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Re: polygamy
most Protestants are completely unable to understand the concept of a centralized church. That's a big part of the reason they can't separate what we would consider a tiny polygamous offshoot of our church from the real thing. It's all the same to them just like the Baptist church in the next neighborhood essentially has no real organizational connection to the one they attend other than the name. But they're both "Baptist" to them which implies more or less the same beliefs.BroncoBot wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 12:41 amYup. Got this all the time when someone found out I was a "Mormon" when living in Houston as well as Philadelphia. They lump us with the good and the bad.snoscythe wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:44 pm It's more widespread in Utah than most are willing to admit. There are good numbers of them in west Salt Lake valley, south Utah County/ north Juab County, and elsewhere. Still not active LDS (polygamy is a fast track to excommunication), but to your average American the term "Mormon" applies to anyone who follows Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon, which would include the polygamous offshoots.
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Re: polygamy
Completely agree.snoscythe wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:59 amTo be honest, most LDS tacitly refer to the polygamists as Mormons as well. They call them 'radical', 'fundamentalist' etc.BroncoBot wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 12:41 amYup. Got this all the time when someone found out I was a "Mormon" when living in Houston as well as Philadelphia. They lump us with the good and the bad.snoscythe wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:44 pm It's more widespread in Utah than most are willing to admit. There are good numbers of them in west Salt Lake valley, south Utah County/ north Juab County, and elsewhere. Still not active LDS (polygamy is a fast track to excommunication), but to your average American the term "Mormon" applies to anyone who follows Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon, which would include the polygamous offshoots.
But a radical what? A fundamentalist what? Both are just shorthand for radical Mormon or fundamentalist Mormon, the same as radical Muslim and fundamentalist Baptist.
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Re: polygamy
interesting point.BlueK wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:45 ammost Protestants are completely unable to understand the concept of a centralized church. That's a big part of the reason they can't separate what we would consider a tiny polygamous offshoot of our church from the real thing. It's all the same to them just like the Baptist church in the next neighborhood essentially has no real organizational connection to the one they attend other than the name. But they're both "Baptist" to them which implies more or less the same beliefs.BroncoBot wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 12:41 amYup. Got this all the time when someone found out I was a "Mormon" when living in Houston as well as Philadelphia. They lump us with the good and the bad.snoscythe wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:44 pm It's more widespread in Utah than most are willing to admit. There are good numbers of them in west Salt Lake valley, south Utah County/ north Juab County, and elsewhere. Still not active LDS (polygamy is a fast track to excommunication), but to your average American the term "Mormon" applies to anyone who follows Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon, which would include the polygamous offshoots.