Originally posted by: BeeVo
Didn't watch the episode....What was the ending?
Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
What's with them Mormons not liking black people.
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Originally posted by: BeeVo
Didn't watch the episode....What was the ending?
The Mormon kid says something like "Maybe it is all made up, and what not, but I have a happy family, and a great life, and it's all because of the Book of Mormons. I tried to be friends with you, but apparently you can't look beyond my religion. So suck on my something"
Yes I am!Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: ohtwell
I already knew that before that part!Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: ohtwell
I loved that part!Originally posted by: DrPizza
<singing> Mrs. Harris had her doubts smart smart smart smart smart </singing>
: ) Amanda
Yeah, it was good because well, it was just funny, and you also realized that the dum dum dum dum dum they'd been doing all throughout the episode wasn't just filler, but was really dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.
: ) Amanda
Well aren't you little Ms. Smarty Pants then huh?
Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
What's with them Mormons not liking black people.
Originally posted by: FoBoT
not too many people mind persecuting people for thier religious beliefs , be they muslims, jews, christians or some sub-sect
people these days generally avoid racism and other stuff that has become politically correct, but bashing peoples religion is still considered fair game by most americans
that is my experience
True dat. Salem witch trials, the Inquisition...Hmmm. How about all the people that were persecuted by religion throughout history? At least we aren't burning them at the stake or anything....
Originally posted by: rahvin
Originally posted by: Vic
I disagree and I have extensive knowledge of Mormon history. There were many glaring inaccuracies. Not to mention it painted the whole thing in the worst and most biased light possible.Originally posted by: rahvin
To clarify it wasn't the story of the book of mormon, just the story of Joe Smith writing it. As far as that goes what they mentioned was pretty accurate, they left out stuff but I didn't see a glaring inaccuracy.Originally posted by: SuperFreaky
"All about the Mormons" was hilarious.
How accurate was their telling of the Book of Mormon?
At least the ending was right.
Vic here is a clue for you. If you look at my profile you will notice I'm from SLC. I was raised in the mormon church and my family still are members, I attended services and instruction until the age of 18 including graduating from Seminary and taking collage courses at the LDS institute while in collage. I have heard the story of the discovery of the plates and everything depicted in the Southpark episode more times than you could ever imagine. I've also read 90% of the book of mormon more than once. I've also read large portions of the doctirine and covenants, book of abraham and the pearl of great price. I've recieved religious instruction in all books more than once in my seminary studies. With that said:
The story as presented was fairly accurate. I noticed no glaring error in anything they presented. The church itself will undoubtably deny the looking in the hat stuff these days as they continue to attempt to rewrite history that puts them in a bad light (the result of a prophit that started in and spent most of his career in the church's PR department). If you wish to debate any specific point of the episode I would be happy to point you to historical sources of reference that would confirm everything I remember in the episode.
Amish also grew up in the church and could likely confirm the episodes authenticity as well but I'm not sure he didn't get out sooner than I did and might not know as much about the theology. Besides with his taste in TV and movies he probably hates southpark.
Originally posted by: Spoooon
True dat. Salem witch trials, the Inquisition...Hmmm. How about all the people that were persecuted by religion throughout history? At least we aren't burning them at the stake or anything....
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Originally posted by: BeeVo
Didn't watch the episode....What was the ending?
The Mormon kid says something like "Maybe it is all made up, and what not, but I have a happy family, and a great life, and it's all because of the Book of Mormons. I tried to be friends with you, but apparently you can't look beyond my religion. So suck on my something"
Originally posted by: GreatBambino
It wasn't very correct at all. It was more of a point of view then anything.
A few things they left out....
Joesph Smith was 14 and was wondering which church was true to join because he wanted to join the right church. So he came upon the verse James 1:5 "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." So he went out to the woods and prayed and asked god which church he should join and god said none of them.. and it goes on...i don't feel like typing it all out.. if you want to know the TRUE history of Joesph Smith go to the link under this paragraph.
Joesph Smith History
Originally posted by: Shelly21
How can people who knows the truth defend a religon that's based on a hoax?
Things that I found interesting:
--Joseph Smith's decision to join a Methodist Sunday school after receiving the First Vision, even after God had told him to stay away from all the other churches
--The lack of archaeological evidence for The Book of Mormon;
--Joseph Smith's bogus translation of the equally bogus Kinderhook Plates;
--Irreconcilable differences between the supposedly translated Book of Abraham and the Egyptian funerary texts Joseph Smith claimed were its source;
--False prophecies uttered by Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and other LDS leaders;
--President Brigham Young's bizarre teachings on Adam-God and blood atonement;
--The LDS Church's abusive patriarchal attitude toward women, and racisim towards blacks;
The story as presented was fairly accurate. I noticed no glaring error in anything they presented.
Originally posted by: VictorLazlo
The story as presented was fairly accurate. I noticed no glaring error in anything they presented.
I did. They said that Joe Smith didn't show the plates to anyone, but he did. There is a sworn statement in the front of the Book of Mormon signed by 11 men saying that they saw the gold plates.
Amish also grew up in the church and could likely confirm the episodes authenticity as well but I'm not sure he didn't get out sooner than I did and might not know as much about the theology. Besides with his taste in TV and movies he probably hates southpark.