1970s Church Pamphlet on Homosexuality
http://connellodonovan.com/transgressors.html
A couple of high points from this pamphlet authored by SWK and Mark E. Peterson: 1. It refers to homosexuals as perverts, deviants, etc. 2. The 1970s church believed scripture study, prayer, and increasing interaction with the opposite sex could cure homosexuality; 3. Homosexuality was simply a problem in the person's mind; 4. A person seeking a bishop's help would be guaranteed confidentiality unless the person failed to make progress; 5. Homosexuality threatens the existence of the human race. This quote sums up the Church's 1970 position on homosexuality quite well: "Reason might also be employed to convince the individual that there is no future for a homosexual. He may appear to 'get by' while young and attractive but the day will come in his life when there is nothing left but chaff and dust and barrenness and desolation." |
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When I read stuff like this, it doesn't really make me feel upset or embarassed at all. It actually makes me feel good to see the progress the church has made in 40 years, and i look forward to the next 40 years of progress. |
When I read these things the first thing I usually think of is why are we and the southern evangelicals at such odds. Our belief systems are so close. I guess it boils down to a battle of who is right when it comes to being closest to God. That battle transcends all the things we are alike in. The belief in who is right is a religious thing and the common things we have are cultural that spring forth from being very conservative when it comes to religious interpretations.
I do think we are more tolerant when it comes to religion than they are. I hear a lot more pleas for lets get along and inclusiveness of non-believers than I used to. |
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It's obvious the church often got/gets the details wrong, but it doesn't change the fact that homosexuality is not a path that leads to exaltation. |
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Jeez Indy, get some counseling, will you? This board isn't the place for you to share your smut. |
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Dude, seriously, go talk to someone. |
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How many teenage Mormon boys with SSA are praying to God to remove this from them. Yet God will fail them and not remove it. |
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Thanks in advance. |
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Many Mormon gay young men are tormented this very moment, and God will not answer their prayers to remove (what you call an impediment to exaltation) this SSA/homosexuality. Don't you feel bad for them? |
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