Just how many space religions are there?

Scientology
Realians
And now the Mormons too?

This is taken from a film called "The Godmakers." It's scaremongering and largely inaccurate.

Iron Hand: It's scaremongering and largely inaccurate.

What is inaccurate about it?

And yet no mention of the magical underwear! I feel robbed.

Croooow!: What is inaccurate about it?


Mormons do not believe black people were fence-sitters in Heaven.

They also don't necessarily believe that Jesus was married once, let alone to three different women (some Mormons believe he was married, some don't. Most just chose to not worry themselves about it).

Also, Mormons don't believe that Adam was God (some may, but it's not Church doctrine).

Joseph Smith did not claim direct descendace from Jesus.

Mormons don't believe Joseph Smith will judge them. Just Jesus.

Mormons do not say or believe that Joseph Smith was more important than Jesus. The actual quote was said that Joseph Smith did more for mankind than any man SAVE JESUS ONLY.

Oh, an Mormons can drink Coke.

Iron Hand

I noticed that the parts about each god ruling over their own planet and having godly polygamous orgies wasn't listed as being an inaccurate detail...

stonner: I noticed that the parts about each god ruling over their own planet and having godly polygamous orgies wasn't listed as being an inaccurate detail...

Yes, Mormons believe that if they play their cards right they can one day rule over planets of their own. But I missed the godly polygamous orgies training in Sunday School. So go ahead and add that to the list.

Iron Hand: Joseph Smith did more for mankind than any man

What about Michael Jackson? I mean, Joseph Smith is cool and all, but Michael Jackson made Thriller, man. Thriller!

Iron Hand: But I missed the godly polygamous orgies training in Sunday School.

I should note that I have a Top 10 list ready, though, just in case.

Croooow!: What about Michael Jackson? I mean, Joseph Smith is cool and all, but Michael Jackson made Thriller, man. Thriller!

To the best of my knowledge, Joseph Smith never moonwalked, either. So Mike's got that going for him, too.

Ruling over a planet, but no orgies?

I'll still go for the stripper factory and beer volcano, then.

Iron Hand: Oh, an Mormons can drink Coke.

The Mormon guy I used to work with said they weren't supposed to drink anything that had caffeine. Because it's addictive, I think. Anyway, he thought it was dumb and drank Mountain Dew like it was a health drink. Other than that, he was really into being a Mormon.

Iron Hand: To the best of my knowledge, Joseph Smith never moonwalked, either

I'll bet he drank his share of Jesus Juice, though.

mormons are a cult that got respectable by virtue of hanging around for a hundred fifty year. i'm confused why they would call themselves a kind of "christian" when they deny some of the religion's basic tenets

pwhp_67: The Mormon guy I used to work with said they weren't supposed to drink anything that had caffeine.

Some Mormons don't drink it, for that reason. But it's not official Church policy. I drink it not because I'm addicted, but because I can't go without it.

Croooow!: I'll bet he drank his share of Jesus Juice, though.

Jesus Juice leads to inspiration, man. Seriously though, I don't think he did, but I know a lot of original Mormons did drink.

z_gringo
stonner
Just how many space religions are there?

All of them.

Winner.

Grew up in the Mormon church. Fell away for reasons of my own. Those who bash it as being non-christian need to check their facts. Itis not a cult, and not way off from a lot of religions.

/still not going back.
//would never join a different church instead.
///TFV is a bunch of crap based on somebody's false beliefs of what Mormonism really is.

Iron Hand: Mormons do not believe black people were fence-sitters in Heaven.

What? IIRC, black people weren't allowed to be elders until 1973. So that's only, what, 150 years of being dickheads on that particular subject?

Man I used to know this girl who was one of the best in the sack Ive ever had.

She went mormon and now will only do missionary and on a schedule or some weird shiat like that.

I was out this Mormon chick once and having a beer, she said, "I'm being a bad Mormon..."

Me, being kinda neutral on all religions, replied, "Any religion where you are considered bad for drinking beer is really stisfodkfijdfmnkdmfdfdfdfd..."

The moral of the story? Don't drink a lot.

kliq

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

sadly- I've been there

Iron Hand: But I missed the godly polygamous orgies training in Sunday School.

I would go to that Sunday School.

Dum Dum Dum Dum Dum

/South Park did it best

Yay! Christian propaganda videos.
In church they used to show the one about Rock & Roll. They showed a video from the group Dead or Alive. I guess the point was that if you listen to rock you become a crossdresser. Kids were tossing their Zeppelin tapes in the trash after that one. That's when shiat got spooky.

The not drinking coke, coffee drinking doing drugs is from the Words of Wisdom. These are not rules but just guidless to help someone stay healthy and treat your body as a temple.

FarkmeBlind: The Mormon bible has nothing about Black being fence sitters, but it refers to a tibe called Lamanties and states And [God] had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people, the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them. And thus saith the Lord God; I will cause that they shall be loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their iniquities." (2 Nephi 5:21)

It also later states

O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God. Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word of God, that ye revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins; neither shall ye revile against them because of their filthiness..." (Jacob 3:8-9).

