Why does the Mormon Faith demand

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ChesusRice

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That their followers stockpile food and be prepared for an emergency?

Does Mitt Romney have a diabolical plan?
 
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ChesusRice

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Here is another question
Why do Mormons intentionally keep church congregations small?

Is this like being in a group when a grenade goes off defense? Spread out?
 
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ChesusRice

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Why did the Mormons make the tabernacle in Salt lake City earthquake prrof when there are practically no earthquakes in utah?

Is this like hardening a bunker?
 
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stumps

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Why does anyone stock pile food and other things for emergency use. Maybe there smart?
 
Carne Seca

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ChesusRice said:
That their followers stockpile food and be prepared for an emergency?

Does Mitt Romney have a diabolical plan?
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Mitt Romney is a minor functionary in the church. He has no say-so over its governance or its doctrine. Not to mention the sorry bastard has a lot to repent for.

ChesusRice said:
Here is another question
Why do Mormons intentionally keep church congregations small?

Is this like being in a group when a grenade goes off defense? Spread out?
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Our congregations are broken down into wards that are regional in their make-up. I'm a member of 3rd ward. That means people in my area are also in that ward. Then there are stakes which encompasses a region like the west side of a city or even half a county. It just depends on the population. Wards are kept small because it's easier to keep track of the members. We have family home teachers and visiting teachers that visit their ward members once a month to make sure everything is o.k. Spiritually, financially, emotionally. We take care of our own. We have one on one meetings with our bishop regarding tithing and other things.

ChesusRice said:
Why did the Mormons make the tabernacle in Salt lake City earthquake prrof when there are practically no earthquakes in utah?

Is this like hardening a bunker?
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There are earthquakes all the time in Utah. I lived there for four years and experienced several. I only felt one though.
 
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If Chesus put as much effort into painting his run down house as he does talking about Mormans, he wouldn't have got a notice from the city demanding he paint it. And his neighbors wouldn't be pissed off at the lazy bum for making their block look like a fucking ghetto!.
 
yesum

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Carne Seca is it true that if you use birth control and choose not to have children or just 1, you would be shunned by the faithful. Same if they knew you smoked pot or drank, even in moderation or medical use? Put it another way, how many childless couples are there in church. How many admit to smoking pot and attend church. Few to none is my guess. Not counting infertility issues here either, just birth control.

Comparative religion offered at their schools? Since indoctrination into Mormonism starts at birth basically, maybe they would offer one class in alternate religions or philosophy. I got one class of comparative religion at my Seventh Day Adventist school. In 12 years 1 class that lasted a few months.

I have known a few Mormons and they all have families of 4 or more. Mom keeps pumping them out as long as she can. If they want to be part of the group, I think they breed or else. Wrong about that?

What has Romney done that is so bad? I think we would have heard it by now. He seems a decent guy, it is his religion that puts me off.

Stockpiling food and preparing for bad times sounds pretty good to me, if you get obsessed with it then not so much.
 
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I am curious about having experienced several earthquakes but only felt one. I've been present during earthquakes that were below my threshold of perception, but I didn't experience them. cn
 
Carne Seca

Carne Seca

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yesum said:
Carne Seca is it true that if you use birth control and choose not to have children or just 1, you would be shunned by the faithful. Same if they knew you smoked pot or drank, even in moderation or medical use? Put it another way, how many childless couples are there in church. How many admit to smoking pot and attend church. Few to none is my guess. Not counting infertility issues here either, just birth control.
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umm... I'm openly gay and childless and have full support from my ward. I'm a medical cannabis recipient and have not been shunned or excommunicated. I also love the Tequila. There is a huge misunderstanding about the doctrine. Coffee, tea, tobacco and alcohol are warned against but it's up to the individual if they wish to imbibe, PLUS, we have provisions for medicinal usage. In other words. If it's medicine. It's allowed.

yesum said:
Comparative religion offered at their schools? Since indoctrination into Mormonism starts at birth basically, maybe they would offer one class in alternate religions or philosophy. I got one class of comparative religion at my Seventh Day Adventist school. In 12 years 1 class that lasted a few months.
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LOL We're not Amish we attend regular public schools or if you're rich, private schools. We do have Seminary for LDS students before and after classes. In college it's called, Institute.

