Mormonism's founding stories and your faith.
 

Which best describes the relationship between Mormonism's founding stories (as related by Joseph Smith) and your faith in Mormonism? Please vote.

Typical SU. Ask a question, leave no option to answer.

Too binary, not enough grey or room for nuance.

It says best describes. Pick the one that best describes you. If you find that poll too binary you're a wussy without convicitions. There are six options, some hardly differering from another.

Pretty easy to answer

Best describes requires a two-dimensional world. I live in the world four dimensionally.

First, do I believe in the literalness of all events? Do I disbelieve them all? No. Have I taken the time to quantify, more or less? No.

Did I once believe in them literally and do I now take some of them metaphorically, or do I suspend judgment now or then? The aspect of temporality is not adjusted for.

It is a poor poll.

Somebody besides Archea tell him binary means TWO parts (not six).

Each answer is an all or nothing type answer with none making sense unless one is really devoid of nuance.

All computer programming is set up on a binary system despite billions and billions of connected binary code. Your question like computer code.

SU you remind me of someone who has done something they are not sure about and hope others will follow to reaffirm that they did the right thing.

There remains a spark of doubt that he left something good behind.

He knows he left somethign good behind. THat's why he's here. He's trying to figure out why there is somethign good if he thinks it isn't true, and wants others to confimr that pat of his conlusion. THough he will deny it, it remains troubling to him at some level. Besides, what if Mor-mon is the right answer?

I will now leave all future psychoanalysis to MW.

This post is only to register disagreement with creekster and Archea's latest comments.

SU was born in the covenant, he is the blood of Israel. He can no more shake away the gospel than a zebra can lose its stripes.

I told you he'd deny it. See? I must be right.

Disagree.

I support Archea in this argument ... your questions endeavor to disect an answer into prosecutable portions.

That logic has furthered a lot of causes.

I remember watching Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold on Larry King one night (way back when they were an item and before they married that woman) and Roseanne was talking about her recovered memories of sexual abuse by her parents. When asked about confronting her parents, she noted that they vehemently denied the acusation, which Roseanne cited as concrete proof of their guilt.

Roseanne was funniest when she wasn't trying to be.

It reminds me of a torture chamber we visited in Holland which they used to use to determine who was and wasn't a witch. They had this giant frying pan that they would lower the suspect's feet onto with the belief that if they were innocent, God would prevent their feet from burning.

We were told that no one was found innocent.

Every month the torture chamber reported a %100 success rate. It's hard to argue against those numbers.

I hope those guys got bonuses.

They can leave the Church they just can't leave it alone.

This is the same problem I have with McDonald's.

Folks, we have an upset in the making. Those who doubt or disbelieve the founding stories lead 11-9! On a BYU board, and twenty votes cast! Naysayers, VOTE!!!!!!! This would be a shocker.

It is quite unseemly for prophetic leaders, even those of the apostate persuasion, to beg for votes.

You count like Hillary.

It's 10 to 10, as I read it.

Believing metaphorically is counted as a no vote.

You work for Hillary, right?

The electronic version of the dangling chad?

You can disagree all you like -you have stripes and they will never fade.