Lance Ferm, posting from a fraudulent Google account based
on a nonexistent yahoo email address (that was yanked when
Lance violated the terms he agreed to), posted:
"LACK OF TOLERANCE BY MORMONS WHEN THEY ARE CONFRONTED WITH FACTS."
But we wonder what this is. There isn't much in the article
he posted (in all likelihood a violation of copyright) that
has any support for his subject line. It just talks about
a guy who runs an antimormon ministry in Nauvoo, Ill. There
really isn't much information about the reactions of the
Latter-day Saints to his ministry.
There is some material about a couple of problems this guy
has had.
1) his office was ransacked. We're not told who dunnit, or
even if anybody dunnit - it isn't clear he isn't just a
messy housekeeper, but there certainly isn't any hint that
the LDS did it as a "lack of tolerance" when "confronted
with facts".
2) someone emailed him with a peculiar thought. The author
of the article seems to be agreeing with the guy, without
thinking it thru, that this was a death threat. They well
establish that the email was traced back to a particular
person, but they deny sending it, and it may have been
forged.
> Bishop David Wright, a Mormon leader in Nauvoo, described Hulse's
> ministry to The Chicago Tribune as "a non-Christian center or anti-
> Mormon center," saying, "I don't see anything Christian about it."
But would you call this a "lack of tolerance" ? It really
doesn't seem like much of a Christian ministry to me,
either, and I'm a thousand miles away from it.
> Hulse said he wasn't surprised at the decision not to prosecute.
As if it was a conspiracy. The author of this article
explained fully why the DA doesn't have anyone to
prosecute - he doesn't know who dunnit. But to Hulse,
it's a conspiracy.
> "In the Mormon world, the absolute worst thing you can be is an
> apostate [someone who left the church]," Hulse said.
But this does not equate to having any solid proof on
who sent him the email. Which means it won't be
prosecuted, for valid reasons, not any conspiracy against
him.
>..."In their
> doctrine, on Judgment Day Hitler will go to a better place than
> someone who leaves the Mormon Church."
Not true. It doesn't make sense. Hitler murdered many
people. Hulse is guilty of treason, but not to any
nation or political entity; just to his Savior. He made
promises to Him, then walked away from them. It doesn't
make sense that this would be worse than killing people,
and the LDS don't see it that way.
You see the problem. You read what Hulse claims is our
doctrine, and start thinking we are some evil cult - but
this is not our doctrine. It's his version of our
doctrine. Since it's inaccurate, it's him that's doing
the falsehood, not us.
> After the death threat, the Hulses increased security around the
> visitors center and were much more careful in their daily routines.
> Faulkner said he believes they have nothing to worry about from the
> locals. Police investigations have not come up with any suspects in
> the ransacking of his office.
Hulse is acting paranoid. It was not a death threat.
He's engaged in the activity of preaching about what
happens when people die - do they go to heaven or hell?
Someone emailed him about it, said they'd like to see
the expression on his face when he dies and learns he
was preaching falsehoods the whole time. I myself
would (sort of) like to see this. It doesn't equate
to killing him, or trying to kill him, or threatening
to kill him, or even wishing he would die. We Latter-
day Saints don't think like that. If the email did
actually come from some Latter-day Saint, they must
have been new to the religion, and don't understand the
doctrine yet. Does that mean the religion is false? No.
Or that we characteristicly show a "lack of tolerance"
when "confronted with facts" ? No.
> "If we are being untruthful, they have every right to expose us. No
> one has come forth because there is nothing to expose."
>
> The Nauvoo Christian Visitors Center may be found on the Internet at
> nauvoochristian.org.
Oh, laddie, that's tempting.
Wood
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