the "matter of pride" in our being peculiar - we have the truth, it makes us different, we stand out to the world as the shining example of truth, we are a beacon or ensign to the nations by our peculiarity.

I don't think you have established that you are peculiar, at least not any more so than any fairly isolated group becomes peculiar.

[_Coca Cola]

I don't think you have established that you are peculiar, at least not any more so than any fairly isolated group becomes peculiar.

Guess we just like to think we are peculiar.