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Re: Mormon bashing again
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 1 Mar 2000 20:20:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> Arg. I gotta vent. • <mucho snippage>
> Still, because I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
> Saints, I am marked as a zealot seeking political leverage using my church as
> the crowbar. Fume. If anyone here in lugnet.off-topic.debate wants to flame
> me for the religion I practice, please feel free to do so. I'd really love to
> have a rational discussion about this with anyone who harbors negative (or
> neutral) feelings towards Mormons.
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> Okay, venting over. I feel better now.
Zealot. :)
I don't really have any significant beefs with the LDS - at least, no more
than I have with any other organized religion(1), including my own. I have
beefs with some individuals, but I make a distinction between a church and
it's members. Something I think more people could use... I skimmed that
thread on /. and noticed a whole lot of broad strokes.
The only thing I would say that might be "negative" is that one of the local
Mormon groups seems very insular - in that I have met several Mormons with
*huge*, apparantly church-bred, misconceptions about everyday society. OTOH,
I have also met Mormons with a very good idea about what's going on.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
1:Except Scientology. Legal status aside, that is NOT a religion.
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| (...) "My Life for Aiur!" :) Somehow, I don't think that's the sort of Zealot you meant... (...) As a historian, one truly marvelous thing about the LDS church is the recordkeeping. It's stunning, and with good doctrinal reason. It's the only place (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Arg. I gotta vent. Slashdot is carrying an article (1) on how the Utah legislature is trying to enfore internet filtering in public libraries. Somehow, this topic has become a Mormon-bashing extravaganza. I was going to post there, but I suspect (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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