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Originally Posted by davidspitzer
No I wasn't trying to be funny. It really is a very thought provoking book on religous thought. I do find it interesting that you immediately label me a when I have a slightly different view on things than you apparently. Technically I am an anti-theist since I personally don't wish you any ill will or intend to discriminate against you in any way. While your on the topic of bigotry what is the percentage of ethnic minorities in the mormon church compared to it's caucasion membership?
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I *was* an atheist - for about 30 years - and I'm now a member of the LDS church. I fully appreciate the atheist, agnostic and humanist views. If I hadn't found a home in the LDS church, I'd still be atheist. Even so, it is somewhat presumptuous - rude even - to recommend a book of atheist thought to someone who's asking for a guide to good LDS e-literature. Or did you somehow fail to understand the title of this thread???
As for bigotry, who are you to be questioning the ethnic profile of the LDS church? Sure, I'm 'white', but that means nothing to me in relation to my fellow Brothers and Sisters in our shared faith. (Granted, the U.S. membership is probably heavily non-latino caucasian, but the same is not true for membership in South America, the Pacific Islands, Japan & Far East Rim countries or Africa - all of where we have a strong membership growth profile.) So, on that issue you're being rude again - without cause.
Further, if you happen to live in northern European countries, you can probably find plenty of churches with purely caucasian memberships. Are you planning to wave the racism flag at them?
Derek