For all non-Mormons - what is the number one thing that Mormons do that turns you off?
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What bothers me most about Mormons are their false scriptures and false prophets. They have three false scripture-the book of Mormon, a Pearl of Great Price and Doctrines and Covenants. Starting with the founder Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and all their church presidents are false prohphets. What changes would I recommend. Throw out their scriptures, read their Bibles and forget about their prophets. \n\nA short summary for those not familiar with Mormonism\n\n\nThe Mormon church has some very unusual doctrines and beliefs and is considered to be a cult by most conventional Christian denominations.\n\nFor example, they believe their God has a number of heavenly wives. They believe God lives on a planet near a star names Kolob. They believe that they can become gods in the afterlife. They believe in a three tiered heaven which can only be reached through works including marriage to another mormon. Single Mormons can not reach this third level of their heaven. They believe their God used to be a man of flesh and bones and later became God. They believe God came down to earth as a man to impregnate the virgin Mary. \n\nThey believe Satan and Jesus are brothers. They believe everyone has two sets of parents-heavenly parents that create spirit babies and the earthly parents who create the bodies into which these supposed spirt babies go. The reason Mormons have so many children is that they believe that there are a surplus of spirit babies and so members are encouraged to have as many babies as possible to make a place for the spirit bodies to live.\n\nThey believe in marrying and baptizing all their dead relations into the Mormon church, hence the interest in geneology. They have also baptized most dead US presidents and a number of holocaust victims until they got quite a few complaints from members of the Jewish faith. \n\nThe church is very controlling and a person must pass an interview with a church official each year to get a temple recommend pass-this includes a promise of tithing, believing the prophets, work in the church, etc. \n\nThe mormon church was founded by Joseph Smith a local ne'r do well, who spent most of his time treasure hunting, and one day ta-dah he discovered supposedly gold plates from the angel Moroni in New York. The book of Mormon, as opposed to the Bible is historically and archeologically unsound. For example, Bethlehem and Jericho existed. Not so for the locations in the book of Mormon. Joseph Smith as a child made up lots of involved stories regarding Indians and other inhabitants of America. Not so surprisingly the same type of stories are in his book of Mormon, which he claimed came down on gold plates from God. According to Mormon doctrines dark skinned people were dark skinned because of a "curse" placed on them.
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Mormon heresy? OK c'mon now trask, y'know you'll full of it! someone, especially Mormon missionaries, listening to you?\nmy advise, avoid the queen of hearts\n(i.e. brainwashing=bad mojo man)
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NONE.  I can't stand frickin jocks
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Every person is a critic.  Anyone will talk bad about something if they don't know anything about it and all they have heard are "stories" from other people.  My best friend is Mormon and I used to think weird things about the mormon church also, until she explained it to me and then I thought, well geeze, every religion believes something different so why do people make fun or talk bad about the Mormon church.  If you ask me, before you judge or tell "stories" about something you aren't even educated in, you shouldn't give your opinion because your opinion may be mis-judging or mis-leading.  There are tons of good that comes from the mormon church.  But beyond that, there is good about almost everything, but until people quit telling all the negatives, we will never know the positives.
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My pet peeve is people that bash other religions, yet the religions they bash they think they know all about. Great question!
659782
Mormons in and around Utah are very pushy, they are the majority and do not fear being ridiculed, where elsewhere they are passive, not really caring if you are in a different church than they.
322001
I am a Mormon and no that is not true.
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Not submitting yourself to the authorities of the religious institutions, and thinking for yourself.\n\nI will ring your doorbell and run away!!!
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it dont in the bible no where you have a woman who just posted that one of your lds missionaries raped her her user name is josnn_46er . i think you lds or mormons ought to really take this not as lightley rape is very much against the law  and as well makes all lds look very bad as well . as for profets that is in . lds doctorine ?  history of there church that is . ?
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What you dont like the long-winded answers from the bible---hah!?
