Any Mormons(LDS) out there?

[Joegreenbeen]

Hello I am, obviously, a Mormon. I was wondering if there was any other members out there too, please post if you are, we could get an Rp set up. if any of you who aren't Mormon have any questions, it's okay,we don't bite, and we aren't going to try and "recruit" you or anything. I am on my tablet right now, sorry is this is poorly done.

[Vortex]

Hmph... Always thought Mormons as the backwards, technology is the devil! Type

[Vilageidiotx]

Vortex said
Hmph... Always thought Mormons as the backwards, technology is the devil! Type

I've lived in Mormon territory for years.

Proper western LDS mormons are more the corduroy skirt and educational programming type. Anti-tech would be the amish.

[Vortex]

Well not completely anti tech I just mean they have more of a focus on "community" and dislike using tech but they will if they must.

[Vilageidiotx]

That sounds more like Mennonites.

[Vortex]

Who are they?

[Vilageidiotx]

Amish with vans and cellphones.

[Vortex]

Lol ok then...

[Joegreenbeen]

We don't have anything against using technology, so long as we don't look up porn..., but that's not different from most people.

@villageidiotx What do you mean by "corduroy skirt and educational programming type"?(Just want to clear up any misconceptions.)

[The Nexerus]

^ He probably means formal and traditionalist.

Vilageidiotx said
That sounds more like Mennonites.

There are tons of Mennonites in my province. They mostly live in small settlements on their own, but it's not uncommon to see families visiting bigger towns or cities to shop. One particularly common place to find Mennonites in the cities is buffets. For some reason, I've seen at least one table of Mennonites at every buffet I've ever been to. They apparently make the most of their visits, too—usually if I see a family right when I walk in, they'll still be there by the time I leave.

[Vilageidiotx]

Joegreenbeen said
We don't have anything against using technology, so long as we don't look up porn..., but that's not different from most people. @villageidiotx What do you mean by "corduroy skirt and educational programming type"?(Just want to clear up any misconceptions.)

Sincerely socially conservative, family values sorts?

When it comes to social conservatives, you have those kinds who support socially conservative and quack about being religious, but they spend their weekends partying and drinking and hooking up. They would be the insincere social conservatives, and they are usually loud-mouthed and stupid about it.

And then you have the corduroy skirt type as I mentioned before, who are socially conservative and they also live like it too. They monitor their kids television (if they even have a television) and go to church on sundays and oftentimes homeschool, and they are usually sweet people who are very nice to talk to so long as you don't bring up politics or religion.

[Joegreenbeen]

Hhhmm....

Well for the first paragraph, the things you talk about I have only heard stories of and they aren't well off, those are personal decisions. We are just like any religion, in the sense that we are all individual and control our own decisions. There aren't that we have many people like that in our religion, and that all religions do have people who do that. We teach from a young age that that type of acting can destroy lives or/and lead to no good.

In the second, yes do have "stricter" rules for media, and if parents are monitoring their children's television watching, which I have never met another Mormon family with kids who don't have a T.V., that is a family decisions. We are taught from a young age that we should go to Church every Sunday, which comes from one of The Ten Commandments (Yes, we're Christian.), and we don't do much spending on Sundays. And it is more of a personal decision whether or not you like to talk about religion or politics and that there isn't a majority that do like to talk about those topics, I personally do, and those who don't. It's all personal, you wouldn't judge an a country based on one bad person or act, why would you do that to a religion. (I am not saying that you are doing that, I am just putting it out there for people to think about.)
Anyone have anymore questions? I am happy to answer them.

[Jannah]

Vortex said
Well not completely anti tech I just mean they have more of a focus on "community" and dislike using tech but they will if they must.

Yea, Mormons are not anti-tech. I lived in a town that had many of them. They're just against using it for immoral purposes(at least what they view as immoral) such as looking up porn.

[Joegreenbeen]

Yep

[Vilageidiotx]

Joegreenbeen said
Hhhmm....Well for the first paragraph, the things you talk about I have only heard stories of and they aren't well off, those are personal decisions. We are just like any religion, that we are all individual and control our own decisions. There aren't that we have many people like that in our religion, and that all religions do have people who do that. We teach from a young age that that type of acting can destroy lives or/and lead to no good.In the second, yes do have "stricter" rules for media, and if parents are monitoring their children's television watching, which I have never met another Mormon family with kids who don't have a T.V., that is a family decisions. We are taught from a young age that we should go to Church every Sunday, which comes from one of The Ten Commandments (Yes, we're Christian.), and we don't do much spending on Sundays. And it is more of a personal decision whether or not you like to talk about religion or politics and that there isn't a majority that do like to talk about those topics, I personally do, and those who don't. It's all personal, you wouldn't judge an a country based on one bad person or act, why would you do that to a religion. (I am not saying that you are doing that, I am just putting it out there for people to think about.)Anyone have anymore questions? I am happy to answer them.

Ok, one thing i've always been curious about...

How seriously do you guys take the Book of Mormon?

[Joegreenbeen]

We take the Book of Mormon very seriously. We believe that it is just as important, a companion, and as true as the Bible. It contains the same general message and a few unique teachings. Personally, I think it is an easier read than the Bible, but that is a personal opinion. Is there anything you want me to elaborate on, that was kind of brief.

[Pepperm1nts]

Have you ever doubted some of the stranger things you've read in the Book of Mormon? Or do you think everything in it is absolute truth?

[Joegreenbeen]

What do you mean "some of the stranger things". But, not really, some of the stories in the Bible have more strange things than the Book of Mormon, not that I don't think they did happen.

[Pepperm1nts]

Maybe I worded that wrong, I apologize.

As someone who is not a Mormon (or religious at all), some of the things in religious texts come of as being hard to believe (like the story of Noah's Ark, which I personally see as very improbable). So I'm wondering if you've ever read something similar and found it hard to believe (even if in the end you choose to believe it).

[Joegreenbeen]

I've grown up surrounded by Mormons and a Mormon my almost my entire life, I've moved from Utah a few years ago, and I've grown up being taught about these things since I was almost two. I could see how these things could be hard to believe. I can't tell you anything to prove these but, I can tell you that if you want to find out whether or not they are true, you should try reading, or learning about (the Bible is a hard read), them.