If you arent one.

How can a "religion" blind someone enough to believe that there is only one way to live your life?

2/21/2007 11:27:23 AM

ask muslims

2/21/2007 11:30:27 AM

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"How can a "religion" blind someone enough to believe that there is only one way to live your life?"

umm.... you basically just defined "religion". Now some people, like Mormons, might choose to adhere to their tenants more closely, but pretty much all religions, practiced strictly, are pretty fucking blinding in how you're supposed to live.

2/21/2007 11:31:19 AM

why wouldnt want to have a lot of wives

2/21/2007 11:34:59 AM

or a mormaid

2/21/2007 11:38:19 AM

Sweet, I fucked up the spelling.

Long story short, long relationship, married in June then blammo. I cant go in the temple so bye bye to me.

2/21/2007 11:42:15 AM

So, a Mormon married you and then bailed when you couldn't go in the temple?

2/21/2007 11:47:29 AM

You would think your wife would have caught that subtle little nuance and just not married you to begin with. I guess she was holding out hope that you would convert.

2/21/2007 11:47:40 AM

i'm reading a 600-page book right now on the history of the mormon church

most bizarre thing i have ever read

but it shows how they are able to recruit so many followers by isolating themselves and removing anyone that questions the veracity of their holy book or prophecies.

2/21/2007 11:47:42 AM

DUMM-DUM-DUM-DUM-DUUMMMMM

2/21/2007 11:49:17 AM

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"umm.... you basically just defined "religion". "

2/21/2007 11:53:22 AM

I could have told you this. My roommate is converting sorta or in the process of it right now.


It's just another cult that is trying to get as many people as they can to go to hell with them.

2/21/2007 11:53:34 AM

wow

2/21/2007 11:55:49 AM

I don't believe that mormons are a christian denomination.

I believe they are using the front to convert people but in the long run they are pretty much as wrong as they come.


I don't believe they are Christians.

2/21/2007 11:57:47 AM

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"I cant go in the temple so bye bye to me."

Why?

2/21/2007 12:04:58 PM

Well, I'm mormon. I consider myself Christian. You are certainly entitled to your opinion just as much as I am to mine. I guess when it really comes down to it I only worry about whether Christ thinks I'm Christian.

^My guess...

One of the purposes of temples is eternal marriage. We believe that marriages performed in the temple are eternal in nature while marriages performed outside the temple are of an until death do you part nature. You have to be a member of the church for at least a year to go to the temple. Given she divorced him I'm guessing that she put a high value on a temple marriage and he didn't want to convert.

I personally know someone from about 10 or so years ago where this was the case.

[Edited on February 21, 2007 at 12:10 PM. Reason : -]

2/21/2007 12:05:45 PM

sorry to hear that man

2/21/2007 12:06:09 PM

you're not

only Catholics are true Christians

2/21/2007 12:06:53 PM

yea only true christians sweep pedophiles under the rug and move them to different parishes instead of punishing the sick bastards.

sorry i've got alot of problems with the catholic church. Codifying guilt isn't a good thing. Furthermore, I've known more people that are fucked up from being Catholic than I know people who are benefitted from being Catholic.

2/21/2007 12:09:35 PM

i can say that i dont know hardly anyone that has benefitted from being a member of ANY religion.........

they are all equally as fucked up and worthless... just in different ways

2/21/2007 12:11:40 PM

We were engaged to be married, not married yet. Things were on track then this came out of the blue. Its weird, people basically forcasted this ending but I wouldnt believe. She has dreamed of a temple sealing all her life and has been drilled with their mantra so thats what she thinks she has to have to be happy, therefore I am not on the path to happiness for her.

[Edited on February 21, 2007 at 12:13 PM. Reason : Oh, and I will NEVER become Mormon. I tried in the beginning to understand and was very open to it.]

2/21/2007 12:12:37 PM

At the risk of sounding callous, how did you get married to this girl without realizing this would eventually happen? I mean, you knew she was a Mormon, right?

2/21/2007 12:14:10 PM

Look above you faggot. I guess I should have been a little more clear in the beginning.

2/21/2007 12:15:23 PM

^^^^nonsense, there's a ton of people who have benefitted greatly from religion.


jerry falwell
pat robertson
jesse jackson
al sharpton


but in all honesty, there are droves of people who have had their lives turned around, for the better, by religion - be it Christianity, Taoism, Buddhism, or otherwise. it's not a bad thing when people discover it - it's bad thing when people become victimized by it.

[Edited on February 21, 2007 at 12:18 PM. Reason : that really blows, man.]

2/21/2007 12:17:47 PM

Thanks for calling me a faggot, but your post wasn't there when I started writing mine.

