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Mr. Deity
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This guy is new to me - anyone else familiar with him?
Series of short videos with high production values, and a humerous take on religion and the various more confusing elements of god, religion, hell, lucifer, mormonism, the works.....
They are a hoot!
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Series of short videos with high production values, and a humerous take on religion and the various more confusing elements of god, religion, hell, lucifer, mormonism, the works.....
They are a hoot!
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He’s new to me too and I shall watch the other videos. Like all the Abrahamic religions, Mormonism encourages division and hatred. There’s no sense in any of them.
As for baptising the dead, in reality it means nothing, but I’ve always thought that, on principle, it is an appalling thing to do. Again, arrogance reigns!!
As for baptising the dead, in reality it means nothing, but I’ve always thought that, on principle, it is an appalling thing to do. Again, arrogance reigns!!
@Modeller - I think he does mention that, Modeller, toward the end of the video he says that he is not calling individual mormons racist. He says though, that so long as they believe in the literal word of their holy book, and as long as those chapters relating to skin colour as being a mark of evil, it will permeate their culture, and that sounds about right to me.
@Birdie - I would agree with you that this practice of baptizing the dead seems dishonest, and a kind of violation.
Wiki has the following paragraph about it;
"is currently practiced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), where it is performed only in dedicated temples, as well as in several (but not all) other current factions of the Latter-day Saint movement. Those who practice this rite view baptism as an indispensable requirement to enter the Kingdom of God, and thus practice Baptism for the Dead to give those who have died without ever having had the opportunity to receive baptism the opportunity to receive it by proxy. The LDS Church teaches that those who have died may choose to accept or reject the baptism done on their behalf."
Note that last sentence - The LDS magnanimously offer the dead the chance to reject the baptism - its comedic in its nonsense :)
As to mormons and allegations of racism - well, the policy against ordaining black ministers was in force until 1978. The policy against racial restrictions was not lifted until around 1978, following a supposed "revelation" - which was convenient, I guess.
I am no expert on the Mormon religion, but it is difficult to see how a culture that reveres a holy book so much, cannot fail to be influenced, even subconsciously, by what is such a clearly racist attitude.Lets hope there are plenty of prophets and revelations to amend the holy text.....
Wiki has the following paragraph about it;
"is currently practiced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), where it is performed only in dedicated temples, as well as in several (but not all) other current factions of the Latter-day Saint movement. Those who practice this rite view baptism as an indispensable requirement to enter the Kingdom of God, and thus practice Baptism for the Dead to give those who have died without ever having had the opportunity to receive baptism the opportunity to receive it by proxy. The LDS Church teaches that those who have died may choose to accept or reject the baptism done on their behalf."
Note that last sentence - The LDS magnanimously offer the dead the chance to reject the baptism - its comedic in its nonsense :)
As to mormons and allegations of racism - well, the policy against ordaining black ministers was in force until 1978. The policy against racial restrictions was not lifted until around 1978, following a supposed "revelation" - which was convenient, I guess.
I am no expert on the Mormon religion, but it is difficult to see how a culture that reveres a holy book so much, cannot fail to be influenced, even subconsciously, by what is such a clearly racist attitude.Lets hope there are plenty of prophets and revelations to amend the holy text.....
//The Mormans have not been racist for the past 100 years//
That’s not true. After the death of Joseph Smith, black men were barred from the priesthood until 1978 when a ‘revelation’ from God decreed they were acceptable after all. If anything was political, it was that ‘revelation’. Funny how revelations often appear at a rather convenient time. Some claimed by Mohammed were a bit like that too.
http:// en.wiki pedia.o ...elat ion_on_ Priesth ood
That’s not true. After the death of Joseph Smith, black men were barred from the priesthood until 1978 when a ‘revelation’ from God decreed they were acceptable after all. If anything was political, it was that ‘revelation’. Funny how revelations often appear at a rather convenient time. Some claimed by Mohammed were a bit like that too.
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It's a mixed picture but Elijah Abel was ordained in 1836 . There were a number of ex slaves who became elders of the church at that time .
http:// en.wiki pedia.o ...e_an d_early _Mormon ism
I think it aso became more racist for a while afterwards but Abel still kept his priesthood.
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I think it aso became more racist for a while afterwards but Abel still kept his priesthood.