Bishka
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I heard that all Mormons have horns. Is this true?
Yeah, that's what is keeping our haloes up!
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I heard that all Mormons have horns. Is this true?
I assume that you are talking about the persecutions that removed many Mormons from their homelands. This was always a question that I really couldn’t understand. One of the reasons I couldn't understand it is because I could not wrap my mind around the times in this period of our history.Katzpur writes:And as for the Mountain Meadows Massacre, I wouldn't mind them covering that if they were to give equal time to the attrocities perpetrated against us by the rest of "Christian" society.
Why were the Mormons constantly persecuted wherever they went?
Was it because it was a new movement?
Was it the era (for example the need for law and order in the wild west)?
Were all religious people persecuted for a belief in God or just Mormons?
Was it the early Mormons that brought out this behavior in others?
Could any of these atrocities have been prevented?
What are the significant changes since the mid 1800s to today that Mormons are now tolerable, acceptable and thrive as an established religion when the odds seemed to have been stacked against them in the beginning?
Why were the Mormons constantly persecuted wherever they went?
I know quakers got a lot of beef at this point in time. Catholics did, too.I don't know. I think the persecution of the Latter-day Saints in the United States is a unique story.
I know quakers got a lot of beef at this point in time. Catholics did, too.
I think jonny's answer pretty much covered that. There were a lot of reasons, many of them political.Why were the Mormons constantly persecuted wherever they went?
I don't think it was because it was a new movement, per se, but because Joseph Smith made three claims that just antagonized people to no end. (1) He claimed to have literally seen God. Obviously, the idea that God had appeared to a fourteen-year-old unlearned boy from rural New York state is not going to go over very well with most people. (2) He claimed to have had an angelic visitation and to have been led to discover an ancient record inscribed on golden plates. He claimed that this record was holy scripture and that God had provided a way for him to translate it. More scripture? In the nineteenth century? Bad idea! (3) He claimed to have been told that none of the churches existing at that time had the fulness of the truth. How many people is that going to offend? Lots.Was it because it was a new movement?
Well, upstate New York wasn't exactly the wild west, nor was Ohio or Missouri or Illinois. The persecution started long before the Saints headed west.Was it the era (for example the need for law and order in the wild west)?
At the risk of sounding like I have some kind of a complex, I'd say we received more than our fair share of persecution.Were all religious people persecuted for a belief in God or just Mormons?
Depends on whom you ask. From the non-Mormon point of view, I'm sure that those Mormons had it coming.Was it the early Mormons that brought out this behavior in others?
Undoubtedly. When a governor can legitimately issue an "Extermination Order" authorizing the cold-blooded murder of any and all Latter-day Saints, what can you expect of the general public?Could any of these atrocities have been prevented?
That's a hard question. I suppose it gets down to understanding. As people learn the truth about what we believe -- and why -- and as they get to know us personally as friends, neighbors and co-workers, they eventually figure out that while we may have some beliefs that are very non-mainstream as Christianity goes, we are decent, hard-working people. We value education, we stress the importance of community service, and we have an excellent work ethic.What are the significant changes since the mid 1800’s to today that Mormons are now tolerable, acceptable and thrive as an established religion when the odds seemed to have been stacked against them in the beginning?
For Katzpur.
See my next post for my answer.Why do you feel that equal time should be spent in the PBS documentary describing the atrocities against the Mormons to the time describing the Mountains Meadow Massacre?
OH, I misunderstood. Carry on.I say it's unique because neither of those religious groups actually got up and left the country to flee the persecution. The story itself is unique. I'm not trying to say that the LDS was the only church ever persecuted.
There have been countless films made about the primitive history of the Bible. Why hasnt anyone attempted to make a movie about History that was presented in the Book Of Mormon. Or Have they?
In the Book of Mormon when Christ first appeared before the early American settlers, why did Christ ask them to thrust their hands into his side and feel the prints from the nails in his hands in order to prove that he was the Christ who was slain and that died for our sins. Besides the doubt of Thomas over in the other continent, what evidence would this provide to the settlers awaiting Christs coming when they had no way of knowing of the news that he had been crucified in the first place? It was written that the multiude of 2500 people had all gone fourth to do this. What was the reason for this?
There have been countless films made about the primitive history of the Bible. Why hasnt anyone attempted to make a movie about History that was presented in the Book Of Mormon. Or Have they?
Thanks Jonny, I'll keep an eye out for them.I just remembered two movies made about the Book of Mormon (besides all the animated cartoons): The Book of Mormon Move and The Testaments. The Book of Mormon movie probably isn't worth your time, but I would recommend The Testaments. This is the film that they showed at temple square for years.
Thanks Jonny, I'll keep an eye out for them.
I just remembered two movies made about the Book of Mormon (besides all the animated cartoons): The Book of Mormon Move and The Testaments. The Book of Mormon movie probably isn't worth your time, but I would recommend The Testaments. This is the film that they showed at temple square for years.
Do you believe the Bible teaches there is only one God?
Since the Bible teaches there is only one God, how can there be more than one in Mormonism? Are you going to be a 'god', too? I thought there was only one, perhaps you can clear up the confusion for me?
Thanks.