There is a movement afoot to revoke the Mormon tax exemption due to their promotion of prop 8 in CA. I’m all for churches paying taxes, so check it out!http://lds501c3.wordpress.com/
There is a movement afoot to revoke the Mormon tax exemption due to their promotion of prop 8 in CA. I’m all for churches paying taxes, so check it out!http://lds501c3.wordpress.com/
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The Mormon church….just as funny as the catholic church….but for not as long….
all my conversations with the superstitious end with me stating I have respect for the individual…I have no respect for the monotheistic institution….
and as many has stated…it is about an individuals right to choose the one they partner with….
this core basic understanding is what freedom means in a great democracy….
If people want thier views heard in a democracy…they vote for representation….they dont mob the bill of rights….the courts will have the final say….again and again and again….
Charlie
What’s with the use of the ellipsis? It’s a feature of Phreeky’s posts that has frequently commented upon here.
There are lots of other Funny Mental Cases as bigoted against the Mormons as they all are against us. If you’re following What’s divide-and conquer strategy, try to couch your criticisms of the Mormons in terms that don’t overtly include the Bible-believers.
What,
I’ll try to keep my leaps short
NotSoFast
NotSoFast
Yep. Never miss a chance to pit one religion against another but be sure not to be caught between them when the fighting breaks out.
NotSoFast
Could you please clarify this for me.
Well, I have an update:
Three Mormon churches here were vandalized over the weekend. Nothing serious- some broken windows- but it is assumed that it ties in with Prop Hate.
The news interviewed a ‘member’, and she said she was disturbed that someone could be so hateful.
All I could say was, ‘you fucking hypocritical bitch’.
Her goddamn church that she is so proud of is openly and unapologetically bigoted.
I swear, these religious freaks will never understand their own hypocrisy even when it slaps them in the face.
If you want to try a “divide and conquer” strategy, remind some of the church folk of how the separation of church and state benefits them. For instance, speak out at Catholic groups and remind them of the long and virulent history of anti-catholic prejudice and repression. When JFK made his famous speech about the separation of church and state, he did it before a group of protestant church leaders… because he had to- to counter the prejudice! Politics has made Evangelicals, Mormons and Catholics bedfellows but they are strange bedfellows indeed. Plenty of hateful statements about Catholics (and Mormons) have been made by the Jerry Falwells and John Hagees of the Evangelical world. I think the light should be shined on them again… and again… and again.
Obeah
I didn’t have any particular ploy in mind; I just said “try”. It will be especially difficult in this case, because the fundamentalists are also against gay rights.
But the fundies despise the Book of Mormon. I don’t know if it contains any specific passages against gays; if you know of any, you could emphasize that the Mormons are likely following that rather than the anti-gay passages in the Bible.
You could also point out that the Mormon religion encouraged polygamy and forced marriages of young girls, until the federal government forced them to back down. The renegade Mormons who still follow these practises are also believed to be murdering and exiling adolescent boys, to keep all the girls for the old men.
The LDS church stopped these practises after the president of the church had a convenient “revelation” changing God’s will for his people, just in time to forestall prosecution. The fundies, of course, regard the Mormons as “false prophets”.
The Mormons also follow aggressive missionary activities and are growing faster than most churches. If you’re talking to a fundamentalist whose own denomination is not growing so fast, you might stir up some jealousy there. . . .
And if you’re talking to blacks, don’t forget to mention the LDS history of racism!
Boise Jim
We mustn’t condone criminal violence. Take the fucking hypocritical bitch to court.
“Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” saith the constitution.
NSF
Nice merman and evanjellocal baiting strategy.
NSF, are the mormons growing so fast because of high birthrates or missionary activity? I’m reading “Under the Banner of Heaven” right now, and from what it says about birthrates of Utah is that they are higher than in many third-world countries, and it may be that they actually lose more from their flock than they convert, but they still have a growing flock.
We need an influx of non-mormons into Utah. The mormons are successful recruiters in part because they reward their convertees with inside business connections and promotion from within. If that recruitment strategy can be neutered by influx of non-mormons demanding equal treatment under employment law then their numbers will fall off.
Also we really need a two child law in the US for so many reasons.
I don’t pay more attention to unpleasant things than I have to. I don’t have any details about Mormon shenanigans, just snippets of news that catch my eye now and then.
Yes, all the religiotics are really psychotic about filling up the Earth with as many excess children as possible. And Yes, the Mormons do have an intensive and highly organized program of proselytization. Kids in their late teens are expected to spend a couple years of their lives working as missionaries. (Talk about “community service”!)
What,
Let’s get it quick, before we have to make it a one-child law!
I don’t know how regimented Mormon voters are, but the Catholics have really got it bad:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27705755/
On the other hand, the same page has a link to this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
21134540/vp/27664539#27664539
A pastor encouraging people to have sex! What is the world coming to?