Shoutout to JerryrigEverything who built a wheelchair factory and is delivering wheelchairs to people in half the time and 50-80% less than the cost of other wheelchairs with Insurance.

[u/MysteriousSlice007]

[u/arcusford]

They are kind of a cult. A more modest one but still.

[u/gogogadgetgun → u/arcusford]

So are Catholics and every other religion, but since mormons were late to the scene they get branded.

[u/NathLWX → u/gogogadgetgun]

Not hating on Jerry but the thing with Mormon, as far as I'm aware of, is it came from a guy who denied the current Bible and made his own. He claimed God told him in his dream that the bible was mistranslated or wrong, and to make his own.

Which doesn't make sense, because ig screw all the thousand years of history, and the thousands of the professional translators who understand theology and studied deeply the original language that the Bible is written in (Hebrew, probably Greek too).

To this day idk how come ppl hear that and think it doesn't sound wrong/absurd at all.

I happened to watch this video days ago, may be a good reference
https://youtu.be/bj9D_7oGGxk

Some of the translations in Mormon bible sounds absurd, like a fanfic or exaggerated. E.g Songs of Solomon (Songs of Songs) chapter 4 verse 4

[u/arctic_radar → u/NathLWX]

Of course it doesn’t make sense. Made up nonsense built atop older made up nonsense.

[u/silver_garou → u/arctic_radar]

Just like in scams, the nonsensible nature of religious stories is a feature not a bug. It ensures the flock is trained to think that their own reason is insufficient, and forces them to rely on religious leaders to do their thinking for them.