Read this and picture Mitt Romney as President.

[BolivarianHero]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moron_%28Book_of_Mormon%29

"The Land of Moron is also mentioned in the Book of Ether, in chapters 7 and 14. The Land of Moron was near the Land of Desolation of the Nephites.<11>

It was here that Corihor captured the King Kib,<12> and later in the chapter, we find that Noah captured Shule here.<13>

In Chapter 14, we find that Coriantumr fought Lib in the Land of Moron,<14> and that the Brother of Shared placed himself on the throne of Coriantumr in the Land of Moron.<15>"


It sounds like amateurish attempt to create a fantasy world while reading the Bible on an acid trip. How can you read this and not think that Joseph Smith was pulling your leg? Maybe it's the parallel universe where Teabaggers come from.

[Kali]

1. bible reads the same way to me

most religions are just made up shit anyway, Mormonism is just "new"

[Capn Sunshine]

2. I used to take that approach to non mainstream religions

until I realized the mainstream ones are pretty wack too. Who described Christianity as " a dead guy becomes a Zombie and asks you to eat his flesh and drink his blood so you will be exempt from the father in the sky's revenge upon the earth" ?

[RandomThoughts]

3. LOL, if that is true. Some Mormons might badly interpret some of my posts. LOL

Which is not a point I concede, but if it was true, it is funny.


When I argue against the use of secrecy, specifically in agencies and accounting, I often make the comment, that safes have 'secret combination' because in an imperfect world to avoid a greater crime, society has some things that are secret. That is the rational for things like intelligence, or national secrets.

I find the correlation with that wiki page interesting.

However in a spiritual context, there would be no need for secrecy because that is darkness, so that comment could equate to light revealing and overpowering things that are hidden. And I have had many discussion on how secret societies lose credibility when they have oaths of secrecy.


But here is my question, does that mean Mormons are against secrets like used in Pentagon, Intelligence, and business. And if they are, have they come out of secrecy with that position. Or do they have the same view of imperfect solutions for an imperfect world in concepts of things like combination locks on safes. And do they see that as a compromise with darkness that I think it might be.


Note that I post what I think in open forums, and accept for some thoughts that are part of story ideas, or plots for stories I might write some day, post pretty much anything I think, and believe in people expressing thoughts. I also post many things done by many other people, and try to find what is good in them, while letting people think on what they might mean. I do like to find stories in them also and share them with anyone that listens.



So can a Mormon answer what they think on that topic. Are all secrets bad. I use to make that argument, and still do in spiritual concepts, but understand the worldly argument for some secrecy also.



Also can they answer if they think Jesus was wrong for drinking wine, or do they see that as a 'changed rule'.


Can they also answer if a place in heaven is earned by works. Although 'treasures in heaven' indicate that thought if something is done for that reason, would they be for a better reason or a selfish one? I do think good works are good things also, but don't think the motive should be for reward.




To answer the question in the OP, based on my opinion.
It sounds like amateurish attempt to create a fantasy world while reading the Bible on an acid trip. How can you read this and not think that Joseph Smith was pulling your leg? Maybe it's the parallel universe where Teabaggers come from.

From my observations everyone hears the same good voice, but by the time it reaches their brain, and is written down or spoken of, it goes through filters inside the person, and then comes out as something else based on those filters.

The same stories are told in so many things, and if you remove certain filters you can see the same stories. For instance in much music the filter is sex, if you remove that filter and think on it as love, many songs actually say something else, but still the same things said many other places.

So it is possible that guy actually heard something, and then his filters added to it to say something else, I have never read his story so not sure.

But that is my best guess as what is going on, but I have flaws also, so that could be wrong also.


I would enjoy discussing the Mormon religion with a Mormon, over a beer some day. :)



Just read a little on the book of Mormon, says it is reformed Egyptian, that makes sense, the burial rites, ancestors, and very limited access to heaven within Ra thoughts matches some of that stuff, as do some other correlations.

I wonder if Mormon is Ra based...


I also could guess at where his interpretations came from, I have seen writings change in books, so figure he saw something like that, and just did not want to mention it. Did he say the plates were destroyed or lost? I would guess he would have to say that to explain that if it was the same thing. Note I don't believe everything I read.