yes, the mormons have their ex-sites too.
one difference i note is that the lds church doesn't tell its members to avoid "apostate" sites, as does the w.t.
one church spokesperson stated: "beyond urging members to use wisdom and judgment in their use of the internet or any other medium of communication, we have made no comment on specific web sites.".
still busy, be back in a bit, but I don't buy into the whole cult thing as much as some do. If you matched Christ Church up to that list, which ones apply?
I'm not saying that some groups that match up on this list are ok, I'm saying that this list is very vague, and ebay matches up just about 1-10, so you have to be careful attributing the 'cult' tag onto an organization.
Rev
yes, the mormons have their ex-sites too.
one difference i note is that the lds church doesn't tell its members to avoid "apostate" sites, as does the w.t.
one church spokesperson stated: "beyond urging members to use wisdom and judgment in their use of the internet or any other medium of communication, we have made no comment on specific web sites.".
who wrote coc?
a member of the gb or a nephew of a member of the gb?
yes, the mormons have their ex-sites too.
one difference i note is that the lds church doesn't tell its members to avoid "apostate" sites, as does the w.t.
one church spokesperson stated: "beyond urging members to use wisdom and judgment in their use of the internet or any other medium of communication, we have made no comment on specific web sites.".
I have to be quick but to touch on the Mountain Meadows thing real quick. Supposedly there was a letter written from SLC, by BY that told the local Mormons to leave the travelers alone. They didn't, they did horrible horrible things to these people. But it's a back and forth debate between Mormons and anti-Mormons.
I'll post some info on it a bit later tonight.
drwtsn32, that's not what I meant by that, but I'll post later on that as well. Rev ---------- LambsRoar.org
yes, the mormons have their ex-sites too.
one difference i note is that the lds church doesn't tell its members to avoid "apostate" sites, as does the w.t.
one church spokesperson stated: "beyond urging members to use wisdom and judgment in their use of the internet or any other medium of communication, we have made no comment on specific web sites.".
yes, the mormons have their ex-sites too.
one difference i note is that the lds church doesn't tell its members to avoid "apostate" sites, as does the w.t.
one church spokesperson stated: "beyond urging members to use wisdom and judgment in their use of the internet or any other medium of communication, we have made no comment on specific web sites.".
it's had a huge impact. Not only is it the fastest growing religion worldwide, it's the fastest growing religion in the black community. I just read a newspaper article on it. And, not only that, but blacks make up the largest converts of the sect as well, if I read the article correctly.
Rev
who wrote coc?
a member of the gb or a nephew of a member of the gb?
who wrote coc?
a member of the gb or a nephew of a member of the gb?
Both
Ray Franz (author CoC) served on the Governing Body, and so did his uncle, who was President before he died. Rev ---------- LambsRoar.org
who wrote coc?
a member of the gb or a nephew of a member of the gb?
yes, the mormons have their ex-sites too.
one difference i note is that the lds church doesn't tell its members to avoid "apostate" sites, as does the w.t.
one church spokesperson stated: "beyond urging members to use wisdom and judgment in their use of the internet or any other medium of communication, we have made no comment on specific web sites.".
I am surprised that there are ex-JWs here that would almost like to be Mormon. IMO Mormon beliefs are even more "out there" than JW beliefs. The BoM is not backed at all by archaeology, it contradicts the bible in places, and yet according to Mormons it is a "higher source" than the bible.
I personally don't have a problem with most JW doctrine. It all sounds reasonable, the problem doesn't lie in any 'out there' theories of theirs. The problem lies in the fact that they have no backing for these theories from a book they claim is pure, and the last written word of God. But, beyond that, I have a problem with their many many failed Prophecies and their hypocrisy. I don't have a problem with their BoM contradicting the Bible either, and I always held the opinion that the Bible has been ripped apart to such a degree, it's hard to tell what's up and what's down in it. Besides the fact that the Bible contradicts itself. The Bible is not pure, newsflash for anyone that believes it is. We've seen in our own lifetime that it's been hacked to death (NWT). So if God can't, or chose not to protect it from these Watchtower Hackers, what makes us think he has for the last several centuries? As for archaeology, there are some things that back up BoM teachings, but it's true that there aren't many. But then again, archaeology contradicts the Bible constantly as well.
Don't get me wrong: Mormons are GREAT people. Very nice, loving, even to non-members (unlike the JWs).
Some JWs are loving 
If you want to be a Mormon for social reasons, great. But their religious views are really whacked and not based on any sort of fact. (Mainstream Christianity isn't either, I guess, but it's not as bad...) Just my opinion....
The thing is, if Christ came to us now and sorted out the Bible for us, and explained the right and wrong in it, we'd throw him in the loonie bin. I believe that when Christ does come and do this, his side of the story will be MUCH different than any Christian religion on the face of the earth presently. Unless of course the Mormons are correct, and Christ DID come in the 1800's. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, I don't have a clue, I wasn't there.
Also, their 'out there' views make MUCH more sense to me than any I've heard from any other religion, and I've checked out a good many of them. Even still, I am not a Mormon (I know they hate that term), and that goes more along the lines of what RF had to say above. I do ask myself this question though from time to time: If it were judgment day, and I had several doors to choose from to walk through, all labeled with the religions of the world, which one would I open. And the answer is "LDS" every time. Problem is, it might be too late then, but it's a chance I take for selfish freedom. Rev ---------- LambsRoar.org