tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22326342.post2583169602737046341..comments2023-08-08T09:04:16.905-07:00Comments on Notamormon: If you want to know the truth about Mormonism: Ask a Mormon! No. That doesn't workMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774822085901274565noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22326342.post-34434194525876391782011-09-12T12:24:34.896-07:002011-09-12T12:24:34.896-07:00Yes, I agree... don't ask a Mormon about the t...Yes, I agree... don't ask a Mormon about the truth about Mormonism because they don't know. They only parrot what they are told to say, and they base their "beliefs" on feelings. My best friend growing up is still very TBM, and when I told her that I had left the church, she said that she knows the church is true because of the feelings she gets when she reads the Book of Mormon and goes to the Temple. And then she stopped talking to me (apparently because I'm an evil apostate now).<br /><br />And I love your analogies about MLM schemes and Ponzi schemes... and yes, to follow the Mormon logic about that, they wouldn't ask people who found out they had been duped but rather people who are presentingly being duped and have "no idea." Of course, since the Mormon Church tells its members not to research outside of authorized areas (i.e., only read church-authorized materials), they do not find out the real truth unless they break that directive. Of course, the fact that the church says that is a direct indication of its being a cult, and if they didn't have anything to hide, it wouldn't matter what books, materials, internet sites or whatever they read.<br /><br />I'm so glad I wised up, started thinking for myself and got away, but it really bothers me that so many Mormons just bury their heads in the sand and go blithely forward with absolutely no clue that they are being duped big time. Very sad indeed.Diane Tingenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233557863633027893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22326342.post-21567904205329404342011-09-10T23:03:40.740-07:002011-09-10T23:03:40.740-07:00Another brilliant analogy, Matt!Another brilliant analogy, Matt!AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.com