tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post2760875067440200940..comments2024-02-10T00:09:14.970-05:00Comments on Sister Wives Blog: Ask Mormon Girl: Do Mormons believe people can become gods?Mister Sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01026116196375975580noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-59065377551054980742012-02-08T19:04:11.605-05:002012-02-08T19:04:11.605-05:00Thank you for posting something from her blog. I&#...Thank you for posting something from her blog. I've been following her for a little bit now (curtesy of the Dargers) and she does answer a lot of the questions about weird Mormon traditions/beliefs/rules. She is a Democratic Mormon, the only one in her family, and actually seems to be pretty liberal and sensible. I actually just read a post that she did on polygamy and she nailed it. Apparently, the LDS church says that polygamy is no longer required in this world, but is generally expected in heaven. That post had A LOT of comments. <br /><br />I'm a born and raised Baptist but I happen to think that Mormonism is quite a bit interesting, if not weird at times. There is a great comparison chart between Mormonism and Mainstream Christianity that you can find on google and ainfind that I agree with more than I thought I would. Some things might be weird (i.e. undergarments, planets, god/goddesses) but every religion has their weird quirks. The thing that really got me about Mormonism was the Prophet; then I realized that a preacher/priest/pope/prophet are pretty much in the same category. The other thing that I don't like is that they keep certain things secret. On Joanna's blog, she frequently has comments from mormons that she is releasing too much information. I don't like that bit at all.<br /><br /><br />"There is but one god; everything else is trifles". - Queen Elizabeth IJessMarie414https://www.blogger.com/profile/17486484114593292157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-52649031556003246102012-02-04T12:14:04.302-05:002012-02-04T12:14:04.302-05:00it's obvious that mormons can't even agree...it's obvious that mormons can't even agree with each other on what their "plain and precious truths" are. it's true that most of them don't know their real history nor all their doctrinal tenets even. they're usually the ones who scream "anti-mormon" at you first when you try to factually inform them or question them about it. I know active mormons who claim that their beliefs are all literal as taught and i know active mormons who claim it's all metaphorical in spite of what their own prophets preach. whatever works for them. to each his own. etc. No different than all the other manmade religions w/some good and some bad thrown in. <br /><br />Joanna Brooks is seen as a feminist saint by some in her faith and a wolf in sheep's clothing by others. the church headquarters used to go after people like her but now, they leave them alone cause people like her become too public and the church doesn't like the bad PR. especially after Prop 8 debacle as well as one of their own spotlighted now in his presidential run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-20237321146797922372012-02-04T07:37:00.260-05:002012-02-04T07:37:00.260-05:00I've read comparative stories in religions, ma...I've read comparative stories in religions, many quite beautiful. Most are making the same point in different ways, accepted by their cultures. It is the literal interpretation that makes them sound silly, rather than the doctrine. Most religions teach the stories but are not literal in the doctrines. Most try to convey the same essential ideas. I'm good with that. <br /><br />I'm not good with literal interpretation or man-made rules acting like godly rules. All the popes together have made very few pronouncements as what you must believe. Doctrines and man-made rules can be changed. Eastern religions are quite beautiful when read and present an ideal. The ideal is never reached, but the longing for the ideal is what keeps people going, don't you think?<br /><br />I can't get into planet stuff and scientology at all. Nor satanism and witchcraft. That which uplifts the spirit seems to be a universal need.Border Colliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707164450793550636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-92113685765892713662012-02-03T17:16:26.892-05:002012-02-03T17:16:26.892-05:00Very interesting. But what kind of "religion...Very interesting. But what kind of "religion" lets it's very tenets fade away????? What does that say for the rest of their doctrine? Apparently, whatever suits the prophet at the time. <br /><br />What is read here is the concept of reincarnation with an added manmade caste system favoring males, and even then only certain males.So sadnoreply@blogger.com