beastie wrote:Well, the conundrum is that these "warriors" (I'm sure they view themselves as warriors for Christ, I think they're warriors to gratify their own aggressive tendencies that may have to be suppressed in real life) are really just a subset of the LDS posting population.
Well, their "leaders" have been shown to be liars and jerks. If the milder LDS posters put up a fuss, things would change. But they don't. The question is... why? And the next question is... do they put their eternal salvation in jeapardy, when they sit idly by and allow liars and jerks to represent the church in such a light?
There are quite a few other LDS posters - like consig - who are not there to fight at all. And I usually enjoy interactions with those folks, even though we're on opposite sides of the fence.
If
they enjoyed their interaction with
you, why aren't they putting up a fuss? The only way that evil/wrongs can exist is because good people do nothing. If they voted with their feet, if they had the courage of their convictions, MAD would be a wasteland.
I guess the reason I keep returning to MAD, after vacations, is that I really do like having an opposing viewpoint expressed. I think preaching to the choir results in sloppiness and carelessness. Being surrounded by yes men does no one any favors.
All LDS on MAD are Yes Men, even those who don't actively oppose Pahoran and the wench. They give their tacit approval by doing nothing to stop those who are wolves in sheep's clothing, who hide among them like the Taliban who use children as sheilds, whose actions support the enemies of Christ. The worst enemies of Christ are not the critics; the worst enemies are the LDS members who use evil speaking as tools, who crave argument and discension, who create contention and tension, instead of living as examples of the gospel of peace. And those who tacitly support those enemies of Christ by doing nothing share their condemnation. Nowhere in the scriptures does God give men the option of using evil to accomplish good.
So any critic who posts there is surrounded by Yes Men, just not critical Yes Men. And by posting there, critics also give tacit approval to Pahoran and the Wench and all the rest of the Yes Men.
We see thread and thread of "woe, woe is me" from critics who have been suspended or banned from MAD. Yet being banned from MAD is like being banned from Hell.
Now, obviously this board allows opposing viewpoints, but it can be pretty rough on believers, so I don't blame them for wanting to stay away.
I am a believer, and the people who give me the most grief are those who support the MAD regime. And I blame them for many things: for allowing the enemies of Christ to live in secret among them and doing nothing, for defending wrongheaded foolishness, for neglecting not only their implied duty to the church, but their sworn duty to the gospel. There is no excuse for them, for continuing to post on a board that uses harshness, meanness, and lies to bring down the gospel. They do more damage than the critics do! Shame on them. Shame on them all.
I just think it's sad because ZLMB - in its hey-day - was really the ideal solution (for someone like me). The attack dogs were still there, and although the mods couldn't bring themselves to ban P permanently, they did deal with his infractions, unlike MAD. And they were more inclined to ban other believers who were attack-dogs (just not Pahoran due to the personal connection). But that is just not the type of board most of the LDS posters wanted.
The King is dead. And we must go on.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.