tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842208350238623566.post340747066275175608..comments2018-02-22T22:47:16.016-08:00Comments on Mormon Doubter: The One Fold Mission of the Churchsenigamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09570494521554083253noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842208350238623566.post-81623538065784516272014-08-10T15:39:21.058-07:002014-08-10T15:39:21.058-07:00Well, I never agreed with Karl Marx about much on ...Well, I never agreed with Karl Marx about much on economics, but one thing he did get right was when he said "Religion is the opiate of the people."<br /><br />(Of course, while his economics don't work, he did get a few things right, such as support for public education and abolishing slavery long before they were popular.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842208350238623566.post-43353171452644352392014-01-21T21:10:16.126-08:002014-01-21T21:10:16.126-08:00Excellent advice, I couldn't have said it bett...Excellent advice, I couldn't have said it better myself.senigamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570494521554083253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842208350238623566.post-87147061840280039832014-01-21T20:25:52.054-08:002014-01-21T20:25:52.054-08:00I was going to say that too, Brad. They are losin...I was going to say that too, Brad. They are losing people by the thousands. Notice how much they are trying to appear normal. How many changes in doctrine lately? They are finally realizing that people are seeing their lies. They know they need to 'fess up to a few things before their credibility is completely in the toilet.<br /><br />I agree, Senigami, IF I had to pick a day a month that I had to go to church, it would definitely be fast sunday. And yes, even though I have not been to church in years, it is clear that the church is desperate for new members. They run ad campaigns, they lowered the missionary age, from what you've said, they preach missionary work from the pulpit.<br /><br />They are getting desperate. I love it!<br /><br />Insomniatic Sunrise, take your time and find your path. It took me nearly two years after I knew the church wasn't true to discover that I was an atheist. I'm glad to hear that you are being open minded instead of just running to the next church. Go to churches. Investigate. Read books on evolution. Find the path that is yours and not your parents, boyfriend, friends, ours.. Make it your own and it will have so much more meaning for you.Mormon411https://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842208350238623566.post-82888892055848128302014-01-21T16:47:09.599-08:002014-01-21T16:47:09.599-08:00I wonder if this has become the focus simply becau...I wonder if this has become the focus simply because people are leaving in great numbers. That is what the church tends to do, is to counteract what is really going on in reality. But, wrap it up in all it's all about your salvation and not the fact that the church is loosing its source of income.Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808470239607818781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842208350238623566.post-49180708951789462942014-01-21T14:36:29.683-08:002014-01-21T14:36:29.683-08:00Hey Senigami,
When you said this,
The really f...Hey Senigami,<br /><br />When you said this, <br /><br /> The really funny thing to me is that the church has done such an amazing job in scaring members away from the evils of those outside the church that people are too afraid to have any contact with those evil corrupted-by-satan non-members that the thought of bringing them into the home is terrifying. I mean, *GASP*, what would happen if THEY wanted to share their beliefs! Oops, I mean spread their lies and poison from the grasp that Satan has on them. Because they know that non-members are just waiting to jump at the chance to deceive them using the silver tongued lies of the devil.<br /><br />It reminded me of an episode of The Atheist Experience I watched last week.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd4UdbKJLk8<br /><br /> Now I'm still not sure what I believe about any sort of supreme being at this point because all of this is relatively new to me, but I'm keeping an open mind, going to all different resources and I completely agree with what these guys (feel free to skip to 12:00). <br /><br />The fact that people in the church are brainwashed into thinking that people are "miserable" after leaving the church, (which has always sounded fishy to me...I mean, you always hear THE CHURCH, THE CHURCH. if it were true anyways it shouldn't have to be about the busine *cough* "organization".) sickens me. The only ex- mormon I have ever know is my High School Swim Coach. And he's the most optimistic person I know and he knows about my situation because I don't feel guilty talking to him about it like I know any TBM would try to make me feel. Insomniatic Sunrisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182845541965279049noreply@blogger.com