Posted on 05/24/2012 12:19:11 PM PDT by greyfoxx39
Brian Johnston was desperate. The pressures of raising six children on one accountant salary were crushing, but worse was that he was starting to doubt the entire reason he and his wife had created a big family with a stay-at-home mom in the first place: Their Mormonism.
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The official church historian Marlin Jenson made news last year when he said that the loss of members in the last five or 10 years has been greater than perhaps any period since Mormonism was founded in 1830.
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For Mormons grappling with doubts, the potential spiritual consequences can appear frightening. Mormon scripture teaches that the lowest status in the afterlife, called Outer Darkness, is reserved for people who know Jesus and then become unbelievers. At times, the church can appear to respond harshly as well, tales about which surface on stayLDS.com, which receives about 700 visitors a day.
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When relatives found out four years ago that he was venting about the church online, they called his church and he was removed from leadership, he says, for expressing doubts about the literal truth of Mormonism. He lost his ”temple recommend” — a credential showing you are a good, orthodox Mormon, which means he can’t attend weddings and baptisms even of relatives or close friends, because those rituals happen in the temple and only Mormons in good standing are allowed in.
He sounds simultaneously heartbroken and seething with anger. “I’m pretty well a second-rate Mormon; I kind of sit in the back,” he said.
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Any WashPo news on support groups for ex-Jews, Catholics, Baptists, Hindus, Taoists, Frisbetarians (they worship Frisbees and believe that when you die your soul lands on the roof and you can't get it down)?
Let us know if you come across something. Thanks, you're the BEST!!
I don't know about anyone else, but the whole "Mormon bashing"/"Mormon hate" thing has gotten old for me. Who here HATES Mormons? No one, of course. Personally, I feel for folks who happen to be caught up in it. But all of a sudden, calling a non-Christian religion what it is counts as "bashing." Nonsense.
Oh no...YOU'RE the bestest. [Smmooocchhh!]
Fortunately, God looks to the heart of people who seek him and he doesn't read stupid, poisonous threads on web sites.
Gollies Deb you wouldnt be doing a little bit of Mormon bashing and hate would you ???
YOU of all people ???
Oh noez...
Deb.. I will be forced to vote against obama, this does not mean I must change my views of the church of joseph smith.
I know Obama appreciates all the efforts of the flying monkey, zombie brigade to defeat Romney for him, but the extraordinary goodness displayed by members of the Mormon Church, make all your claims of "evil" and "unchristian" laughable.
Deb the braibn injury belongs to the Mormos who believe their doctrines which are unBiblical...
If you want to be dead dunked into Mormonism after death, Im sure the Mormons will be happy to oblige you...
They’ll even seal you in marriage to Elvis if ythats your preferrence...
or even whomever...
As you indicate...
what does it matter that the Bible strictly teaches against marriage after death and dead dunking...
Its what the progressive new theology group-think believe thats counts...
Islam and Mormonism and New Age together...
There ya go...
I’m not voting for Mitt. No “god in embryo,” be they Marxist, Mormon, or otherwise, gets my vote. Period. No human political system is too big to fail, but the consequences of disregarding our Creator go on forever.
Don’t worry. I am confident that people like me do not number in the millions. Or even the hundred-thousands. Or even the thousands. But if Virgil is the only guy I can vote for in good conscience, so be it. I will trust the consequences to God.
The dominate "strictly" taught lessons I learned from the Bible was about hypocrisy and judgement and worrying about your own soul.
Once again, attempting to use the Bible to advance your political candidate is more evil than all the nonsense you phonies spend your days wailing against.
I’ve repeatedly said I won’t vote for. Romney due to his political history with Romney care, etc. But I’m less worked up with his religion. I don’t like the sensationalist press gang tackling anyone on a put up narrative. It’s what they did with Palin and her socially conservative positions. Her greatest sin was failing to get an abortion according to the left.
Truly, no one cares who you vote for or why. Have a great time with your principles during Obama part deux. Just don't pretend God is on your side. He told me to tell you that.
"23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?” ---Matthew 22
"29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage"
Clearly, NOBODY is in a married state in heaven, otherwise Jesus' words here make no sense.
...but I WILL vote for Romney in November...
Once again, attempting to use the Bible to advance your political candidate is more evil than all the nonsense you phonies spend your days wailing against.
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and once again I notice it doesnt seem to have inhibited you in the least...
I admit, the Mormon practices are weird, but are obviously out of concern for the souls of the unsaved. And they are NOT "strictly taught against" as was claimed.
This is getting ridiculous.
Heaven knows none of you can back ANYTHING you say. No wonder you can't stand to be challenged.
I admit, the Mormon practices are weird, but are obviously out of concern for the souls of the unsaved.
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out of so called “concern for the souls of the unsaved” Mormons used to murder non-Mormons claiming that the persons own shed blood spilled out on the ground would save him or her...
Do you really think that was OK ???
That sounds terrible. I had no idea!!! Then surely we must all vote for Virgil Goode!!!!!
You're an idiot.
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