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Some Mormons Search the Web and Find Doubt
New York Times ^ | July 20, 2013 | LAURIE GOODSTEIN

Posted on 07/21/2013 11:21:16 AM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore

In the small but cohesive Mormon community where he grew up, Hans Mattsson was a solid believer and a pillar of the church. He followed his father and grandfather into church leadership and finally became an “area authority” overseeing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints throughout Europe

When fellow believers in Sweden first began coming to him with information from the Internet that contradicted the church’s history and teachings, he dismissed it as “anti-Mormon propaganda,” the whisperings of Lucifer. He asked his superiors for help in responding to the members’ doubts, and when they seemed to only sidestep the questions, Mr. Mattsson began his own investigation.

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TOPICS: Apologetics; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics; Theology
KEYWORDS: apostates; inman; mormonism; sectarianturmoil; seekers; truth
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And the truth will set you free.
1 posted on 07/21/2013 11:21:16 AM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore
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To: Not gonna take it anymore

LDS does not hold up under scrutiny.


2 posted on 07/21/2013 11:26:20 AM PDT by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore

The Book of Mormon is pure unadulterated POPPYCOCK!


3 posted on 07/21/2013 11:26:51 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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The Book of Mormon is pure unadulterated POPPYCOCK!

It's a very funny play, though


4 posted on 07/21/2013 11:27:35 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Not gonna take it anymore

There’s nothing you can’t find on the web.


5 posted on 07/21/2013 11:45:26 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama: the bearded lady of Muslim Brotherhood))
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back to Mormon bashing....

these are frigtening times, with threats of dictatorship,the worship of evil, and the decimation of our families and our churchs...

there's less and less of "us" and more and more of them...the haters, the evil doers, the ones that embrace all sorts of idolatry and sin, and perversion...

and yet, we still love to bash in a whole community of people who have decent morals and believe in marriage, children, work ethic....

we need to band together, not slash at good people....we don't bash people who don't believe in ANY God, and certainly we don't bash Jewish people...why Mormons?....and Catholics get nearly the same treatmen...

6 posted on 07/21/2013 11:46:25 AM PDT by cherry
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It could be due to opposition to top down, controlling cults.


7 posted on 07/21/2013 11:51:19 AM PDT by noprogs (Borders, Language, Culture)
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To: cherry

I couldn’t have said it better myself.


8 posted on 07/21/2013 11:51:28 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: cherry

My thoughts exactly. And why did they choose the NY Times to publish about it?


9 posted on 07/21/2013 11:54:48 AM PDT by kitkat (STORM THE HEAVENS WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore
It will be interesting to see how the LDS church ultimately handles the truth about some of its positions: i.e. the Smith translations of the Egyptian leading to the Book Of Abraham; the total lack of archaeological support for the Book Of Mormon; Smith's own self contradictions on material matters; Smith's gross sexual immorality witnessed by contemporary Mormon's etc. etc.

If I were a Mormon I would be worried about my salvation. Smith was obviously a false in many of his statements and a leader of men into sexual immorality.

10 posted on 07/21/2013 11:56:00 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: cherry; Colofornian; Elsie; svcw; Zakeet; Tennessee Nana; aMorePerfectUnion; Godzilla; fishtank; ..
we don't bash people who don't believe in ANY God, and certainly we don't bash Jewish people...why Mormons?

Why mormons?....could it be that the mormon church sends 75,000 (soon to be over 100,000) missionaries out into the world to bash the faith of Christians every day, 24/7 and claim mormonism is the "one true church" and the only way to salvation is through arcane rituals in mormon temples???

The dozens of FReepers who post the truth of mormonism here can multitask. We can consider "threats of dictatorship,the worship of evil, and the decimation of our families and our churchs.." as you state and fight against the "decimation of our Christian churches" by these thousands and thousands of mormon missionaries while considering the other threats.

I suggest that you might try reading the information that you find on these threads before jumping in to accuse other FReepers of "bashing".

This article would be a good start in your studies.

Leave it alone, mormon style

11 posted on 07/21/2013 12:02:53 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Mormonism is the only religion that teaches God will forcibly separate your family after you die.)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore

May ALL mormons find enough doubt to bring them to the truth of Christ and His salvation!


12 posted on 07/21/2013 12:07:29 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. - Tacituss)
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To: elcid1970

Just like the Koran, made up by mad-men claiming that angels spoke to them and told them what they wanted to hear.


13 posted on 07/21/2013 12:12:24 PM PDT by Defiant (In the next rebellion, the rebels will be the ones carrying the American flag.)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore

The truth shall set you free.....or earn you a trip to Ft. Marcy Park.


14 posted on 07/21/2013 12:15:53 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

I spoke with an inlaw not long ago and he was telling me about all these ancient battles that took place in New York. I didn’t want to get into with him and ask him how many bronze weapons had been found.

I always go back to my true belief about mormanism. I believe the church hides many cases of child molestation.

I voted for mccain because of Palin. Ryan was not a good excuse to vote for Romeny. God forgive me.


15 posted on 07/21/2013 12:22:59 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: cherry

Mormons you are Trayvon...


16 posted on 07/21/2013 12:31:08 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Not gonna take it anymore
I repeated to my brother the statement that Glenn Beck made that he had become a Mormon because he had tried to refute Mormonism and couldn't.

My brother's laughing response: "Why would anyone pay attention to someone who couldn't refute Mormonism with an hour of research?" I think my brother has an excellent point. There is something really off about someone who claims to know so much about the founding of our nation and who claims insight into current events but cannot see the obvious problems with Mormonism.

17 posted on 07/21/2013 12:39:30 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Obama vs. Romney - clear evidence that our nation has been judged by God and found wanting.)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore

Like comedian Emo Philips said to his mormon in-laws, it must be tough to belong to a religion that’s so easy to disprove.


18 posted on 07/21/2013 12:47:43 PM PDT by Moonmad27 ("I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit)
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19 posted on 07/21/2013 12:56:26 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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I found my Nom De Jeur “Vendome” on some “Haters of LDS” site yesterday.

I don’t hate Mormons any more than they hate Christians.

We are Doctrinaly and theologically at odds, with far too many Christians giving LDS a pass and thinking Mormons are Christians too.

Mormons, on the other hand, have no misconceptions about what they are and what Christians are, which are divorced from each other.

Catholics and Baptists are part of the larger Body of Christ.

LDS is it’s own island, or inter-space stopover or planet....


20 posted on 07/21/2013 1:04:19 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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