tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post6419380610426430321..comments2024-02-10T00:09:14.970-05:00Comments on Sister Wives Blog: Fundamentalist Mormon Beliefs- Explained For Us - "Sister Wives"Mister Sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01026116196375975580noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-52591391861078369332013-09-07T11:13:38.476-04:002013-09-07T11:13:38.476-04:00Mormon scripture indicates that there is one supre...Mormon scripture indicates that there is one supreme God, the one who created this planet. He indicated that of all the intelligences (or gods, if you will), that he is the most intelligent of them all. So, yes, there is a supreme God. This teaching is little different than the teaching of progressive divinization taught by some schools of Eastern Orthodoxy. The Bible itself says that at the end, "...we will be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." What's so confusing about that? If God is indeed all-mighty, He can do anything including raising to the position of godhood. If someone proves worthy of such a gift, why should God not grant it? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-84221415622379476522013-08-27T14:17:47.431-04:002013-08-27T14:17:47.431-04:00Can you make a new post soon about a refresher cou...Can you make a new post soon about a refresher course in Fundamental Mormon practices?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-4908057721669574642013-07-09T08:31:47.250-04:002013-07-09T08:31:47.250-04:00Hi cookie , I am a former mormon , if you hadnt lo...Hi cookie , I am a former mormon , if you hadnt looked it up as of yet go to mormon.org its got the whole history. my family and i left the church because of a pile of little things that became to much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-21687222414476452692012-03-01T05:59:22.747-05:002012-03-01T05:59:22.747-05:00Nanaangel, I left an important message for you on ...Nanaangel, I left an important message for you on this posting:<br /><br />http://sisterwivesblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/first-wife-meri-barber-brown-sister.htmlCynical Jinxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613346629718091568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-69641238221344332622012-03-01T05:09:31.210-05:002012-03-01T05:09:31.210-05:00Wow, umm ya some parts of that were true but I hav...Wow, umm ya some parts of that were true but I have to say I am one of those "fundamentalists mormons" and I went to college. My "prophet" never, nor anyone else discouraged me from it, in fact it is encouraged for men and women to go to college, get a job, and be contributing members of society. I have never felt like I had to have kids to "excel" in my church or the hereafter. I wanted children because of love. I will not teach my children they will be damned if they don't marry more than one or two, it is their choice. I will teach my daughters that they are perfect just how they are, not IF they do what I say is right, nor any man. They will find their own way. I will raise them with my beliefs, just like any of you, and let them decide. If they decide something different, I will love them no matter what. I look at many other religions and think it is weird or odd but that is their freedom. We believe there is ONE God. I don't know where you got the idea there was more than one. Anyone can progress or not. We just want to progress. We decided this life to learn and grow and be better than our natural man. Kody Brown is just trying, nothing is set in stone, no matter how many wives he has, till he meets his maker and is judged accordingly. I will admit our church has its quacks, but what church or organization doesn't. I have seen so many good, honestly good people live this way and I have seen really sick people try to live it for the wrong reasons. It happens in the LDS church too people. Also, I have never been told to only have children, So many ladies go to work, go to school, pursue their dreams, expand their talents, wait to have children, never get to have children, lose their husbands and still stay together. There is so much more you wrote false about us, and you added things out of context and wrote things that were "not the norm", just for the reaction. Well good for you, keep it up. Either you came from a bad situation and are bitter, or you have no real personal knowledge of this religion. People don't need to understand it, I know my truth and you know yours, this is not yours so maybe you should stop acting like you know why, and what, and how. By the way I am my husband only wife, so I still have a choice and so does he.nanaangelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-10984509010378648272011-08-11T12:16:31.824-04:002011-08-11T12:16:31.824-04:00InterestingInterestingSchool Bellsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-50794704493455408062011-07-28T09:24:14.137-04:002011-07-28T09:24:14.137-04:00I