[Ldsoss] Re: Ldsoss Digest, Vol 39, Issue 5

[Jesse Stay]

On 4/5/07, Sean M. Cox <ldsoss at smcox.com> wrote:
> It looks to me like the comparison between the teachings of our church
> and the teachings of Arius is rather easy to make and they rather
> explicitly made it. We differ in some rather significant respects, but
> that doesn't negate the reality that there are similarities.
> Nevertheless it didn't seem to matter whether or not there was a
> tangible connection. The point of the listing was that people perceived
> a connection and they used the term "Arian" derisively to describe us. I
> think it's a shame that we should launch a jihad on a non-issue such as
> this. It just makes us look paranoid, simple, and/or desperate for
> attention. There is so much of real anti-mormon activity.
> --

Anti-mormon or not, it was disinformation about us and very POV
(point-of-view).  Regardless, the poster of that section has removed
the list of religions and just left that "some religions are still
considered by others to be Arianistic".  I think that is much more
NPOV and leaves it up to the reader to decide who that is.

Jesse


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