This is the result of lying about everything and to everyone. This is the result of stealing Masonic rituals. This is the result of screwing 14 year old girls and other men's wives. This is the result of mocking the ancient Egyptian scrolls and blaspheming their gods. This is the result of burning a free press in a fit of rage.
An anti-Mormon is someone who refuses the covenant to obey the Word of Wisdom and continues to drink coffee and alcohol and declare openly that such is not sinful.
An anti-Mormon is a gay man that enjoys homosexual relations and chooses to marry the person he loves -- rejecting a god who condemns and punishes homosexuals for practicing love.
An anti-Mormon is someone who refuses to pay tithing to the Mormon church and insists that he will not be burned for failing to tithe and covenant to an imaginary person (god) who threatens death (physical or spiritual) because they robbed an imaginary being.
An anti-Mormon is someone who refuses the covenant to obey the Word of Wisdom and continues to drink coffee and alcohol and declare openly that such is not sinful.
An anti-Mormon is a gay man that enjoys homosexual relations and chooses to marry the person he loves -- rejecting a god who condemns and punishes homosexuals for practicing love.
An anti-Mormon is someone who refuses to pay tithing to the Mormon church and insists that he will not be burned for failing to tithe and covenant to an imaginary person (god) who threatens death (physical or spiritual) because they robbed an imaginary being.
Very well said, Shulem. Don't let those Mormons intimidate you. Their god is nothing but an imaginary bully in their own eyes that loves to threaten everyone who refuses to obey his every whim. Screw you, Mormon god. I will not have anything to do with you. I am an anti-Mormon.
Niadna wrote:Indeed...I addressed the behavior (though I was actually pretty lousy at classroom management). And part of addressing that behavior is classifying the BEHAVIOR.
Which, as I have mentioned more than once, is what I do when classifying 'critic' 'anti' and 'extreme anti'. I have, more than once, stated rather clearly that I can't judge the thoughts and motives of the writers, only that which is written.
But your labels don’t purport to classify behavior — they purport to classify people. You introduced them as s system to classify people — in fact as a comprehensive taxonomy of everyone in the world who is not a Mormon. If someone resorts to insults, why label the person rather than address the insult.
Some excellent points Relief Society. It's fine to label behavior and point that it if one feels it applies, but not to label the person. Everyone can behave one way today and another the next day. I criticize the LDS church on many things and defend the church on many other things.
This is the result of lying about everything and to everyone. This is the result of stealing Masonic rituals. This is the result of screwing 14 year old girls and other men's wives. This is the result of mocking the ancient Egyptian scrolls and blaspheming their gods. This is the result of burning a free press in a fit of rage.
He deserved what he got!
No, I don't go along with that. It's lynch law, not karma. We have too many people defending vigilantism as it is. The murder of the Smiths was used later as justification to murder again in Mountain Meadows. Violence perpetuates violence. I take no satisfaction in his death no matter how low my opinion of him. He was not the first or the last cult leader to die violently. They usually live on as an excuse for more horror as martyrs. And so the lethal loop repeats.
Maksutov wrote:No, I don't go along with that. It's lynch law, not karma. We have too many people defending vigilantism as it is. The murder of the Smiths was used later as justification to murder again in Mountain Meadows. Violence perpetuates violence. I take no satisfaction in his death no matter how low my opinion of him. He was not the first or the last cult leader to die violently. They usually live on as an excuse for more horror as martyrs. And so the lethal loop repeats.
I agree except with the word karma. I think it describes accurately that Joseph's actions helped lead up to his demise. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma
Okay, I'll play. "anti-Mormon" is a disingenuous ad hom appeal to emotion that is used to gin up Mormons into believing that those who criticize their church are in fact criticizing them as a people and as individuals. It's designed to characterized and portray critics as hateful intolerant bigots.
Not that there aren't hateful bigots present in the critic community. But, to paint all persons who criticize the Church with the same broad brush is in fact bigotted.
See how that works?
k'bye
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Maksutov wrote:No, I don't go along with that. It's lynch law, not karma. We have too many people defending vigilantism as it is. The murder of the Smiths was used later as justification to murder again in Mountain Meadows. Violence perpetuates violence. I take no satisfaction in his death no matter how low my opinion of him. He was not the first or the last cult leader to die violently. They usually live on as an excuse for more horror as martyrs. And so the lethal loop repeats.
I agree except with the word karma. I think it describes accurately that Joseph's actions helped lead up to his demise. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma
Computing karma requires a meta-intelligence far beyond mine. Did Smith push people around and piss them off? Yep. Lie, cheat and grab pussy? Yep. Order the murder of people? Probably. But the way to deal with such a character is to lock them up and let them rot like Warren Jeffs. If you kill them then you can't expose them--you just elevate them to victimhood and sainthood.
They shot the bastard dead. He won't be screwing anymore 14 year old babes including your own daughter. He won't be burning any more presses. He won't be screwing your wife behind your back.
Jersey Girl wrote:Okay, I'll play. "anti-Mormon" is a disingenuous ad hom appeal to emotion that is used to gin up Mormons into believing that those who criticize their church are in fact criticizing them as a people and as individuals. It's designed to characterized and portray critics as hateful intolerant bigots.
