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- Dec 12, 2022
You're autistic. And you bring up the FLDS. They are separate from us. Your ultra orthodox us still considered a jew. A FLDS isn't Mormon.Dude, don't high-road me. I'm glad that you are serious about your faith, but there's no way you can vouch for every other Mormon that they don't drink coffee behind your back or whatever. I can't vouch for my co-religionists like that either, and I wouldn't even try. People worship not because they're perfect, but because they are not. (Why would I go to confession if I think I've done nothing wrong?) So what you're saying comes off a bit arrogant to me.
Anyway, I can point to plenty of Mormons acting badly. Chad and Lori Daybell, there's two. Warren Jeffs, there's another! I'm not going to textwall you with examples of Mormons being sinful, but suffice to say that you're only human like the rest of us.
I only bring up ultra-orthodox Mormons (e.g. FLDS) because I think they mirror Orthodox Jewish sects in some key ways: they are both super conforminst, isolate the flock (Mormons do it geographically, Jews do it both geographically and culturally), have extremely granular rules for everything, the rebbe/bishop is always right, look the other way when CSA happens, you get the idea.) Basically I'm trying to say that some of the penguins' behavior is not unique or inherent to Jews, but to super-fundamentalist religions. The "loss prevention" strategy of making your next generation of faithful unable to live outside the ghetto because the people in charge systematically denied teaching them how to read English or set up a checking account etc. is a common feature of fundamentalist religions everywhere.
As for the average Mormon- yes they follow the rules. Flaunting them like a Jew does is how you get excommunicated.