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CA girl
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Date: November 18, 2011 10:43AM
We believe in being:
1. Honest, true
- I've never seen such mass lying as when I quit going to church and without even asking me why, everyone started saying it was because someone offended me and I wasn't allowing my kids to go to church. Both of these were absolute lies but Mormons didn't even care enough about keeping this standard to check.
2. Chaste
- Utah has the highest online porn usage in the U.S.
3. Benevolent, virtuous
- City creek mall - busywork v. constructive improvement in the quality of life - BTW, where are all the Mormon soup kitchens and homeless shelters?
4 And in doing good to all men
- So did anyone here feel that a Mormon treated them unfairly simply because your beliefs differ from those of Mormons?
5 We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.
- Other than the blessing you got before your tonsils came out, when was the last time Mormons spoke in tongues or Monson received a revelation/vision from God?
6. We also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
- Doesn't the Book of Mormon say God is a spirit and polygamy is evil? Why doesn't it mention temple endowments? Where does it talk about tithing or not drinking coffee?
7. We allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
- Mormons may allow it but you know they wouldn't allow it if they could force you to worship they way they commanded. Exhibit #1 - Dead Dunking. They will force their religion on you when you are dead, if not before.
8. And then there are these from the Standards area in the Strength of Youth pamphlet.
http://lds.org/library/display/0,4945,30-1-7-9,00.htmlAnd include things like "do not gossip, be honest and prepare for temple marriage."
While a lot of these standards are good ones, how well do Mormon kids try not to gossip about those kids who don't live up to Mormon standards? How honest are they growing up in a controlling family and/or controlling religion that almost compels them to lie - especially teenage boys? And is preparing for your temple marriage really a standard or a set-up for disappointment. Because a temple marriage doesn't solve the problems created when you don't chose the right person or worse, don't become the right person.
Mormons are so about appearances that they don't seem to realize it's not enough to claim to have certain standards. It's not enough to even LOUDLY claim to have certain standards. That doesn't make you virtuous. It doesn't make you better than other people. You have to actually have those standards as part of your character and if you do, you usually don't care about being better than other people. You care more about loving them and helping them. Because you have character and having character trumps having standards - especially standards you claim but you don't bother to keep.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/2011 10:45AM by CA girl.