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By: Bruce Nielson

Bruce Nielson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:03:13 +0000

“Who was the professor, btw?”

I can’t remember her name. And I wouldn’t give it out even if I remembered.

By: Bruce Nielson

Bruce Nielson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:58:49 +0000

“I guess I was basing it off of our own church’s remonstrations over the media calling the FLDS Mormon.”

If the FLDS wants to be called “Mormon Fundamentalists” then I agree with your statement. If they do not, then the Church is 100% correct in their statement.

The issue here, at it’s heart, is that traditionally the FLDS did not like to be called Mormon Fundamentalists — or at least that belief was so widely accepted as true (even if it wasn’t) that to this day even really careful scholars like Kathleen Flake still make the mistake.

So we need to cut the Church some slack, even if they are wrong, over that statement that “there is no such thing as a Mormon Fundamentalist” as the Church leaders undoubtedly believed it to be an accurate and factually true statement. Furthermore, it might be a factually true statement. The FLDS may indeed avoid calling themselves “Mormon” because that term implies LDS to them.

(How’s that for carefully couching my words. )

By: AdamF

AdamF — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:28:30 +0000

I wasn’t sure… I guess I was basing it off of our own church’s remonstrations over the media calling the FLDS Mormon.

By: Bruce Nielson

Bruce Nielson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:53:46 +0000

“Taking this further, that is why I also don’t have a problem with FLDS calling themselves Mormon.”

I don’t either. But do they call themselves Mormon? They didn’t use to. I was just reading Kathleen Flake and her book mentioned that they didn’t like the term. But that may be out of date information. Perhaps nowadays they do prefer to be called “Mormon Fundamentalists.”

By: AdamF

AdamF — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:45:37 +0000

A friend of mine once said that he calls “P.C.” polite conversation rather than political correctness. Just being aware of who you are around can go a long way towards positive interactions. I think that is a gospel principle, i.e. being socially deft and sensitive to those around you… This issue is one reason why I LOVE Japanese. For example, “Adam fell that men might be” in Japanese is “Adam fell that people might be” and it just fits that way without sounding strange.

As for the “non-Christian” issue, the only thing that really bothers me is protestants (and Catholics, in some cases) thinking they have they’re the only people who are allowed to use the term. Can you imagine two Buddhist sects in Japan arguing over who is Buddhist (or non-Buddhist), and how that looks to us? I don’t know why but I break out in hives when certain groups think they’re the only people who can use a certain label. Taking this further, that is why I also don’t have a problem with FLDS calling themselves Mormon. Let them call themselves whatever they want.

By: Stephen M (Ethesis)

Stephen M (Ethesis) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:29:24 +0000

“Words that don’t communicate are not good words” — well said.

Who was the professor, btw? My brother used to do hiring, I can tell you a lot about what he said about which resumes got tossed in the trash. I’m certain that a resume with highlighter splashed on it would have gone straight there without being read.