The DNA of the Teotihuacan People

In the Mormon church, the Book of Mormon claims the people of ancient America, the Indian and indigenous people, are the descendants of Jews that crossed the Atlantic ocean in ancient history. Multiple DNA studies have already shown this not to be true. However, until very recently the DNA of the Teotihuacan people was still a mystery.

This is an interesting little video explaining that we’ve finally been able to identify the DNA of the Teotihuacan people and guess what? They’re not from Israel either.

Agreeing With Everything

One thing about the Mormon church is the church and the leaders expect the members to agree with everything they do and say. Even if a member doesn’t agree with everything, the church expects them to ignore all that and agree anyhow.

The reality is you’re never going to agree with everything an organization has to say, and that’s a good thing. That shows you’re still having some independent thought instead of simply going along with everything you’re told.

As mentioned on the About page, the Mormon leadership and the Mormon church in general is largely about control, and this behavior is often mirrored by some of the members and their endeavors.

For instance, on Reddit there are two groups dedicated specifically to people that are still active in church and they exemplify the Mormon need to control the narrative and the members of the group.

Among the groups based around those that either have questions about the church or have already left, it’s a well-known meme that saying anything in one of the active groups that’s even one slight iota off from the most strict and loyal line will not only get your post removed, it’ll get you banned from the group. What you say doesn’t even have to be offensive or controversial. It can be as simple as posting a question or comment about how the church is going to respond to a particular situation or handle evolving social or scientific issues, and you’re banned.

Your Power is Your Own

In the Mormon church, the bishop is the leader of a congregation, and members tend to revere the bishop just like they revere any other leader. While perhaps not placing them on a pedestal as high as the upper church leaders and church president, they still view the bishop as the representative of God among the ward, or congregation.

They also tend to believe the bishop has supernatural spiritual powers above those of the other ward members. This tends to lead people to be nervous around the bishop, or it leads them to think the bishop has some sort of special insight that he doesn’t actually have.

Temple Grift

The Mormon church has turned one of the elements it preaches is the most sacred, its temples, into a grift and most members don’t even realize it.

It’s quite simple really. The Mormon church teaches the members in order to attain complete salvation and exaltation, they have to go to the temple. However, in order to gain access to the temple, you have to be what the church calls a full tithe payer.