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by mcjathan
Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:27 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Serving bishop resigns from the stand at sacrament meeting
Replies: 44
Views: 13161

Re: Serving bishop resigns from the stand at sacrament meeting

Yep, I can envisage that is where he is heading. I could be wrong of course. But as I said, google “cynical” and you’ll get me. I think there's reason to be cynical. Not about his motives for resigning, but about his reasons for resigning in such a public way. After all, he could have just told the...
by mcjathan
Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:35 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Lester Bush has passed
Replies: 7
Views: 2250

Re: Lester Bush has passed

Definitely saddening. If it wasn't for the work of people like Bush, I would probably not have converted to Mormonism. Lester's seminal paper "Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: a historical Overview," was my first foray into reading that would ultimately lead me out of Mormonism. It's ironic the two diff...
by mcjathan
Mon Oct 30, 2023 1:42 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Mitt Romney said No to an Apostle
Replies: 71
Views: 3756

Re: Mitt Romney said No to an Apostle

MG 2.0 wrote:
Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:24 pm
Different factions/parties throwing basically the same criticisms at each other.
:shock: :roll:
by mcjathan
Sun Aug 06, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: What works, what doesn't?
Replies: 5
Views: 318

Re: What works, what doesn't?

The church caters well to individuals who align with traditional values and beliefs, but simply doesn't for those who identify as LGBTQ+, feminists, intellectuals, or skeptics, as well as their loved ones. Yesterday, I attended a large family reunion in Bountiful, Utah, considered the heart of Zion....
by mcjathan
Sat Jul 15, 2023 6:59 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: The Jesus Myth: An unrelenting case for history
Replies: 222
Views: 11695

Re: The Jesus Myth: An unrelenting case for history

What puzzles me here is why it should matter whether a Jesus son of Mary and Joseph lived or not, such that it becomes the focus of dubious arguments of granular probabilities. He appears to have lived, but that is not the important question. The important question is whether he was resurrected or ...
by mcjathan
Sun Jul 09, 2023 3:44 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Reviving the Board
Replies: 193
Views: 8544

Re: Reviving the Board

So you totally agree that this is not a free speech forum, even if it was defined as such by its founders? You also seem to acknowledge that you are using the Board to reinforce anti-Mormon ideology by only allowing opinions that align with yours. You seem to want your opinion to be confirmed here,...
by mcjathan
Sun Jul 09, 2023 3:41 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Reviving the Board
Replies: 193
Views: 8544

Re: Reviving the Board

I, for one, agree with the OP. We need more posts about how great Trump is. More posts yearning for Putin to win the war in Ukraine. We need more posts bashing LGBT, promoting the heartland theory, dunking on the clot shot, and the pLandemic. How about a few threads on the pizza parlor brothels tha...
by mcjathan
Sun May 07, 2023 1:22 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: In honor of Mormonism
Replies: 61
Views: 2420

Re: In honor of Mormonism

Kishkumen wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 1:16 pm
Almost everything written here is, at its core, deeply heretical. Unfortunately, it is the distorted version of Christianity most Americans ascribe to.
Kish, would you please elaborate?