definitely saw women who were cracking under the...I definitely saw women who were cracking under the strain, and still went on having babies year after year. I also saw children bringing up the children.FreeAndClearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-61557208435840180642011-07-27T02:22:37.028-04:002011-07-27T02:22:37.028-04:00So the ONLY thing a woman is good for is having ba...So the ONLY thing a woman is good for is having babies? And if they can't? Major complex? Whew! What about the women that don't want children, then have a gaggle of them, I bet there is much abuse.Polig Fignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-27125287116591787172011-07-15T00:44:42.237-04:002011-07-15T00:44:42.237-04:00This is all so confusing. I appreciate those that ...This is all so confusing. I appreciate those that understand and repeat themselves. To us in the Midwest, this is foreign a German to us.Lana226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-42772153301886525462011-07-15T00:40:04.884-04:002011-07-15T00:40:04.884-04:00Christine stated it in a video which was posted ea...Christine stated it in a video which was posted earlier in this blog, Free and Clear.Friend of Floranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-63795823477568400462011-07-14T23:44:54.947-04:002011-07-14T23:44:54.947-04:00Friend of Flora, you sum up the problems well. Jus...Friend of Flora, you sum up the problems well. Just one question, where exactly are the Browns stating that they are now Independents?Freeandclearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-34013436255219596012011-07-13T23:41:56.845-04:002011-07-13T23:41:56.845-04:00I think merisnewneighbor isn't a new neighbor ...I think merisnewneighbor isn't a new neighbor in Las Vegas - she is an old neighbor from Utardia !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-51038986781280576462011-07-12T19:17:59.838-04:002011-07-12T19:17:59.838-04:00Well, as someone who's put childish mythologie...Well, as someone who's put childish mythologies in the "good story" column of my life, I find anyone who so devoutly believes in any "god" a bit wacky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-28188223038261442022011-07-12T19:00:09.569-04:002011-07-12T19:00:09.569-04:00Moderator- Please tell Friend of Flora I have a ri...Moderator- Please tell Friend of Flora I have a right to think and say what I believe. She shouldn't ATTACK me.merisnewneighbornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-38382177133353106242011-07-12T12:59:25.045-04:002011-07-12T12:59:25.045-04:00Friend of Flora- posts like above should be a POST...Friend of Flora- posts like above should be a POST so everyone will read it!! GREAT job teaching us!Mister Sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026116196375975580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-74065548376660684482011-07-11T22:54:55.547-04:002011-07-11T22:54:55.547-04:00People are free to believe whatever they like in t...People are free to believe whatever they like in terms of religion unless harm can be demonstrated as a result of the actual practice of their beliefs. In Hinduism, women were taught that they should jump on their deceased husband's funeral pyre. Should we permit that harm which results from the practice of their beliefs? The Lost Boys and child brides of polygamous Mormon fundamentalism and the coercion of young women to participate in plural marriage (like the case of Rachael Strong) are all evidences of harm which develops from the desire to fulfill the divine imperative to enter into plural marriage in order to obtain your own planet. When a man takes three wives to earn his own planet, two men are without wives. When a man seeks a quorum (7) of wives to earn an exalted status in Mormon fundamentalism, 6 men are without wives, and these Lost Boys must leave the group. Most of these boys have no skills and are poorly educated, and they become involved in drugs, crime, and drinking. Most Mormon fundamentalist groups have arranged marriages, there is no choice for the women. An older man announces that he has a "revelation" that a teenager is to be his wife, the head of the polygamous sect endorses it, and the teenager is informed that she must comply with the will of "God." She is told that she has "free agency," she can reject the decision of her spiritual leader regarding her marriage, but the teenage girl is usually poorly educated and has no skills. To reject the decision of their leader is to be made an outcast, and a girl without skills and education must go out and fend for herself, and she will be subsequently rejected by her family. <br />These are the unfortunate realities of Mormon fundamentalism that you will not see on TLC.Friend of Floranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-55034811213468726942011-07-11T20:58:05.746-04:002011-07-11T20:58:05.746-04:00I agree that we were based on religious freedom.
