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Anti-Mormonism and the Newfangled Countercult Culture
Maxwell Institute, ^

Posted on 05/06/2008 6:58:38 PM PDT by restornu

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To: Leisler

I do!! My now ex-boss fired me and my girlfriend because it was against his LDS morals. How do I know this? Because he told his bosses (the City Council) that he didn’t care for our morals and if they did then the Council should get rid of him!! At the time she lived 20 miles from the City where we worked and he had other employees go by her house to see if I was staying the night...

The Council made him re-hire me but he “fined” me $13,500 to get my job back. He was then forced to retire...

BTW my girlfriend has filed a wrongful termination suit against the City because of this...

So that is one Mormom who can kiss my A$$...


41 posted on 05/07/2008 10:15:39 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: Elsie

A racist xenophobic white man who hates “immigrants” you mean?


42 posted on 05/07/2008 10:19:21 AM PDT by HenpeckedCon (Deport them all... Let God sort them out!)
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To: Elsie
Honestly, I don't care if Mormon's call themselves Christians or not. I'm nominally a Protestant. I wasn't Baptized and I don't go to church. The only religion I have a problem with is Islam. If you want to be a Mormon, a Druid or a snake handler that's fine with me.
43 posted on 05/07/2008 10:26:45 AM PDT by HenpeckedCon (Deport them all... Let God sort them out!)
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To: HenpeckedCon; wardaddy

“A Southern Baptist? I never said I was a Southern Baptist.”


You sure didn’t, with all my flipping around this morning and work, I must have somehow mixed your “evangelical” and wardaddy’s “Southern Baptist” together, sorry about that.

I bet that had you wondering?


44 posted on 05/07/2008 10:36:03 AM PDT by ansel12 (Texas)
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To: ansel12

No problem. My Canuck father called me a “Swamp Yankee”.


45 posted on 05/07/2008 10:59:40 AM PDT by HenpeckedCon (Deport them all... Let God sort them out!)
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To: ansel12

Actually, Henpecked didn’t state that Mormonism/LDS-ism is Christian. It appears more that Henpecked doesn’t care about Christ or Christinaity, just peace at any cost. Standing to oppose the heresies Mormonism promotes is considered Mormon bashing by the Mormonism apologists AND now by the powers that be at FR. Some of us are not much longer to be here at FR/mormon-sanctuary.


46 posted on 05/07/2008 12:17:01 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: HenpeckedCon

No, the Mormons who came to your door were no “spreading the gospel.” They were spreading their “new” gospel (hence the “latter day” in their full name “Latter Day Saints”). This “new” gospel is, by definition, unbiblical. Therefore, what they are spreading is heresy, which will lead many to hell.

They were nice, I’m certain. And deceiving many into eternal punishment with their false gospel.


47 posted on 05/07/2008 1:18:39 PM PDT by Theo (Global warming "scientists." Pro-evolution "scientists." They're both wrong.)
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To: MHGinTN
Standing to oppose the heresies Mormonism promotes is considered Mormon bashing by the Mormonism apologists ...
48 posted on 05/07/2008 2:20:42 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
"I guess the status of their eternal soul is also of no import to you."

No one knows the answer to that, try as you might. Just why is it your business anyway?

49 posted on 05/07/2008 4:06:11 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: Elsie

I see your all here to toot your little self righteous horns.

Have fun.


50 posted on 05/07/2008 5:10:38 PM PDT by wardaddy (Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing it's toothy tribal charlatan)
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To: Saundra Duffy
"It was the way I was raised - Southern Baptist. We pretty much despised everyone - Jews, Catholics, Mormons, you name it."

Judging by what I have seen on here on FR, this is definitely a VERY true statement.

51 posted on 05/07/2008 5:15:08 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Give me examples of Southern Baptists here on FR despising everyone.

I’ll make it easy for you. I am one. You can start by perusing my posts....