110244
Actually Mormons have not stopped polygamy at all.  They simply have hidden it among certain members.  I have studied Mormons and many other religions for decades and know a great deal about them.  More than most Mormons even know.  They publicly denounce polygamy and when recruiting will tell people that ask about it, that no they dont believe it and will refer to Adam having one wife Eve.  However when a Mormon has been in the organization long enough they will say that polygamy is in their belief and they should be like Abraham having many wives.  However they encourage not practicing it to not draw attention by the law.  Yet even today there are those known as the hard core Mormons that live in communes in Utah that do practice polygamy openly.  The church spends a great deal of effort to hide these people as they are considered the "true believers".\n\nYears ago at one of their get togethers there was a Mormon that showed up traveling around.  He had the classic 1800s look of an Omish type person with his beard and no mustache.  I knew I struck pay dirt and went to meet him.  The Mormon bishop and elders knowing who I was tried to distract me but I eventually got to him.  He had no idea who I was and I potrayed myself as a fellow Mormon.  I said all the keywords stating my dad had went through temple marriage ceremonies.  I told him I hope to wear the sacred robe and speak the oaths of secrecy too.  The guy began to speak of how he felt that modern Mormons were gutless and not going to have their own planet like Jehovah.  He then told me about his multiple wives in Utah.  He was overall disgusted that Mormonism had sold out and not practicing what Joseph and Brigham had taught.\n\nSo yes they do believe in this heavily just have a hard time practicing it in the US.  There is a movie that is forbidden for all Mormons to watch but is a tremendous movie called "the godmakers".  It is good expose on them made by former Mormons.  \n\nI have talked with hundreds of Mormons in my time and it has always amazed me about them.  Averagely they are some of the most intelligent and nice people you will ever meet.  I have always just been blown away with the history of that religion and it obvious contradictory beliefs that these good people can stay in it.  It is quite a shame.\n\nI would not worry about these kids preaching out there.  I have never had a problem with anyone of any belief speaking their mind.  No matter how "wrong" I might feel they are, I enjoy hearing people's views.  I like knowing how people came to their life's conclusions.  What draws them to things.
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I think the worst word is using Gods name in vain. I know some don't agree and I don't hold that against them. Its just MY opinion.
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One of our biggest problems--and the fastest way of turning others off to faith--is that so many of us believers think our way is the only way to approach God.  We don't allow for differences in the body of believers.  Jesus had dinner with tax collecors, allowed a prostitute to anoint him, and had fellowship with the woman at the well.  In fact, many of the most powerful moments in his ministry involved his encounters with folk who scandalized the establishment.  \n\nWho are we to try to ban someone just because he has a few ideas different than ours if Jesus refused to do that?\n\nPS for David:  I hope your sabbath was all you hoped for.  Blessings!
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I dislike this religion because of many  things. The people my dad works with are all scientologists. The church's money collector comes by ever payday to take part of their wages. Once the secretary was completely broke, only had $10 for gas money, and they took that. Why people continue giving all their money to them is unfathomable to me. Besides, the guy who formed the church (L. Ron Hubbard) was a science fiction writer for goodness sakes...As always, to each their own, but I certainly don't understand it.
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yes you are a mormon dont lie to me lol.
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My guess would be Mormons.  They really do run the state (I know non-mormons who were ostracized from the community, and even in public schools). \n\nI think they are almost as dangerous as Scientologists.  They keep records of everything. Family history, residences, jobs....kinda creepy.\n\nAnyway, they are probably keeping Utah free of "evil" bands like those listed.
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I've heard  a lot of bad things about the LDS Church. I would like to mention that one of the answers before me mentions what they have heard about the Church MEMBERS and not about the church.  Every church has less than Perfect to even really bad members.  Polygamy is also the worst thing I have probably heard although there are some outrageous tales of the LDS church doing all sorts of things.  I don't believe a lot of the tales because my Brother is a LDS member.