LDS, what is your favorite myth(s) about us?

Answer 1

lets add to the list some of the myths you do teach...

1 - jesus is lucifer's brother
2- as man is, god once was - as god is, man can be.
3 - do all the sacrements and your reward is celestial heaven, with your own little worshippers,
4 - you believe in KJV only as long as it is translated correctly...in other words...if I show you something in the Bible that contradicts the Pearl of Great Price, you have a convenient fall back..
5 - translation comes from plates that only 11 people saw, (8 of which were family members, 4 went on to recant)
6 - American Indians had metallurgy, but oops...all we can find is stone arrow heads..
7 - tell us again how God marked the black man as the curse? (oh...don't forget to mention the 1976 case of the bishop from Vancouver who was excommunicated for giving laying hands on a black man and passing on priesthood to him).

man...could go on and on...

but at least we agree on one thing...LDS is a cult, cuz it sure don't teach the same Jesus, eternal God, or heavenly salvation that any other Christian (methodist, presbyterian, pentacostal, Lutheran or Baptist) teach.

Answer 2

Yoda Green - If you're so all knowing... why don't you educate us Mormons about our own beliefs then!? Tell us what from that list you think it is we do?

And to answer the question...
1. We sacrifice small animals and virgins in the temple.
2. We don't eat meat.
3. We are not allowed to dance.
4. LDS women can't wear pants. Only skirts and dresses.
5. LDS women are submissive to the men and are doormats.
6. Women wear bonnets. Men can't shave.
7. We worship the devil.
8. We have group orgies in the temple.
9. If you try to leave the church after you're baptized, someone will try to murder you. *LMAO*!
10. If we committ a sin, the members take turns paddling us.

ROFLOL! *sigh* Silly people!

Answer 3

-A friend from Ghana said they believe Mormons drink blood there. That's pretty funny.
-Joseph Smith was a con man. He must have been one hell of a motivated one to choose to die for what he preached. Come on Christians, that doesn't make sense.
-That the missionaries don't teach what Mormons really believe. Only after you're baptized do they teach you what they really believe and it bares no resemblence to the discussions. Okaaaayyyyy.
-That when missionaries ask you to pray you shouldn't do it because the only one who could possibly answer a prayer inquiring about the truth of God's gospel is Satan. Right. So you're saying Satan's will is more powerful than God's. Or God has outright no interest in us.
-The Christ of the Mormon church is a different Christ. I wasn't awear there was more than one. Did he have a twin brother or something, is that it? Because when I look at my Bible about the life of Christ, it's the exact same as their Bible. The best they can argue on this one is that we have a different idea about Christ. They can ague it's an unBiblical idea if that so pleases them, but to say our Christ different is a fallicy of logic.
-The Mormon church is a cult. With 13 million members worldwide, I don't think so. This term is flung around too loosely if you ask me.
-Mormons wear magical underwear. Well it can't be too magical because the annoying people in my life haven't disappeared yet. Come on people. Most people have grown out of the juvinial phase of making fun of other's underwear. I mean, at least we're wearing underwear.

Answer 4

Hey when I asked this question last week you gave me a very vulgar response. But I am the bigger person, so I will be nice.

Captain Galatic pretty much sums them all up.

I guess at the top of my list is that we lock Virgins in the top of the Salt Lake Temple and they have to jump out the window into the Jordan River and swim to the Great Salt Lake to get away. People who believe that have obviously NEVER been to Salt Lake. That is geographically impossible.

Edit**

Char-
To answer your questions- you really would be best to go to Mormon.org- there are answers there.
When we go through the temple we make special covenants- we do wear special undergarments to remind us of these covenants- which contain no magical powers btw (the magical thing is another Myth).

We believe in Eternal Progression- which means that our growth does not end here on earth (on Earth we start as babies, grow to adults become parents, grandparents etc... ) Since that growth does not end when we die, We will grow and progress in Heaven as well part of that growth if we are righteous we can inherit all that our Father has. Does it really make sense that when we die, we will just sit around on our cloud eating chocolate all day? Most people don't like doing that here for very long- it would get old quick if we did it for eternity. So we will progress and grow and yes part of that growth, if we are righteous can include becoming Gods and Goddesses.

We don't Drink coffee or tea, but we do drink Soda. Most of us stray away from Caffinated drinks since Caffine is addicting and can be harmful.

Elder is an office in the Priesthood. Our missionaries hold the office of Elder, so that is how we address them while they are on their missions. The only other people we refer to as Elder is the 12 Apostles.

Hope that helps you. Please visit www.Mormon.Org

Answer 5

my favorites from the ed decker site, I am an ex-mormon, but some of these are in left field, sorry ED.
The mormon church steples are made to stop the 2nd coming. OK.
An ex-satanist secretly went to the temple and said that the new name and temple garments were the same as what he did in his Satanist cult, therefore mormonism is based on satanism, OK.
And my favorite one, the secret handshakes in the temple make a transform a person's sexual nature and make it worse, something like that. OK.
Pretty far in left field.

Answer 6

oh my, what to begin?

1. Joseph Smith had many wives. (disproven a thousand times over. JS had only one wife)
2. We hide missiles in temple spires
3. Baptism for the dead involved actual corpses.
4. we can't eat apples
5. We can't eat ice cream
6. We buy stock in Budweiser beer. (proven false)
7. We preach about 4000-year old quakers on the moon.
8. Mormons have horns.
9. We practice cannibalism, kidnap children, do blood rituals, and make virgin sacrifices.
10. We have God's head in the Salt Lake temple and worship it. It is either that, or we worship a stuffed seagull. Clogging naked in the temple. (courtesy of Shorty McGee Penguin Lover)
11. We wear magic underwear.
12. Mormons don't believe in the Christian Bible
13. LDS still practice polygamy (actually, part of it's true)
14. Mormons believe that God the Father and Mary had sex to have Jesus.
15. Mormons don't believe in the divinity of Jesus. (The biggest one yet)
16. Mormons are conspiring to rule the world.
17. Mormons believe that Adam is God the Father.
18. We have sex in front of our children.
19. We use genealogy resources to compile hit lists for those who oppose our "fanatical regime"
20. we own the coca-cola company (also proven false)
21. ever heard of the "Haunted Mansion" horse story?
22. We sport pagan symbols like the sun with the face on it.
23. The temple spires are actually phallic symbols
24. Non-mormons know more about the church than do its members (what a joke!)

and my most favorite one:

25. We're a cult.

If you ask me, most of them seem far-fetched.

Source(s):
LDS

Answer 7

1. we consummate our marriages in the temple, in front of God and everyone.

2. We dance naked in front of the prophet and apostles in the temple.

3. Women used to escape polygamy by climbing to the top of the SL temple and throwing themselves into the Great Salt Lake. (yeah, I know, but this was obviously from when people didn't know jack about Salt Lake.)

4. we have horns. and tails.

5. we worship Joseph Smith.

Answer 8

Wow, we dance naked? Caus eright noe there is someone telling everyone in my town that we aren't allowed to dance at all, and that we raise goats for sacrificial offerings. The funniest one I ever heard was in france where someone asked me if we worshipped purple gophers. People will beleive anything

Answer 9

All the troops in Iran are being issued Magic Mormon Underwear 'cause it's cheaper than Kevlar.

Answer 10

That we are naked during the marriage ceremony. That is why only Mormons are allowed inside the temple.

Answer 11

Awesome answer, Captain! LOL

Oh, and Yoda...you have no idea what you're talking about. I'm LDS and no, Mormons don't have horns and they don't have missiles in temple spires, etc, etc, etc. Good grief...