3 Responses to “Are Mormons involved in a conspiracy to take over the United…”
Leonardo Castro
2007-12-30 02:42:13
Ooo...scary...the Mormons are coming...they're going to take over the country with their green jello and casseroles. Watch out for the seagulls! They've trained them not only to eat crickets but also to poke out the eyes of all gentiles. Ooo...they believe in Jesus Christ and accept Him as their Savior, but somehow they're not really Christians. I don't know exactly why not, but I ignorantly believe it's true anyway... Ooo...Their cuss words like "gosh," "darn," and "fetch" are actually secret codes that mean "death to creedal Christianity." If we're not careful, they might falsify our genealogy and convince others we're related to people we're not really related too! I can't even imagine what other dastardly things they might be capable of. They might be involved in the alien autopsies that took place at Roswell. They might be the government agents that really ordered the assassination of JFK. I smell a half-baked conspiracy theory in there somewhere! Oooo! Here's comes a minivan now! No! The driver's wearing a CTR ring! Duck down! DUCK DOWN!!!!
(Sorry all. I just couldn't resist! I actually saw a question like this posted on Yahoo! Answers recently.)
Anonymous
2014-02-23 20:52:13
Mormons really are not trying to take over the world. There will always be propoganda and conspiracy theories aimed at different groups of people. Not only Mormons. As a mormon I can tell you that we respect peoples rights to live according to there own conscience as long as there actions are of no harm to others. We hope that all men and women will have a desire to better themselves to the best of their abilities.
We believe in the teachings of Christ to do onto others as you would have others do onto us. To love your neighbour as you love your self and your God with all your heart mind and strength. We believe we are all children of Heavenly Father wether of our faith or not and true mormon would never try to enforce there beliefs on anyone, even though we would love to share it with anyone who Is willing to listen.
Like all religions we have people who live their religion well and who are good examples and members who may not live it as we'll and may not set such a good example, but that has more to do with the individual's strengths or weaknesses. We all are imperfect and that applies to Mormons too, sometimes we make mistakes and have to humble ourselves and admit we messed up, but overall we are good people, wanting to do good things. Growth is a slow process and people faulted along the way, bad habits are hard to break and hard to change so be easy on us less then perfect Mormons.
Pamela Bonta
2014-02-24 06:43:10
Latter-day Saints believe that every person on earth should have the opportunity to hear our message and learn about our beliefs so that they can decide for themselves whether they would like to join us or not. That is why we send out missionaries, that is why as members we are supposed to share the Word, and that is why so many of our young people voluntarily serve missions. Many of these missions are in non-English speaking countries, so these young people must learn to speak another language.
Some conspiracy theorists believe that the CIA, FBI, and other agencies are being infiltrated by Mormons. While there are Mormons, just like there are people of any other faith, who have this type of employment as their goal, in actual fact these agencies often headhunt returned missionaries because they know that they are capable of following instructions, keeping focused on goals, are willing to sacrifice their time, speak other languages, and can develop a plan to learn more if needed.
As for taking over government... There has *never* been any country in the world that has elected a Mormon leader. While there are many LDS who serve as mayors, senators, governors and the like, they do not serve as mouthpieces for the Church or do the Church's bidding - they were elected by the people and serve the people that elected them. California's Proposition 8 is a good example - the Church was against it, but the highest ranked political Mormon figure, Harry Reed, was for it.
(Sorry all. I just couldn't resist! I actually saw a question like this posted on Yahoo! Answers recently.)
We believe in the teachings of Christ to do onto others as you would have others do onto us. To love your neighbour as you love your self and your God with all your heart mind and strength. We believe we are all children of Heavenly Father wether of our faith or not and true mormon would never try to enforce there beliefs on anyone, even though we would love to share it with anyone who Is willing to listen.
Like all religions we have people who live their religion well and who are good examples and members who may not live it as we'll and may not set such a good example, but that has more to do with the individual's strengths or weaknesses. We all are imperfect and that applies to Mormons too, sometimes we make mistakes and have to humble ourselves and admit we messed up, but overall we are good people, wanting to do good things. Growth is a slow process and people faulted along the way, bad habits are hard to break and hard to change so be easy on us less then perfect Mormons.
Some conspiracy theorists believe that the CIA, FBI, and other agencies are being infiltrated by Mormons. While there are Mormons, just like there are people of any other faith, who have this type of employment as their goal, in actual fact these agencies often headhunt returned missionaries because they know that they are capable of following instructions, keeping focused on goals, are willing to sacrifice their time, speak other languages, and can develop a plan to learn more if needed.
As for taking over government... There has *never* been any country in the world that has elected a Mormon leader. While there are many LDS who serve as mayors, senators, governors and the like, they do not serve as mouthpieces for the Church or do the Church's bidding - they were elected by the people and serve the people that elected them. California's Proposition 8 is a good example - the Church was against it, but the highest ranked political Mormon figure, Harry Reed, was for it.