In the aftermath of a Romney Florida victory, we need good news like this.
The "bad news" contained in this, though, is that many Mormons aren't leaving to go a Christian church...disillusioned about having been so vulnerable to believing cult fables for so long...they turn to emptiness...
Pray that the Lord of the Harvest rounds up these lost and shepherdless Mormons.
I stand in agreement with you.
“If people are leaving it’s really a mark that maybe we need to get deeper into our faith,” said Ross Booth, LDS Church member.
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No, idiot
Its a sign you need to find out why...
“When life is going good and we don’t have as many challenges we don’t turn to God,” said Babbi Hill, LDS Church member.
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When life is going bad Mormons dont turn to God, either...
Joey Smith cant help them...
A black "prophet" ???
a woman "prophet" ???
No extra "wives" for Willie Mitty ???
and improve the amount of accurate information about the church on the internet
Oh I would think theres just the right amount there now
Thats your problem, guys...
HELLO ???
That's all I ever need to know about Mormonism.
I guess that’s what happens to a cult when the personality wears off. They don’t have the Holy Spirit wooing them!
Is there not a single Bible concept these people get correct? Beyond that what are they talking about, stalking people who leave? Brow beating them to come back?
I beg to differ on this point. We are finally free to use our free agency to enjoy the wonders of that certain Higher Power without the guilt that gets heaped upon us by organized religion. We are also free to associate with like minded friends of all persuasions.
Hey Marlin, come on down to southern Utah and we will have a friendly discussion (beer summit) about how you do this. First drop the BoM and the DC. Then reorganize as a social club Corporation which is what you presently are. Just drop all the Voodoo.
Yes, they're doing this by scrubbing the internet of the facts and truth that contradict their "teachings" and missionary efforts.
IOW, attempting to revise their history, censor those who persist in posting factual information about the sordid church doctrines and rituals.
I guess they're playing a game of "averages", eradicate enough of the factually correct negative information and mitigate what's left by flooding the internet with the SLC approved version.
Pathetic liars, pawns of satan.
Translation: Double down on indoctrination, press more volunteer duties and church activities, double down on missionaries assigned to home teaching and visits to members who fail to keep up with the program.
They are very polite, but when missionaries visit a mormon's house day after day for "prayer" or "fellowship" you are purposely being made aware that the eye of the bishop is on you...in love and concern, of course. But it is a form of religious police IMO...
And a note on volunteerism...I once tried to contact my 82yo mormon mother and couldn't get a hold of her for four days. All my family members are mormon, I'm the only ex, and I don't have contact with any of them, only her...so I had no one else to call. I tracked down her neighbor, who said when she'd left but had no idea where she'd gone.
It turned out the entire church ward was picking apples in an orchard. They were all volunteers, no pay involved. The owner of the orchard was a mormon who couldn't get his crop picked for one reason or another so they all picked apples for four days, and some donation was made by the orchard owner to the church, and SLC tells the local bishop how to dispose of it or where to send it.
People think the Asians have secret economies...they could take lessons from mormons. Somebody's making money, a lot of people are working free, it all becomes an indoctrination opportunity, see which members are the happy givers, identify those who aren't, send missionaries to the lazy members' houses. Of course, you can tell them to kiss off anytime, some do, and become "jack mormons" and get the cold shoulder. It's the co-dependent ones who will get the habit of obedience, then drop the habit of questioning, that become "good" mormons.
My mom's 82, and she's off sleeping on a cot in someone's kitchen, and picking apples all day! She did say, though, that after all the low-hangers were picked, that they didn't make her climb any ladders. They put her to work in a fruit stand by the highway selling fruit and apple cider to travelers. Nice of them.
It's always something...when I call her I joke with her whether the bishop had her hauling stones for the mormon pyramid again this week.