-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 7:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: this guys for real In a message dated 5/18/99 5:20:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Subj: Fwd: this guys for real Date: 5/18/99 5:20:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forwarded Message --- > From: Matthew McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: this guys for real > Julian: > > I got this off a list of mine today. > > What this guy is saying is true about what the missions here in Northern > Thailand are doing as well. > > Matthew > > ***** > Hello list, > I am new to the list. I joined in hopes that maybe I could help right > some of the > wrongs that I have done. > > I officially left the Mormon Church aka LDS Church (officially known as > The Church > of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) six years ago after having been > most faithful > in that organization my entire 47 year life span. I am just glad that I > finally > woke up before it was too late. I fulfilled a two year mission to > Guatemala and El > Salvador in the early 1970's where I taught the local indigenous people > that they > were descended from the jews of Jerusalem around 600 B.C. when a prophet > there was > commanded by God to sail to the Americas and populate that hemisphere. I > also > taught them that after those people arrived a few of them turned against > Jehovah > and that God cursed them with a dark skin, but that if their descendants > repented > in the last days, their skin would become white and delight some. This > story is the > foundation for the Book of Mormon, which mormons call scripture. > > I later became a professional social worker and spent about 3 years of > my time on > and off helping run a Native American Placement program within the LDS > Church that > took children from 8 to 18 years of age from off of the reservations in > the South > West of the United States and placed them in LDS homes in Utah for > education and > church training. > > I deeply regret being so naive, misinformed and stupid for having bought > into this > heinous behavior, but at the time I felt I was doing God's work. I > remember feeling > sickened and nauseated while watching the movie, "The Emerald Forest" > which depicts > catholic fathers decimating an indigenous tribe with all their bull > shit. > > The mormons still preach this racists doctrine and place thousands of > copies of the > Book of Mormon each year. Unfortunately, the mormon are growing very > rapidly in > Mexico, Central and South America among the native people there. If you > do not know > this, I am posting here to warn you that this insidious practice > continues and is > gaining momentum. > > I currently can not stomach being associated with or involved with any > organized > religions. > > Steven aka Cricket > > -- > > > > Matthew McDaniel > The Akha Heritage Foundation > 386/3 Sailom Joi Rd > Maesai, Chiangrai, 57130 > Thailand > Mobile Phone Number: Sometimes hard to reach while in Mountains. > 66-01-881-9288 > > US Address: > > Donations by check or money order may be sent to: > > The Akha Heritage Foundation > 1586 Ewald Ave SE > Salem OR 97302 > USA > > Donations by direct banking can be transfered to: > > Wells Fargo Bank > Akha Heritage Foundation > Acc. # 0081-889693 > Keizer Branch # 1842 04 > 4990 N. River Road. > Keizer, Oregon, 97303 USA > ABA # 121000248 > > Web Site: > > http://www.akha.com > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Forwarded Message --- > Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 16:12:50 +0000 > From: Matthew McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: this guys for real > Julian: > > I got this off a list of mine today. > > What this guy is saying is true about what the missions here in Northern > Thailand are doing as well. > > Matthew > > ***** > Hello list, > I am new to the list. I joined in hopes that maybe I could help right > some of the > wrongs that I have done. > > I officially left the Mormon Church aka LDS Church (officially known as > The Church > of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) six years ago after having been > most faithful > in that organization my entire 47 year life span. I am just glad that I > finally > woke up before it was too late. I fulfilled a two year mission to > Guatemala and El > Salvador in the early 1970's where I taught the local indigenous people > that they > were descended from the jews of Jerusalem around 600 B.C. when a prophet > there was > commanded by God to sail to the Americas and populate that hemisphere. I > also > taught them that after those people arrived a few of them turned against > Jehovah > and that God cursed them with a dark skin, but that if their descendants > repented > in the last days, their skin would become white and delight some. This > story is the > foundation for the Book of Mormon, which mormons call scripture. > > I later became a professional social worker and spent about 3 years of > my time on > and off helping run a Native American Placement program within the LDS > Church that > took children from 8 to 18 years of age from off of the reservations in > the South > West of the United States and placed them in LDS homes in Utah for > education and > church training. > > I deeply regret being so naive, misinformed and stupid for having bought > into this > heinous behavior, but at the time I felt I was doing God's work. I > remember feeling > sickened and nauseated while watching the movie, "The Emerald Forest" > which depicts > catholic fathers decimating an indigenous tribe with all their bull > shit. > > The mormons still preach this racists doctrine and place thousands of > copies of the > Book of Mormon each year. Unfortunately, the mormon are growing very > rapidly in > Mexico, Central and South America among the native people there. If you > do not know > this, I am posting here to warn you that this insidious practice > continues and is > gaining momentum. > > I currently can not stomach being associated with or involved with any > organized > religions. > > Steven aka Cricket > > -- > > > > Matthew McDaniel > The Akha Heritage Foundation > 386/3 Sailom Joi Rd > Maesai, Chiangrai, 57130 > Thailand > Mobile Phone Number: Sometimes hard to reach while in Mountains. > 66-01-881-9288 > > US Address: > > Donations by check or money order may be sent to: > > The Akha Heritage Foundation > 1586 Ewald Ave SE > Salem OR 97302 > USA > > Donations by direct banking can be transfered to: > > Wells Fargo Bank > Akha Heritage Foundation > Acc. # 0081-889693 > Keizer Branch # 1842 04 > 4990 N. River Road. > Keizer, Oregon, 97303 USA > ABA # 121000248 > > Web Site: > > http://www.akha.com > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.fpcn-global.org Die Organisation Freunde der Naturvölker e.V. (FdN) ist eine NEO (Nicht-Entwicklungsorganisation), die letzten Naturvölkern hilft als Naturvölker zu überleben. --- Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net
