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  • #5791
    Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post
    Mormons about to be unequivocally reminded that evangelicals don't see them as Christians.
    I’m reminded of that almost every single day. I’m proud of not belonging to their club.
    "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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    • #5792
      Originally posted by Moliere View Post

      I’m reminded of that almost every single day. I’m proud of not belonging to their club.
      Sounds like we have some experiences in common. I have to share my first awareness that evangelicals were going to be a thorn in my side growing up. I was 11 years old and in 6th grade and my family had just moved to Oregon from California. There was a mega-church that was attended by most everyone in my new school, including teachers. During this time (early 80s) Mormonism was being used by such churches as a bogeyman to stir up some fear and anger (and raise funds) and all these folks no matter the age considered themselves experts on Mormonism. I made friends pretty quickly because religion hadn't come up yet and soon I was hanging with the cool kids and I got invited to a sleepover at maybe the coolest kid's house.

      Around midnight we're still up talking and he asks what church I go to. I tell him and he says "oh, I need to go talk to my parents." He disappears for a few minutes and comes back with his mom who says "Kevin isn't feeling very well and I'm going to need to take you home. Please call your mother and tell her we're on the way." They drove my ass home and dropped me off. I was confused because Kevin hadn't seemed sick at all. But I was so naive about stuff like this that I didn't tie it together until the next Monday at school when suddenly everyone knew that I was Mormon and they really didn't like it. When I saw my friend, he would barely speak to me but he was kind enough to tell me that he wasn't allowed to have me over anymore because I was Mormon and that's why they had taken me home. Good times.

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      • #5793
        Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post

        Sounds like we have some experiences in common. I have to share my first awareness that evangelicals were going to be a thorn in my side growing up. I was 11 years old and in 6th grade and my family had just moved to Oregon from California. There was a mega-church that was attended by most everyone in my new school, including teachers. During this time (early 80s) Mormonism was being used by such churches as a bogeyman to stir up some fear and anger (and raise funds) and all these folks no matter the age considered themselves experts on Mormonism. I made friends pretty quickly because religion hadn't come up yet and soon I was hanging with the cool kids and I got invited to a sleepover at maybe the coolest kid's house.

        Around midnight we're still up talking and he asks what church I go to. I tell him and he says "oh, I need to go talk to my parents." He disappears for a few minutes and comes back with his mom who says "Kevin isn't feeling very well and I'm going to need to take you home. Please call your mother and tell her we're on the way." They drove my ass home and dropped me off. I was confused because Kevin hadn't seemed sick at all. But I was so naive about stuff like this that I didn't tie it together until the next Monday at school when suddenly everyone knew that I was Mormon and they really didn't like it. When I saw my friend, he would barely speak to me but he was kind enough to tell me that he wasn't allowed to have me over anymore because I was Mormon and that's why they had taken me home. Good times.


        Holy cow.
        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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        • #5794
          That is nuts.

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          • #5795
            I had a bunch of people in middle school that wouldn’t hang out with me. I assumed it was because I was Mormon. Not sure that explanation holds up though since I grew up in Utah and also they were all Mormons too.
            τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν

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            • #5796
              Originally posted by All-American View Post
              I had a bunch of people in middle school that wouldn’t hang out with me. I assumed it was because I was Mormon. Not sure that explanation holds up though since I grew up in Utah and also they were all Mormons too.


              "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
              "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
              "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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              • #5797
                I'm sure I've shared this here before but my daughter's best friend in high school was a guy from an extremely evangelical family. They made their son promise that he wouldn't marry the Mormon girl.

                I was pretty happy when he came out as gay a few years later.

                Living in the South for 20+ years I absolutely don't get the people (most often in places like Utah where they they aren't really exposed to them) who talk about evangelicals and Mormons being natural allies.

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                • #5798
                  Originally posted by Clark Addison View Post
                  Living in the South for 20+ years I absolutely don't get the people (most often in places like Utah where they they aren't really exposed to them) who talk about evangelicals and Mormons being natural allies.

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                  • #5799
                    Yikes

                    Slurs and harassment at BYU game alienate Mormon CU students

                    Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                    For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                    Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                    • #5800
                      Wade Christopherson (Brother to Elder Christopherson) charged with sexual abuse of a child.

                      According to charging documents, the Dublin Police Department received a report on Nov. 12 regarding the alleged sexual abuse of an Ohio minor by Christofferson, which reportedly occurred when the victim was approximately seven and eight years old. It is alleged that Christofferson sexually abused the child 15 to 20 times.

                      https://abc6onyourside.com/news/loca...d-abuse-dublin

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