Women in the LDS Church

Professor Andrea Radke discusses Women and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in her 2004 FAIR Conference address titled "The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace".

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[DefendingMormonism]

Mormon women are some of the strongest, independent and confident in the world.

[TrueSaintsLDS]

29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

[Ipostle]

It really doesn't matter how respectable Mormons are ,they are misled. There may be really nice Moslems but they are misled. Polygamy was started in Mormonism due to their ignorance of the Bible. A belief system not depending on Inspired Texts is corrupt.Joseph Smith failed to rightly divide the word of truth & went about establishing his own sect.These may be very good people but they are misled. They need someone to tell them that.

[7wiiskate]

@DefendingMormonism i think women overall are strong all over the world regardless of religion beliefs and culture and this my humble opinion :)

[joesphx19]

@rebelnomo

Thanks for sharing your experience. It does seem to me that most religions hold women in limited roles and some, Islam, threaten their very existence. Most mainstream Christians have evolved to include women in the more arcane aspects of rituals but have stopped at a point where they believe divine direction through the bible presents men only as "priests". Beyond that, I see women always in dynamic roles in my church.

[rebelnomo]

@joesphx19 I grew up mormon and I have to agree with you on this. Mormons are in the most part very good people, but like this woman's talk reflects, they are deeply misinformed. It's always milk before meat when teaching the younger members. The bad thing about that is that the "meat" is often never taught at all or at least not until the member is already deeply indoctrinated. I didn't learn the "meat" until after leaving in my twenties, and then I knew I was right. Men do rule the LDS church.

[MrDuggem]

My name is Luca

[cosg9531]

May God forgive you for being so utterly dull.

[joesphx19]

@azhunter89

I am not a Mormon but have grown to deeply respect those that are. Mormons serve in the nation's military services far out of porportion to their population. Mormons are almost always seen first helping those that have experienced natural disasters and go on extended missions to some very rough countries. I have also observed the LDS extending an extended hand to anyone who wants to be self-sufficient. Actually, Mormons remind me very much of how people used to be in this country.

[MisioneriesinChile]

@azhunter89 According to you the mormons are brain washed. I've also heard that catholics were brain washed, pentecostals were brain washed, Baptists were brain washed, Jehovah's witnesses were brain washed, atheist were brain washed by Dawkins, Creationist were brain washed, I mean who to believe???? I think you are brain washed.

[0WarXHawk0]

@azhunter89 Hell does not exist, and telling someone to burn in a non-existent environment does absolutely nothing to solidify your argument.

[0WarXHawk0]

@majinish

By your own logic, you cannot be Christian either as Christians are COMMANDED to love those who persecute them.

"How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye"

Maybe you should re-evaluate your statement if you expect anyone to contemplate it's meaning.