Moroni wrote:
The resent the word cult being used to describe my religions. While I don't think it is good to make fun of even one's own religion I really think that it is in bad taste to knock another's religion. Time and bandwidth have been wasted on more than one occasion with your interjecting your personal views about other peoples religions only to find that other people do not view their faiths academically. I think that all religion should be kept off this list . I did not become a member to prostelytise people on this list and did not expect other people to start agitating mormons or moslems or Jews or other faiths. I mind my p's&q's but I don't have and certainly will sit idly by when someone makes my people look bad. Any trouble that you have made starting this thread was done by you so don't complain. Inciderntally, I emailed tilly a great source for soy meats for all those that have emailed me to say that they are returning to the church.
On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
[Tim's text deleted to save space only] To Moroni: You talk about "my people" and "my religion". Do you *own* these people? Maybe your church owns their minds, huh? What purpose does big-time organized religion serve other than to control the otherwise dangerous and predatory species we call human? I guess if "your people" didn't kill anyone this year (or this decade, or in the last 50 years ad nauseam), then we should pin a medal on your chest, yes? Frankly, it doesn't matter per se what "your people" pledge to do or not do, what matters is you, and me, and other individuals who *learn* not to kill, and to not have a desire to kill, and so forth. "Your people" are always going to frighten others and stir up paranoia, for the very simple reason that: 1. They're human, and therefore are predators, and 2. In a large group like the Mormons, they have real power. And this applies to all such groups, BTW.