@pathfinder
@Cassandra At least yours pretended to be unbiased.

Growing up in Utah my parents made me go to seminary (as did most Mormon parents). The Mormons have buildings next to every school in Utah and the schools allow taking "release time" where you can go off school campus for a class not run by the school.

The Mormon seminary is of course the only such class offered. But, they claim anyone can... Except if they try they fail.

@minego @pathfinder @Cassandra

I remember when I was a kid being raised in the Presbyterian church, my parents actually signed me up for a comparative religions class which they also attended. The teacher did a pretty good overview of each religion, followed by a section of, "and this is why they are wrong." Considering half of his reasons would make 80% of the Christian religions wrong, I didn't consider him very unbiased.

@bardmoss
@pathfinder @Cassandra Wow. I mean, I'm not surprised but also, wow.

The Mormons never tried to even appear to be unbiased.

@pathfinder
@bardmoss @Cassandra I always had a very difficult time accepting the logical and rational inconsistencies as well.

I am all for spirituality, and many of the stated goals of religion such as peace and helping others but in my experience the majority of organized religions exist entirely to try to profit off of people who support those goals.

@Cassandra
@farah @ToddPM @pathfinder @bardmoss https://ldsnews.org/lds-leaders-say-tithing-money-well-spent-on-city-creek-shopping-mall/

"LDS leaders reassured members that the $1.5 billion City Creek Shopping Center was, in fact, a spiritual investment all along."

Yeah, $1.5 billion, with a b, paid for with member tithes.