Joseph Smith Is Tarred and Feathered [LDS lesson in children's class ages 8-11]

LDS.org Primary ^ | 1977

[greyfoxx39]

This thread is in response to a thread comment "Do you think they (mormons) have a Sunday School class that teaches them that everything is an attack on lds?"

So, I searched the official LDS site, and saw this being taught to children 8 to 11 years old.

This is indoctrination via propaganda, plain and simple from the Family Church!

[greyfoxx39]

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[aMorePerfectUnion]

Smith deserved worse than he got

[bcsco]

Lived in SLC for four years during the late 80’s. The congregation of our Lutheran church was 25% former LDS.

[Happy Rain]

JS invented and BY established his generally benevolent cult that thankfully stresses Christian values.

I like to leave it at that but some want to compare the well intentioned if wholly contrived LDS with The Satanically directed so-called “ROP” and that just goes too far.

[NoGrayZone]

I left my Lutheran church. Aren’t they now allowing homo pastors?

[NoGrayZone]

ELCA, that’s it. They have decided everything is a okay, anything goes, no judgment, including homo pastors.

NOT what my Bible states.

[Sacajaweau]

Smith had his “whatever” near me. I have an old local history book circa that says Mormanism will soon be gone.

[Happy Rain]

The Southern Lutheran Churches just recently banned by plebiscite actively homosexual pastors and are damn proud of it!

[bcsco]

The church in SLC was ELCA. We’re now back with LCMS which is a confessional, doctrinal synod.

[Tread EZ]

Religious hate is unamerican.

[mnehring]

So, I searched the official LDS site, and saw this being taught to children 8 to 11 years old. This is indoctrination via propaganda, plain and simple from the Family Church!

Not saying I believe any of this (LDS teaching), but they do and have the freedom to believe it. Just on the merit of religious freedom in theory, how is this different than us teaching about Job or Jesus' suffering? From the outside of Christianity, the exact same charges could be made. What about Buddhists teaching about all the trials and suffering Siddhartha Gautama went through on his path to enlightenment? Would you consider a Hindu teaching about Durga indoctrination via propaganda?

[NoGrayZone]

I have heard some of the Lutheran churches removed themselves from the ELCA, but I didn’t know some were banned!!

God Bless them!

[Godzilla]

If this is the event I’m thinking of - the sunday school story is grossly misrepresented. Smith was tarred and feathered by a group who believed Smith was trying to bed a local girl. Her brother and his friends did the service to smith that night.

[NoGrayZone]

My old church is still listed with the ELCA. When I went back and couldn’t feel Him there, I thought it was me.

Years later, after I left again, I realized it wasn’t me.

[Vendome]

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She hasn’t been friendly to me so I’m not going to be friendly to her.  That's right.  I'm busy and have better things to do than to be everyones psychologist.  They can figure out their own problem or have a drink to deal with it.
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• Every time I see him, he pushes me around. He must have a problem or he wouldn’t treat others so unkindly.  Time for an attitude adjustment and the only way to deal with bullies is a swift response greater than the one received.  Guaranteed to work 99% of the time and they can go prey on someone else.
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• I hit him because he made fun of my little sister.  Shouldn't mess with my sister.  If I tell you leave her alone, be done with it or don't be surprised by the consequence.  You don't pick on my sister.  My brother on the other hand should know better than to allow that behavior to continue.
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• My little brother scribbled on my schoolwork, so I had to do it over again. I wasn’t angry with him because he is too young to understand how important that paper was.  Bottom line is he getting a few choice words.  He will quickly understand why he shouldn't mess with my stuff and he will understand what his action cost me.  I will still love him and protect him and we won't have that conversation again.  Why?  We love each other and would never want to do anything that has an adverse affect on each other.
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• I’ll forgive her, but I’ll never speak to her again.  That's about it.  We forgive our trespassers but we don't forget their names.  If they have a pattern of aborrent behavior it is their responsibility to grow beyond it and act appropriately.
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• My best friend was rude to me today. Maybe she is worried about something.   She probably was worried about something and I am sensitive to those feelings and will ask if we can talk.  As a friend I would want to know "What's going on?"  "Is there something I can do to help you with today?"  "Listen, that wasn't cool what you did today but I am here for you"

 

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You cleaned your room before you went to school, but after you left, your younger sister messed it up. When you get home from school, your mother will not let you play with your friends because your room is not clean.  Guess what?  We are both going to clean it and that's the way it is.  Only one person is going to complain about this in the end.  It ain't me and she won't do it again as I am sure she didn't mean to.
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• You are always chosen last for sports teams at school, which makes you feel hurt. On the way home from school one day you see one of the team captains fall off his bike. His school books and papers scatter all over.  I'm a pragmatist.  If I am chosen last for sports there must be a perception that I am not very good.  I will take my position and show them and failing that, work on that sport in private, with a friend or my family.

 

Next time the other team will see I excel and will be sure to horse trade hoping to get me in the deal.  No one wants to lose and kids are competitive.  You need to be as well.

 

As for the kid that fell off his bike I would help him get back on it and chase his papers down so he wouldn't lose anything.  Makes for better neighbors and is the right thing to do.

 

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• Your friend has a party but does not invite you.   Maybe there was a theme or a person that I don't get along with or it had a specific use that I didn't fit into.  I ain't complaining.  I got plenty of other things to do and my friend wouldn't go out of her way to hurt me by not inviting me.

[bcsco]

I have heard some of the Lutheran churches removed themselves from the ELCA, but I didn’t know some were banned!!

I don't believe that's what Happy Rain wrote. "The Southern Lutheran Churches just recently banned by plebiscite actively homosexual pastors and are damn proud of it!"

This states some 'Southern Lutheran Churches' themselves banned actively homosexual pastors. It doesn't state some churches were banned from the ELCA. Note that 'Southern Lutheran Churches' doesn't refer to a specific synod (ELCA, LCMS, WELS...) so its unclear as to who Happy Rain was referring to.

[Vendome]

I can’t believe the Lutherans were poaching Mormons! /S

[svcw]

So I must have missed the part of this lesson that teaches about Jesus Christ. It seems all this lesson does is praise, as in worship, Joseph Smith.
Are you sure you posted the whole lesson? /s/

[Vendome]

I had something funny to say and then I read your “About” page.

Pretty cool story of your family.