This question was posed, recently, by a Christian on Facebook and frankly, I still don’t quite understand it.
But I thought that I would take a stab at it and provide my perspective on what I think it means and how it applies to me.
First, “anti” can mean at least a couple of things; it can either mean to act in imitation of another person or thing, or, it can mean to counter or be against another person or thing.
In those respects, to be “anti-Mormon” would mean that someone is either mimicking, although most likely quite superficially, what a Mormon is or believes, or, the person is countering what a Mormon is or believes.
By no means am I attempting to mimic, imitate, or trying to be like a Mormon in thought or behavior, given that both Mormon thought and behavior, in my opinion, are quite shallow, ungodly, and superficial, even though many Mormons are just ordinary people attempting to live peaceable lives, when they are away from the demands of the cult.
That leaves me with am I countering or against the Mormon, as a person, in what he or she is, as a Mormon or what he or she believes?
Since this is a two-part question, let me respond by saying, I have worked, played, and officiated with Mormons in the past, and personally, they are no different than any other human being.
So, personally, away from all the religious claptrap that separates us, I have about as much against a Mormon as I would a Muslim, a Jehovah’s Witness, a Scientologist or whatever other temptation that sets human beings at odds with God and creation, which means I have nothing against any of them.
That leaves me with countering or being against what a Mormon believes, to which I respond with a resounding Yes!
There is no need to recreate the wheel, so to speak, over my vehemence over what a Mormon believes; it’s all a part of public record and I make no qualms about it.
That said, some have wondered why it seems that I get personal, ugly, or unloving toward the Mormons when dealing with them on the various subjects of belief.
“Don’t I love and care for them?”
This is a two-part question, too, and deserves a two-part response.
First, if I did not love or care for the Mormon, as I would anyone else trapped in a religious cult, I would do like so many by turning a blind eye and not giving it a second thought.
Live-and-let-live would be my motto and they could go straight to hell without me shedding a tear.
In my opinion, once again, too many have as shallow of an understanding of love as they do about God and the Bible.
Rather than understanding that love is not always this mushy, sentimental, dripping with honey on warm toast expression of affection toward someone or something, expressing love can also take place by getting down to the brass tacks of reality, which may include hurting sensitivities and destroying emotional barriers that some people set up to barricade themselves against the truth.
God uses different people with different personalities for at least two purposes when it comes to heaven and hell; to soften and/or to harden.
My particular personality is not of the mushy, let’s hold hands, while roasting marshmallows by the fireside and singing “Sweeter My God Unto Thee,” as we share equally shallow “testimonies” about how wonderful God is, as we ponder the waves lapping up on the lakeshore.
I am, as a friend once told me, very black and white, with little or no grey area, especially when it comes to telling the truth.
I am not a diplomat by any stretch of the imagination and would make a terrible politician in that respect.
Second, if you want to mess around with me by repeatedly lying to my face, especially when I know that you’re lying, I will press you to the point of breaking and before long, you will think that I am some kind of demon, simply because I will not let you get away with your lie.
Mormons lie all the time, especially when it comes to defending the cult, simply because the whole Mormon foundation is predicated on a lie.
When I present the truth to a Mormon in as straightforward, loving, and caring way, as possible, that conforms to my personality and he/she tries to snooker me, pull a ruse, or just be a smartaleck in response—and he/she does it over and over and over again—you may rest assured that that is like saying “sick’em” to pit-bull.
In fact, I had one Mormon call me a “mad dog” because I was relentless in exposing his lies that he knew he was telling and he thought he could insult his way out of the discussion we were having.
Woof!
That kind of Mormon, by way of his/her behavior—whether through the outrageous lies, intentional ignorance of questions or statements, or mean-spirited personal attacks—has indicated to me that regardless of what is said, he/she wants to be adversarial.
Okay, game on. In that respect, I am “anti-Mormon.”
I have zero respect or regard for any Mormon who has called me just about every dirty name under the sun in the past 40 years, including most recently a “fucking rude cunt,” and that by a Mormon female, no less!
I will do everything in my God-given ability to harden the Mormon and seal his/her destiny by pouring on the truth so thick that by the time I’m done with him/her, the real Mormon comes out.
He/she will be spewing not only gutter language, which has happened more often than I can count, but vicious invectives and insults that expose the inner hatred consistent with unregeneracy that would only make the devil proud.
And that being the case, there will no room for excuses come Judgment Day either.
So, am I anti-Mormon? That depends on the situation.
My suggestion is, if you’re a Mormon and you’re reading this, that you walk and speak very carefully.
You just never know who God has sent your way and why.
And if you catch yourself acting like a demoniac, complete with all the obfuscation, denials, diversions, distortions, or personal attacks that many of you like to engage in, as a defense mechanism, that is not really a defense at all—simply because someone has challenged what you think you believe—please remember what you’ve just read here, coming from this “anti-Mormon.”
