On May 24, 2005, at 10:47 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On May 24, 2005, at 10:07 AM, Dave Land wrote:
I think Mr. Card's main point was that Mormonism (as well as, I
suppose,
Islam, Christianity, et al) was at least intended to be taken
seriously
as a religion by Jos. Smith, while Jedism is just another sci-fi plot
device gone horribly, horribly wrong.
Um, well, how seriously it was meant to be taken is also in doubt, or I
think it is anyway. I half suspect it was meant as seriously as
Scientology, FWIW.
Right after I decided that I wasn't going to choose my relationship with
God based on my feelings for a cute blonde from New Jersey, I went
through
a fairly strong anti-Mormon period. I was kind of an ass, really. I
recall
seeing some suggestions that Joseph Smith's writings were more or less
science fiction, and that some others decided to turn it into a
religion,
but I had largely discounted it as just so much more Mormon-bashing.
Anyway, your pot-kettle comparison is apt. If Mr. Card was the Right
Rev.
Orson Scott Card of the Foursquare Gospel Church of the Five-Syllable
Je-hee-huh-sus-uh or Father Orson at Our Lady of Perpetual Emotion, your
comments would be equally on the mark. It was in that spirit that I
rushed to the defense of Mr. Card's particular shade of Pink Unicorns
-- as a God-guy myself, I'm not in a position to ridicule others'
faiths.
Dave
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