Since TWeb went down, I've been lurking some at mormondialog.org and have been surprised at the amount of theological liberalism I've seen there. By "liberalism" I mean taking the BoM and Bible as figurative texts that aren't wholly true and relaxing what seems to be the official LDS stance on things. There are some people there who openly doubt the LDS church, but there are others who seem to have an attitude of "all religions are valid ways to God, I just picked LDS because the people are nice and I like the BoM" and/or "no religion is really 100% true, so I just pick the things from Mormonism that work for me."
ETA: as another example, on one thread a poster recommended this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Future-Rel.../dp/0231134959
I was just wondering what the LDS members here think about their ward/temple and the LDS church in general. How common are the views above? Does mormondialog.org just have more liberals than other LDS forums? Do you see the LDS church going the same way as mainstream Christianity in America, where there are seemingly more and more people who see the Bible as myth, etc.?
ETA: as another example, on one thread a poster recommended this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Future-Rel.../dp/0231134959
I was just wondering what the LDS members here think about their ward/temple and the LDS church in general. How common are the views above? Does mormondialog.org just have more liberals than other LDS forums? Do you see the LDS church going the same way as mainstream Christianity in America, where there are seemingly more and more people who see the Bible as myth, etc.?
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