Comments on: An Interview With Gordon Hinckley

A Look Back At Mike Wallace's 1996 Interview With The President Of The Mormon Church

[kttp-2009]

This is the kind of advertising you can get when you own a chunk of CBS.

[bj19491]

Mainstream Christian Churches don''t accept Mormonism as Christianity. Any mainstream Christian Bookstore has a "Religious Cult" section. Next to the books on "How to Witness to Mormons" are books on "How to Witness to Jehovah Witnesses", "How to Witness to Scientologists", "How to Witness to Wiccans", etc.

Jesus called Satan "The Father Of Lies". So was Mr. Hinckley in several statements he made about the Mormon Cult. He claimed Mormons were no longer involved in polygamy any longer. Reporter Lisa Ling did an expose''/documentary on the Mormon Cult for Oprah Winfrey. Several Mormon Wives living in a polygamous community in AZ or NM with huge multi-million dollar homes, bragged to Lisa about their polygamous marriages and husband, who admitted he enjoyed having a choice of *** partners! Besides their Husband working, most of the polygamous Wives work also, which substantially increases their income!

[blacknright]

this "story" is 12 years old. what is this, paid advertising by the mormans?

First of all it is Mormon, not morman. Next, all the church services are done by lay members. No one gets paid to do any service, so why would we seek out paid advertising, we got 50,000 free missionaries to do our advertising we don''t need to pay a website! We also have our own website if we wanted to "advertise." So learn some facts before you go spouting things you don''t know.

Lots of mormans have premarital *** (with themselves or others), many drink and some smoke. some get divorced and become serial polygamists.

And when it comes to the attention of the church they are dealt with. I know because I had such a dealing with the church in regards to my premarital activities. And I actually thank them for it. Holding me accountable is the best thing they could''ve done for me. For those who keep such activities a secret, it is not a secret from God and they will be dealt with accordingly in the after life.

[blacknright]

this "story" is 12 years old. what is this, paid advertising by the mormans?

First of all it is Mormon, not morman. Next, all the church services are done by lay members. No one gets paid to do any service, so why would we seek out paid advertising, we got 50,000 free missionaries to do our advertising we don''t need to pay a website! We also have our own website if we wanted to "advertise." So learn some facts before you go spouting things you don''t know.

Lots of mormans have premarital *** (with themselves or others), many drink and some smoke. some get divorced and become serial polygamists.

And when it comes to the attention of the church they are dealt with. I know because I had such a dealing with the church in regards to my premarital activities. And I actually thank them for it. Holding me accountable is the best thing they could''ve done for me. For those who keep such activities a secret, it is not a secret from God and they will be dealt with accordingly in the after life.

[efigge1]

I find it interesting that you decided to interview Bill Marriott, chief of the Marriott hotel chain as a Morman in good standing. I''m a businessman and a Christian and I sometimes use Marriott hotels around the world. I''d like to know how he justifies selling pornography (Adult X rated movies) in all of the Marriott hotel brands and chains with being moraly superior. He wares sacred undergarments and sells pornography in all of his hotels. In fact in your broadcast you say, "Mormons who break the rules of morality or health are not allowed to enter sacred Mormon temples." Obviously Marriott makes millions of dollars from pornography from it''s non-Mormon clients (and no doubt some Mormons as well). What good is waring sacred undergarments when you sell pornography as part of your business? Because Marriott is such a large and respected company world wide, I would venture to say they are a leader world wide in the selling pornography to businessmen around the world.

[glennhodson]

CBS reports that the LDS church would like to be viewed as "mainstream rather than extreme." Why has CBS not reported more about what Mormons believe, specifically their belief in a Mrs. God? The belief in God''s wife is something no one talks or writes about. Additionally, why can Gordon Hinkley dismiss a former prophet''s revelation from God that "blacks" are decedents of Cain and cannot be priests because of their mark? He calls it something from "the past." Does the Mormon God change his mind from time to time about eternal things? Please report more about the "extremes" of the Mormon church that apparently do not seem news worthy.

Glenn Hodson
Dove Canyon, California

[bot14]

Mormons are not Creedal Christians. However, they do believe in the Jesus Christ of the New Testament:
The Church of Jesus Christ (LDS) is often accused by Evangelical pastors of not believing in Christ and, therefore, not being a Christian religion. This article http://mormonsarechristian.blogspot.com/ helps to clarify such misconceptions by examining early Christianity''s comprehension of baptism, the Godhead, the deity of Jesus Christ and His Atonement.

The Church of Jesus Christ (LDS) adheres more closely to First Century Christianity and the New Testament than any other denomination. For example, Harper%u2019s Bible Dictionary entry on the Trinity says %u201Cthe formal doctrine of the Trinity as it was defined by the great church councils of the fourth and fifth centuries is not to be found in the New Testament.%u201D


One Baptist blogger stated %u201C99 percent of the members of his Baptist church believe in the Mormon (and Early Christian) view of the Trinity. It is the preachers who insist on the Nicene Creed definition.%u201D It seems to me the reason the pastors denigrate the Church of Jesus Christ (LDS) is to protect their flock (and their livelihood).

[germanmom]

CBS, thank you for running this again. We will miss President Hinckley.