About mormons?... I asked a question see link below?

Question

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aji1sCkKxP9275nBHd.PRLTsy6IX?qid=20070609194001AA2h87J

I found their explantations very logical and reasonable... but there were some people who said they were ex-mormons and they lied about most of the stuff?

Why would you intentionally lie about mormons? I see a lot of hate towards them and not much evidence to support this hate.

I have met a mormon and he seemed to very a good caring person.

So... why do some of you hate Mormons?

Auroradawn: You obviously didn't read my link... I asked straight forward questions and got a few answers that were hateful(the last answers).

Answer 1

Well, not all are lies by ex-Mormons (you'll note that several who answered your original question specifically identify themselves as being Mormon).

And while not all the stuff stated by the non-Mormon stuff are incorrect, I'm personally hesitant to come right out and say that the incorrect stuff are lies. Sometimes, some things said about the Mormons are incorrect not because the person's deliberately lying, but because they're passing on things they've been told and were under the inpression that what they were told was true, without realizing that it's NOT correct at all (think of how urban legends get passed on). While some of those things are obviously false to anyone who takes the time to think on it for a moment (about the most absurd accusation I've personally heard is that Mormons keep UFOs hidden in their temples and in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City), some of it certainly does seem very convincing at initial glance, or is technically correct but is taken out of context and only seems like it's saying something different (I've been sent scrambling to look up some reference or another myself at times, and I'm a lifelong member, and several-generation Mormon on both sides of my family and like to think I've got a fairly reasonable grasp on Church subjects).

So, while I'm certainly not out to defend incorrect statements about Mormons, I sure that not all are intentionally made by people who hate the Mormon Church or its members.

Answer 2

I am a mormon from Canada, and I can honestly tell you that the only place I have ever run into 'hate' for the church is here. Maybe people just aren't that brave to say person to person, but anonymously. . . not a problem. I have been a mamber of the church for my whole life. I left for quite a while to search other religions and try to figure life out. I found out that leaving was a colossal waste of time. I am regretful of it.
People are not perfect. No one (yet) has all the answers. If you have any questions about the church, feel free to e-mail me. If I don't have the answer, I will find it, or at least point you in the general direction.
Good Luck.

Answer 3

I answered your other link and I will answer this one, firstly though point out some of the lies that have been made up as you claim, you will find a lot of these lies are not lies.

There is not hate, just when you havre a prophet who overides the bible and claims to have the only true church with the only true and correct book (Book of Mormon even though it has been changed over 3900 times) that has been heavily plagiarised, then you have to expect a bit of opposition, especially when the churches are accused of being evil. Mormons need to grow some shoulders to take some of the burden of their own claims, which by the way are ridiculous.

Answer 4

I tried to skim over the other answers, don't quite know where and what you were talking about. Some people hate mormons, who were once members because they feel like they were mislead or lied to in the first place, or not given all the facts. Some also have family members who still attend church and they are probably angry and need to take out their anger/fustration somewhere.
I am an ex-mormon and I have never lied about the church.

Answer 5

As far as "Christian-run groups" who are dedicated to tracking cults are concerned, what gives them the right to decide who is or isn't a cult? Basically, if you don't accept the doctrines that they do, they vilify you with a label designed to scare others away. That way they keep their own membership. Sociologists and psychologists don't define JWs or Mormons as cults. Cults have very extreme practices like depriving members of food and sleep. They follow a living leader and members conduct their meetings is secrecy and live apart from society. The use of the word cult is a derogatory put-down and religious people throw that word around more often than atheists and should be ashamed of themselves for it.

Answer 6

The church as a whole has standards that would really not offend anyone. The problem arises in the fact that it is built up of individuals who are free to do whatever they want, just like any other church, cult, or other group. It's not like (other)Christian churches haven't bred extremist murderers and other terrible people. Some mormons are haughty and do not act examplary of their faith.

Jesus was king of the Jews when he was persecuted and crucifyed by those who once called him divine... It's no wonder a church that claims to be true would be persecuted.

Answer 7

It was September 11, 1857. A wagon train of 160 settlers on their way to California was massacred by a bunch of Mormons dressed in Indian clothes. 17 children under the age of 8 were spared and lived to tell their story.
1st. They dressed as Indians but after five days they changed tactics.
2nd. Then they went a bit away ,dressed back into normal clothes and acted like the Rescue Party who had negotiated a deal with the"Indians".
3rd, Then confiscated all the guns as part of the deal for "saving" the travellers and Mormon dissidents( who were the reason for the attack in the first place).
4th. Took everybody off a mile or so and shot them all. 2 men got away but were eventually tracked down and killed a day or so later.
5th. Took the 17 children they had not killed back with them to Salt Lake City.
6th. Got away with it. After a publicized trial, with the childrens own testimony admitted into the court, only 1 man was convicted and shot, John D. Lee. ( pardoned by Church 1960) The church even protected over 100 other killers involved in this massacre from Federal prosecution. Then they say "Thou Shalt Not Kill " doesn't apply to them . Only everyone else.

It ended up being called the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The first time in U.S. history that U.S. citizens were massacred on U.S. soil by religious wackos. This event is even more significant because the total U.S. population at the time was much smaller.(I dont know the exact numbers, maybe only 30 million or so) In todays numbers it would be around 1400 dead.

Answer 8

I do not hate Mormons and I find most of the Mormons I've met to be very good people. However, to disagree with what someone believes does not mean that one hates the person or even the philosophy that one rejects.
I personally find Mormonism to be literally incredible,unhistorical,neo-gnostic and post Christian in its polytheism and human-attainment to godhood as well as the lack of any evidence for the historicity of the Book of Mormon. I find Mormonism interesting as I find all religions interesting and oppose any bigotry aimed against them,but I find their religion to be beyond the Christian(or Jewish or Muslim)pale.
Some people who hate Mormons also hate Catholics and all non Protestants. Some do so out of ignorance of Mormon,Catholic,Muslim,Eastern Orthodox,Hindu,Bahai etc people but others do so because hating makes them feel alive and "righteous". Some will deny that they hate people of Group X but they are only fooling themselves.

Answer 9

I am Mormon and my thoughts are that the people who lie about the church and try to harm the church are working for the Devil. Now actually FOR FOR the devil, but accomplishing his goals. i am not saying the devil talks to you or anything.
Now hear me out, as i am sure most of you know, we, Mormons, claim to have the only true church on the earth. I firmly believe this to be true, and this is the reason that we are so persecuted. Satan knows we are correct, therefore he influences others to try and tear us down.

Answer 10

If an ex-Mormon says the sky is blue, does that make it false?
It may seem like a paradox, but I would trust the word of an ex-Mormon over a Mormon about their faith because the first one has probably seen the truth about the church history and teachings where the latter one hasn't