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truly confused
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 Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:53 am Post subject: S.P.A.M. (Society for the Prevention of Anti-Mormonism) |
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No, it isn't a joke.
S.P.A.M.
You have to actually join to see what is about. Any takers?
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RicoBabalu
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:11 am Post subject: |
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I just went to sign up, just to see what it's all about.
They have a CAPTCHA on the registration page.
My CAPTCHA that I had to type was IB4gay
I shit you not.
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RicoBabalu
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:20 am Post subject: |
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From the site:
Top 10 Reasons To Love Anti-Mormons
1. "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself"(Mt 22:39), and "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." (Mt 5:44)
2. Their efforts tend to generate interest in the Church, and keep our faith frequently in the public eye, which helps our missionary work prosper when they are around.
3. They provide us with a unique insight into the life of the Savior by demonstrating what it must have been like for him to deal with the Scribes and Pharisees.
4. Who else is going to motivate us to study the peripheral, obscure, and markedly unimportant aspects of our religion.
5. They make us laugh with their obtuse, inane, dubious, nefarious, absurd, rancorous, and spiteful antics.
6. We get to dust off our Logic 101 books, and find application for the many fallacies we learned about in school.
7. They give religious bigotry a bad name.
8. Their "cottage" industry is a boost to local economies--particularly paper and print businesses; and their tracts provide a cheap source of fuel for wood stoves and fireplaces.
9. We are no longer left to wonder: "how many times can the same weak and well-refuted claims be made against our faith?" (Infinity!); and, "to what extent will the anti-Mormons go in forwarding their un-Christ-like agendas?" (Anything goes--including "lying for the Lord".)
10. They provide a loving "home" for the chronic discontents, and they help make even the most misinformed and unscholarly writers of religion feel important and erudite
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truly confused
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| RicoBabalu wrote: | I just went to sign up, just to see what it's all about.
They have a CAPTCHA on the registration page.
My CAPTCHA that I had to type was IB4gay
I shit you not. |
NICE! That must have cracked you up. I think you should complain to the site owner that you had to type that.
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Mafalda
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:46 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | 2. Their efforts tend to generate interest in the Church, and keep our faith frequently in the public eye, which helps our missionary work prosper when they are around. |
I could say the same about them; having their site brings more attention to US. Isn't the church motto "there's no such a thing called bad publicity, just publicity"?
| Quote: | | 10. They provide a loving "home" for the chronic discontents, and they help make even the most misinformed and unscholarly writers of religion feel important and erudite |
I forgot Mormons are the happiest people on earth...got Prozac?
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Sunstoned
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:23 am Post subject: |
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Defeating anti-Mormon hatred and bigotry with knowledge and humor. |
Well there you have it. A persecution complex and delusional thinking all in one sentence. |
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Leroy
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | 4. Who else is going to motivate us to study the peripheral, obscure, and markedly unimportant aspects of our religion.
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F'n lemming heads in the sand! Blind obedience is just so telling... 
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Equality
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:32 am Post subject: |
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| RicoBabalu wrote: | From the site:
Top 10 Reasons To Love Anti-Mormons
1. "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself"(Mt 22:39), and "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." (Mt 5:44) Yes, we will love them by calling them "obtuse, inane, dubious, nefarious, absurd, rancorous, and spiteful." See number 5 below. Wow, if that's love, I wonder what they say about people they hate.
2. Their efforts tend to generate interest in the Church, and keep our faith frequently in the public eye, which helps our missionary work prosper when they are around. This is why all those faithful blogs, including the church's own web site, link to places like FLAK, RfM, MormonThink, etc.--because it's so good for business. Oh, wait, never mind.
3. They provide us with a unique insight into the life of the Savior by demonstrating what it must have been like for him to deal with the Scribes and Pharisees.Wait, you forgot the Sadducees, the Romans, and Judas. Yes, "antis" are so like the Pharisees, with their strict attention to outward appearances such as dress and grooming styles...oh, wait, never mind.
4. Who else is going to motivate us to study the peripheral, obscure, and markedly unimportant aspects of our religion.Yes, those "peripheral, obscure, unimportant" things like the Book of Mormon, the Book of Abraham, the doctrine of the gathering of Israel, which includes all the American Indians who allegedly descended from the Lamanites, eternal marriage (connected inextricably with polygamy), the nature of God, the credibility of the accounts of the church's foundational events such as the First Vision, translation of the BoM, and "restoration" of the priesthood, the question of whether the present "Prophet" receives ongoing revelation, etc. Yes, these are all minor peripheral matters--the only important question is whether you will suck the dick of your leaders if they ask you to.
