Re: Mormon church makes anti-war statement

[Jim Farmelant <farmelantj@xxxxxxxx>]

Well, on the theological aspects, Stuart is correct.  The Mormons
hold a number of doctrines that are anathema to most other
Christian sects, such as the belief tha the Book of Mormon
holds a status as revelation at least equal to the Bible
itself, a belief in the plurality of gods, and a belief that
humans can become gods.  Much of their theology
looks like an Americanized version of gnosticism.
Having said, they have nevertheless, in little over
a century, established themselves as being very
much a part of the American mainstream, so their
taking a position against Dubya's prospective war
is a significant development, and one that should
be welcomed by us.

Jim F.

On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 07:15:05 -0600 "Hunter Gray"
<hunterbadbear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> That's about what one would normally expect from you, Stuart Elliott 
> --
> whose only creativity lies in a unique mix of shallow-creek 
> "knowledge,"
> superciliousness, and bigotry.  The other day, during the discussion 
> of the
> American South, I asked a member of this list if he'd ever lived in 
> the
> South.  Never got a formal answer on that one.  A reasonable 
> question to you
> might be, ever go to an LDS church service?  This is all the sort of 
> thing
> that explains far better than a ton of tomes just why some ostensible
> "radicals" can never relate to the grassroots of this country -- or 
> any
> other.
> 
> The important thing here , of course,  is that an extremely large 
> religious
> denomination -- 11 million globally with a very significant  
> membership in
> the now relatively conservative American West -- has taken a clear 
> and
> strong position against War --  and with an explicit recognition of 
> the
> common theological roots of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
> 
> Hunter Gray  [Hunterbear]  Catholic [of sorts] and a sociologist
> www.hunterbear.org
> Protected by Na´shdo´i´ba´i´
> and Ohkwari'
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Stuart323@xxxxxxx>
> To: "marxmail" <marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 6:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Mormon church makes anti-war statement
> 
> 
> > [ converted from html ]
> >
> > In a message dated 7 Oct 2002 20:56:04 -0600 Hunter Gray" <
> > hunterbadbear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >
> > > The LDS church is a major, mainline Christian
> > > denomination and its stance on War is v
> > >
> > >
> >
> > The Mormons are not a mainline Christian denomination.  Anyone who
> seriously
> > maintains this is ignorant of both religious sociology and 
> theology.
> >
> >  Stuart Elliott
> >


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