Posted by:
babyloncansuckit
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Date: March 27, 2019 08:19AM
Because it’s disingenuous and psychologically damaging. Were the Amish persecuted in the 19th century? Pentecostals? Baptists? What made Mormons so special? Oh yeah, they had the truth. Yup, they were persecuted because they’re God’s special people, not because they were bad neighbors. Guess what. If Mormons were actually nice people they would have been welcome everywhere they went.
The church doesn’t own up to its bad behavior. No wonder Oaks said they don’t apologize. The shameless have nothing to apologize for. But the church has plenty to be ashamed about. Projecting its own moral failings onto those it wronged, as a way of shirking accountability, comes to mind. But here they are in the 21st century perpetuating the lie of persecution.
The members don’t escape this twisted logic, but get caught up in it. They get to look down on an inferior world, one that “persecutes them”, instead of looking at themselves.
But who knows, maybe that will be Rusty’s next big move. Apologizing for all of the church’s victim blaming and using fake victimhood as a crutch when it should have been promoting honest introspection.