I'm just going to copy-paste the Bing-translation because it fits the intellectual level of the comments. This guy is local Mormon royalty but he doesn't know who I am and it ticks him off:

TBM Dennis: "Where the hell are you doing? You have nothing else meaningful to do with your time than picking on the Church? Sad and also very weird that you spend so much time and energy ... ... and who calls himself Mormonism? You also have a name, because I can find nowhere who it is that such nonsense the world. Who are you? Be a guy/woman ..."

Other poster (an acquaintance of the TBM): "Welcome to the internet, Dennis, where there is freedom of expression. For years I have invested a lot of time and energy in the Church. I, too, always thought that all that anti-stuff was nonsense. But the facts tell a very different story from what I have been taught by the Church."

TBM Dennis: "According to me are simply the facts in the Scriptures and confirmation that you have already received once long and by the Holy Spirit on consignment. The truth can be found at the truth and the Lord and not in all kinds of anti literature .... ... good luck with your quest ... y'know .... don't stray too far. ... because that would be disastrous. Marco, I know you have in the past and you will find a fine guy. Think carefully how you felt when you felt the spirit and when you told the Gospel to others ... don't be fooled by all sorts of half-truths and things that actually do not total. These matters are not the be-all and end-all, but always lead you further away from the truth. Happy holidays! I am now going to also stop emailing with you, because I have little meaning to in a discussion. Internet is indeed a place where everyone can do his/her say.. ... Make use of in a positive way! Good luck!"


So this guy comes to my web page as a guest, throws a tantrum, presumes to tell us how we should spend our time, and then refuses to enter into a discussion.

Strong performance, Dennis...

Because I do not think that several of those words mean what he thinks they mean. I am, however, completely cracked up at the picture of receiving ANYTHING from the Holy Spirit on "consignment". lol

In OP's first sentence he says "Bing-translation." So the English is bad because it's the output of a machine translation.

Thanks! That certainly does explain a lot. :)

The truth can be found at the truth? Well that clears it up then. (WTF?)

Sounds like Dennis has been sipping the Holy Spirits.

I'm pretty sure as we pan away from Dennis' face we will see he is clinging to his legs in the fetal position, rocking slowly back and forth in an old wooden rocker and the walls in his room with no windows are plastered with cut out articles from the Ensign and New Era, from years ago, with yarn and magic marker lines connecting various articles...

Oh that's funny!

He didn't aim very well. He sounds really disjointed.


Susan

The only post that actually made me laugh out loud tonight!

At least Dennis was good for a laugh. Poor guy. He has his garmmies in a wad.

Poking fun at people in the church folks, makes you look like the bad guy. It just reaffirms the LDS beliefs that you shouldn't be listened to nor trusted.

Keep that in mind in the future.

P.S. Bashing someone on Facebook is childish

I didn't make fun of him. Here's my reply:

"Welcome to my Facebook page, Dennis. If you have something meaningful to share, we shall gladly listen to you but please be respectful."

I have learned some time ago that Mormons are perfectly capable of making complete asses of themselves all by themselves just by talking. I only facilitate :-)

Sometimes "facilitating" can be just as bad, rt. I have said this many times to a few people, you're not the first to hear this, and you won't be the last.

We don't allow active LDS members to come here and attack us, but that is not a green light to go and "facilitate" an attack on them in ANY forum, be it facebook, mormon.org, or here on RfM.

My favorite is when they swarm onto the Salt Lake Tribune board to blame victims for being victimized.

what is it you object to and like to counsel people on DClark?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/23/2011 02:46PM by bignevermo.

I'm not saying that he doesn't have the right. I'm just saying that just because someone does or says something to you, doesn't mean you have the right to go and do or say something to them.

that is what facebook is all about... it is your page...
what you said here seems a bit incongruent:

I'm not saying that he doesn't have the right.

ok so far:
I'm just saying that just because someone does or says something to you,

doesn't mean you have the right to go and do or say something to them.

now you say he doesnt have the right...he does have the right...it is his "castle"...
just sayin!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/23/2011 03:37PM by bignevermo.

It may be "his" castle, but you still have to respect that OTHER PEOPLE are in it.

Think about it.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/23/2011 03:46PM by dclarkfan1.

Does that D stand for Dennis?

I don't agree with you, declarkfan1. My Facebook page is open to everyone (it's a fan page) but I have not invited this person to my Facebook page. He came of his own accord, started yelling, judging and preaching and left. All I did was ask that he be respectful.

It´s not my responsibility to protect Mormons from themselves. How could I? You seem to be implying that I should take down my page in order to stop Mormons from making asses of themselves. I think you have it backwards.

Never mind, you're just like the others. To me it sounds childish though.

Can you explain what you think is childish? Is it me posting links to Mormonism-related articles and commenting on them? Or is it the fact that everybody is allowed to have his or her say on my page? Or is it the OP here that you find childish?

Let me try this again cause clearly you didn't get it the first time. It may be your facebook page, and yes you do have the right to do with it, as you see fit. When someone puts a derogatory statement about your beliefs on your facebook page, you can respond as you would like.

But when you facilitate someone stepping into their own crap, you're no better than they are.

The best thing to do in that situation is to just delete their comments. Cause helping a TBM step into their own crap, makes you look like the bad guy, and just reaffirms their beliefs that people that have left the church shouldn't be listened to nor trusted.

dclarkfan1 Wrote:
> When someone puts a derogatory
> statement about your beliefs on your facebook
> page, you can respond as you would like.
>
> But when you facilitate someone stepping into
> their own crap, you're no better than they are.
>
> The best thing to do in that situation is to just
> delete their comments.

I'm afraid we're not going to see eye to eye on this one. If a Mormon makes a comment on my page that makes him look stupid, it's not my responsibility. I'll take action when the comments are personal attacks, racist, sexist or illegal, but that's it.

What's more, in Mormon vernacular mine is clearly an "anti-Mormon" site. They should stick to lds.org like they're told. Would you like me to report them to their church leaders too?

And it doesn't make sense.

you seem to be pretty judgmental about what other people should do with their own FB page... perhaps you should do what you think is good for you and not be so judgemental on what others do with their FB page...you seem to think that someone like that(the intruder) should be treated with respect and yet they showed rt none! that is a weird attitude and not one i think that most would ascribe to.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/24/2011 10:00AM by bignevermo.

I have noticed a word often used by Mo mos: The word "sad" in a condescending talk down-to way. Awl the time!

Geez. Gotta love those drive-bys. Not.

I got rid of my Facebook page because I never did anything with it.

It's easy to remove posts that you don't want on your FB. One click! Bing, gone!Use the hidden X on the right by the post.