Mormon Open Forum

According to recent press reports, the FLDS consummate their marriages in their Temple. Is this something peculiar to the modern FLDS, or was this a practice in early Mormonism that the FLDS have preserved? Are/were witnesses involved? Has any reader consummated an LDS Temple? (presumably clandestinely w/o a bed).

I was hoping thirty years after the priesthood ban lifted that Monson would break the color barrier in our top leadership and the Q of the 12 would begin to look like the church at large. Maybe he tried and BKP wouldn’t go along?

Am I the only one embarrased by photos of 15 white guys leading our church?

Steve EM

I encourage all to earnestly pray daily for the health of President Monson. While unlikely Pres Monson will be the great reformer to bring on the second coming by bringing us back to the original intent of the WofW (preaching it as a good practice rather than a requirement), it’s a even money bet Pres Monson will further simplify our temple liturgy and send the silly Gs the way of the dodo bird once stick-in-the-mud Pres Packer goes on to his eternal reward. For those who scoff, I predicted two piece G’s and simplified temple liturgy years before those changes. The reforms are inevitable, may Monson be the guy to do it.

Steve EM

It’s understandable that the Mitt Romney campaign inspires dimwitted religious bigots to come out of hiding, but why do supposedly educated Christians cite the end of the Book of Revelation as refuting Mormonism when it’s just the mantra of a moron spouting off as if the complete Bible just fell from the sky straight off G-d’s press? Many anti-Mormons know far too much about the Bible to be making such a silly argument, yet you see and hear it over and over again. Why use intellectually dishonest arguments like that when there are so many good ones at hand? Do you have to be Mormon to know where the real soft spots are? Are they afraid of honestly attacking Mormonism because they would then question their own belief system? Are all rigid belief systems the antithesis of faith so religious bigots of faith are forced to take the low road against other beliefs to maintain their faith? Please help an open minded unorthodox Mormon understand. Perhaps it all boils down to hatred, hence why plausible and rational arguments against modern Mormonism are so rare?

Steve EM

This is worse than any of Harry Reid’s crap. Pathetic rubbish! Poor liars make poor presidents, as proven by the current occupant.

Every failed politician has their epitaph. Colon Powell had his “Rockefeller Republican” moment. Biden’s was “first clean Black”. This is Romney’s. The best hope for a serious Mormon presidential candidate in two generations goes down in a whimper a year before the primarys. Sad.

One of my rants is Mormons misusing the word addiction, like spouting off absurd nonsense about sex addiction. And then there are those tired old anti-porn rants. Given that sex is essential for life, Mormons might as well be spouting off about addictions to clothing, shelter, food and other essentials. I could tolerate this with lay Mormons, but when our GAs lead the cheer, it just insults the intelligence.

But today I was heartened to know we’re not the only intellectual masturbators out there.

An epiphany: we’re all addicted to air and water! Quick! Let’s all kill ourselves and rid the planet of all this unrepentant sin!

Mormonism lost all credibility regarding human sexuality with SWK’s garbage theories on homosexuality and BKP’s silly masturphobia. And remember SWK’s perverted oral sex manifesto which was overturned 9 months later. Many lives were screwed up and many suffer sexual hangups to this day thanks to these false prophets.

Thankfully most of Mormonism walked away from masturphobia in the last generation. The church has even pulled BKP’s sick circa 1976 talk on the subject. But, sadly, some Bishops still push the issue with youth and warp many lives in the process. When will the psychosis and carnage end?

GBH, please recant BKP’s BS before more in future generations have to needlessly suffer.

I don’t get it. Hetero sex is essential to life. None of us would be here without it. And yet most Mormons get bent out of shape with any sex in movies. They talk about “gratuitous sex” in movies, as if it’s just thrown in and doesn’t contribute to the story, like it’s all porn. How dumb is that? And, speaking of porn, there is the constant and predicable moronic anti-porn rants as if gorgeous Jenna Jameson is the anti-Christ. Most Mormons are so stupid about this stuff. Is it a herd mentality?

Geoff B over at M* has an interesting post to which my comment was deleted, so I make the comment a post here, where intellectual freedom rings.

For background, Geoff quotes Pres. Faust: “I believe that never before in the history of the Church has there been more unity than exists among my Brethren of the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve, and the other General Authorities of the Church, who have been called and chosen and who are now guiding the Church……………….” ( James E. Faust, “Called and Chosen,” Ensign, Nov. 2005, 53)

And Nero fiddled as Rome burned.

Steve EM

Over at Snarkernacle, even after withdrawing my nomination and obtaining agreement I wouldn’t be in the final tally, I’ve been elected one of three stooges. After someone then snarked an inquiry if Snarkette was my wife, I added:

“No, but I knew her in college. That’s why well managed polygamy is heaven for men. At a minimum, a healthy heterosexual guy needs at least two women on opposite cycles in separate houses. If you have the means and schedule, four wives are ideal on staggered cycles such that you spend ovulation week with each.”

A nerve was hit as both Snarky comments were immediately taken down. Let’s go easy on Snarkette this week. With luck this is only PMS not CMS.

Steve EM