Cartoons & Cigarette propaganda 1950s, Controversy

oldaunt said:
Much like the REST of christianity, and most major religions.
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I disagree. They are the most insane, IMO; also the most dangerous as they have actual political power and influence.

At least the other major religions have their origins in the distant past. The Mormons are modern, a modern invention.
 
Methodists are going through some culture changes. The powers to be are allowing homosexuals, transgenders, etc. to become ministers. This has caused a rift among many of the older Methodist clergy and those in the congregation. Many Methodists have decided to leave the church and form either their own church or a new form of the Methodist church, instead of being called United Methodist.
 
Pepper said:
I disagree. They are the most insane, IMO; also the most dangerous as they have actual political power and influence.

At least the other major religions have their origins in the distant past. The Mormons are modern, a modern invention.
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They have about the same political power as the Catholics have had for centuries. I guess being RELATIVELY modern (considering most of their concepts are actually quite ancient) makes them bad?
 
oldaunt said:
They have about the same political power as the Catholics have had for centuries. I guess being RELATIVELY modern (considering most of their concepts are actually quite ancient) makes them bad?
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Are you sure you watched the video? They're not bad. They're insane. Other planets an ancient concept to you? Joseph Smith as part of the trinity? Bobkes.
 
oldaunt said:
Not so much, if you actually BELIEVE that holy trinity nonsense...
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So, it comes down to who is the most stupid? At least the church studied the matter for centuries with incredible scholarship on their side. All the Mormons had were uneducated yahoos. Having studied early Christianity, for the efforts they put in, IMO, they are worthy of respect. The Mormons are merely blasphemous whackos
 
Pepper said:
I disagree. They are the most insane, IMO; also the most dangerous as they have actual political power and influence.

At least the other major religions have their origins in the distant past. The Mormons are modern, a modern invention.
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You can't disparage the sincerity of some of their members, especially the young ones traveling and proselytizing. Their faith seems pure at that point.
 
chic said:
You can't disparage the sincerity of some of their members, especially the young ones traveling and proselytizing. Their faith seems pure at that point.
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Their sincerity is based on total ignorance of scripture....Hitler Youth were sincere too. Oh yes, a lot of sincerity. Sincerely wrong and IMO dangerous & stupid rhetoric, not biblically based, not Christian.
 
chic said:
I'm no expert on scripture. Was I bamboozled? They were sincerely nice people which I doubt Hitler youth were.
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Why doubt Hitler Youth were nice? If you were Aryan, they were damn nice! Just don't be something else. The Good Germans were (once) nice people too.
 
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