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But say all these things happened as documented in the Old Testament (which I think we should start calling the really old Testament because the other one is not new anymore.. it's pretty damn old too), AND say the Mormons are right and Jesus was the God of the Really Old Testament, can we forgive ...

I don't believe in anything spiritual, whatever that even means. Everything is matter and energy. As a Mormon, I always had trouble distinguishing the "promptings of the Holy Ghost" from my own thoughts. As a naturalist atheist, I know there is no difference.

Mormons believe that the Mormon church is the legitimate continuation of the church established by Jesus, Peter, and friends in the first century. They also believe that a Great Apostasy took place in the decades after Jesus' departure and the Apostles' deaths. They also believe that Paul, as a true ...

What is with these people? I can't understand how Latter Day Saints can think this way. Your thoughts? Since Mormonism has from the very beginning been racist, antisemitic, nationalist, supremacist, and misogynistic, it's quite easy to see. As queer rights became a current issue in recent decades ...

A cop abusing someone. In other news, the Sun rose in the East this morning. I don't see how people still defend police after so many such examples.

False gods, Mormonism (naturally), and Hare Krishna.

Also, it's interesting that "Islam" and "Black Muslim" are separate categories.

Thinking and consciousness are emergent properties of peculiar arrangements of unthinking, unconscious matter, energized. The AI discourse of late has got me reflecting on the "Chinese room" thought experiment, which was an answer to the Turing test. A man, who himself knows no Chinese, sits in a ...

It's weird that they're all anticommunist, because the utopian condition of the Lehites as described in 4 Nephi is almost exactly like Marx' ideal of the stateless, classless, moneyless society where property is held in common and everyone contributes according to his ability and receives according ...

They are still vigorously anti-queer as they have always been.

Also the tenth anniversary of the 2012 "apocalypse".

Maybe this isn't very relatable to the question but take a look at the claim that Nephi made a high quality bow out of steel. Think about what it would take to do that: Nephi would have to mine the ore. Make a large smelter. After the ore was smelted he would have to have a blast furnace. Then he ...

She got it right eventually. That is what is important to me. It was otherwise quite pleasant.

I am ardently an atheist. I don't believe in any gods, ghosts, or goblins. The Force is a neat story, but it has no actually existent analogue. In sum, I don't believe in anything magic or spiritual. And if the right climate arises, I will rail against them. Otherwise, I don't think about it too ...

I got to spend a few hours with family. It was pleasant. My grandmother only misgendered me a couple of times.

They will make the stupidest statements in the uttermost solemnity. It makes them feel powerful. In this way, they are very like Mormons.

Imagine thinking Trump is humble. He's the most vainglorious president I've ever seen. I'm young, admittedly, but still. In his NFT ad, he called himself the greatest president ever, better than Lincoln. Just how humble is that? Re the "bill of attainder" argument: If the orange man is found to ...

I think what you guys hate about Trump is something that many of us love about him. Where you see someone who is narcissistic we see someone who can take himself lightly. He can have fun with the attention that he gets and still use it to his advantage. His end goal is his brand. It's not even so ...

A major announcement of Grift by Trump on Truth Social: $100 dollar Trump cards!!! Think of that when one of the conservative talking heads attack anything else. Their values are based on a house of Trump Cards. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkCHgqDXoAEOUx-?format=jpg&name=small You shall worship me ...

This reminds me of the self-serving claim of the Brethren speaking for God. Why do Latter-day Saints lack the discernment to see the men standing behind the curtain claiming to be the great and powerful Oz? Their critical thinking faculties either are undeveloped or have been circumvented. The ...

Justice for criminals of Trump's station is regrettably rare. I hope the current charges stick.