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You might rethink that "batshit crazy." Mormon beliefs are your standard "God told prophet to write things down and start a church." No crazier than any other r

by ksenzee 10y ago

You might rethink that "batshit crazy." Mormon beliefs are your standard "God told prophet to write things down and start a church." No crazier than any other religion.

zeroer 10y ago
> No crazier than any other religion. Yea, I believe that's what I said.
- slv77 10y ago
  Compared to what? Elon Musk and his belief that "we're all living in a simulations" versus the religionist's belief that God created the world as a test or classroom? Stephen Hawking and his belief that there may be super-intelligent life forms out there that may destroy humanity versus the religionist's belief of an omniscient God that will return and destroy humanity? Richard Dawkins when he tweets "Suppose your descendant migrates to Mars, whose colony then loses contact with Earth. You could be ancestor of all on Mars, none on Earth." versus the religionist's story of Adam and Eve?
  - zeroer 10y ago
    I don't have anything genuinely new to contribute to this conversation, so per HN guidelines on classic flamewar topics, I'm bowing out.
toddchambery 10y ago
One of the big differences: Mormonism was created in the historical age, there are newspaper accounts[1] of Joseph Smith and his antics. It's harder pill to swallow when your myths are concocted after the Age of Reason, rather than in the swirling mists of "the before time". But, as others have mentioned, with only one exception, every Mormon I've met has been kind, honest, hard-working (with an emphasis on thrift and education) and polite. Whatever the nutty origins and strictures (no tea or coffee, but Diet Coke is ok?) of their beliefs, I have a lot of respect for the people who come out of the system. 1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1893428?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/1893428?seq=1#page_scan_tab_con...

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You might rethink that "batshit crazy." Mormon beliefs are your standard "God told prophet to write things down and start a church." No crazier than any other r

by ksenzee 10y ago

You might rethink that "batshit crazy." Mormon beliefs are your standard "God told prophet to write things down and start a church." No crazier than any other religion.

zeroer 10y ago
> No crazier than any other religion. Yea, I believe that's what I said.
- slv77 10y ago
  Compared to what? Elon Musk and his belief that "we're all living in a simulations" versus the religionist's belief that God created the world as a test or classroom? Stephen Hawking and his belief that there may be super-intelligent life forms out there that may destroy humanity versus the religionist's belief of an omniscient God that will return and destroy humanity? Richard Dawkins when he tweets "Suppose your descendant migrates to Mars, whose colony then loses contact with Earth. You could be ancestor of all on Mars, none on Earth." versus the religionist's story of Adam and Eve?
  - zeroer 10y ago
    I don't have anything genuinely new to contribute to this conversation, so per HN guidelines on classic flamewar topics, I'm bowing out.
toddchambery 10y ago
One of the big differences: Mormonism was created in the historical age, there are newspaper accounts[1] of Joseph Smith and his antics. It's harder pill to swallow when your myths are concocted after the Age of Reason, rather than in the swirling mists of "the before time". But, as others have mentioned, with only one exception, every Mormon I've met has been kind, honest, hard-working (with an emphasis on thrift and education) and polite. Whatever the nutty origins and strictures (no tea or coffee, but Diet Coke is ok?) of their beliefs, I have a lot of respect for the people who come out of the system. 1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1893428?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/1893428?seq=1#page_scan_tab_con...