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Do you think that people in Utah would find it harder to leave the church because it is all around them than a person elsewhere without that energy. Yes. In Utah it’s likely that your entire family, all your friends, and the place where you work is heavily Mormon. Leaving the Church in that circums...

Robert Sapolsky is one of the most revered scientists alive today. He made his name from his work studying wild baboons in Kenya, unpicking how their complex social lives lead to stress and how that affects their health. His most recent focus, however, has been on something rather different – a boo...

Elder Pearson: You’ve got roughly 2.2 million members of the church here. You’ve got some of the most active members in the church here. We have 645, soon to be 650, stakes in Utah. So there’s a tremendous amount of strength in Utah. I’m working with some of the strongest membership of the church. ...

I honestly don't believe the church is the problem. I think people who are capable of such crimes have this nature in their core. But I do know people like to take opportunities to have a poke at the church. Where I see the culpability of the church in these kinds of things is that they promote, ve...

Does the prophet look prospective missionaries in the eye? I thought it was done by mail. The Apostles take turns in front of a computer screen with an image of each Missionary in front of them. They then receive divine revelation and inspiration about that missionary and about where to assign them...

Do we really blame the church for the choices of this man? There are plenty of missionaries who don't find themselves wanting to rape women. I think we risk not holding him entirely accountable for his behaviour if we give him excuses and blame the church. We all know that rape is wrong. The statem...

Do we really blame the church for the choices of this man? There are plenty of missionaries who don't find themselves wanting to rape women. I think we risk not holding him entirely accountable for his behaviour if we give him excuses and blame the church. We all know that rape is wrong. The statem...

Dr. Shades wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2024 10:46 am

Imwashingmypirate wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2024 10:57 pm

I don't know why he is being charged with sodomy when the statement doesn't say that.

That's because according to Utah law, "sodomy" is the penile penetration of any bodily orifice other than the vagina. The mouth, in this case.

Ohhhhhh. I see. Thanks for explaining. That makes sense.

Dr. Shades wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2024 10:27 am

Imwashingmypirate wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2024 4:45 pm

Little bullitens (I've re written that several times with different spellings, can't remember how to spell bullitons, boolitens, f knows. Bullitons is that right? Looks weird).

Bulletins.

Ahhh that looks better. Thank you.

Everything is derived from the model. There are just a few parts to the model. These are the components of the model. 1) There is aether 2) There is matter Surely more components than this? These are the states of each component of the model. 1) Aether pressurizes the universe 2) Matter is being he...