what are some weird things you've heard about mormons?

Answer 1

that our underwear is "magic"
that we are a cult
that we sacrifice people in the temple
that we consummate our marriage in the temple infront of people
that we have horns

All of which of course are not true...

Answer 2

I have heard some weird things about Mormons. However, I choose not to repeat them. Because, in fact, my family is friends with three other Mormon families and they are invariably some of the nicest people we have ever met. Polite, kind, friendly, helpful and non-preachy.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Someone told me they read that, in the temple, the marriage must be consummated on the altar, in front f God and everyone. And that in the temple, everyone dances naked in front of the prophet.

And, I've heard theone about the horns, too.

Anything that was originated by Ed Decker is weird.

Answer 5

How about from a mormon? That in the beginning we all lived with God on another planet where he had many many wives--their whole creation story left me trying very hard not to laugh

Answer 6

I heard some people think we have horns.

I am LDS, and I am having difficulty finding the horns that I should have, maybe I'm not faithful enough.

Answer 7

Have you heard the one about having more than one wife? If you haven't you've been under a rock. My husband only has one wife. That's me!

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Answer 8

Joseph Smith's 'secret' polygamous wives (without Emma's consent) in Nauvoo.

Joseph Smith's first story about his 1st vision purported to be just an angel and occurred in 1823. He didn't include Jesus Christ until the 3rd time he told the story, and didn't include God the Father until he actually wrote it down in 1838. In all, there are 8 different versions of the 1st vision with very different facts. Ultimately, he divided his 'first vision' into the two visions we know now; the 'Sacred Grove' vision in 1820 and the 'Moroni' vision in 1823.

Temple members were required to take an Oath of Vengeance against the United States to avenge the blood of Joseph and Hyrum against the government all the way up until 1904, when they had to remove it from the endowment for Reed Smoot to become Senator of Utah.

The 'Prophet's' condo in Salt Lake is worth $1.2 million. The least-paid General Authority earns a $80,000-90,000 "Living Expense Allowance" per year. I don't know what this allowance is used for either, since most "living expenses" are paid on Church credit cards anyway. (gas, groceries, etc) The Church owns over $30 billion in assets and generates $6 billion in annual revenue- all of this without reporting a dime of it to members. 95% of churches (baptist, lutheran, anglican, even 'the great and abominable' [according to momos] Catholic Church) report earnings and use of capital to the public. The LDS Church doesn't. You will never know what your tithing is used for. The Church owns LOTS of stock in LOTS of companies, most prominently Coca-Cola, which manufactures and markets many products (energy drinks, caffeinated cola, some alcoholic beverages) that are against Church standards. Believe it or not, they even own some stock in cigarette companies.

Aside from all that, the LDS Church believes in and teaches several principles that go against the Bible. For instance, they believe Adam is now "a god", along with Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, etc. They believe that they can become gods of their own worlds. They believe that God has a wife (maybe even several wives). Early Church authorities taught that Jesus had a "train of wives" that followed Him around. None of this is in the Bible (or even in the Book of Mormon for that matter).

Until 1990, Temple Members were required to swear death penalty oaths (the Bible says specifically not to swear by anything, especially one's "own head", i.e. life) for revealing the nature of the Temple Endowment. Until 2004, members being "initiated" into the Temple were touched by people on various parts of their unclothed bodies with both water and oil as a "washing & annointing".

Joseph Smith was often drunk in public in Nauvoo (years after having revealed the "Word of Wisdom", and was found many mornings having passed out and spent the night in a ditch.

Answer 9

Let the flood gates open! Look for some real doozies.

Answer 10

I am LDS, and yeah, I can have a sense of humor about myself.

I think my favorite wierd one that I heard was that we all have horns - that makes me laugh every time. (of course a lot of them make me laugh).