"[Alfred the Great's] unique importance in the history of English letters comes from his conviction that a life without knowledge or reflection was unworthy of respect..."
Sir Frank Stenton
Thanks Robin, very useful background info on Mormonism. I will show this to my brother Richard since he has a friend who converted from Christianity to LDS.
Robin, Lots of historical background detail here, more then I've read in most other articles.
The last point you made about the close knit communal/familial aspect to Mormonism made me think of an interesting irony.
The protestant reformers relinquished their participation in a universal family by opting for an autonomous self-reliance. Perhaps Mormonism, offering this very communal aspect to religion, filled the void missing from the early American Protestant settlers. In a strange twist of irony, the very thing Protestantism relinquished became the most attractive aspect of Mormonism.
Thanks Robin,
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please watch and read this! http://sethadamsmith.blogspot.com/2011/03/did-joseph-smith-write-book-of-mormon.html
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have you read Joseph Smith: rough stone rolling? Maybe you should. It's historical for the believer and non- believer alike.
Robin,
ReplyDeleteLots of historical background detail here, more then I've read in most other articles.
The last point you made about the close knit communal/familial aspect to Mormonism made me think of an interesting irony.
The protestant reformers relinquished their participation in a universal family by opting for an autonomous self-reliance. Perhaps Mormonism, offering this very communal aspect to religion, filled the void missing from the early American Protestant settlers. In a strange twist of irony, the very thing Protestantism relinquished became the most attractive aspect of Mormonism.
Mormonism is such a crock pot full of baloney that it strains my credulity to believe that anyone could believe in such utter nonsense, but they do.
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