Mormons have commonly been accused of all sorts of strangeness, some bordering on the hilarious, with others more grounded in reality. We’ll examine some of these urban legends or “myths” here.
Recently a transcript of a talk purported to have been given by Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve in his home ward of Forest Bend has been circulating the Internet via email as well as being posted on various forums. The email starts out like this:
I am not one to forward emails, but my Mom sent me…
No. Mormons do not believe any such thing. This is a myth perpetuated by anti-Mormons in order to make the Mormon church look like a bunch of crazy lunatics. We believe that Mary was a virgin before and after she gave birth to Jesus as stated in the Book of Mormon in 1 Nephi 11:18-20:
And he said unto me: Behold, the…
“No, but we do have pianos and guitars.” is one way Mormons might respond to this question. Or Mormons might say “Yes, just feel my head right here” and invite the questioner to touch some part of their scalp. They would then ask “Do you feel anything?”
“No”
“Nothing?”
“No”
“Not even a little stupid?”
But in all seriousness, I searched for a whole five…
Just for the record, Mormons don’t practice polygamy. As I understand it, about 6% of Mormons back around 1880 practiced polygamy. It wasn’t widespread, and it hasn’t been practiced by Mormons for over 100 years. If you heard something on the news about Mormons practicing polygamy, either the news is mistaken and is accidentally calling someone who isn’t a Mormon…
