thedocumentor's comments in another thread caused me to wonder. The statement was: "Seems to me that folks in some denoms are capable of nuanced thinkg--Unitarians, liberal Catholics, reform Jews, liberal Lutherans, etc--while folks in others, have trouble."

We know from personal experiences that the SLC church tends to be guilty of black/white thought processes, but what about the other Mormon denominations? For example, I am aware that RLDS women are ordained to their preisthood. We also know that the FLDS tend to be even more rigid in their thought processes allowing their young daughters to be married off to much older men and allowing their sons to be abandoned on the streets of neighboring cities and towns before they reach adulthood.

Does anyone have other info on other Mormon denominations? Are any of them any more liberal than the main church in SLC?

They might hurt you.

Ergo I tease them and say, "hey you believe in the BOM don't you? So, your a mormon then?" Oh the look of embarrassment that comes across their faces.

Fundamentally, as a church they are leaps and bounds ahead of TSCC in terms of mainstreaming, staying with the times and culture, charity work, etc. A little quirky in that they believe in a creep like Joseph Smith, but they don't except that he indulged in polygamy, etc.

Here is the second to last section in the RLDS/Community of Christ D&C-
http://www.cofchrist.org/D&C163/section163.asp

Compare this to typical mormon teachings and decide for yourself.

There are some much more conservative RLDS groups out there who split off when women were ordained.
http://www.centerplace.org/

SLC Mormon Church Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:

http://www.ldschurchnews.com/leaders/53469/The-Quorum-of-the-Twelve-Apostles.html


Community of Christ (RLDS) Council of Twelve Apostles:

http://www.cofchrist.org/council-12/

Because the Apostles live in the areas that they serve and represent, these two have not had their pictures published in order to protect them and their congregations.

Some places in the world are not safe to worship as you see fit.

RLDS/CofC are the Episcopalians of Mormonism.