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Chris Hicks: Time to move on from big ol' Mormon joke
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I remember when The Simpsons made fun of Brazil. It was almost an internacional incident. IT'S A TV SHOW! They make fun of everyone, specially the US, so why should we be treated differently?
Come on, guys, getting mad about them is as dumb as they want us to be. Let them do their thing, and sometimes you can even get to take some good laughs.
True believers will always be mocked, scorned and misunderstood. When he was reviled, Paul had the attitude of gratitude for the blessing to suffer persecution for the name of Christ. This too should be our position.
Just remember that God knows what is taking place and even if they get away with the slander here - they will have to answer for it before Christ. When I think of how that will feel for these people my anger turns to pity.
Luckily, this said girlfriend wised up and didn't marry the loser
For me, I just let those who inquire, know that such "jokes" are gross mis-representations of the Church, and if they really want to know the facts about us, a visit to the LDS website will be quite revealing.
There IS a reason why we are the only Church to have Christ on our offical home page.
Brother Niv
Well then, that just proves it doesn't it! A web site that proves there is a god?
There is a reason that Mormons are disliked and the folks on the des news comments are no help for the LDS church cause.
While they MAY be right in very general beliefs and practices of the mormons, they are often way off in the actual details.
There will always be those who laugh, point and heckle. There will even be wailing and gnashing of teeth towards the church. The Lord is at the helm, we have no need to worry.
These southpark clowns have written 1 song, and have not found a distributor or promoter for this musical. Their own lawyer advised them it was a bad business decision. Most people don't care enough about Mormons to go to it.
Maryann, most of the South Park characters are male, how did you sneak in? Very clever satire.
Jan, the perpetual-Rachel haircut, the ankle length skirt, and puffed blouse sleeves were not enough to draw attention away from your mustache? Dang, stupid people.
Fools mock, but they shall mourn.
That is scripture and I believe it.
I have many friends who mock my faith but I believe many of them understand less than my small children.
We shall see.
Perhaps me and my family is wrong for believing in the authority of God and revering sacred things, but I would not want to try not applying these principles in my lives. I see too much misery going the "worldly" way.
It's all in the four standard works. I try to understand and apply them.
And Jan SoCal: Sorry, but you are wrong. Our Church, the Church of Jesus Christ, spends more on feeding the poor and helping the needy than any other thing. Do you know what we do in Southeast Asia alone?
Sorry about your misconceived notions, I hope you can learn more about the power of charity in our faith over time.
I live in California and a LOT of people are getting food and other help here, not from "image".
But it's all good, because the amount of insight he provided into the Big Man's mind is nothing compared to the insight that the leaders of the Church provide. Heck, they go into so much detail that we know which film ratings provided by a completely secular organization he approves of and which he condemns. Now that's really picking his noggin!
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our objections to productions like this Mormon musical, and ALL OTHER jokes....put downs...and screwed up versions of peoples sacred beliefs and practices.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT IT?
WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF PROTESTING..THE RIGHT WAY OF COURSE?
I feel helpless in the downsliding melee of society taking advantage of our "nice" and layed back not objecting and putting a strong
"NO, WE WON'T TAKE THIS ANY MORE !!"
Is there ANYONE out there that is willing to take a stand....on OUR side of keeping our faith and everything attached to it...respected and off limits to bad taste and lies?