5. They make us laugh with their obtuse, inane, dubious, nefarious, absurd, rancorous, and spiteful antics.I live to make people laugh.
6. We get to dust off our Logic 101 books, and find application for the many fallacies we learned about in school.And use them to construct apologetic "arguments."
7. They give religious bigotry a bad name.Did it previously have a good name?
8. Their "cottage" industry is a boost to local economies--particularly paper and print businesses; and their tracts provide a cheap source of fuel for wood stoves and fireplaces.Tracts? What century are you living in?
9. We are no longer left to wonder: "how many times can the same weak and well-refuted claims be made against our faith?" (Infinity!); and, "to what extent will the anti-Mormons go in forwarding their un-Christ-like agendas?" (Anything goes--including "lying for the Lord".)"Lying for the Lord?" Seriously? Isn't that what Packer and Oaks urge church "scholars" to do?
10. They provide a loving "home" for the chronic discontents, and they help make even the most misinformed and unscholarly writers of religion feel important and eruditeI'm glad we can make Daniel C. Peterson feel good about himself. Maybe he will lay off the donuts as a result of the boost to his self-esteem. |
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Moby Joe
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Sigh.
This just makes me tired to look at. So tired.
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RicoBabalu
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:41 am Post subject: |
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More.
The Tactics of Anti-Mormons
Anti-Mormons have a small bag of tricks they use repeatedly to derail discussions about Mormon beliefs. Here are the main ones. If you encounter anti-Mormons, see how many of their arguments fit into one of the following.
1..Use of non-authoritative sources and out-of-context quotations
2. Attack the story of the Book of Mormon's origin, not its contents
3. Distort Mormon doctrines by comparing them to the unscriptural teachings of Christian creeds
4. When all else fails, lie!
5. Use slander, personal attacks, and character assassination
6. Accuse your opponent of doing the very thing you are doing
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| RicoBabalu wrote: | More.
The Tactics of Anti-Mormons
Anti-Mormons have a small bag of tricks they use repeatedly to derail discussions about Mormon beliefs. Here are the main ones. If you encounter anti-Mormons, see how many of their arguments fit into one of the following.
1..Use of non-authoritative sources and out-of-context quotations
2. Attack the story of the Book of Mormon's origin, not its contents
3. Distort Mormon doctrines by comparing them to the unscriptural teachings of Christian creeds
4. When all else fails, lie!
5. Use slander, personal attacks, and character assassination
6. Accuse your opponent of doing the very thing you are doing |
Let's look at those last two more closely:
| Quote: | | Anti-Mormons...attack...distort...lie. |
| Quote: | | Use slander, personal attacks, and character assassination |
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| Quote: | | Accuse your opponent of doing the very thing you are doing |
Do they even listen to themselves??
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:51 am Post subject: |
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| Are we certain this is not a parody? |
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Vahn
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:21 am Post subject: |
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| RicoBabalu wrote: | More.
The Tactics of Anti-Mormons
Anti-Mormons have a small bag of tricks they use repeatedly to derail discussions about Mormon beliefs. Here are the main ones. If you encounter anti-Mormons, see how many of their arguments fit into one of the following.
1..Use of non-authoritative sources and out-of-context quotations
2. Attack the story of the Book of Mormon's origin, not its contents
3. Distort Mormon doctrines by comparing them to the unscriptural teachings of Christian creeds
4. When all else fails, lie!
5. Use slander, personal attacks, and character assassination
6. Accuse your opponent of doing the very thing you are doing |
I also would like to know if this is a parody or not. It's incredibly hard to tell.
This list just makes me cringe, though I have to admit I've learned there really IS a fundamental difference between an anti-Mo and an ex-Mo. Anti's may or may not have been ex-Mormon, but I think overall they tend to twist the truth and/or exaggerate a bit to make their point. ex-Mo's, whether anti or not, tend to be incredibly devoted to the truth and accuracy on a historical and doctrinal level, probably due to being taught their entire life to value truth and reality for what it is.
In other words, I do admit some anti-Mormons are way off the wall. Most of them seem to have their own religious agenda. If you believe that Mormons are going to hell because they worship the wrong Jesus, there is going to be something wrong with your logic.
I guess that's what I like about FLAK. No real agenda, aside from discussing reality as it is. I've always appreciated that. This list couldn't be further from the truth, in our case.
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Moby Joe
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:27 am Post subject: |
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I don't think this is a parody. If it is, I'm not seeing anything to tip it off as such.
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Merry Prankster
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:28 am Post subject: |
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I signed up too. I am sorry I did though. After I signed up, I noticed that one of the religion preferences listed was "Negro Christian". As far as I am concerned, this discredits the whole site. Who ever created this website has their head up their ass.
M.P.
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