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Datum: Sonntag, den 21. Oktober 2001, um 5:58 Uhr
Betrifft: Das HLT "Auserwählte Volk Syndrom"

"Einige Mormonen leiden unter dem "Auserwählte Volk Syndrom" (engl. Chosen People Syndrome). Interessante Artikel in der Salt Lake Tribune bzw. Deseret News (der HLT Drang nach Besonderheit, Auserwählheit, ihrer Belagerungsmentalität (Wagenburgmentalität) etc. ... für Exmos altbekannt, nur interessant von einem Mitglied der Kirche analysiert und dargestellt zu sehen):

Tribune (vom 20.10.01):

"As some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dealt with last month’s terrorist attacks, they exhibited "Chosen People Syndrome." So said Mary Ellen Robertson, who delivered a speech Thursday at the Sixth Annual Religious Studies Conference at Utah Valley State College in Provo.
Robertson, an expert on violence in Mormon history and scripture, said Mormons’ traditional longing for uniqueness, coupled with an ecclesiastical mandate to be "in the world but not of the world," leads to the syndrome.
Some members, she said, believe themselves to be "more blessed, more special, more correct, more protected, more righteous and more worthy of God’s favor than anyone else."
Robertson, who is a member of the faith, says several widely circulated Internet messages, which claimed that no Mormons and no Mormon missionaries had been killed in the attacks, exemplified this attitude. Many members were reluctant to accept the truth even when news reports stated that several Mormons did indeed die in the attacks on the World Trade Centers, Robertson said.
Robertson presented her paper, titled "Still Circling the Wagons: Violence and Mormon’s Self Image," during a session on violence and religion in America, which explored Mormon, African American and Buddhist experiences.
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Mormons use such stories to bolster their faith in a time of crisis and to shore up their self-image, Robertson said.
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The stories illustrate a desire among LDS Church members to see their "Mormon-ness" as a protective force against evil and destruction, she said.
Violence also plays a role in what Robertson calls the "Mormon mindset." A history of persecution has produced a "siege mentality" among members. The mentality has not disappeared, even though the persecution has, Robertson said. ..." (Herv.v.m.)

Quelle unter:
http://www.sltrib.com/10202001/saturday/141699.htm

In der kircheneigenen Deseret News (bemerkenswert hier u.a., der Hinweis, daß die HLT mitschuldig sind/waren an ihrer früheren "Verfolgung" gewesen sein "könnten", diese "provozierten." Beschreibt auch die HLT "Herdenmentalität", die "Konformität über alles betont (auch keine neue Nachricht ...):

"Does history still mold LDS Church?

Because their religious roots are embedded with a history of violent persecution that is continually revisited, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continue to be shaped by their history in different ways than their Christian counterparts, according to one observer.
Mary Ellen Robertson, a systems associate at the California Institute of Technology, told an audience at Utah Valley State College on Thursday that the "telling and re-telling of these stories" of early Latter-day Saint leaders and converts "are very real for contemporary Mormons and informs the Mormon view of violence." Her paper, entitled "Still Circling the Wagons: Violence and Mormon Self-Image," was presented as part of a two-day conference on Religion and Violence sponsored by the school.
The stories are repeated not only in Latter-day Saint folklore, but in curriculum materials produced by the church that are used to teach Sunday School, seminary and other formal coursework. Their telling is based on a presumption that early Latter-day Saints were "without sin," according to Robertson, failing to acknowledge that their actions "may have provoked some instances of violence directed against them" based on the social and political climate in which they lived.
"It’s easier to think that they were innocent victims than that they may have been part of the problem, too," she said. As a result, many Latter-day Saints have adopted both a "siege mentality" and a "herd mentality that stresses conformity above all else" and cultivates an "us versus them attitude" that is "still the attitude taken by many church members and leaders," she said. "While the persecution is long behind us, the mindset is not. . . . Perhaps it’s time we came out of the bunkers."
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Latter-day Saints also have a "longing for uniqueness" and at times, that quest results in a "chosen people syndrome," wherein Mormons consider themselves more blessed, more special, more protected and more righteous" than others." (Herv.v.m.)

Quelle unter:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,330009255,00.html

Irgendwelche Wetten, wie lange es dauert, bis sie Robertson aus der Kirche kicken? Schade, wäre Omar im Moment hier (schönen Urlaub im Frankenreich), würde er natürlich Robertson ihr "Zeugnis der Wahrheit ("ich habe zwar keine Ahnung, aber ich weiß es ist wahr") abstreiten, unterstellen sie wäre keine gute Mormonin ...

So einfach ist das ... den Überbringer der schlechten Botschaft (z.B. eine Schlachtenniederlage) gleich mit umbringen nannte man es früher.

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