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Reasons to agree: If it is a woman telling another woman that being a stay at home mom was better than they expected, from her personal experience, it could be OK. But trying to make a blanket statement that you try applying to all women, devalues them as individuals (at least the ones that don't want to fit that mold). LDS teaching and doctrine are sexist and chauvinistic

Reasons to agree : +0 Reasons to disagree : 1 The New Testament will get you closer to God than the Book of Mormon. Score : # of reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to disagree: -1 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to disagree with reasons to agree: 0 Total Idea Score: - 1 Don't like the score? It is easy to change the score. Just post a reason to agree or disagree with the overall idea, or any of the reasons and the score will change

D&C 132  is the section of D&C (Mormon Scripture) that Joseph Smith explains the doctrine of Poligamy. Here is the whole thing, but it gets bad here: 50 Behold, I have seen your  a sacrifices , and will forgive all your sins; I have seen your  b sacrifices  in obedience to that which I have told you. Go, therefore, and I make a way for your escape, as I c accepted  the offering of Abraham of his son Isaac. Commentary: When he says "sins" remember that this revelation was given in 1843. In 1838  Oliver Cowdery wrote a letter  claiming  that Smith had an Affair with Fanny Alger. At least this seems to indicate that Oliver was still a descent guy, which seems weird. Some people claim that he was collaborating with Joseph Smith, and that the two of them made the whole thing up...    51 Verily, I say unto you: A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself a...

Reasons to agree Spiritual feelings, if no stronger than feelings you get when watching Pixar movies, should not over-rule logic.  Real spiritual guidance should not be ignored, but most  Mormons  report no more than mild warm and  fuzzies  when reading the book of Mormon, but often squirm when reading some of the  embarrassing  parts of the book. Those feelings of  embarrassment  are just as valid as feelings of enlightenment.  Of course, you should not disregard real spiritual answers, but you should be aware of confirmation bias, and ensure that spiritual guidance you receive is of a different nature than spiritual confirmation others receive to stay in their religions.  Reasons to disagree The Book of Mormon has many inspiring quotes.   The Book of Mormon has many inspiring stories. Score : # of reasons to agree: 3 # of reasons to disagree: -2 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to disagree with ...