• Albbi@piefed.ca
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      17 hours ago

      Mormons have their own book which is basically fan-fic of the bible and new testament. So it’s kinda like if you met someone who calls themselves a Trekkie, but they’ve never seen any of the shows and have only read fan-fic. Would a Trekkie accept them as one of their own?

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        15 hours ago

        Mormons read the Bible. They’d be Trek super-fans who think their favorite fic-writer is better than Roddenberry, but they would have watched ToS and NG at least.

        Source: raised cultist. Have a Mormon “quad” of all the holy texts somewhere in storage.

      • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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        15 hours ago

        Are you saying that Mormons don’t follow the Bible? Because that’s simply not true. They added to it.

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      16 hours ago

      They’re polytheistic for one, and think they can become their own god of a planet if they’re ‘good’ enough.

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          13 hours ago

          Kinda, this is for the super duper extra good double stampies no erasies Mormons. When they die, they get to super Saiyan transform into a god-heir right up there with Jesus and eventually get their own planet to rule over like their god rules here.

          And I’m only being a little flippant, Exaltation is a wacky belief.