Mormon myths 2
I once heard that Mormons can't eat fast food. Curse he that bears the name Ronald McDonald! No, members can eat at any restaurant they wish.
Weren't there some sort of killings called 'Blood Atonement?' The "Blood Atonement" killings were the result of members of the church acting on their own and not on the church's orders. They were continued by churches who left the church, of whom also practice polygamy to this day.
I heard that the Mormon church makes members pay tithing by threat of death. Members are encouraged to pay a full tithe, and do so willingly. "He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not." Proverbs 21:26
Are Mormons vampires? Yes, and the Dalai Lama is Frankenstein. No, Latter Day-saints are not vampires.
Do you celebrate holidays? Latter Day-saints can celebrate any holiday they wish.
Why don't Mormons read the Bible? Latter Day-saints read the King James Version Bible as regularly as the Book of Mormon.
I heard that Mormons dance around a bon-fire during Seminary, Is that true? During Seminary, Latter Day-saints read and study the different Latter-day Saint scriptures.
Isn't there a pagan star on the Salt Lake Temple? And what about the Wiccan-like practices in the temples? Wicca started in the 1900's, and the LDS church started in 1832. Wicca derived some of it's ceremonial practices from LDS practices, Catholic practices, and Buddhist practices. The star on the temple is not a pagan star. It is a symbol representing the star of David; a symbol that the Jews still use to this day.
My pastor said we believe in the autonomy of the church. Why does the Mormon church act as one large group? The Bible says: "Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. . . . Is Christ divided? 1 Corinthians 1:10"
My local anti-Mormon guy told me that the Mormon church is not the fastest growing religion in the world. Church membership was 5,000,000+ in 1997. As of the year 2005 church membership was 13,000,000+ members. A jump of 8,000,000 members. It is hard to prove who is growing faster, but the church is growing very fast.
There's archaeological evidence that the people in ancient America were descended from the asians. Not all the peoples who lived in the Book of Mormon era were from the middle east. Some were, obviously (pertaining to the Nephites, Lamanites, and Mulekites), but there were the occasional peoples you see for a chapter who the Nephites never knew where they were from. So you could have a small core group (specific archaeological evidence points to the Olmecs as the Nephites) of people from the Middle East, with other various tribes from elsewhere around the world. Also, in archaeological terms, Russia is considered asiatic. So there's a lot of mixed blood that's ALWAYS been in the Americas, just like today.
What about the prophecy about people on the moon? The claim is that Joseph Smith made a prophecy about people who lived on the moon at the current time and who dressed like quakers. This was a rumor because a man wrote in his journal 40+ years after the death of Joseph Smith. This journal entry is the only evidence of it. Joseph Smith never made such a prophecy or statement.
I heard that Mormons cannot take a cola drink. The Mormons' law of health called the Word of Wisdom only forbids the use of tobacco, coffee, tea, and alcohol. Although members have been cautioned not to make a habit of drinking cola beverages, Mormons are free to drink a cola and still be in good standing with the Church.
