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Mormon Myths You Have Heard or Can Add

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:43 pm
by _moksha
Sometimes it is important to call attention to the many myths surrounding Mormons and Mormonism. Maybe you can even help me out by adding to the list of those myths found in and outside of the LDS Church.

1. The average Mormon family goes through an industrial size 96oz container of mayonnaise every two weeks.

2. Mormon law enforcement officers prefer Temple garments over Kevlar vests.

3. Mormon soldiers have been known to wear an extra pair of garment bottoms over their helmets while on night reconnaissance, for extra protection.

4. Mormons will catch fire if you press a cross to their forehead.

5. If taken in sufficient quantities, Diet Coke can retard [slow down] horn growth.

6. Unless given specific instructions, Sister-Wives will invariably hang toilet paper so it faces inside, they will also cook pot-roast for dinner, even when you are righteously craving Pad-Thai.

7. The line up of programs on KBYU looks much better in the Deseret alphabet.

8. Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective Sharks should be a must read for high school seniors.

9. J. Edgar Hoover, Clyde Tolson and Roy Cohen were baptized and sealed by Ezra Taft Benson (this is partially true but the baptisms were posthumous).

10. Glenn Beck passed his Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory without red flags.


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Re: Mormon Myths You Have Heard or Can Add

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:12 am
by _malkie
11. The most common question sent by members to TSM is: "Have you done the thinking yet?".

Re: Mormon Myths You Have Heard or Can Add

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:54 pm
by _moksha
12. Gender roles in the Church are separate but equal.

Re: Mormon Myths You Have Heard or Can Add

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:23 am
by _bcspace
12. Gender roles in the Church are separate but equal.


Obviously not a myth as we learned in Conference today. But the notion that women are more spiritual than men is a myth.

Re: Mormon Myths You Have Heard or Can Add

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:28 am
by _ludwigm
bcspace wrote:
12. Gender roles in the Church are separate but equal.

Obviously not a myth as we learned in Conference today. But the notion that women are more spiritual than men is a myth.

Males are a little more equal.

Of 40 talks, there were 5 female speaker. (3 of them during the Young Women Meeting.)
Apparently, 1/8 of the membership are women...
Or of the leadership?

Re: Mormon Myths You Have Heard or Can Add

Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 11:44 am
by _ZelphtheGreat
The Church is true.

Joseph Smith was a prophet.

Thomas Monson is a prophet today.

Re: Mormon Myths You Have Heard or Can Add

Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 2:48 pm
by _Bazooka
ZelphtheGreat wrote:The Church is true.

Joseph Smith was a prophet.

Thomas Monson is a prophet today.


Stop being ridiculous, the suggested myths have to be at least plausible, even if only a little.

Re: Mormon Myths You Have Heard or Can Add

Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 9:25 pm
by _madeleine
Missionaries, who shook the dust from their shoes, are the cause for all earthquakes of the last 100 years. ( with great power comes great responsibility).

Re: Mormon Myths You Have Heard or Can Add

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 10:54 am
by _Bazooka
During the design of the Salt Lake City it was not then known just how fat Mormon's were going to get.
The width of the corridors are a testament to the divine hand guiding it's construction.

Re: Mormon Myths You Have Heard or Can Add

Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 8:15 pm
by _Ceeboo
No Mormon bishop has ever taken a cruise to Israel!


Peace,
Ceeboo