Well considering some of the things Mormons hold dear as beliefs, I'd pretty much expect a severe backlash!! Garden of Eden in Missouri?? Native Americans being turned from white to 'red' as a punishment from God? And the like....pretty questionable, pretty primitive and 'scary' (to a more primitive people) and pretty offensive.
And before you say anything to defend those points....why be a Mormon if those are among the main beliefs, why not just be a plain Christian? That's not even to mention how poorly written and ignorant (overall) the books of Mormon are. Stevie Wonder could see how poorly the Book of Mormon is written vs the Bible.
And this is coming from a completely non-religious person.
"why be a Mormon if those are among the main beliefs, why not just be a plain Christian?"
You're going to have to bear with me here.
I've been to MANY Christian churches, and so far, the Mormon church has been the most tolerant towards my ideology and philosophical interpretations of the Christian religions. Darned near every church I went to had an issue with me openly speaking about anything that wasn't "the Scripture". I enjoy studying and appreciating the symbolism and metaphorical content of the Bible and applying concepts from Eastern religions to Christianity and the Mormon church has been the only church that I could do this in so openly without... well... getting shit for it.
I really enjoy Christianity, I do, but I also enjoy applying Eastern religious concepts to it and the Mormon church has, so far, been the only church that would allow me to do that without much of a problem. There are some boundaries to that, as with every Christian church, but I'm not the only Mormon that is Progressive in this manner. Furthermore, I am extremely intrigued by the idea that prayer can bring revelation if you're doing it for the right reasons, which is a concept that is stressed very highly in our church.
The Mormon church is much more dedicated to their beliefs than most of the churches that I have been to, other than the Catholic church but uhh... I don't care much for the Catholic church for my own reasons. That and the Mormon church is like a Wal-Mart. It's the same wherever you go, just different people and different size. I like that, it takes the confusion out of going to church in a different town and worrying about what their individual worship style is going to be like.
These all sound like stupid reasons and I'm sure you'll agree with me. I used to be very prejudiced against the Mormon church but I was quite shocked to find that they didn't give me a load of BS for my religious outlook. Now my political outlook I will not discuss with them, just as I try not to discuss it at any church. Granted, there are more liberals in that church than I previously thought...
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Well considering some of the things Mormons hold dear as beliefs, I'd pretty much expect a severe backlash!! Garden of Eden in Missouri?? Native Americans being turned from white to 'red' as a punishment from God? And the like....pretty questionable, pretty primitive and 'scary' (to a more primitive people) and pretty offensive.
And before you say anything to defend those points....why be a Mormon if those are among the main beliefs, why not just be a plain Christian? That's not even to mention how poorly written and ignorant (overall) the books of Mormon are. Stevie Wonder could see how poorly the Book of Mormon is written vs the Bible.
And this is coming from a completely non-religious person.
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"why be a Mormon if those are among the main beliefs, why not just be a plain Christian?"
You're going to have to bear with me here.
I've been to MANY Christian churches, and so far, the Mormon church has been the most tolerant towards my ideology and philosophical interpretations of the Christian religions. Darned near every church I went to had an issue with me openly speaking about anything that wasn't "the Scripture". I enjoy studying and appreciating the symbolism and metaphorical content of the Bible and applying concepts from Eastern religions to Christianity and the Mormon church has been the only church that I could do this in so openly without... well... getting shit for it.
I really enjoy Christianity, I do, but I also enjoy applying Eastern religious concepts to it and the Mormon church has, so far, been the only church that would allow me to do that without much of a problem. There are some boundaries to that, as with every Christian church, but I'm not the only Mormon that is Progressive in this manner. Furthermore, I am extremely intrigued by the idea that prayer can bring revelation if you're doing it for the right reasons, which is a concept that is stressed very highly in our church.
The Mormon church is much more dedicated to their beliefs than most of the churches that I have been to, other than the Catholic church but uhh... I don't care much for the Catholic church for my own reasons. That and the Mormon church is like a Wal-Mart. It's the same wherever you go, just different people and different size. I like that, it takes the confusion out of going to church in a different town and worrying about what their individual worship style is going to be like.
These all sound like stupid reasons and I'm sure you'll agree with me. I used to be very prejudiced against the Mormon church but I was quite shocked to find that they didn't give me a load of BS for my religious outlook. Now my political outlook I will not discuss with them, just as I try not to discuss it at any church. Granted, there are more liberals in that church than I previously thought...