From so much of what I've read in here, it seems to be "Bash the Mormons".
You know -- I'm not a Mormon or even remotely close to the Mormon faith in terms of what I believe theologically; but it seems to me that any real walk with Christ would allow us us to look for areas where Mormons and non-Mormons might possibly agree - and to try to work from those areas.
What I SEE is a lot of "I'm right, so therefore you must be wrong you filthy Mormon heathen"-type posts; and a lot of posts attacking the poster (and his beliefs) rather than discussing differences.
Somehow, this kind of behavior doesn't strike me as particularly "Christian". In fact, it gives me the same kind of "icky" feeling as when I'm around people who claim to "love the sinner and hate the sin" while doing their very best making the life of "the sinner" an absolute, inhuman nightmare.
I grew up in a time when civics was taught in classrooms. Part of the civics class was learning how to be a good citizen -- and in particular, learning how to debate subjects without attacking the person one was debating. Part of being a good citizen is knowing how to disagree, agreeably. Frankly, I don't see a lot of this going on -- and quite honestly, I'm tempted to side with the Mormons even though I disagree with them theologically. No one deserves the kind of disrespect they've been handed by so-called Christians who (at least theoretically) are (supposed to be) proclaiming the love of God which passes all understanding.
Please don't tell me what has been going on is "loving the sinner and hating the sin". I have more discernment than that, and I would appreciate at least people having the intellectual and emotional honesty to say a lot of what has been going on here is nothing more than out-and-out Mormon-bashing.
You know -- I'm not a Mormon or even remotely close to the Mormon faith in terms of what I believe theologically; but it seems to me that any real walk with Christ would allow us us to look for areas where Mormons and non-Mormons might possibly agree - and to try to work from those areas.
What I SEE is a lot of "I'm right, so therefore you must be wrong you filthy Mormon heathen"-type posts; and a lot of posts attacking the poster (and his beliefs) rather than discussing differences.
Somehow, this kind of behavior doesn't strike me as particularly "Christian". In fact, it gives me the same kind of "icky" feeling as when I'm around people who claim to "love the sinner and hate the sin" while doing their very best making the life of "the sinner" an absolute, inhuman nightmare.
I grew up in a time when civics was taught in classrooms. Part of the civics class was learning how to be a good citizen -- and in particular, learning how to debate subjects without attacking the person one was debating. Part of being a good citizen is knowing how to disagree, agreeably. Frankly, I don't see a lot of this going on -- and quite honestly, I'm tempted to side with the Mormons even though I disagree with them theologically. No one deserves the kind of disrespect they've been handed by so-called Christians who (at least theoretically) are (supposed to be) proclaiming the love of God which passes all understanding.
Please don't tell me what has been going on is "loving the sinner and hating the sin". I have more discernment than that, and I would appreciate at least people having the intellectual and emotional honesty to say a lot of what has been going on here is nothing more than out-and-out Mormon-bashing.
