What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

Religion: Catholics, Episcopalians, Atheists, All Are Welcome!

Status
Not open for further replies.
They seem nice.

Speaking to the host John Dehlin, Achenbach explained conversations and teachings she received from leaders of the Mormon Church.

She said: "[The leaders] said 'You know what, we think it is best you get married.

"'You are older, you have served the mission, you are a great candidate for marriage but you need to find a Black man.

"I remember I kept asking 'where am I supposed to find a Black man?'

They said 'It doesn't matter, you find a Black man, you convert him or go to an area where there are predominately Black men.'"

Achenbach detailed how this direction began to get frustrating. She also explained how she eventually confronted one of her leaders about the instructions to only go for a Black man.

On the podcast, she continued: "[I said] 'say it, I need you to say it. So Black people and white people aren't supposed to mix?

"They were like 'no they're not.' I said 'is there a reason?

"They said 'yes, because your seed is cursed. If your seed mixes with their seed then your children, your husband won't be cursed, but your children will be. Do you want that for your family?"

Speaking about the story, Achenbach sarcastically said: "Two Black people, we're just going to stay cursed. So you want me to find a Black man so I could be cursed with him and so our kids can be cursed, got it."
Click to expand...
 
In the early days of the Mormon movement, when they were in NY and OH, there were several black members of the community and priesthood who were praised by Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. After the move to Missouri, a slave state, Smith and Young's Yankee abolitionist views waned. During that time, Smith issued a politically expedient proclamation that slavery was punishment for blacks being the descendants of Cain, who was "cursed" by the Heavenly Father with dark skin after murdering Abel. After the Mormons were run out of MO and living in Nauvoo, Smith quickly re-embraced abolitionism (how conveeeenient), but his fairytale about black skin being a divine curse for Cain's murder of Abel was enshrined in church doctrine. Once Smith was killed, blacks were effectively pushed out altogether by an order of Brigham Young that barred them from the LDS priesthood and temple rites as punishment for their supposed curse. That ban was famously lifted in 1978, but obviously that didn't reflect any further change in LDS doctrine, nor in the opinions of church members living in a majority-white monoculture.

How this tripe sells to anyone in Africa, I have no idea.
 
Fun times with Jesus as just some dude.

tldr: Original Christianity died out and was re-created as a completely different animal by a bunch of charlatans about 150 AD who ripped off the stories of Inanna and Mithra to create Their Own... Personal... Jesus.
 
Last edited:
The Cathaholics must not be very happy today with da Pope. What do you mean them gays shouldn’t be illegal?
 
Kepler said:
Doin' it's still a sin, though.

Baby steps. Took them 700 years to apologize for the Crusades.
Click to expand...

Exactly. Still a half-measure at best. Like Britain "deeply regretting", but still not formally apologizing for the Amritsar Massacre in 2019. Gotta walk eggshells around the Tories, even though they already think you're a commie and the Antichrist.
 
Last edited:
It's always the Thumpers.

Preacher Accused of Enabling Pedophile at Creationist ‘Dino’ Theme Park

Ex-residents of the theme park—where a child drowned in 2020—say a man convicted of playing strip poker with young boys brought a child to the park and shared a bed with him.
Click to expand...
 
LynahFan said:
Catholic Church: “Governments shouldn’t discriminate against gays - that’s OUR job!”

https://apnews.com/article/pope-fra...dan-religion-ddd1e52de12a95216e798a9ddd103ade


“The Vatican forbids both gay marriage and blessings for same-sex unions.”
Click to expand...

I mean, to give some credit, they're acknowledging just because they don't endorse or condone something religiously doesn't mean that temporal bodies should be affected by that. I'm probably giving them too much credit there, but it's better than them feeling the other way, that laws should be based on what they want.
 
MissThundercat said:
Not surprised this nonsense is coming from West Michigan.

https://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...qpGBIOWUdjilLE
Click to expand...

It's the Hobby Lobby creeps, right?

This reminds me of guitar twanging hipsters in the rectory basement in the 70s desperate to make Catholicism "relevant to the keeeds." Christianity isn't losing the youth because of lack of focus testing, it's losing them because it is hopelessly compromised by the authoritarian vermin who control its public face and use it as a political bludgeoning instrument.

The only way to make Christianity attractive is to get rid of the current Christians.

It's what Jesus would do.

youre-christian-you.jpg
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top