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Deceptive 'Mormonthink' Type Site Est. To Counter Missionary Surge

Hamilton Porter

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Tacenda Grand Master

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I"m only going to link their FB page.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/107332476012425/

We should not report anti- pages to facebook, unless they are fraudulent or malicious. This one is definitely fraudulent.

Am I mistaken? I looked in the FB link you provided and saw several faithful members such as Dan Peterson, Mike Ash, Jeff Lindsay, Boyd Petersen. Maybe they're acting as" keepers of the faith" for this FB group. Edited by Tacenda
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Hamilton Porter Mentor

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Am I mistaken? I looked in the FB link you provided and saw several faithful members such as Dan Peterson, Mike Ash, Jeff Lindsay, Boyd Petersen. Maybe they're acting as" keepers of the faith" for this FB group.

sorry, link fixed.

https://www.facebook.com/FutureMormonMissionary

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Wiki Wonka Rising Star

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What is fraudulent about it? Does it claim to be affiliated with The Church?

The following statement on the site is incorrect:

"FAIR Blog (a site dedicated to defending the church, which is funded by the church)"

Neither FAIR nor the FAIR Blog receives any funding from the Church.

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Wiki Wonka Rising Star

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What is fraudulent about it? Does it claim to be affiliated with The Church?

And, since the KEP hasn't yet been fully studied or understood, I'd like to know how they conclude the following:

"Joseph wrote the Kirtland Egyptian Papers, including an “Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar” translation, which was later shown to be nonsense."

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Wiki Wonka Rising Star

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What is fraudulent about it? Does it claim to be affiliated with The Church?

And, yes, I'm aware that they link to Wikipedia to support their claims.

Wikipedia isn't always the best source, because it depends upon who happens to edit it.

WW

Edited: I mistook Wikipedia page for the FAIR Wiki page and corrected it.

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Wiki Wonka Rising Star

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What is fraudulent about it? Does it claim to be affiliated with The Church?

Oh, and this one is a jewel:

"Why did the church practice polygamy?"

"Though there is no official church response to this question; many have speculated that it was to quickly populate the world with those born into God’s only true church."

So, in other words, the Church doesn't give a reason, so they just put something speculative and outrageous up on the site in order to shock people.

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Wiki Wonka Rising Star

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What is fraudulent about it? Does it claim to be affiliated with The Church?

"We believe that Adam and Eve were literally children of God, having been conceived and born of parents with flesh and bone (Mary being one of God’s wives)."

Really? I mean...really?

I'm sure I can dig up a quote from Orson Pratt or Orson Hyde or Brigham Young that says some of these things, but we all know that this isn't something that we are taught in Church.

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cinepro Grand Master

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Oh, and this one is a jewel:

"Why did the church practice polygamy?"

"Though there is no official church response to this question; many have speculated that it was to quickly populate the world with those born into God’s only true church."

So, in other words, the Church doesn't give a reason, so they just put something speculative and outrageous up on the site in order to shock people.

Apparently the "many" includes Book of Mormon Jacob:

30 For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people [to practice polygamy]; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.

http://classic.scriptures.lds.org/en/jacob/2/30#30

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cdowis Grand Master

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The "Tough Questions" is the heart of this antimormon site with its misinformation and antimormon arguments. Recently the comments were removed and only the antimormon running the web site was allowed to give comments.

I did a comment correcting some of the "errors" and it quickly disappeared.

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Singularity Rookie

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It sounds like that site has some of its facts wrong. But does that mean it rises to the level of a "fraudulent site" that should be reported to Facebook? I thought the original post's implication was that the site was somehow deceptively claiming to be affiliated with the LDS Church. If we were to report every Facebook page for spouting things that are not 100% accurate, we would spend every waking moment reporting offending pages. I am pretty sure Grumpy Cat was not really at the Inauguration, for example. There is a difference between a page that expresses opinions you disagree with or makes factual statements you think are wrong, and a page that is "fraudulent."

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Wiki Wonka Rising Star

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It sounds like that site has some of its facts wrong. But does that mean it rises to the level of a "fraudulent site" that should be reported to Facebook? I thought the original post's implication was that the site was somehow deceptively claiming to be affiliated with the LDS Church. If we were to report every Facebook page for spouting things that are not 100% accurate, we would spend every waking moment reporting offending pages. I am pretty sure Grumpy Cat was not really at the Inauguration, for example. There is a difference between a page that expresses opinions you disagree with or makes factual statements you think are wrong, and a page that is "fraudulent."

No, I don't see why anyone would feel the need to report it to Facebook. There is nothing actionable.

It's just one of those sites where a doubter masquerading as a "believer" blissfully proclaims that "we Mormons" cheerfully accept oddball proclamations by 19th-Century Church leaders as representing what 21st-Century Latter-day Saints believe. (And, in the case of "coming home is a casket," an unfortunate story related by Marion G. Romney about what his parents said to him when he left on his mission.)

WW

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Biz Enthusiast

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It tends to be more honest and realistic as compared to the sources that I was given to prepare and study. It certainly would have helped me to focus on the basics of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done. - Joseph Smith

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Wiki Wonka Rising Star

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It tends to be more honest and realistic as compared to the sources that I was given to prepare and study. It certainly would have helped me to focus on the basics of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

I understand what you're saying. The site isn't that far removed from being a site that could be useful. If the glib acceptance of oddball points of 19th-Century doctrine were removed, and some more real information provided about the realities of going on a mission, then I can see the usefulness of such a site. If someone actually explained where some of the oddball stuff originated, then it would prepare missionaries for encountering some of those concepts out in the field.

I'm all for educating missionaries on the types of things that they might run into, but to simply say something like "Why was Joseph Smith imprisoned at Carthage? He was imprisoned for ordering the destruction of the printing press of the Nauvoo Expositor, which he did when he found out they were planning to print an article exposing his involvement in polygamy," then providing nothing more than a link to MormonThink, isn't a great response.

WW

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I understand what you're saying. The site isn't that far removed from being a site that could be useful. If the glib acceptance of oddball points of 19th-Century doctrine were removed, and some more real information provided about the realities of going on a mission, then I can see the usefulness of such a site. If someone actually explained where some of the oddball stuff originated, then it would prepare missionaries for encountering some of those concepts out in the field.

I'm all for educating missionaries on the types of things that they might run into, but to simply say something like "Why was Joseph Smith imprisoned at Carthage? He was imprisoned for ordering the destruction of the printing press of the Nauvoo Expositor, which he did when he found out they were planning to print an article exposing his involvement in polygamy," then providing nothing more than a link to MormonThink, isn't a great response.

WW

First Paragraph - I agree.

Second Paragraph - Same time it isn't a poor response, at least shows what is arguably the factual reality of the situation.

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