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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
"Strange beliefs?" You think that's offensive?? The intense bashing that Christianity takes here all the time is way, way worse than that. I've seen many posts where people here say that any believers are fools or worse. I've always wondered why someone belongs to the LDS. I think most people who are members are so from childhood, but I know that some join as adults also. If he doesn't want to answer, that's okay. I think it's a legit question. And believe me, I am informed.
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Most LDS members are converts , rather than born into the church. This does vary by region though and in some places the ratio is the other way around (portions of Utah, Idaho, and Southern Alberta)
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Originally Posted by flip
Oh my god how offensive, how dare you ask such an offensive question. Clearly eddly just wants to answer the friendly ones. No critical or uninformed approaches allowed.
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Attacking him is probably the best way to get a reponse.
Asking your question the way you did would like like walking up to a Jewish person and saying, "So whats the deal with the funny little bowl like hat on your head, it have magical powers or something?"
I think that it should be assumed that if you found out that a certian religious group did something as part of thier religion that you might not phrase questions about that activity in a mocking manner, if you want a response that isn't hostile. Inf act, given the history of responses on these boards about the subject of religion, you should be thankful that someone is willing to answer your question at all.
If you don't want to ask polite and relavent questions, then I am going to guess that you will not get polite or relavant answers.