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Latter Day Saints (was:Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color))
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Sun, 5 Sep 1999 17:33:33 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> PS - two points on Mormonism. I find it a fascinating sect. Never has
> there been such a wide disparity between the writings of a sect (The
> book of Mormon is pretty nutty) and the sect itself. Mormons, publicly,
> are some of the nicest and hardest working christians out there. Having
> food set aside for hard times is not a bad idea, really.
What's any more nutty about the BOM than about (the rest(?)) of the
Bible? Tales are told of magic happenings that a careful analysis of
history doesn't support in both, right?
> Which leads me to my second point. Were someone to force me to be
> christian (a ludicrous thought experiment, but ...) but gave me a choice
> of sect, I'd either choose Mormon (for the hard working aspects) or
> Methodist (who seem to be the most tolerant).
I said much the same thing a while back about the LDS, but my runner-up
Christian sect would be Catholicism for all the cool magic they get to
play at in the name of religious work. And what's the point in having a
religion if you're going to be soft and tolerant. I respect the
hard-line crazies more, for at least standing up for their
out-of-the-ordinary beliefs. I really like what I know of Mormon
history and that's one of my primary motivators. I agree with the
comment that Mormons are good people too, I just don't see it as a disparity.
Has anyone here read _Saints_ by Orson Scott Card? It's historical
fiction and I find it riveting. I read Card for SF but this is one of
his best.
--Chris
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