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>>Me neither but then I didn't
>>listen to it all. Not
>>my style. I just had
>>to laugh at the sermonettes,
>>complete with bible verse and
>>all, about not pushing religion
>>onto others.
>>
>>
>>To paraphrase - "Don't shove your
>>religion down my throat while
>>I'm busy shoving mine down
>>yours".
>
>You hit the nail on the
>head. Some people are just
>a big stinky hypocrites. I'm
>so glad I live in
>a neighborhood full of Mormons.
>I can rest easy about
>my empty house while I'm
>away. And once they all
>hit me up about going
>to church, they've been nothing
>but good to me.
>Even though the MTC isn't my
>thing, I certainly recognize good
>talent when I hear it.
>And it doesn't bother me
>a bit that they don't
>belong to my church.
>Some guys, even though they're big,
>are such big ******.
Nice response Longbow - this is just another one of those "consider the source" threads that if you are LDS you just shake your head at, laugh a little and move on with your day because it is not really worth the time or effort to respond and even if you did it is readily apparent that your words would fall on deaf ears and hardened hearts.
Handel's Messiah is one of the most beautiful tributes to the Savior ever written by human hand. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has been long revered as one of the world's most prestigious, important and influential musical groups. They have been performing "The Messiah" since their inception.
To quote the Choir's website:
"Ronald Reagan dubbed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir "America's Choir" in 1981 when the Choir sang at his inauguration. The name has remained because it truly embodies the purpose of the Choir. The Choir began in the mid-1800s on the American plains as the Mormon Pioneers trekked across the country to reach Salt Lake City and has been part of American tradition ever since. One hundred and fifty years later, the songs and sounds of the Choir continue to delight people in the United States and all over the world. It is interesting to note that this American choir's focus?ever since its early days in the dusty desert of Utah?has been to reach out to the entire world. The music of the Choir is universal to people of every faith and culture. Indeed, the music of "America's Choir" resonates throughout the world."
http://mormontabernaclechoir.org/faq#8
If you truly understand anything about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir you will understand that their message is more about Christ than it is about promoting the LDS Church itself.
I guess the word "Mormon" or anything attached to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is at times too polemical and too hard for some people to handle and becuase of false, incomplete, or misguided understandings of the Church, its doctrines, its origins, and its premises, they feel they have to react passionately to it. Such is the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and that is why in the nineteenth century the LDS people were run out of New York and Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri and Illinois and eventually to the Salt Lake Valley. Some sentiments never die and I guess sometimes it is hard to live in a country in which its Constitution guarantees that its "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" without someone thinking that that statement doesn't apply equally to all citizens.
Oh and BTW, on a side note, we refer to the Choir as "Mo-Tab", The MTC is something totally different. ;-)
UTROY
Proverbs 21:19 (why I hunt!)