...I agree that we were based on religious freedom.<br /><br />The really disturbing part is that these children don't really interact with anyone besides their own faith, and the fear of being outcasted. They see, like Meri sad, how SAD it would be to think of the lowely family with just 3 in it. The fear of going a different path of your parents in this sense is much different than in a Christian Society, where you may ask for forgiveness and be accepted into heaven at any point. If you don't, your still loved and cared for.<br /><br />Obviously, most of us have a belief in God; yet we've got an athiest uncle or the cousins that don't go to church. The fundamentally different part for me is the kids view and sheltered ways, and the obvious abuse of the women.<br /><br />But, this is America, land of the free.<br /><br />Remember folks, be respectful to each other!Mister Sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026116196375975580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-69834754440855883692011-07-11T19:46:24.156-04:002011-07-11T19:46:24.156-04:00I'm willing to bet that I would disagree with ...I'm willing to bet that I would disagree with just about every tenet of Mormonism, mainstream or fundamental, but religious freedom is a basic tenet of the United States. I don't see 'brainwashing' girl children to believe they have to be in a plural marriage in order to get to heaven any different than telling kids from birth on that they'll burn in everlasting hell if they don't follow their parent's Christian beliefs. <br /><br />About the planet thing, though, if every man that has at least 3 wives gets his own planet & all his believer kids live on it, what happens if his sons have 3 wives or his daughters are married to their own 3 wife man? Won't they all live on their own planet, without their childhood families? The logic behind this belief escapes me.Nyshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03450549978306903661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-49507856441692892882011-07-11T19:32:44.367-04:002011-07-11T19:32:44.367-04:00Kweed,
That is approximately 1 female for every ma...Kweed,<br />That is approximately 1 female for every male in the US. Three women for one man does not work in the US obviously.Friend of Floranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-58097645396673803532011-07-11T19:09:16.598-04:002011-07-11T19:09:16.598-04:00Hey now, be nice Flora. It doesn't require mat...Hey now, be nice Flora. It doesn't require math, only a bit of research. According to the most recent US census, there are 97.8 males to every 100 females. <br />I really enjoy your insight here, but you have to stop getting all butt hurt when someone has a different opinion than you. <br /><br />I wonder what sort of name is given behind the veil? Is is something mainstream, like Vanessa, or is it a Shaharazad kind of thing?Kweednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-21709783315530982642011-07-11T16:50:29.521-04:002011-07-11T16:50:29.521-04:00No there aren't three women for each man on th...No there aren't three women for each man on the earth. Your fundamentalist math just doesn't add up. The ratio of men to women in the population is 1:1, unless you are in China or India where there are more males than females due to selective abortion. You need remedial math.Friend of Floranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-41188005381800631812011-07-11T12:07:44.148-04:002011-07-11T12:07:44.148-04:00Friend of FLora,
I'd just like you to know tha...Friend of FLora,<br />I'd just like you to know that to every man in on earth there are THREE women... Just sayin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-52215912905808757422011-07-11T08:21:42.276-04:002011-07-11T08:21:42.276-04:00Let's all chant the Principle Voices / Safety ...Let's all chant the Principle Voices / Safety Net Committee mantra along with merisnewneighbor ! <br /><br />The kids love the parents! <br />The parents love the kids!<br />They are good people ! <br />The kids love the parents ! <br />The parents love the kids ! <br />These are good people !Keeping Sweetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-42146626303721845612011-07-11T07:09:29.881-04:002011-07-11T07:09:29.881-04:00That's right merisnewneighbor ! This is Americ...That's right merisnewneighbor ! This is America ! They have the right to brainwash their daughters from birth to believe that they are unworthy of entering into the presence of God without a male "priesthood holder." They have the right to tell a woman if she does not consent to her husband's polygamist marriage she will be destroyed ! A Mormon fundamentalist men has a right to have at least three wives, even if it means that two or more men will have no wife at all ! Two or more men with no wife, no family, no hope of ever entering the Celestial Kingdom to be with their parents and siblings ! It's all OK to have "lost boys" drinking, drugging, and committing suicide as a result of this ridiculous brainwashing cult, we are Americans ! <br />The use of prescription medication for depression in Utah is the highest in the nation - is it any wonder that this is true given the fact that these fundamentalist Mormon polygamy groups are based in Utah ? Smile - and pass the Prozac please.Friend of Floranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-49057746135110117022011-07-11T04:41:00.584-04:002011-07-11T04:41:00.584-04:00Everyone has a choice in America to religious free...Everyone has a choice in America to religious freedom. It's what our country is based on.<br />They are very nice people and GOOD people. Mistakes, sure, perfect, no, but say what you want, I like themmerisnewneighbornoreply@blogger.com