blueadept Posted May 12, 2013 Posted May 12, 2013 The statistic that I would be interested in, and I am not exactly sure how to state it, is how the percentage of Mormons who have been married more than twice stacks up with the national average. In other words, how many Mormons are serial monogamists.I realized a long time ago that my family's older LDS generation does NOT represent the viewpoint of most LDS IMHO. My grandfather had 7 brothers. One died young and never married and another had polio, lived to a ripe old age but never married. The rest married at least 3 times with one great uncle marrying 18 times...a definite serial monogamist...lol. My father's generation did better. One uncle married 3 times and the other one married only twice. My dad (non-LDS) only re-married after my mom passed away. In my own generation, they best represent the LDS faith since all my cousins are in temple-worthy first marriages. While I'm a non-LDS, I wish I could say the same thing...but I can't.
blueadept Posted May 12, 2013 Posted May 12, 2013 My theory is that any faith that requires the amount of sacrifice and involvement as Mormonism would lead to a higher convertion rate among spouses. Yes this would be interesting to measure! I definitely agree with this in my personal experience regardless of the person's faith. I know many extremely faithful LDS or Catholics who through perseverance and prayer where their spouses eventually converted. The problem my faithful LDS wife encountered was that I went from a clueless Catholic to an on-fire one. Our marriage couldn't survive that one unfortunately.
thesometimesaint Posted May 12, 2013 Posted May 12, 2013 I don't know if I can say this here, but I think this irrational dislike for Mormons in general, cost Romney the election. They say it was because of the Latino vote, but the numbers say that if he got the same number of white votes that Bush did, he would have won. I think a lot of conservative Evangelicals stayed home on election day because they couldn't bring themselves to vote for a Mormon. It really frustrates me because I, a Mormon, have happily voted for non-LDS Christians MANY times. During the campaign I wished that Romney wasn't LDS because I knew it would cost him votes.There are many LDS in every branch and level of government. Harry Reid is the most powerful Senator in Congress. What doomed Mr. Romney wasn't his religion, but his 47% comments(you can't write off 47% of the electorate and expect to win), elitist views, and lack of ground organization. He was simply out campaigned.I don't base my vote on someones religion.Sure it cost him some votes. Being Catholic cost JFK some votes. Heck being of any religion, or none at all, costs some votes. Mr. Romney didn't base his campaign on his religion. Nor should he have.
Bikeemikey Posted May 12, 2013 Posted May 12, 2013 CFR please. If so, this is recent change as to prior to this, LDS were rated the lowest alongside Muslims, I believe. It would be very nice if our 'approval rating had gone up.The study regarding Mormons was the one also related to Muslims... The pew study that relates the two (muslims and Mormons) is about people's awareness more than "like".In fact Mormons in the same study scores very highly as both respected and trusted by nonmormons who knew Mormons.
blueadept Posted May 12, 2013 Posted May 12, 2013 When you add his comment that illegals should self-deport along with the 47% comment, Romney blew himself up in regards to reaching out to minorities as well as women. Romney didn't lose the election based on religion. The timing of hurricane Sandy didn't help as well.
Calm Posted May 12, 2013 Posted May 12, 2013 The study regarding Mormons was the one also related to Muslims... The pew study that relates the two (muslims and Mormons) is about people's awareness more than "like".In fact Mormons in the same study scores very highly as both respected and trusted by nonmormons who knew Mormons.Link please.
Mola Ram Suda Ram Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 After my mission I met a girl at university who wanted to have a Mormon husband. She knew a lovely Mormon couple and from what she saw she had decided that she wanted a Mormon man. Never seemed to occur to her that a Mormon man might want a Mormon woman.Having grown up in a part member family, dating someone that was not a member was not even an option in my mind.I dated lots of non members. Funny thing was, they ended up rejecting me because I was mormon. And here I thought it was because Mormons reject non members. What a load of crap.I will say that I ended up marring a return missionary. Funny how things work out.
Scott Lloyd Posted May 14, 2013 Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) I dated lots of non members. Funny thing was, they ended up rejecting me because I was mormon. And here I thought it was because Mormons reject non members. What a load of crap.I will say that I ended up marring a return missionary. Funny how things work out.I can think of occasions in my life when temptation to make improper choices was inaccessible to me because of the reputation I had of one who upheld certain standards. I don't doubt that sometimes the devil works overtime on the most upright of God's chidlren. But on the other hand, I think there are also instances when their disposition towards righteousness insulates people from the darts of the adversary. Edited May 14, 2013 by Scott Lloyd 1
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