I'm confused. In what way can they steal it? They can believe what they
want, and say what they want, but they can't change reality except for their
own believers. At the risk of sounding foolish, I don't really get it.
That would be like the Jews 2000 years ago saying "the Christians are
stealing our history and our beliefs." Well, of course, the Christians did
take it. I would say they tied into it and made it their own, too. But
they also left it. The Jews didn't lose their history and beliefs just
because another group also used them. I don't really see it as theft. What
am I missing?
George
----- Original Message -----
From: "carpenter" <carp(a)tezukayama-u.ac.jp>
To: <CARPENTER-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 9:30 AM
Subject: [CARPENTER] Mormon thieves
The Mormons have stolen our Carpenter family history. Our story is
one of
the great family histories. All the great merchant families of the Middle
Ages like the Basings, de Gisors are gone, but we are still here.
We had our part in the commercial revolution of Europe, the Dutch East
India
Company and the unification of world markets, the Massachusetts Bay
Colony
and the development of America. The story is nothing short of
breathtaking.
We had our part in the building of the modern world and are still
around.
Yet the Mormons are going to steal it from us.
Bruce Carpenter