Mormon Bullshit..... Oh My - Is Another "Revelation" Coming?

[Minimalist]

[Raeven]

Gotta keep up with the Catholics, you know.

[freedomfromforum]

I am going to tell on myself now; this is embarrassing.
When I was a christian I was very outspoken against
homosexuality and the "gay culture". I was a vehement
advocate for the sending of homosexuals to the hottest
depths of hell. I praised the god of the bible for his
righteous judgment against the sinfulness of the gays,
and I sung praises to Jesus™ for his mercy toward me.
I encouraged my christian wife to tell her gay brother
what the bible says about homosexuality, and that if he
didn't change his lifestyle (meaning sexual orientation)
that god would send him to hell. This was, of course
also the belief that my wife held (still holds). Now that
I am an atheist, I no longer feel like I once did concerning
homosexuality. I have, in fact, become a very strong
supporter of gays and gay rights. I volunteer at a local
"rainbow" thrift store that I, at one time, swore I would
never even cross the threshold of. I have visited my
brother-in-law and I have asked him for forgiveness for
my vicious agreement with god's violent judgment. I
no longer think or act like a bigoted fool. I am also
now beginning to realize that my formerly outspoken
ugliness toward gays was caused by the root of something
stronger than the hatred my bible recommended I carry;
I was now free to love these human beings. I found that
my hate (which was strong) was replaced with love once
I ditched religion, and I now love gay people to the same
proportion I once loathed then.

PS my wife does not hate gays - she is a sweet
lady; she just agrees with a god that hates them.
It's really sad actually. fff

[Minimalist]

At least you got better, FFF.

[Doubting Thomas]

Yeah, just fast forward 50 years in the future and Christians will be claiming they were at the forefront of changing the marriage laws to allow gays to marry.

[Minimalist]

Probably. They forget we have them on video.

[Sword of Christ]

I am going to tell on myself now; this is embarrassing.
When I was a christian I was very outspoken against
homosexuality and the "gay culture". I was a vehement
advocate for the sending of homosexuals to the hottest
depths of hell. I praised the god of the bible for his
righteous judgment against the sinfulness of the gays,
and I sung praises to Jesus™ for his mercy toward me.
I encouraged my christian wife to tell her gay brother
what the bible says about homosexuality, and that if he
didn't change his lifestyle (meaning sexual orientation)
that god would send him to hell. This was, of course
also the belief that my wife held (still holds). Now that
I am an atheist, I no longer feel like I once did concerning
homosexuality. I have, in fact, become a very strong
supporter of gays and gay rights. I volunteer at a local
"rainbow" thrift store that I, at one time, swore I would
never even cross the threshold of. I have visited my
brother-in-law and I have asked him for forgiveness for
my vicious agreement with god's violent judgment. I
no longer think or act like a bigoted fool. I am also
now beginning to realize that my formerly outspoken
ugliness toward gays was caused by the root of something
stronger than the hatred my bible recommended I carry;
I was now free to love these human beings. I found that
my hate (which was strong) was replaced with love once
I ditched religion, and I now love gay people to the same
proportion I once loathed then.

You may as well have stoned people to death for working on the Sabbath day while you were at it. You had a hold of the wrong end of the stick even though if God exists you did have the right stick.

[Doubting Thomas]

It's my understanding from an ex-Mormon that the only reason they had that "revelation" in 1978 was because the government was getting onto them about not allowing blacks to be priests, preachers, or whatever they have, nor were blacks allowed to be in the church administration. So after the government warned them about the civil rights laws, lo and behold the head of the church had a magical revelation that black people aren't cursed descendants of Ham after all.

[Raeven]

They do it all the time. I remember one of the reasons I fully rejected religiosity in my childhood was when the head of their church (I forget which one) had a revelation that it was suddenly ok for Mormons to drink Coca Cola.

Of course, they didn't mention that the church had just made a significant investment in Coca Cola stock.

[Rev. Rye]

It's my understanding from an ex-Mormon that the only reason they had that "revelation" in 1978 was because the government was getting onto them about not allowing blacks to be priests, preachers, or whatever they have, nor were blacks allowed to be in the church administration. So after the government warned them about the civil rights laws, lo and behold the head of the church had a magical revelation that black people aren't cursed descendants of Ham after all.

From what I've heard, it was actually because they wanted to get a temple in Brazil, and, since the subject of race in Brazil is incredibly complicated, so, therefore, they decided Blacks were okay in God's eyes now.