It'a a story about how Jesus came to the Americas after he rose from the dead and converted Native Americans who later lost the faith or died out.
Mormon was an angel/Indian who told this story to Joseph Smith in a vision in upstate New York in the 19th century.
Ironically, the original Mormons were communists and were persecuted for this {now they are supercapitalists and the richest religion per capita in the country).
They got chased out whereever they went and their men slaughtered, which is why they adopted polygamy to deal with all the widows).
They also became racists while living in Missouri during the border wars as a defense (they claimed black skin was the mark of Cain) to no avail as they got chsed out there as well.
They "evolved" this position after they began converting so many mixed folk in the 1970s.
They only denounced polygamy so that Utan could become a state.
Replies to: "The actual Book of Mormon is unreadable and incredible."
- What are your thoughts on Mormonism? - AlbanyIRISH - 3:43pm 6/22/22
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- Lots of m’s and o’s. The r and n must be lonely. Might they be compatible? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 11:04pm 6/22/22
- Utah fans were great at that game in 2011 or whenever. - Iggle - 8:43pm 6/22/22
- lots of attractive women in slc, [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:29pm 6/22/22
- No different than any religion. All based on fairy tales to appease the masses. - NocalIrish - 8:02pm 6/22/22
- Religion is simultaneously a reenactment of our infancy and a desperate attmeot to find meaning. [NT] - Curly1918 - 8:10am 6/23/22
- Your marxist foolishness reminds me of wisdom on Mens bathroom stall at Hesburgh Library on 2ndfloor - BaronVonZemo - 8:34pm 6/22/22
- Before you get too judgmental, Baron...it's not unreasonable for people to have doubts... [LINK]
- TyroneIrish - 12:01am 6/23/22
- "All based on fairy tales" is where you meant to direct this if your concern is based on being too - TakethetrainKnute - 7:46am 6/23/22
- Before you get too judgmental, Baron...it's not unreasonable for people to have doubts... [LINK]
- TyroneIrish - 12:01am 6/23/22
- Nice people from my experience. Religion is nutty AF. [NT] - LanceManion - 8:01pm 6/22/22
- To answer more directly, most of my exposure to Mormons was in ElDorado county in NorCal - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 6:46pm 6/22/22
- If you’ve never watched the HBO series “Big Love”—It is worth watching a few episodes. - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 6:28pm 6/22/22
- Thoughts? I just hope we beat them in Vegas on October 8th. [NT]
- Irishize - 6:06pm 6/22/22
- Roger that! [NT] - ELP - 7:19pm 6/22/22
- Nearly all organized religions are goofy to the objective, rational minded. - iairishcheeks - 5:48pm 6/22/22
- "Cult" is too strong a word, especially because the Mormons I know are very decent people. - conorlarkin - 5:03pm 6/22/22
- The believers tend to be very decent and hardworking people. - Curly1918 - 4:56pm 6/22/22
- I know one wife is plenty... [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 4:23pm 6/22/22
- ^^^Tru Dat^^^ [NT] - JarHead4ND - 6:00pm 6/22/22
- That’s a good book - Chris94 - 4:18pm 6/22/22
- The actual Book of Mormon is unreadable and incredible. - Curly1918 - 5:12pm 6/22/22
- You are now dead to Conor - Iggle - 4:58pm 6/22/22