Church of England vs Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

[Harry Nevis]

Watching The Tudors on Ovation again, and paying more attention to the gestation of the Church of England.  Granted the series takes liberty with history (composite characters, reordering of events, retconning)  but the broader portrayal of the schism, and acknowledging the influence of early Protestant reforms like Luther, leads to some curious thoughts about the legitimacy of the Church of England.

And then I consider my favorite American false religion, Mormonism, and I gotta pose a question:

Between the Church of England (and throw in the Anglicans too) and the Church of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons) which of the 2 is MORE obviously a false religion ??


Hands down, 6 months ago I would have said the Mormons, but damn, the Church of England is breathing down their necks !!


Church of England is just dripping, oozing, and pustulating  falseness.  I note Henry is a conniving low life, and a conniving low life becoming more and more the equal of that horn dog and charlatan Joe Smith.

Cromwell is hysterically funny if you think about it, he isn't pious or 'Godly' (whatever that means, LOL) and despite Anne almost being a 'prime mover' (tee hee) in gestating an illegitimate faith, she still lost her head.


I realize the quantization of falsity is a tricky thing, but think about it, Church of England, or Latter Day Saints, which is obviously the bigger con job ???

I think my greatest interaction with the church of England is with you b-holes. I see heavy legalism and R/C type of keep your head down and follow tradition.

The Mormons however I have had to fend off several times with my sister, as she tends to like the nutter version of God. That old south park episode tends to ground people if they haven't yet drank the koolaide.

If they have.. most don't care. they are there for the community not doctrine.

There is no non-nutty version of god.

[Faith No More]

I'm sure you fail to grasp the irony there.

Still not as ironic as him using South Park as a reference for how absurd Mormonism is. They rip on Christianity in general a hundred times more than they do Mormonism specifically.

It kind of reminds me of the beginning of "Orgasmo," the South Park guys' first movie. It starts out with two Mormons going door to door to preach, and everyone is slamming their doors on them. They finally find an old lady who responds with something like, "Oh, how nice. Come inside," and as they're about to step in she asks them what denomination they are. They reply, "Mormons," and she immediately says, "Fuck off" and slams the door in their faces.

[LastPoet]

The Mormons however I have had to fend off several times with my sister, as she tends to like the nutter version of God.

I'm sure you fail to grasp the irony there.

Lol. We should make a thread. "Wich god is nuttier?"

At least Drich admits his god is nuts and there are nuttier like the mormons.

Dunno, having trouble deciding wich brand of bullshit is the smelliest. I will leave that to the connaisors pardon my french.

[vorlon13]

Well, let's assign Xemu a bullshittery/stench factor of 100 as a benchmark.

Mormons would be in the 90s with their whackadoodle theological mishmash.

And I'd entertain discussion on where the 7th Day Adventist God winds up compared to the above, and to the Missuori Synod Lutheran God, for instance.