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Originally Posted by ceeboo
This must be an example of a very polite and " on topic " post that you speak of.
You know, you forgot to link the " wikipedia " info on LDS history. Maybe you can share some of those " not so pleasant " events in the LDS past as well.
Peace,
Ceeboo
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As to the idea of all Popes being despicable people, I hope nobody got that impression. The significant majority were good men who stood for good things. Alexander VI was Pope in the era of -- surprise, surprise -- The Protestant Reformation!!
I think one of the matters that was mentioned was that if a Pope were a sinful man, he would not be removed. Pope Alexander VI the best example of this in the entire history of the Catholic Church and it provides a useful example of the differences between how Catholics view their Pope and how Latter Day Saints view their prophet. There is level of tolerance for a Pope that was a very very bad person. A few bad apples in the list compared to a large majority of Popes that were good men is something Catholics have deemed acceptable. The LDS Church would not be so forgiving.
There is are all sorts of implications hanging over virtually every single LDS prophet, but nothing completely outrageous has ever been proven. The fact that those implications continue to hang over us is understandable -- turns out that a lot of people out there hate Mormons. The worst thing that can easily be proven was Polygamy because there wasn't any real effort to hide it for the majority of the time it was practiced. The Bible does not support the contention that Polygamy is immoral, so that becomes a dead end as far as I'm concerned.
FYI -- taking a break and may not be able to reply.