But seriously, Mormonism is so fucked up, I don't see how anyone could be involved with somebody who was seriously into it. I mean, it's better than Scientology, but not by much.

2/21/2007 12:18:05 PM

to spooky and axl


I would have to agree there, its a business whos goal is to expand. I mean, all supplies come from Salt Lake and all the money goes there to fund expansion.

2/21/2007 12:21:20 PM

mormons are not christians

2/21/2007 12:22:35 PM

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" it's not a bad thing when people discover it - it's bad thing when people become victimized by it. "

bingo

2/21/2007 12:23:35 PM

Well, keep hope alive, man. There ARE non-crazy women out there.

I hope

2/21/2007 12:25:01 PM

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-50,GGLG:en&q=mormons+christians



i think most every religion is stupid
man's interpretation of "God's" will is flawed to the point where i follow my own spiritual path

2/21/2007 12:29:10 PM

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"We were engaged to be married, not married yet. Things were on track then this came out of the blue. Its weird, people basically forcasted this ending but I wouldnt believe. She has dreamed of a temple sealing all her life and has been drilled with their mantra so thats what she thinks she has to have to be happy, therefore I am not on the path to happiness for her."

Missionary dating tends to not work out so well. Not that its always a problem, but can, and often does, go bad. Sorry man.

2/21/2007 12:53:59 PM

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"why wouldnt want to have a lot of wives"

I lolled...

2/21/2007 12:57:07 PM

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"man's interpretation of "God's" will is flawed to the point where i follow my own spiritual path "

I feel truth in that.

2/21/2007 1:01:36 PM

Was she hot??

2/21/2007 1:29:57 PM

I loved the hell out of her, she wasnt a missionary although she did tell me stories how the missionaries would always hit on her when they were on their missions.

2/21/2007 1:36:35 PM

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"mormons are not christians"

If they believe in christ, they are christians. It's simple, really.

2/21/2007 1:38:08 PM

Mormons cannot be christians because there are several mormon beliefs that directly contradict with those of the Bible, one being that Mormons do not believe that Jesus is God. And that there are multiple gods, and that you can achieve "god-hood"

2/21/2007 1:46:59 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_Christianity

Good read.

2/21/2007 1:51:15 PM

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"If they believe in christ, they are christians. It's simple, really."

Uh, no. Muslims "believe in Christ"... but like the Mormons differently than we do (they consider him a prophet sent from God). Neither of them are Christians.

2/21/2007 1:58:42 PM

i always wanted to marry an Amish girl, because they are so pure, unspoilt, disciplined, and hardworking. and some are hot too.

but i guess that is impossible, as either i would have to join, or she would have to leave.

2/21/2007 1:59:21 PM

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"If they believe in christ, they are christians. It's simple, really."

Wow. Many, many people believe in christ/jesus/whichever name you chose, but aren't christians.

It's not believing he existed that's the core of Christianity...it's believing Jesus is the only path to salvation/heaven.

[Edited on February 21, 2007 at 1:59 PM. Reason : ^^thanks.]

2/21/2007 1:59:34 PM

Yeah, I could have told you this was going to happen, even if she had a choice to deviate from what the religion allows. I know several people that have has something similar happen, and if you weren't raised the way she was, you won't understand where she's coming from or vice versa.

2/21/2007 2:01:56 PM

Has anyone seen Big Love?
It makes me want to claw out Chloe Seveigny's eyes.

2/21/2007 2:02:31 PM

Beleiving in Jesus as a God makes you a Christian. Many religions recognize him as a prophet. I thought that was a given.

2/21/2007 2:03:34 PM

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"I loved the hell out of her, she wasnt a missionary although she did tell me stories how the missionaries would always hit on her when they were on their missions."

When I say missionary dating, I'm referring to people dating while believing that the significant other will "come around" and convert.

2/21/2007 2:04:14 PM

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"Beleiving in Jesus as a God makes you a Christian. "

should be

"Believing in Jesus as God makes you a Christian. "


Big difference.

But even then, there's more to it than that. If you also believe that it's ok, say, to fuck 8 year old boys, that's not very christian.

2/21/2007 2:09:52 PM

in your specific version of christianity...

2/21/2007 2:11:16 PM

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"It's not believing he existed that's the core of Christianity...it's believing Jesus is the only path to salvation/heaven."

Yeah, we believe that Jesus is the only path to salvation.

2/21/2007 2:12:46 PM

relativism doesn't apply here.

If you claim to believe in christ, but also subscribe to a contradiction his teachings, you don't really believe in Christ, you're just living a lie.

2/21/2007 2:14:21 PM

Like judging whether or not other people are Christian?

2/21/2007 2:15:07 PM