Lord Save Us From the Christians
Lord — Save Us from Hate!
My “political” essays HERE concerning Mitt Romney and the attacks upon his faith have resulted in many virulent anti-Mormon comments at my website from self-proclaimed “Christians.” Lord save us from such a religion as these “Christians” espouse. In fact, my eyes have been opened so, that I am considering dropping my membership in the ranks of Christendom to become just a lowly follower of Jesus.
I am not the only one who has been offended by such “Christian” behavior. The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913, and is the world’s leading organization fighting anti-Semitism throughout the world. It offers programs and services to counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry. In March of this year, the ADL condemned “Mormon-Bashing,” and commented that “Hate directed at any of us is hate directed at all of us.”
If you don’t care because you are not a Mormon, then wait until they come for whatever creed or religion or non-religion that you are. You will care about virulent hatred then.
ADL Condemns “Mormon-Bashing” DVD
Phoenix, AZ, March 27, 2007……The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemned the distribution of an anti-Mormon DVD by the organization Concerned Christians as nothing more than “Mormon-bashing.”
Bill Straus, ADL Arizona Regional Director, observed: “This is the same kind of plain, old-fashioned Mormon-bashing that Jim Robertson and his group have been spewing for over a quarter-of-a-century. The only difference is that back then, it was the film, ‘The God Makers,’ and today it’s the DVD, ‘Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith.’ It was wrong then, and it’s wrong now.”
ADL Regional Board Chair David Bodney added, “Hate directed at any of us is hate directed at all of us. From whomever that hate comes, and to whomever it’s directed, ADL takes it very seriously and will continue to speak out against it.“
Before accepting the lengthy anti-Mormon diatribes by some of the commenters here and at various websites on the Internet as facts about the LDS church, I suggest perusing the official website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There is an area of “NEWS” where the church explains its official position on various currently discussed themes, such as Mike Huckabee’s claim that the Mormons believe Jesus and Satan were brothers. There is another section about DNA and the Book of Mormon. The LDS News Room
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Well said. In fact, I like this so much, that I would like to re-print it with your permission onto my humble blog. I especially liked the quote :“Hate directed at any of us is hate directed at all of us.”
Thank you for sharing your thought. Let me know, please, if I can use your info and link in my blog.
Thanks,
jp
Comment by jp — December 14, 2007 @ 7:54 pm
JP - You are free to reprint anything here with attribution. The quotation “Hate directed at any of us is hate directed at all of us.” is not mine. I am quoting David Bodney of the ADL.
Comment by Kerfuffles — December 14, 2007 @ 8:23 pm
Hey, occasional lurker here. As a non-denominational Christian, I take issue with LDS. According to my faith, Mormonism is a false religion. If I thought anything different, I wouldn’t be a true follower of MY religion. But, I believe in freedom of religion and I have many Mormon friends. I adore them all and I respect their right to adhere to whatever religion they choose. I like Romney, I hope he wins the nomination. I think he would make a great president and his religion is irrelevant to me. I’m aware of the LDS’ changes to their traditional doctrine, I’m not interested in a theological debate here. Just please make sure you don’t lump all of us into that “hate” category. It’s the squeaky wheels that are causing this issue.
Comment by Stacy — January 1, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Stacy - I like your attitude and I think your views are reasonable and well thought out. Thank you for being a lurker here.
Comment by Kerfuffles — January 1, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
There are a lot of anti-Mormon posts in political blogs and comments that are written by those who seem to think that the church a presidential candidate has chosen to be a member of should be a factor in the campaign.
Disagreements about points of religious doctrine will probably always exist as long as there are humans on this planet. Those discussions should not be part of the process of electing the most qualified person to the highest TEMPORAL office in our nation.
They more properly belong on “apologetic” sites such as the “FAIR” website http://www.fairlds.org and others that seek to address misunderstandings about THEIR OWN doctrinal beliefs rather than to attack the beliefs of other Americans.
I think it’s best to leave to the hate-filled terrorists the attempt to force others to believe one’s own way!
For those sincere Christians who think their pastors should be focusing on teaching them more about their own church’s doctrine and how to live better, kinder, happier, service-oriented Christ-filled lives, instead of bashing the members of other churches, they can learn the truth about the Mormons directly from the Mormons.
Once they do that they may never again be so bigoted, and may never again so blindly follow the urgings of biased paid pastors to attack the beliefs of others and support the huge lucrative Mormon-bashing industry.
Here are some of the official Mormon websites:
http://www.mormon.org - what the Mormons believe.
http://www.lds.org - the main Latter-day Saint website.
http://www.familysearch.org/ - research family roots free.
http://www.providentliving.org - health, budgeting, preparedness.
http://fatherwork.byu.edu/ - ideas for fathers.
http://www.josephsmith.net/ - about Joseph Smith.
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/a_of_f/1 - the “Articles of Faith”.
http://fairlds.org - what Mormons have to say about specific attacks on their beliefs.
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Comment by Justamere10 — February 11, 2008 @ 10:04 am