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Anonymous:
if they were such bad people why would you have to bash their religion?

Erinys:
True or False

1. Polygamy or plural marriage (aka The Principle) was one of the tenets and practices of the early LDS church. - True

2. The main LDS church officially disavowed polygamy in the late 19th century. (One of the conditions for Utah's statehood.) - True

3. One of the doctrines of the LDS church is that a faithful Mormon man will be rewarded with multiple wives in the hereafter. -True, but you may get some arguments about this.

4. There remain dissident groups of "Mormon Fundamentalists" who believe the mainstream church is in "apostasy" on the subject of "The Principle"  and continue to practice polygamy.  - True

5. The mainstream church maintains that these dissident groups are themselves in apostasy. Modern LDS (Mormons) who practice polygamy may be excommunicated by the mainstream church. - True

I can't see that this is bashing anyone, and if I'm wrong on any of these facts, let me know.

Vain are the thousand creeds that move men's hearts, unutterably vain, worthless as wither'd weeds.
--Emily Bronte
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[ This Message was edited by: Erinys on 2005-03-11 09:36 ]

Anonymous:
Sounds like Polygamy is OK with the LDS church then.  SO why do they get all upset about it?
If it was MY church, and I was a guy who could afford a bunch of young pretty wives, and the wives didn't mind sharing, and it was legally OK, the WHY THE HECK NOT?

But it doesn't sound REALLY FAIR unless it works the other way around---- Could a wife have a string of good looking young husbands?

Gmom:
Some people refuse to see what is obvious.

Cayo Hueso:
I'm really starting to wonder how much of the "school" is influenced by religion.  All the references to good vs. evil, the intense "familial" bonds and now the defensiveness when someone posts something less than flattering about the Mormon religion.

Can one of you explain the religious aspect of Whitmore?  How much of your "education" is devoted to your religious studies?  Do you just attend services or do you study the teachings?
I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious -- unless he purposely shut the eyes of his mind and keep them shut by force.
--Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", American author and humorist
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