Which basically said don't treat blacks worse than you, BUT it also implied that they are lessor.

You see the part with the fighting?

i'm just saying, someone was screaming like a girl.

Wendover, Nevada man. They're only Mormons on the other side of the border.

Cheap to get there, too. Fly Max Air

Agreed with Iron Hand, that video's farked up. All the Mormons I've ever known have been some of the nicest, hardest-working, down-to-earth people I've ever met, compared to most of the Christians I've ever known...
/People vary from person to person
//Just sayin'.

You've got to love it when people criticize a religion and call it a cult. Especially when their own religion was criticized and called a cult during it's formative years. What's the difference between a religion and a cult? About 500 years.

By the way, this video has nothing to due with actual Mormon beliefs. Wikipedia is your friend.

d_unit

They believe in space alien GodS

In the past there was confusion over what makes Christian. For the most part however the Nicene Creed covers it:

I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
and of all things seen and unseen.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God,
God from God, Light from Light,
True God from True God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father;
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation
came down from heaven,
and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost
of the Virgin Mary,
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried;
and the third day he rose again
according to the Scriptures,
and ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of the Father;
and he shall come again, with glory,
to judge both the quick and the dead;
whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost the Lord, and Giver of Live,
who proceedeth from the Father [and the Son];
who with the Father and the Son together
is worshipped and glorified;
who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church;
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins;
and I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. AMEN.


If you don't believe in this general creed, your not a Christian. If you do not believe in the Holy Trinity you are not a Christian. You may be something else, but your not a Christian.

All members of all religions are a bunch of scared farktards. The reason they don't listen to logic is their eardrums have been busted by being farked in the brain for way too long. BTW, doing things that you think will either get you into "heaven" or save you from "hell" does NOT make you a moral person, regardless of the act. It simply makes you spineless.

This was better than that SP episode!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=l63IiB2jGRo&mode=related&search=

Dum dum dum dum dum!

The Native Americans fought the gladiators?

What?! No Orgazmo?! He's a bad, bad Mormon.

Endless celestial sex??? That sounds pretty sweet.

regarding the caffine thing...used to be Mormons were supposed to abstain from all forms of Caffiene, which rules out most sodas
That was until the Mormons in Uthard(spelling intentional) bought out PepsiCo...they all of a sudden certain Colas became "ok" to drink...*supprise*

was Mormon as a kid...for about 2 years...recall vividly the massive headache I had for a week when forced to give up the caffiene.

This video gets greenlighted about once per month. I've seen it on Fark many times.

Hollywood is out of ideas and Fark has run out of not-news.

EVERYBODY PANIC!

Those of you who think that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon church) is a cult, take a look in the dictionary and learn the true definition of that word. More or less it's any group that follows one or a few with the same purpose. That would make all religions........(wait for it)..........CULTS by definition.

But I'm not going to bash into other churches just because I don't understand them. I'm going to a Lutheran College and I have a hard time not asking questions all the time because I don't understand what's going on. Those few professors that I've had that have suffered my inquiries, I praise them. They are trying to teach me something that I don't know and vice versa, because anytime question "And what denomination are you?" comes up there are tons of questions.

But don't bash it because it's "weird" or "messed up" or anything. Find out about it then you might have something to say.

Where can I join?

MindStalker

"Which basically said don't treat blacks worse than you, BUT it also implied that they are lessor."

That would only be true if God had a simple mind and thought of 'black people' as a general group. That scripture spoke of a specific group of peopleat the time who bore the curse of the black skin and the filthiness refers to a spiritual filthiness which caused said curse to be brought about.

ChairmanKaga


"If you don't believe in this general creed, your not a Christian. If you do not believe in the Holy Trinity you are not a Christian. You may be something else, but your not a Christian."

So you're comfortable with Christian identity being decided by some Catholics of long ago?

Stratohead

"regarding the caffine thing...used to be Mormons were supposed to abstain from all forms of Caffiene, which rules out most sodas
That was until the Mormons in Uthard(spelling intentional) bought out PepsiCo...they all of a sudden certain Colas became "ok" to drink...*supprise*"

That's an old urban legend. You're just retarded for repeating it without knowing what you're talking about.

There is a voting enabled button on this thread and it is somewhere in this general location ---^

/but don't vote for me. i am not god worthy.
//usually
///or sometimes
////maybe 50/50

curlyjoe: But it still does imply that whiteness is a blessing to be given by god and blackness can be a curse. I said CAN be, not nessesarily is.

It's not so much that whiteness is a "blessing" as much as it is just an effect of being created in God's image. The curse is seperate from the skin of darkness. The curse was spiritual. The dark skin was done so the righteous could identify those who had been cursed in order to avoid them. The spiritual curse was lifted but the blackness remains in the genetics.