I'm (technically) a Mormon. You?

[_hugh jass]

Jesus is taking a break from studying mechanical engineering to serve a mission in Salt Lake City, UT

And he's a Mormon.

H.

Jesus' strength may well be saving the world, his spelling however is down right atrocious.

My hole family was going to really difficult times, when the missionaries arrieved to our house. One of them was called Elder Snow. I remmeber at first how we used to run & hide from the missionaries. "Shhh... don't move, they are gonna[sic] hear us!" After a while, we accpeted them in our house, and it was the best desicion our family has made.

[_hugh jass]

LMAO

My guess is that now that they have encouraged every member to make a profile they don't really have time to screen them all.

What a mess!

Oh and watch how the membership will all get "offended" by the screening process once the PR department realizes that these mo'files on morg.org is like dragging a fresh nevermo into a typical testimony meeting. Most will run the other direction!

Reading these profiles, it is evident that much of the crazy has come out and they are full of the shpirit of god and wanting to brandish their rote borish testibaloneys so that they can stand at the next F&TM/EQ/GD/Relief Society meeting and pontificate about how they did their part!

Methinks this will backfire on LDS leadership.

[_moksha]

On the same page as the link:



Question: Joseph Smith or
the Captain from Firefly?


Best Answer: Joseph Smith

[_brade]

Under "Follow Me On" on the top right of the page click on blog.

http://Mormon.org/me/5SBS/

[_Pollypinks]

Brade, So, in essence, what you are saying is you are perpetuating the falsehoods of the church because of a feely good thing you get from sticking around the church building. And I don't think you were totally honest with us in saying people at church are fine with your disbeliefs, because, apparently you are still teaching? What part of this am I missing? Is there something wishy washy here I'm only feeling, or what? Help me out guys.

[_Some Schmo]

Jesus' strength may well be saving the world, his spelling however is down right atrocious.

My hole family was going to really difficult times, when the missionaries arrieved to our house. One of them was called Elder Snow. I remmeber at first how we used to run & hide from the missionaries. "Shhh... don't move, they are gonna[sic] hear us!" After a while, we accpeted them in our house, and it was the best desicion our family has made.

Yeah, I think English is his second language, so I wouldn't be too hard on him.

Still, it doesn't exactly make the church look good, no matter what the reason for the bad writing.

[_quaker]

Most people who write articles, columns, and blogs that you read are writers of some sort. You're not exposed to much from the massive quantities of bad writers because 1) they don't write, 2) they are hard to read and 3) you don't want to waste time reading because the writing quality is often reflective of the content quality.


You'd be surprised at how bad younger people are at writing and how above average that kid's writing ability is, especially for a second language.

[_brade]

Brade, So, in essence, what you are saying is you are perpetuating the falsehoods of the church because of a feely good thing you get from sticking around the church building.

Pollypinks, will you please quote what I've said that implies that I am perpetuating the falsehoods of the church?

And I don't think you were totally honest with us in saying people at church are fine with your disbeliefs, because, apparently you are still teaching?

Ok, there are a few issues here. First, I didn't say "people at church are fine with [my] disbeliefs". I did say this:

Most Mormons I personally interact with (many are my very best friends), including many of the local leaders in my area, have never treated me negatively because I don't believe that fundamental Mormon claims are true.

I don't presume to know what everyone or most people at church think about my disbelief. For one thing, I don't even know most people at church. Second, I only said something about the Mormons I personally interact with. But, even then, I didn't say anything at all about what that groups thinks about my disbelief. I did say something about their behavior toward me. I should hope you recognize that mere disagreement with a person doesn't necessitate behaving negatively toward them. In any event, I know from conversation that two of my very best friends are not fine with my disbelief. Yet, just as I claimed, they have never treated me negatively simply because I don't believe that fundamental Mormon claims are true.

Third, no, I am not still teaching. Fourth, teaching something doesn't necessarily entail teaching that it is true. For example, here are two ways to teach what's called "The First Vision":

1. Joseph Smith saw God and Jesus Christ.
2. Joseph Smith claimed he saw God and Jesus Christ.

I eventually stepped away from teaching because I was teaching like number 2 and I thought that most people in Sunday school expected, and the Church wanted, teaching like number 1. Since I could not in good conscience assert the Church's teachings that way I decided not to continue.

What part of this am I missing? Is there something wishy washy here I'm only feeling, or what? Help me out guys.

Does that help?

[_Pollypinks]

Yes, that helps. Sorry for the disconnect. I thought you were still teaching. I've been in the midst of a bipolar screw up for over a week now, and I'm starting to crawl out. I'll spare you all the gory details, but trust me, when the brain chemicals get screwed with, and that's not the word I wanted to use, strange things happen. Please don't be afraid. I do no harm to anyone or anything. I just get depressed and my memory is flocked up. How's that? Hope you are doing better and not having to go to church all the time to keep the peace and all that crap.