When is it OK for Mormons to lie?

[kestrel91316]

50. I have no idea, lol. My dad was raised by jack mormons (nonpracticing).

He got thrown out of the Boy Scouts for not going to church (Mormon, of course, the only other choice was Catholic) and though my parents raised us nominally Presbyterian until I was 8, I'm pretty sure neither one of them believed any of that religious stuff at all. My mom had a presentation bible from her youth, but as far as I know it was just a dustcatcher.

I never spoke to my grandmother about religion. The LDS sent folks out periodically to hit her up for tithe but I don't know if she ever paid. My grandfather and uncles had to keep running them off the ranch. My grandparents were never married in the temple, of course. With such famous apostates in the family history as Bill Hickman and Emery Meacham, our whole branch was pretty much destined to drift away from the Mormons.

So I have no idea how to answer that. I don't think any of my 20 cousins are practicing Mormons (well maybe Pam..........but she got divorced early on and only had one child and never remarried, so if she is one, it's not real obvious and I haven't seen her in years anyway). The only doctrine my grandmother ever followed was storing food, but since they were on a remote NV ranch that was just common sense and everybody did it. Her parents were very churchy from what I understand, got married in the temple, but they died 25 years before I was even born.

Sorry I can't be of more help in this, lol. What I know of Mormons comes from dealing with them over the years, and hearing tales of other family members dealing with them. I don't think I could discuss religious matters with a Mormon and keep a straight face.