re: Mormons Taking Over Central Florida

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Confirmed, they're definitely up to something.

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They're saving up for the day when you bring forth the apocalypse.

Most have an extensive cupboard in their basement.

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Well, to be fair, the Mormon version off Hell isn't the same as most mainstream Christians believe. It's not fire and brimstone and after you die you will still have a chance to convert.

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And to be even more fair...they've gotten into a lot of trouble for that baptism of the dead shite. They count the dead among their membership. And I can tell you for certain that a lot people are pissed about that. You have to request to make sure your non-mormon family members are not baptized after the fact.

You are correct. Black people were allowed to join the church even during the earlier years of the LDS church.

All religions have pasts of racism and the LDS faith is no different, but unlike most other religions during that time they were allowed to be baptized and became members.

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As far as the vicarious work for the dead. This is also bad information you've received. We are not saving them by doing this work. We're providing those who have passed on with necessary ordinances (like baptism) that they cannot get on their own.

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Excuse me sir, but this is the "PC" answer for the mainstream crowd. But for those of us who have performed these various works for the dead know otherwise. You may not be "saving" them but they're certainly padding the numbers. All without permission of the family. And they obviously can't get it on their own because THEY'RE DEAD!! Just like any other religion you have certain practices which cause people to scratch their heads and have the look of "WTF was that about?" look on their faces.

Shall I go into the inner-workings of the Temple? How everyone is required to wear white? Wear white robes and white hair coverings. How everyone is required to chant while holding hands and repeat various statements? Eden being in Illinois or Indiana somewhere. And there's more.

There is a lot of BS in the LDS religion which deviates far from other religions. The belief that Jesus, after resurrection, came to the Americas to teach and pass on the word of God. Which is what the Book of Mormon is based on. Mormon was a person and a prophet according to the "Book."

I married into it...and divorced out of it. Married in the Temple and had my name removed after. Even my kids don't believe the BS. I didn't sway them one bit - they made that decision all on their own after they grew up and were old enough to see through all the smoke and mirrors.

Sure, there are a lot of nice Mormons - and people I don't mind being friends with because they don't walk around with the holier than thou attitude. But there are a lot of them that do walk around like that and will not associate or let their children associate with non-members.

All that being said - yes, the genealogy work they do is pretty awesome.

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But for those of us who have performed these various works for the dead know otherwise.

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Eden being in Illinois or Indiana somewhere.

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You've perfomed works for the dead and you can't remember Jackson County, Missouri?

I wrote:
You are a sad, angry man

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you have no idea if this is true

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Yes I do. You have written much here.

You asked me to prove that there have never been any miracles in history.

Really?

That's sad.

Congratulations on your impressive ability to ignore capitalization rules. Those rules are for the little people, your time can't be occupied with such trivialities. Have a nice life.

I read something not too long ago about the tourism folks in Nauvoo, IL finally coming around to acknowledging their role in LDS history.

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And they obviously can't get it on their own because THEY'RE DEAD!!

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this is another problem i have with lds theology. on the one hand, you get a chance for salvation after death. so, what was the point of christ's sacrificial death? if you get another chance after this life, it was pointless for christ to die on the cross.

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Yes I do.

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no you don't and it's pathetic for you to suggest otherwise. you don't know me irl like you are implying you do.

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You asked me to prove that there have never been any miracles in history.

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you were the one who criticized what the bible records as a miracle. you were the one who brought it up. and when you were challenged on it, you responded with jr high insults. good job.

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folks in Nauvoo, IL

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here is yet another problem with lds.

when i visited with them, we watched a video about smith. smith went from church to church with dissatisfaction. he saw that the denominations were, in his uneducated opinion, making different claims (he was apparently unaware of melanchthon's adiaphora). so he got mad that the church had split into different factions and decided he would find the "true" church. so, he ultimately starts lds. the other denominations were apostates.

guess what? lds eventually split into multiple factions. ask an lds from utah how they feel about the ones in missouri. you won't get a nice answer. ask the ones in missouri how they feel about the ones in utah, same thing. so, they are guilty of the very same thing that smith criticized the other denominations of.