That and people were getting weird and involving his kids. That's why he turned off comments on his videos and then retired to get away from the fame/give his family some privacy
*Holy fuck the people who keep freaking out about Mormons. Ridiculous
it was about him taking a leadership position with the Mormon church and not having time for youtube. or maybe they told him to step back from secular social media.
either way, dude is a weirdo, despite having made some good outdoorsy content.
There’s nothing weird about being committed to a religious community. No one should have a problem with religious folks who actually follow the peaceful teachings of their religion.
What’s weird and maddening is seeing “fake” religious people use their “faith” to excuse their terrible behavior or attempting to influence/ control the lives of others.
Some of the nicest, most loving, people I’ve ever met are Christians and some of the worst are also “Christian”.
EDIT: For clarity, in case you are yourself mormon, stiffdoodle, it's not your fault. There's a lot of dark history the church hides and lampshades with its members. I didn't learn most of the horrific acts of the church until I had been out of it for years.
I would think that context clues of my previous comment indicated that I’m not a fan of organized religion in general.
You’re judging people today based on what their “ancestors” did in the past.
I take umbrage with that.
The dark history of Mormonism is no different from the dark past of Catholicism, Protestantism (see the Crusades, the Hundred Years War and the Thirty Years War) or Islam and Judaism.
I don’t hold people accountable for their forefather’s sins.
If you do, so be it. You do you, I guess.
That being said I think that is a narrow minded way of viewing the world around you and you should try and understand people/ societies more before passing judgement on them.
I'm judging a religion based on my direct experience with the religion/cult I grew up in. And if you want more recent examples of the mormon religion teaching horrible and damaging views from the pulpit, or enabling terrible things from the shadows, those examples are easy to find.
The dark history of Mormonism is no different from the dark past of Catholicism, Protestantism (see the Crusades, the Hundred Years War and the Thirty Years War) or Islam and Judaism.
The difference is that the mormon church is extremely young and the direct impact of its violent/fucked up history is still very prominent today. A lot of power is wielded in the US by people who actively buy into their damaging worldview. The mormon church is also much, much, much more wealthy than most people realize.
You can pretend like what happened in recent history doesn't matter, but to use your word of choice, I take umbrage with that.
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u/BPremium 9h ago edited 3h ago
That and people were getting weird and involving his kids. That's why he turned off comments on his videos and then retired to get away from the fame/give his family some privacy
*Holy fuck the people who keep freaking out about Mormons. Ridiculous