Murdering Mormons

I got an interesting response, posted on my main YouTube page, after putting up the video from the previous post.

jacobzzzon
"I wonder why some people use so much of there time to tell other Christians tings like:
- You are not Christian, even thou you have a personal relation to him.
- The Book of Mormon is false, even if you havn´t read it.
- Dont let mormons keep there sacred parts holy, lets defile it...
Some people even say that they do it because they love the mormons.... come on!?
Some people even claim to do it in the name of Christ...
Do you realy believe you can help anyone by twisting the truth?"

I, not even bringing up how I'm not an 'other Christian' (as is plainly evident on my info page), replied:

"dude, i'm not warping the truth. there are mormons (just like there are people in just about every religion or other social group) who commit horrible acts of violence.

it's not hard to find info showing that the people in my video are, or at least were, mormons (and in the case of one convert, it didn't say if he sent in his resignation papers, so he'd still technically be lds (just very inactive))"

As for his stance on saying something is false even if you haven't read it, I agree to a point; however if (like me) you've read parts and been preached/lectured to about the book as a whole, I think you are able to say to a probable degree of veracity that the Bible and Book of Mormon are bullshit.

Golly, what's this Holy Ghost?

According to this unbiased informational site, the Holy Ghost acts as a witness of heavenly beings through the revelation of the truth. Apparently it can be felt by anyone however it "does not linger with a person unless they've received" it, wich is done when one is baptised. This presents some issues:

• How can one 'feel' the spirit when being converted by missionaries or reading the Book of Mormon, to a convincing degree?
  
• If someone raised in a Mormon family doesn't reach the age of accountability and ability to be baptised until they are 8, why should they be expected to have testimonies and act accordingly before that?
  
• If, after being baptised, one doesn't feel the spirit, is it due to some personal deficit? If so, why would a heavely creator allow this to occur and does this mean they are inperfect?
  

I can't answer the first one since my lineage includes Mormons way back when. I found the last two to be problematic growing up, and the only answer I can come up with is that there is none.


Casper's on a mission

Geography Lesson

The maker of this video is a non-Mormon -Mormon who has an interesting blog

Testing, testing...

The Crazy Mormon Test
Smart Atheist You have honed your rational skills to rebut anything those missionaries can throw at you.

Your high Mo-Know score indicates that you probably are or were Mormon, or that you have seriously done your homework on them. Or you just lived in Utah for a while.

Your low Morthodoxy score means that you are almost definitely not Mormon, and probably not even a mainstream monotheist. Pagans and Atheists rank here, as well as naughty Christians and very bad Mormons.

Your low Me Mo Likey score shows that you hate Mormons. Maybe you hate everyone. There are pills for that. But if it's specifically Mormons you hate, you should remember that killing them was only legal until 1976.

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 99% on Mo-Know
You scored higher than 99% on Morthodoxy
You scored higher than 99% on Me Mo Likey

The what kind of Mormon are you? Test
Blissfully nonMormon You don't hate Mormonism or anything; to each his own. Giving up sex, alcohol, and 10% of your income to a church that puts saccharine "family" commercials on TV just seems like a bad deal to you.

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 99% on Orthodoxy
You scored higher than 99% on LDS knowledge
You scored higher than 99% on Homogeneity

Which Book Of Mormon Hero Are You

You scored as Teancum. You are like Teancum. You are fighter to the end. You are digusted by evil, and can't stand traitors. You would be something like a CIA Agent in our day. You hold strong to faith as well, and like to take out the big fish.

Teancum - 50%
3rd Nephi - 38%
Nephi - 25%
Chief Captain Moroni - 25%
Mahonri Moriancumur - 25%
Moroni - 19%
King Lamoni - 6%
Alma The Younger - 6%
Helaman - 0%
Samuel The Lamanite - 0%
Abinadi - 0%

The fact that I don't know who this is speaks volumes...

Unpleasing Prayer

Prayer is really big with Mormons and Catholics alike, as well as many other forms of faith.

Waiting to eat, even though it was only a couple minutes longer, due to prayer was annoying. While I enjoyed the attention attached to being asked to lead the prayer, as I became older I did not like the fact that my gaining it was done so through that manner. Around the time I started to attend school, I recall sneaking bites of "untainted" food either before or during prayer.

Prayer during church was boring, especially since I often kept my eyes open and just sat there waiting for it to be over. When I did actively participate, I did not experience what others felt (beyond the occasional side effects of light meditation) and therefore had no real testimony - which is essential to ones faith under Mormon doctrune.