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Mormons don't live with the same fear for their lives as muslims. I guess if mormonism had originated in a more violent country it would be encouraging a little

Mormons don't live with the same fear for their lives as muslims. I guess if mormonism had originated in a more violent country it would be encouraging a little more violence. So I don't think the difference is just the ideology but also the cultural background. And western civilization has some blame (some, not all) for the instability and violence lived in middle east.

austenallred 12y ago
They don't anymore, but they certainly used to. The reason Salt Lake City is the home of the LDS church today is because they were forced out of Missouri and Illinois, and their extermination was officially authorized by the government. [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Executive_Order_44 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Executive_Order_44
- jackbravo 12y ago
  Wow, didn't know about that =). Although, it does say that: > no one is known to have been killed by the militia or anyone else specifically because of it. There were, however, other associated deaths: the militia and other state authorities used Boggs' Executive Order as a pretext to expel the Mormons from their lands in the state, and force them to migrate to Illinois. I'm pretty sure many muslims countries suffer much worse violence than that, over many more years.
  - austenallred 12y ago
    No one is known to have been killed as a direct result of that order; that was the last straw after a lot of other stuff had gone down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haun's_Mill_massacre#Massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haun's_Mill_massacre#Massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crooked_River http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crooked_River
    - nonexpectation 12y ago
      Don't forget about the Mountain Meadows Massacre which occurred in the larger context of the "Utah War" about 20 years after your referenced events. http://mountainmeadowsmassacre.com http://mountainmeadowsmassacre.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War

austenallred 12y ago

They don't anymore, but they certainly used to. The reason Salt Lake City is the home of the LDS church today is because they were forced out of Missouri and Illinois, and their extermination was officially authorized by the government. [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Executive_Order_44 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Executive_Order_44

jackbravo 12y ago
Wow, didn't know about that =). Although, it does say that: > no one is known to have been killed by the militia or anyone else specifically because of it. There were, however, other associated deaths: the militia and other state authorities used Boggs' Executive Order as a pretext to expel the Mormons from their lands in the state, and force them to migrate to Illinois. I'm pretty sure many muslims countries suffer much worse violence than that, over many more years.
- austenallred 12y ago
  No one is known to have been killed as a direct result of that order; that was the last straw after a lot of other stuff had gone down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haun's_Mill_massacre#Massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haun's_Mill_massacre#Massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crooked_River http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crooked_River
  - nonexpectation 12y ago
    Don't forget about the Mountain Meadows Massacre which occurred in the larger context of the "Utah War" about 20 years after your referenced events. http://mountainmeadowsmassacre.com http://mountainmeadowsmassacre.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War