Kingsfold

Hello

Hello Kingsfold. Welcome to Wikipedia, and to the Reference Desks in particular. I looks like you have some useful knowledge and expertise to pass on.

Just a small thing: I notice that in this edit you removed my comment to replace it with your own. I assume this was a mistake, because it is generally considered bad form to remove other people's comments from talk pages. There are exceptions, but you would have noted your action and reasoning in your edit summary. Ideally, you would also have written a brief comment on the talk page providing a link to your edit.

Apart from that, I look forward to learning more about the LDS in answers to appropriate questions. 86.142.231.220 (talk) 20:39, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't remember intending to delete anything, but I very well may have. If I did, it was purely accidental, and I apologize. Thank you for letting me know, and for your assistance with the mechanics. Kingsfold (talk) 18:30, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Upon later reflection, I probably began to edit, then got pulled away to do something else, and then came back later (than I should have) to complete the edit. My guess is that this person edited and saved within the time that I was editing, and when I saved, it wiped out his comment.

Well done, sir...

Although I disagree with several of the teachings of your church, you did an exemplary job of replying to "The Undead" on the Ref Desk yesterday. I say again: Well Done! DaHorsesMouth (talk) 01:29, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

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Accept reason: I've given you the IP block exempt flag, which should let you edit as normal. Courcelles 16:15, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Kingsfold (Quack quack!) 16:29, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

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Questions

Hi Kingsfold,

Just happened to see your contribution to the ref desk in which you identified as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I've never met a Mormon (there seem to be just a few thousand in The Netherlands), and I'm a bit intrigued by your religion. I hope you'll allow me to ask a few blunt questions. Looking from this far away, and sites like Imgur and series like Southpark being my main references, Mormons seem to take "be nice to others" to the extreme. If that's not some meme without any foundation in reality, how come? Are there extra teachings that other branches of Christianity missed? Is it true that most Mormons "are cool" about The Book of Mormon (musical) as the article says? Joepnl (talk) 22:36, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Joepnl-- Happy to answer any question about the church, blunt or otherwise:

1) "Be Nice to Others" My personal perspective is that "being overwhelmingly nice" is slowly but steadily replacing polygamy as how people most often characterize Mormons. As or Church's practice of Polygamy was suspended in 1890, and there has been a major effort to help people understand that, I think the world is kind of (thankfully) moving on. We try to be REALLY nice to other people because (as I said on the reference desk) we strive to follow Jesus Christ's admonition that we love one another. Further, we believe that we are all, spiritually, children of Heavenly Father (God) which essentially makes us all, spiritually, brothers and sisters.

2) I wouldn't call them "extra teachings that other branches of Christianity missed," but rather, teachings that were originally known and taught, and were either unintentionally lost or intentionally corrupted or rejected over the centuries. These true principles and practices have been restored, just like Peter said they would in Acts 3:21.

3) I guess most Mormons are "cool" with the Broadway musical. It actually doesn't come up a whole lot, and I don't remember ever hearing it referred to during our church services. The Church does not boycott things like this because (a) boycotts often generate more interest in the boycotted thing than there would have been otherwise, and (b) the Church teaches that people are free to make their own choices. Further, we could be "uncool" with it and really gripe and complain, but that would probably help to portray us as exactly the opposite of what we're trying to be. As you have probably heard, the Church has bought advertising in the show's playbills, referring people to the website and inviting people to read the "original" Book of Mormon. Incredibly (but in my opinion, this is very cool), this is already beginning to translate into people joining the Church. On a personal level, we don't make it to New York City much, and even if we did, tickets to a Broadway show are pretty expensive. So, I bought my wife the published script of the play at the bookstore, which she has read and I am currently reading. I don't think either of us are offended, per se, by the play-- we just both roll our eyes and consider it yet another cartoonish portrayal of our Church-- well meaning or not. Kingsfold (Quack quack!) 12:05, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your nice answer :) About polygamy, I didn't even know that if it wasn't for the article. And to be honest, I couldn't care less how consenting adults arrange their personal lifes. I already liked the makers of the musical, and while they have a great time poking fun at Mormonism I do believe they kind of like it as well and show it. It is obvious that it's "cartoonish", that's what musicals are for. If you look at South Park episodes on Scientology you can see that they can also really dislike a religion. So imho it's not that incredible that people join the Church because of it. While I don't intend to join, the musical (that I didn't even see) gets Mormonism high on my (very short) list of religions that make people actually better people than without any religion. I like your reference to Acts 3:21, proving it to be true by making it true. That's doesn't feel like a valid proof that Peter was right to a skeptical person like me, but I definitely like it. Thanks again for the info. Joepnl (talk) 22:01, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Sure thing. Anytime you have questions, or just want to bounce something off of me, feel free to ask here! Kingsfold (Quack quack!) 10:52, 20 June 2013 (UTC)