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Why Did The Mormon Church Become Involved In The Proposition 8 Battle?
- Thread starter J Bryson
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themadhair
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You ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Well, according to the LDS official position, we don't know what causes homosexuality.
Sorry. I didn't equate "concentration" with "money."
I'm willing to have honest discussions. Mestemia made it clear he's not interested. He will be the first on my ignore list.
Now, as for us, I thought we were doing pretty good. I hope you don't decide to take up his shoes.
And, for the record, I've been here quite awhile and have never had anyone on my ignore list. Your claim that I only want to hear from those I agree with is way off base.
Autodidact
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Well, interracial marriage was only legalized in Utah in 1963, and Black men only admitted to the priesthood in 1978, so the Mormons have been on the wrong side of civil rights most of this century.
rojse
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I also mentioned people, too. Your church only has a certain amount of people, whom it can direct towards furthering it's agendas. Concentrating it's people on politics means that those people are not helping those in need.
McBell
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I have no newsletter or even an agenda.
I merely got fed up with Watchman's "Pigeon Playing Chess" tactics.
themadhair
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And the LDS are the authorities on scientific research?
rojse
RF Addict
Most of the last century too, reading the post.
themadhair
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You should start one.
Autodidact
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I think it was mixed, although Utah territory legalized slavery in 1850.
rojse
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This century began in the year 2000, which is the twenty-first century. Last century began in 1900, which was the twentieth century.
OK, I concede. The Church doesn't spend ALL it's money and ALL it's people on humanitarian work. I guess the real thrust of the issue is: why should it?
LDS have many brilliant minds in the sciences, yes. Do we claim to be authorities? No. As far as I know, there is no absolute concensus of whether human sexuality is driven by genes, environment, or a combination. Most likely, and I say this as a non-expert/non-authority, it is a combination.
Why do yo ask?
The Church was actually pro-abolition. That's a huge part of the reason we had so many problems in Missouri.
McBell
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My guess is because your comment came off as arrogantly proclaiming that if it is not LDS Doctrine that is matters not anything else.
Although it did seem that way to me, I suspected that it was not an intentional thing on your part.
J Bryson
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Because the commands of Jesus were all about helping the poor and downtrodden, and he didn't say a thing about political involvement.
Jesus was very much a political figure.
We also have a history of prophets meddling in politics in the scriptures.
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