Joseph Smith was called a prophet - Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
He started the Mormon religion - Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
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He found the stones and golden plates - Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
Even though nobody else ever saw them - Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb

...etc. etc. Jeez. People are funny. Tragically so, at times...

I am on a blog site right now were a women is talking about just joining the Mormon religion but she doesn't know the answers to any questions we give and another Mormon just keeps saying he prayed and knows it's true, which I know for a fact they tell them to say. It seems strange to me that people would so boldly believe something they can't defend. As a Catholic I take great pride in knowing that I can answer the questions and defend the myths. It seems to me they can't debunk the myths because they are just that, myths. Thanks for the info on this site. I finally have some answers I have been looking for.
Thanks

Great Site. I was once an idiot! I did not question, I was actually married in the Temple. Women are not given much power. IN fact my wife will be waiting for me to come and get her out of the ground when CHrist comes. I have to say the special name and give the special hand shake other wise she will remain.

They would not let me into the Temple unless I had paid a full 10% of my income. Yet they call their selves a non-profit organization. Plus they own several business's that make millions of dollars each year.

i really cant believe people are mormons or jehovah's witnesses or scientologists.. its all just insane. Why would you believe a religion that was created a few centuries ago by mere men who havent done anything out of the ordinary but create rules and new concepts - basically start a new religion - there isnt even any proof that they got touched by "god" or something. I respect people who believe in older faiths that DO have some substance than these "newer" religions

I can start my own as well and I hope you dumb idiots follow me.

ALLL OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP. ANY RELIGION IS FUCKING STUPID....TO YOU(JACK ASS WHO WROTE THIS)"by mere men who havent done anything out of the ordinary but create rules and new concepts." WHO THE HELL IS JESUS OR MOHAMMAD OR GOD FOR THAT MATTER?? THEY ARE ALL MADE UP THOUGHTS AND WRITTEN BY WHO??? OH MAN! SO ANY ONE WHO BELIEVES IN THIS STUPID GARBAGE, SUCH AS GOD, CAN GO KILL YOUR SELF AND GO TO HEAVEN BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE ALIVE ANYWAY IF ITS SOOOOOO AWESOME THERE? HAHA DUMBASSES ARE SHEEP AND BELIEVE ANY OLD BULLSHIT

It's just as insane to believe the words of some ancient prophet as it is a recent one, so it's a bit strange to 'have respect' for one bullshit story just because it has had the benefit of several more centuries of existence in order to establish itself, and work out its rules and regulations. Christianity, Judaism, and Muslim beliefs are just as inane as Mormonism, and what makes it worse is that all four religions are constantly fighting over who gets to be the A-number-one saved peoples at Judgement Day . . . an event that all four seem to be intent on rushing towards.

If anything, the creation of Scientology, Mormonism, and other recent branches of faith should serve as a clear model of how easy it is to dupe masses of people into believing just about anything. Belief in white angels that claim to be Native Americans isn't really anymore outlandish than believing in ancient space lords called Xenu, a virgin-born child that rises from the dead, or a god that's obsessed with mankind's eating and sexual habits, and has more tantrums and destroys either the earth or His chosen people more often than a brat on a sugar high.

It baffles me as to why anyone thinks that ANY religion has any sort of credibility, especially when you do have the examples provided to us in modern times such as Mormonism, or Scientology, and just how easy it is to dupe masses of people that, for whatever reason, need some sort validation for spiritual belief by needing to be part of a group of others that think the same way they do. There is little in the way of credibility or difference in believing in a virgin-born zombie, a Native American Hebrew angel, an ancient space lord named Xenu, or a god that seems to have far too much time on His hands as He obsesses about mankinds sexual and eating habits while consistently having tantrums and destroying the world and/or the Chosen People on a regular basis (depending on who's the 'chosen' ones, considering that all of the Abrahamic faiths are fighting over who gets to be top dog at Judgement Day . . . an event all seem to be determined to be rushing towards while the rest of the sane planet is trying to contemplate a future instead of the end).

I was raised Catholic, converted to Baptist and have read and sought to "understand" most major religious texts to include the Book of Mormon. I agree with Mark Twain, the Mormon Bible is "chloroform in print".

I personally gave up all belief in a personal god after seeing children killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq who I suppose believed that he was fulfilling god's will. Any goodness comes from sane caring humans who will take action to try to make the world a better place for children.

Bible stories or fairy tales are nice when they give examples of the reward gained when people are able to get along. But they are just stories.

The Mormons are fairly good about getting along but at some level their goodness rings hollow because the impetus of their actions are baseless beliefs.