52 posted on 05/07/2008 6:00:08 PM PDT by wardaddy (Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing it's toothy tribal charlatan)
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To: wardaddy

Here you go: http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/religion-forum/index


53 posted on 05/07/2008 6:02:09 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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To: big'ol_freeper

linking the religion forum proves not one little speck that “from your experience here that Southern Baptists despise everyone”

do you have anything beyond just linking the Religion Forum at large?


54 posted on 05/07/2008 9:11:33 PM PDT by wardaddy (FR's Mormon Haters are the new Immigration Thread harpies)
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To: wardaddy

It is not my function in life to do research for you. The answer to your question is found in the entirety of the religion forum threads.


55 posted on 05/08/2008 3:12:03 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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To: Theo
I'm not a very religious person. I have no ill will to the Mormons. They have their beliefs and you have yours. I really don't understand why so many Freepers have a problem with them. The two gentlemen who knocked on my door couldn't have been nicer to me. They didn't try to pressure me to join them, they just wanted a minute of my time to talk to me. I know this is heresy here to some people, but I don't believe Jesus wouldn't allow people into heaven if they are good people. Joseph Smith's a false profit, I agree, but for the most part they are decent people.
56 posted on 05/08/2008 4:38:39 AM PDT by HenpeckedCon (Deport them all... Let God sort them out!)
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To: big'ol_freeper

It’s apparently your function in life to make broad smears on Baptists you can’t back up.

All hat, no cattle you are sport.


57 posted on 05/08/2008 4:38:54 AM PDT by wardaddy (FR's Mormon Haters are the new Immigration Thread harpies)
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To: wardaddy

I originally said: Judging by what I have seen on here on FR, this is definitely a VERY true statement.

I have been on FR for nine years. I said “what I have seen on here on FR”. The statement was an observation of mine that covers a nine year period and screen upon screen upon screen of threads that I base my observation on. I’m not going to spend days documenting nine years that make up my observation anymore than I would ask you to disprove my observation by going back through nine years of threads.


58 posted on 05/08/2008 4:45:34 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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To: HenpeckedCon

It’s clear you have a false understanding of your state, friend.

Everyone has sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. If you’ve stolen anything in your life, you are a thief. If you’ve looked at a woman (other than your wife) lustfully even once, according to Jesus you have committed adultery with her. If you’ve ever lied, you are a liar. And God does not allow into heaven those who are lying, thieving, adulterers.

Period.

Ah, but He did make a way for us to be reconciled with Him: Jesus. Those who turn from their selfish ways and place their faith in Him receive the gift of salvation! And that’s a great thing.

You said, “I really don’t understand why so many Freepers have a problem with them.” The reason: We’re passionate about Truth. Those who are passionate about Truth are passionate against lies that present themselves as Truth. What’s Truth? Truth is found in Scripture, the word of God carefully written down and handed down to us. It is True, and in no need of “restoration” (a term Joseph Smith used to refer to the stories he made up to replace Scripture).

I encourage you to think deeply about your eternal fate, HenpeckedCon. You — the invisible part of you that thinks and feels — are going somewhere after you die. After you breathe your last breath, you are either going *to* God (Heaven) or *away* from God (Hell). By default, we’re all headed away from Him. If you simply turn and ask Him to forgive you for what you’ve done wrong, as your personal relationship with Him grows, you’ll find yourself going *to* Him. Jesus is trustworthy.

Yes, for the most part Mormons are decent people. But their faith is false, built on the lies of a false prophet, and I fear for their eternal fates, especially for those who draw others into their false religion.


59 posted on 05/08/2008 5:52:18 AM PDT by Theo (Global warming "scientists." Pro-evolution "scientists." They're both wrong.)
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To: Theo
Thanks for your concern about my soul. I am familiar with the New Testament. I find it hard to believe the majority of people on Earth are destined for eternal damnation when they die because they didn't accept Jesus as their personal Saviour. I believe he's the son of God. Are God's chosen people all destined for hell?
60 posted on 05/08/2008 6:34:43 AM PDT by HenpeckedCon (Deport them all... Let God sort them out!)
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