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Posted by: cludgie ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 05:53AM

Stupid op-ed piece in the SLTrib: "Oh, why! Oh, why do people make fun of Mormons but of no one else?!"


http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/1966797-155/op-ed-why-is-book-of-mormon

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Posted by: wine country girl ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 08:44AM

And a treasure trove a comments.

My favorite from the faithful: "Mormonism, as a human organization, is not perfect and has made some administrative errors"

That's got to be the understatement of the year.

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Posted by: CL2 ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 10:03AM

aren't Mormon. I'm always skeptical immediately.

I haven't seen the play, but it seems to me almost every religion has been poked fun at. I guess she thinks we should all be like radical muslims and kill people for poking fun at religion or make threats if someone makes a movie like The Interview.

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Posted by: blueorchid ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 10:19AM

The Mormons are so busy trying to decide if they want to be the most persecuted people or the "I'm just like you" even though I'm a Mormon people that they haven't noticed that they are in fact the perpetrators not the victims.

They may be odd enough to easily skewer in a humorous way, but at the end of the day they are a danger to your heart, mind, and soul.

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Posted by: NormaRae ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 10:25AM

Well, you know it's really not fair that of all the religions who refer to themselves as saints, who claim to have a prophet who talks to God for everyone--not just the so-called saints, who practice organizational discrimination, who are cultish, who ban people from their own children's weddings, who claim that they will ride in on a white horse and save the country, etc., that the mormons are the only ones who are picked on.

How unfair. Why isn't every church who does this poked fun at equally? Oh, wait.

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Posted by: blueorchid ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 10:35AM

Too funny NormaRae. And Cludgie . . .that is one of the best thread titles ever. I love clever.

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Posted by: anagrammy ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 10:51AM


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Posted by: cludgie ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 11:19AM

Thanks. But of course, it's not original. I'm just borrowing it from all the people who say it.

One time long ago--you know, when I had an original thought--people were like, "What's he saying? I'm pretty sure that's apostasy or something. Perhaps even heresy." So I'm through with the original thought. Just don't make sense to do no original thinking. Thinking's been done, dammit.

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Posted by: blueorchid ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 11:29AM

Hahah. Yes. Just look where original thought has gotten us.

What a beautiful wonderful mess to be an exmo!

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Posted by: smirkorama ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 04:34PM

the good old MORmON persecution complex


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52XoDQL8lmg

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Posted by: donbagley ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 07:25PM

So Kate Wilson hasn't seen "The Life of Brian?"

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Posted by: Heresy ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 07:45PM

Have they ever heard of Charlie Hebdo?

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Posted by: Queen of Denial ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 09:07PM

It makes me wonder if they ever read or watch any news that isn't produced in Utah.

It's the ol' "Respect me because I said so!" Not because they've earned it.

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Posted by: jonny ( )
Date: January 27, 2015 09:17PM

This was on my fb, and I had to tie my hands down so as not to reply.

Poor us. We have been persecuted for 200 years. Bigotry.

It was a dear old friend so I didn't respond but boy did I want to!!

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