{"id":1689,"date":"2004-12-03T14:34:57","date_gmt":"2004-12-03T19:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2004-12-03T14:34:57","modified_gmt":"2004-12-03T19:34:57","slug":"one-of-the-dumber-theories-of-mormon-temple-building-and-silly-mormon-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2004\/12\/one-of-the-dumber-theories-of-mormon-temple-building-and-silly-mormon-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the Dumber Theories of Mormon Temple Building (and Silly Mormon Movies)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The not-surprising Evangelical backlash<\/a> against Rev. Muow’s we-have-sinned-against-the-Mormons comments in the tabranacle has produced one of the least plausible interpretations of Mormon action that I have read in some time. Tim Clarke, who is executive secretary of the Utah-Idaho Baptist convention insists, among other things, that Mormons have been targetting Evangelicals for conversion. This, I am hoping, is true. (If we don’t save them, who will?) At this point, however, Mr. Clarke spins off into la-la land, saying:<\/p>\n

The evidence is tangible. Why are the Mormons building temples in New York City, Dallas and Atlanta? It’s because they’re targeting Baptists who don’t know what they believe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s it! That is why Mormons build temples! To fool Baptists into thinking that we are Christians! I knew that all of the talk of eternal families, redeeming the dead, and careful analysis of whether there were sufficient active members in an area to support a temple was a front for something! <\/p>\n

The evidence of a Mormon effort to convert Baptists, however, is even more damning that this. Mr. Clark, along with Mike Gray, a pastor in Salt Lake, both point toward . . . Baptists at Our Barbecue<\/a>, one the latest romantic comedies from the newly minted LDS film industry. You may have thought that this was simply an attempt to make a bit of money by marketing a silly movie to Mormon audiences, but if you did you are wrong. This is simply another part of the Mormon master plan to convert Baptists!<\/p>\n

Strangly, niether Gray nor Clarke mention what I would have thought was the best evidence of Mormon intentions toward Baptists: The benametagged 19-year-olds in white shirts and dark suits who knock on Baptist doors every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The not-surprising Evangelical backlash against Rev. Muow’s we-have-sinned-against-the-Mormons comments in the tabranacle has produced one of the least plausible interpretations of Mormon action that I have read in some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}