Mormons

[Russinating]

Are there any Mormons here? There was a C4 documentary on last night, obviously relatively 'biased' as any religious documentary goes but the facts were quite shocking and it just seems like the best business idea ever disguised as a religion.

As far as I know:

- It was only invented 180 years ago buy a guy who claims to have translated a book he was directed to by Jesus: The Book of Mormon.
- No sexual activity of any kind or self-pleasuring before marriage
- You have to donate 10% of your income to the church
- You have to, for two years, become a missionary whereby you pay £6,000 to take on another name, not see your family for that time and have a target of recruiting 4 other people to the faith per year

There's a few other weird bits (but no weirder than any other religion) like baptising the dead, wearing underwear that looks like 1940s swimsuits, plus the whole thing being quite secretive (no non-Mormons allowed in their churches etc).

Anyone a Mormon, have any direct experience or thoughts? Just seems like Scientology for the not-so-rich-and-famous but it's apparently growing exponentially.

 

[Russinating]

In the same way you have many of your likeS, dislikes, habits etc? Yeah.

I'd say most people don't have a huge amount in common with their parents, especially when growing up most children actively oppose their parents likes because it's not 'cool'.

Thanks for your reply, though. I'm a pretty die hard atheist so nothing against Mormonism specifically, just religions in general .

Did you watch the documentary perchance? If not watch it; would be interested to hear your perspective on it.

 

[Russinating]

I think the main thing was how little the fellow they followed seemed to be 'enjoying' the experience. And unless they followed a load and picked the worst (which I doubt, on the kind of budget it looked to have) then that doesn't seem massively unrepresentative.

And how controlling the church was of the crew. If you've got nothing to hide... so the saying goes.