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The chickensh*ts said they got revelation to change it. And IIRC they claimed to have instigated the revelation to change it because of their great compassion. Don't be so mean you bad old HF. Çue the eye rolls and barf bags. Yeah, I avoided the disgusting reasons and throwing God under the buss. S...

I think it is that the people prone to violence go looking for justification in the church history. They want an excuse and then blame the history. If I understand you correctly, only the people who are prone to violence would use church history to justify it. However, it is likely that if those te...

The chickensh*ts said they got revelation to change it.

Money comes from humanitarian donations and fast offerings. None of the money comes from tithing. So, this is all donations that are on top of tithing. Pretty disgusting when you consider that my husband and I donate more than the $90 per member in fast offerings each year. Oh, and he still pays tit...

I will add that I know that correlation and causation are different. Were the Lafferty's violent because of the religious teachings, or were they drawn to the teachings because of a propensity to violence? I don't know that there is a way to answer that for an individual case. Does anyone know of s...

I like the break from mormonism. I'll have to see if my Dr. will agree then I can tell my wife "Doctor's orders" :lol: With your doctor, just say that attending church is one of your big stressors, and he should tell you to just stop going even if it upsets the wife. It really is simple once you ge...

I’ll put in the plug for exercise, sleep, and trying to eat healthy. Talking to your doctor is also a perfect solution. Taking a break from Mormonism is highly recommended too. Both chapel and internet Mormonism. Take care of yourself first. I like the break from mormonism. I'll have to see if my D...

A New Name wrote: ↑

Tue May 10, 2022 4:36 pm

My dyslexia kicked in and I thought you were talking about de-magnetizing therapy. I thought it was some crazy magnet therapy with the magnet on a wristband!

Said in my best Saturday Night Live "Emily" voice: "Never mind!"

It HAS been tried.

I'm an East Coast guy, what am I not understanding? We've had a lot of Utah Mormons move here where I live, usually in the military and I've never heard one person say they hated living there. Utah net migration for 2021 was 35,000 compared to population drops in California, New York and Illinois. ...

Hey Mike, perhaps you could send a link you your happiest statistics? I’ve read articles that report high use of anti depressants, suicides, and pharmaceutical prescription drug abuse among Mormons. Mormon prosperity can also be questioned as high debts and bankruptcy are common among Utah Mormons....

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Fri May 06, 2022 8:55 pm

alas wrote: ↑

Fri May 06, 2022 2:31 pm

They are escaping California like as if the place is ...

Once Mormons found out about the Jewish space lasers they sought a land with a protective garment-driven energy dome.

Thanks for the giggle

We belong to an ATVing club and every month there are 4 or 5 new families that have just moved in from California and my husband says it is the same at church, every week, mostly retired couples bragging about “escaping from hellifornia.” They are quickly bringing all of California’s over populatio...

Well, I wouldn’t count California losing members as a loss to the church as they are all moving into the St George area. I talked to a recent move in and they were terribly frustrated at how long it took to buy a house, and the rate at which subdivisions and apartment complexes are going in is stagg...

I think that's a very good observation and probably accurate on the pillar of smoke and fire. Also, in that same program I watched they did mention that when the Israelites were in Babylonian captivity that they wrote down a lot of these tales (to create the old testament), which probably had chang...

I think it is very likely that the plagues of Egypt were an accumulation of stories of the volcano and unrelated events, held together with the glue of good ol' ... https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2FQIiqoufLNmWo8%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1&nofb=1 ... it was ...

The problem is not anything the religion specifically teaches, the problem is putting both fathers, and bishops/ministers between the child and God. Then the minister/bishop/father is acting for God, acting on behalf of God, with God’s full approval. Ministers of any and every Christian faith act o...

Do so hang her picture. I have a Native American version, a Polynesian version, a black version, and a Caucasian version hung in a group. And my Gaia statue got too badly weathered, so I don’t have my garden statue any more, but I am looking for a replacement.

"It needs to see healing from abuse as just as important as men avoiding porn and drugs or alcohol. They provide free support groups for those. But even though 1 in 4 women are abused by spouse, 1 in 4 girls are sexually abused and 1in 7 boys is sexually abused, there are no church sponsored progra...

I think it is both a matter of once you see it, you can’t unsee it, and once you stop seeing the problem as “me” and start seeing it as “them”, you start objecting to the abuse. It changes from being, “oh, this is so inspirational, and I really need to repent” to, “what about what I need? I get tire...

You know, since so few people watch the Sat evening session, I think we should multiply the point count ……… by Renlund’s age ………. in days. Just say’n. I feel like it would be cheating for me to add points when I didn’t watch it, but I suspect MoPag’s outrage diminished her capacity to give him the ...