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0mgwhat (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i think the use of Mormon should really go out of style with our church. that way there wont be any confusion if those other churches want to be called mormon.
0mgwhat (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i don't agree. as much as I hate all the lies about the church, freedom of speech means freedom of speech. we can't stop them from saying that stuff, we can only correct them and provide accurate information.
patriciaredstone (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The media doesn't "create the confusion" Mormons create the confusion by blaming everyone else for not having esoteric knowledge of your historic past - and then you use public ignorance to perpetuate your objective to redact your history. Until recently, ALL Mormons practised polygymy. Probably ALL of your church directories have Jeffs, Barlows and Steeds apleanty. Probably many of your members over 30 have eight grandmas. Don't blame the media.
patriciaredstone (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is ridiculous. Of course there is a connection. A hundred years doesn't erase the historic connection between LDS and FLDS. This would be like The Church of England making a statement of "no connection whatsoever" with the Catholic church. Try this experiment. Look at how many Jeff's, Barlow's and Steed's there are in the international LDS church directory. Go ahead. Have your Mormon feud, but don't expect the rest of the world to vacuum our brains and redact our history to suit yours.
knockonwoods (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Right On!!
ozgrl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Define Christian....
yuungdon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
thanks elder cook
jbrittonnyc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
When news outlets contact the Church to request permission to film in a polygamous sect's temple or feature the Salt Lake temple image in a story about the FLDS, this is evidence of the even greater confusion that exists in the general public. Such confusion is equivalent to thinking that Jehovah's Witnesses are a breakaway sect of the Roman Catholic Church. Journalists that recognize this distinction have the obligation to inform and correct the public and I thank the majority that do.
bwood720 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Where is this comment even coming from, other than out of hatred for Mormons? It has no relation to the video or to any post I have seen.
StepfordValley (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm not Mormon... but who are you to say that someone isn't Christ-Like. That's all Christian means. It's a term for someone that belives Christ died for their sins, nothing more. There is no religion called Christian. |