yesum said:
I have known a few Mormons and they all have families of 4 or more. Mom keeps pumping them out as long as she can. If they want to be part of the group, I think they breed or else. Wrong about that?
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We believe in large families, yes. But that's a personal decision between husband and wife. Mostly the wife.

yesum said:
What has Romney done that is so bad? I think we would have heard it by now. He seems a decent guy, it is his religion that puts me off.
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He lies, he flip-flops, he cheats, he does a lot of things that aren't kosher in the LDS community and we are a religion of "by their fruits ye shall know them." He isn't a good example of Mormon ethics.

yesum said:
Stockpiling food and preparing for bad times sounds pretty good to me, if you get obsessed with it then not so much.
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It's not an obsession. The only time I think of storing food is when I'm canning. Time to rotate the food storage. ::sigh::
 
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I will get right to it.
I have been a member of ar15.com for years. There are guys that have been preparing for TEOTWAKI for a very long time. They have their food storage, pallets of ammo. And a lot of them are hoping it happens, becuase they believe that when it goes down. They will be the group that comes out and dominates.

What would make the mormons any different, and how would that affect Mitt Romney's decisions? Why wouldnt Mitt Romney collapse the economy of the USA and cause Chaos? His Group has been preparing for it for decades.
 
Carne Seca

Carne Seca

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ChesusRice said:
I will get right to it.
I have been a member of ar15.com for years. There are guys that have been preparing for TEOTWAKI for a very long time. They have their food storage, pallets of ammo. And a lot of them are hoping it happens, becuase they believe that when it goes down. They will be the group that comes out and dominates.

What would make the mormons any different, and how would that affect Mitt Romney's decisions? Why wouldnt Mitt Romney collapse the economy of the USA and cause Chaos? His Group has been preparing for it for decades.
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As long as he is a member in good standing and wearing temple garments this is something he would never even contemplate. Because, according to our doctrine, those are the actions of an anti-Christ. We believe that events will play out the way prophecy dictates. We are forbidden to try and frustrate the Plan of Salvation which has set time-line and the Lord tells us that he will not come until every jot and tittle is fulfilled. No one knows the time of his coming so we don't have the authority to try and bring about the Second Coming. (this is so hard to explain to non-members, it's a little complex).

We're not concerned about domination. We're concerned about surviving the coming tribulations.
 
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ChesusRice

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Carne Seca said:
As long as he is a member in good standing and wearing temple garments this is something he would never even contemplate. Because, according to our doctrine, those are the actions of an anti-Christ. We believe that events will play out the way prophecy dictates. We are forbidden to try and frustrate the Plan of Salvation which has set time-line and the Lord tells us that he will not come until every jot and tittle is fulfilled. No one knows the time of his coming so we don't have the authority to try and bring about the Second Coming. (this is so hard to explain to non-members, it's a little complex).

We're not concerned about domination. We're concerned about surviving the coming tribulations.
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I remember when the IRS was going to take away the LDS churches tax exempt status becuase of institutional racism
the the "Prophets" proclaimed blacks could now become full members of the LDS church even though they still teach blacks are marked with the curse of cain

Hey ever read where the "prophets" changed their mind on Polygamy?

How about where the "prophets" decided it was ok to invest tax free church income in parking lots and shopping malls
 
hotrodharley

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I'm no Mormon but I am well aware of their history. Well before Nauvoo they were aware they were hated and feared. After night riders kept wiping them out and after Smith and his brother were killed by a mob and they fled West their struggle was just beginning. The Mountain Meadow Massacre was proof enough they needed their own place to live in isolation and I wish it was still that way. They prepare for disaster and hard times because they lived it in their history.
 
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ChesusRice

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hotrodharley said:
I'm no Mormon but I am well aware of their history. Well before Nauvoo they were aware they were hated and feared. After night riders kept wiping them out and after Smith and his brother were killed by a mob and they fled West their struggle was just beginning. The Mountain Meadow Massacre was proof enough they needed their own place to live in isolation and I wish it was still that way. They prepare for disaster and hard times because they lived it in their history.
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Maybe if he didnt have a bunch of cult followers and limited himself to girls over the age of 13 people would not of hated him and his kind back then
 
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