Why is OK to harrass mormons?

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Polygamy has not yet dissapeared, neither in theology nor in practise. Just relegated to the backburner.


And how does that 'only 25% of families practised polygamy' work anyway?
If that one in four polygamous families consists of a husband and four wives, then the marital status of the vast majority of people is affected by polygamy. Three monogamously married men, three monogamamously married women. And one polygamously married man, four polymaously married women, and three men by necessity remaining unmarried.

The main Mormon church has banned polygamy and anyone found practicing it is excommunicated. When polygamy was banned, some people were unhappy with the decision and formed their own Mormon churches. http://utahbooks.com/Polygamy_Groups.htm

I got the statistic from a locally published history book. It says that there hardly any single men, most between the ages of 20 to thirty were married. There was only about 6 unmarried men per town. It says that in one town 11 of 43 families in 1870 appear to have been polygamous. In another town in 1870 108 family heads were listed in the census, 29 of which were polygamous.

I don't know what religion or none you belong to, but how do you think the saints of the Old Testament were saved? Did they observe the whole law so that they may be spotless before God? Or did they look forward to Christ as their saviour? King David was a Christian, he was born again.

You say Judaism began with Adam, but of course the whole ceremonial law was not given until the time of Moses and expanded long after that. For the Jews the observance of this law is necessary for righteousness... and yet as a Christian I can look back and say that the entire law has existed since the time of Adam, since it is a natural and not a positive law.

Mormons might claim to be a restoration of true Christianity but they are clearly wrong. They might have some intersting ideas which are tied to the Jewish roots of the early Christians, and it is true that much of modern Christianity is very biased by Hellenistic takes on the religion. But ultimately they say themselves that the Bible is not perfect, and that Joseph Smith's work completes it. And he brings in a whole number of strange of practices with no scriptural justification. Plus the Mormons never completed the Reformation and purged themselves of Catholic man-made traditions.

I'm Mormon. Which is part of the reason I've been so active in this thread :P. In answer to your first question, I think its a combination of the two. Of course the Jews were expected to keep the Law of Moses, why else would have God given it to them in the first place. But in the end they were saved by the Atonement, just like the rest of us. I don't know what you mean by King David being a Christian, please explain.

The reason that Mormons say the Bible is not perfect is because they believe it has been corrupted over the centuries. I'm not sure what strange practices your talking about, most Mormon practices have some basis in scripture and they're not that strange. Mormonism has no ties to Catholicism, Joseph Smith was born into a Protestant family. Mormons don't believe in the need for reformation because their church is a restoration instead.

There is no support whatsoever for water baptism or the so called 'holy communion' in the New Testament.

I don't get it, why was Jesus baptised then and why did he administer the sacrament to the Apostles?


I never responded to the OP, I'm with HoreTore on this one, I think it's hypocritical for religious people to make fun of other people's beliefs or despise them on a religious basis. People should be judged on an individual basis based on their actions, not lumped into categories based on belief.