Posted by:
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Date: July 17, 2012 05:48PM
I took my boys to the Fathers and Sons campout held by the Stake that my sons attend with my ex.
After the sun went down, everyone gathered in the hall of the main cabin for some kind of faith-promoting priesthood presentation (you can't just go camping for fun, you have to have a priesthood purpose, I guess). I stayed in my tent, but thanks to the wonderful sound system in the cabin I was able to hear most of what the speaker was saying.
The entire focus of his spiel was the usual tripe about what a great guy Joseph Smith was, and then he gave a very emotional (and innacurate) account of the Smith Brothers' martyrdom. The kicker was that they had some replicas of Joseph's and Hyrum's death masks on display, and the attendees were invited to come up and view the death masks afterwards, and even touch them, I suppose.
I sure hope no one brought any investigators who they were trying to convince that the Mormons don't worship Joseph Smith, because it sure sounded like worship to me.
Has anyone else ever experienced this kind of veneration of the relics of the prophet kind of thing?
Also, why do Mormons feel like they have to ruin every fun outing with some kind of preachy sermon? That really bothered me when I was a member.