Response to Thomas S. Monson's "Come Back" Speech

Original Author: Demon of Kolob
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Response to Thomas S. Monson's "Come Back" Speech

"LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson invited 'the less-active, the offended, the critical, the transgressor' Sunday to come back and 'feast at the table of the Lord and taste again the sweet and satisfying fruits of fellowship with the Saints.'"

Tommy Boy Talk is cheap. You do not really mean what you said. If you did, you would extend an olive branch with those words; you would do something to back them up.

For example: Be honest about the church's history. Stop excommunicating and disfellowshipping scholars who present you with mountains of scientific and historical evidence that Joseph Smith was an imaginative fraud and the BoM is a hoax. Repeal the 132nd section of the D&C and admit polygamy was a mistake. Apologize for the slander and mistreatment of blacks, gays and women by the church. Welcome back into full fellowship excommunicated members whose only sin was to criticize the church or write about the history of the church. Allow criticism of church leaders, be human. If you are unwilling to do anything to show that the church has changed, then your words ring hollow and their is no reason for us to believe them.

You weren't really speaking to those of us who left anyway were you?, just saying words to the flock to calm them down about all the members who have left the church.

Comment from the SLC Tribune Article
Elder George Carlin: said on 4/7/2008 8:51:00 AM

Article sates: "President Thomas S. Monson invited 'the less-active, the offended, the critical, the transgressor' Sunday to come back and 'feast at the table of the Lord and taste again the sweet and satisfying fruits of fellowship with the Saints.'"

Wow, instead of using negative terms like "the offended, the critical, the transgressor", how about using more accurate terms to describe people who left like "intellectual, vocal, critical thinker, and spiritually progressive"? Oh yeah I forgot, many of these people didn't leave...they were kicked out for simply voicing their views and/or questioning historical issues within the church. Instead of having a "feast at the table of the Lord and taste again the sweet and satisfying fruits of fellowship with the Saints", I feel it would have been much more of an accurate description to state "stay away from the table of the Mormon Church and it's judgmental members. Don't keep eating the B***S*** they try to jam down your throat at every turn."

Monson's speech is just further evidence, the Mormon hierarchy and many devout members "just don't get it." As much as I love my friends and family who are LDS, I feel every wardhouse is simply a "non-thinking ghetto".

Note: The church absolutely can't have it's faithful members knowing the real reasons why people leave. Therefore, they make up the traditional excuses, offended, sinned, etc. Notice how the church turns all of the blame onto the apostate. I allowed myself to be offended. I allowed myself to fall into sin. Once again, the church comes out shining and squeaky clean while the "angry, bitter apostate" is just brewing in his hate and intellictualness. Then Monson takes the "high road" by humbly offering sweet salvation to the bitter and angry. Then he turns around and directly lies to millions of people who are counting on him to lead them to spiritual safety. He comes out looking like the hero, and the apostate is labeled and judged. Since we don't come back and take advantage of his humble offer, it is obviously us that has the problem. Although Monson has millions of members greedily eating out of his hand, we apostates know the real truth. We see the lies and and the brainwashing. We got out because it is a damn cult. Words like "sweet fellowship with the saints" is proof enough. Monson may have them fooled, but we know the real truth and even though we are currently the minority, we are growing. We are showing the world the cult and the fraud that is Mormonism.