Anonymous wrote:Mormon caste system? Please explain

They publish how much people donate and the more you donate the higher your social rank. Very money driven culture.

Mormon caste system? Please explain

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Anonymous wrote:They realky cant drink coffee?
That alone would make me not so nice.

This made me laugh.

No coffee, but those Mormon mommy bloggers drink Diet Coke. I don't get it.

The Mormons I work with don't drink coffee but LOVE soda (esp. Coke).

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Anonymous wrote:Life is a lot easier if you get married before having children, dont drink or do drigs, dont get divorced and men are expected to support their families. It seems outdated and it's not a lifestyle I'd want, but I can see how it leads to greater happiness in life.

I have never done drigs. Are they worse than drugs?

Also antidepressant use is extremely high among Mormon women.

Yes...Utah has the highest rate of antidepressant sage in the country. There is a reason for this.

Correlation =\= causation. There evidence that Utahns, in general, are more likely than others to seek treatment for many other medical problems. They also aren't self medicating with alcohol, coffee, and tobacco like many depressed/anxious people do.

What far more interesting to me is that Utah has the highest porn consumption.

Disagree. The pressure to be the perfect Mormon is real. Antidepressants help.

Anonymous wrote:I've never met a Mormon I didn't like. Kind, hardworking, easy to be around.

I never would realize that they were Mormon until a coworker would say "Ugh, can you believe they're Mormon?" and expect me to be appalled or something.

Part of that is real, part of it is a facade. They aren't so kind to one another and the caste system they practice within their own religion is very real.

Also, they aren't as money driven as Scientology but they ARE MONEY DRIVEN!

I've never met a Mormon I didn't like. Kind, hardworking, easy to be around.

I never would realize that they were Mormon until a coworker would say "Ugh, can you believe they're Mormon?" and expect me to be appalled or something.

Anonymous wrote:I was adopted. DNA indicates one half of my family is Mormon from many areas. There were, apparently some affairs, so...
No one expected DNA. Nothing appears as it is. Secondly, there has to be gay LDSers...so what happens to them?

Usually it's not pretty. At the minimum, there's an excellent chance it will cause a rift between the gay person and their friends and family. Depending on the location, the members of their local ward (similar to a diocese but for Mormons) will either be reasonably accepting but still expect the gay person to be celibate for life, or they'll try to pray away the gay and ostracize the gay person and possibly their family. If we're talking Utah/ Idaho/ parts of Arizona and Nevada, it's usually the latter. In the DC Metro area, people are a lot more relaxed and while it's not viewed as really "acceptable", your family probably won't be shunned as long as everyone is coughing up their tithing. The number of gay, actively practicing LDS people is probably quite low, although some will stay in the closet until their elderly parents or grandparents are dead to avoid confrontation.

There's a serious problem with teen and young adult suicides in the Morridor and a lot of these are gay youth who can't deal with the pressure of either coming out to their family or being treated like a leper by most people they know once they do. I don't want to link to their main site on here because I'm not sure what the rules on that are, but there's a great resource group called "Mama Dragons" for mothers of GLBTQ LDS children and young adults and they are an excellent resource for parents.

Anonymous wrote:I am jewish, and have lived all over the country. I have found, for what ever reason, mormon neighbors are the most accepting of my religion.

Why do you suppose that is?

I was adopted. DNA indicates one half of my family is Mormon from many areas. There were, apparently some affairs, so...
No one expected DNA. Nothing appears as it is. Secondly, there has to be gay LDSers...so what happens to them?

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Anonymous wrote:They realky cant drink coffee?
That alone would make me not so nice.

This made me laugh.

No coffee, but those Mormon mommy bloggers drink Diet Coke. I don't get it.

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Anonymous wrote:Life is a lot easier if you get married before having children, dont drink or do drigs, dont get divorced and men are expected to support their families. It seems outdated and it's not a lifestyle I'd want, but I can see how it leads to greater happiness in life.

I have never done drigs. Are they worse than drugs?

Also antidepressant use is extremely high among Mormon women.

Yes...Utah has the highest rate of antidepressant sage in the country. There is a reason for this.

Correlation =\= causation. There evidence that Utahns, in general, are more likely than others to seek treatment for many other medical problems. They also aren't self medicating with alcohol, coffee, and tobacco like many depressed/anxious people do.

What far more interesting to me is that Utah has the highest porn consumption.

I know many, many mormons in Utah that drink. They refer to themselves as "jack mormons" but I forget why.

Yep. There are a lot of jack Mormons in Utah (and elsewhere in the US). They won't take themselves off the official church roster because it would cause too much family upset. They're usually pretty interesting people with good stories. It's a really old term, I believe coined after a guy with the first name Jack who was friends with a lot of Mormons but never joined the church. After awhile, it evolved to mean a lapsed Mormon.

Utah also has a serious problem with suicide, especially amongst GLBTQ teens. And a lot of people who abuse opioids.

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Anonymous wrote:Life is a lot easier if you get married before having children, dont drink or do drigs, dont get divorced and men are expected to support their families. It seems outdated and it's not a lifestyle I'd want, but I can see how it leads to greater happiness in life.

That's hard to do when they have multiple wives and dozens of kids. In that situation, the wives work to support themselves.

Nah. None of them work. They all scam welfare instead of working.

I wasn't talking about polygamists.

The religion is based on proven falsehoods and sham principles. When confronted with the facts, that are in their own recorded history, they can't provide answers. Polygamy was central and God commanded yet they defied God and changed in order to gain statehood.

As to the Book of Mormon it plagiarizes and is a literary nightmare. It also has been proven that many of the claims are patently false.

https://valerietarico.com/2012/10/05/the-same-god-twelve-beliefs-mormons-might-not-want-you-to-know-about/

Don't get your 'tithe' in and they have 'bill collectors' that will push to get the money.

They are a cult in so many ways.

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Anonymous wrote:Life is a lot easier if you get married before having children, dont drink or do drigs, dont get divorced and men are expected to support their families. It seems outdated and it's not a lifestyle I'd want, but I can see how it leads to greater happiness in life.

That's hard to do when they have multiple wives and dozens of kids. In that situation, the wives work to support themselves.

Nah. None of them work. They all scam welfare instead of working.

Anonymous wrote:They realky cant drink coffee?
That alone would make me not so nice.

This made me laugh.