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Mormons and other retarded stuff.
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RE: Mormons and other retarded stuff.
(October 2, 2011 at 10:51 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote:
(October 2, 2011 at 9:40 am)ElDinero Wrote: Doesn't make him any stupider, either. I have serious concerns about anyone who buys into the lies of Joseph Smith.

Well, I hope you can say the same thing about the Bahai. It's a matter of personal charisma.


Probably a lot to do with where one is born. EG there are LOT of Mormons in Australia, (around 110,000) but relatively few Bahai's ( around 10,000)

Actually, I find the syncretism of Baha'u'llah a bit saner than the rantings of Joseph Smith,albeit no more credible.
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#12
RE: Mormons and other retarded stuff.
In 180 years Mormonism has gone from nothing to a worldwide religion with 15 or so million members. Either the stupidity of humanity is infinite or the Mormons are doing something right.

Anyway there are much more stranger religions than Mormonism.
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#13
RE: Mormons and other retarded stuff.
Well, mormonism does have it's good sides. It promotes healthy eating and drinking for one.
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#14
RE: Mormons and other retarded stuff.
You still die just as quickly
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#15
RE: Mormons and other retarded stuff.
The KKK promoted some good stuff as well. I need a little more from my societies.
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#16
RE: Mormons and other retarded stuff.
Oh IDK Trist, Mormonism is a pretty rare bird. You've got the narrative background of judeo-christianity with elements of a revisionist history of the Americas (chiefly the history of the "white and delightsome" peoples who hold the cosmic deed to the land), as well as incorporation of a healthy amount of what was then science fiction. Interplanetary travel etc.

The "jesus in america" bit is pretty good too. To go so far as to enact your own exodus and wanderings and settle on a promised land. These guys lived the fantasy. It's also a rare bird in that it is such a recent addition to the family of faith that it's origins as a con are extremely well documented. The only faiths with more solid (and well documented) explanations of their origins are the cargo cults.
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