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Here’s another one, Palerider (btw are you really pale or carry one as u ride? Never mind me...) Does this sound familiar? Sir Issac Newton (1642-1727) wrote, “Henceforward the Christian Churches having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof...” Sorry, I hadn't checked on this in a few ...

Sir Issac Newton (1642-1727) wrote, “Henceforward the Christian Churches having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof...” Pretty sure this Newton fellow wrote, “What goes up must come down, spinning wheel got to go round.” Lots of people have said similar, so it could’ve been one of th...

The first American Thanksgiving occurred at Plymouth Plantation between Sept. 21 and Nov. 11, 1621, with the most likely time being around Michaelmas (Sept. 29). Michaelmas would be familiar to the business people in the LDS Corporation as the start of one of the four quarter days on the financial ...

You guys thankfully already are aware of much that JS borrowed from other sources. I just came across another: Immanuel Kant wrote, “Better the whole people perish than that injustice be done.” Oh, I think John 11:50 is much closer than Kant: "Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man ...

My mom and other TBMs were taught they’re all evil. I was taught they were evil by the Church. The idea was that they were the devil's tool, and you'd be under his power if you used them. Scared the crap out of me. When I finally got brave enough to use them, I gained two opinions about them. 1- Th...

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Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:39 pm

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That’s the insanity of taking symbolic parables literally - humorous but sad when people suffer from it.

There have been observations that many families these days, particularly young families, have switched to a homechurched model... Though, I note that your comment, "I see Christ as a culmination of the highest good in humanity - and how to love well" aligns more with the Jesus that Bawer follows th...

You guys thankfully already are aware of much that JS borrowed from other sources. I just came across another: Immanuel Kant wrote, “Better the whole people perish than that injustice be done.” Still, JS was an effective cult leader. He had a gift of charisma, and I think he did inspire good, as wel...

The way Christ was viewed was the subject of debate for hundreds of years. I see Christ as a culmination of the highest good in humanity - and how to love well. We all struggle at times, to love well. Completely agree. The debate and the struggle rage on. I've recommended Bruce Bawer's Stealing Jes...

...As the old adage says, "If you were accused of being a follower of Christ (a Christian) would there be enough evidence to convict you?" More and more these days when I see the self-proclaimed leaders who talk the loudest I find absolutely no evidence to convict them as a follower of Christ. Noth...

The article is pretty much just a stated opinion as Newme said. And it's painted with a pretty broad brush. That doesn't make it entirely wrong.....or right either. For being so down on Christians who are judgemental the author is being pretty condemning himself. On the other hand it would be nice ...

Tithing is meant to go to the poor. 1/3 (according to Deut. 14:28-29) is supposed to go to the “widows and fatherless” but likely implies all those who cannot support themselves. Christ asked that those who can, give much more. I understand that the church doesn’t want to enable generational or long...

I may agree that “this God may be toxic.” But then it depends on how you define God. Generally, human sacrifice scapegoating is toxic. But I wouldn’t throw out the entire Christianity just because the Catholic Inquisition, Crusades and other corruption twisted scripture. The author claimed, “With ev...

What kind of cards? My memory says they were devil cards, but I searched and searched online and all it brings up is the devil card from the tarot cards. I stayed with a friend for a while and she had a couple dozen kinds of oracle/tarot cards, and this one was so accurate, it was scary. I was afra...

Sis M knows I post here, doesn't like it, and is convinced ya'll are leading me carefully down to hell. If she actually takes the time to read what I post, I'm sure she'll know different. Similar here. I don’t post often here - and post more on other places. Yet, whenever we get into religious disa...

Some intense discussions and debates about details of “the gospel”/church/Mormonism, reminds me of people getting a little too into a role-playing board game or something. Or like when my son was too young to know if his video game controller was actually hooked up & would get into it even though it...

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Sat Nov 09, 2019 6:31 pm

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Truth is often funny if it’s simply plain naked.

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Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:39 pm

I remembered how I LOL'd at this scene when I was TBM.

Some people just can't talk about religion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TSXmj5FObY

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Is that why the church’s focus away from the name, More-man?

https://i.imgur.com/wnyUsBa.jpg ;) Some might see the insanity in that. If it wasn’t jam packed with inquisition and crusade type threatening tradition, who would come up with that?? On top of that, interpreting literally is popular. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4....

:lol: Well, if God told him to do it.... ;) :D :lol: :lol: He assured us that he discarded that advice. Occasionally, when I’m puzzled about something and really need help in considering other ways of looking at things, I do rune cards. If many TBMs knew I used any type of “divination” tool, they’d...