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by Marcus
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:51 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Gemli explains...
Replies: 240
Views: 6575

Re: Gemli explains...

Rivendale wrote:
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:47 pm
Civility alert. Dan has his finger on the trap door button and this might be the one that sends Gemli to the hounds. A tissue sample. :lol:
indeed.
by Marcus
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:21 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Gemli explains...
Replies: 240
Views: 6575

Re: Gemli explains...

I knew DCP's response to Hitchens had originally motivated his participation, but a few more details have come to light... DanielPeterson Mod gemli 20 hours ago gemli: "If Christopher Hitchens couldn't shake your faith" Mr. Hitchens's effort was, umm, distinctly unimpressive. But then, at least he m...
by Marcus
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: I Can't Eye-Roll Hard Enough Over DCP's Latest
Replies: 43
Views: 1504

Re: I Can't Eye-Roll Hard Enough Over DCP's Latest

So....Mormons historically didn't 'celebrate' Holy Week because.... it wasn't "successfully commercialized" enough? The Catholics would be surprised (if not disgusted) to hear that rationale from a member of a church that insists on being called by its full name, which includes the name of Jesus Ch...
by Marcus
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Gemli explains...
Replies: 240
Views: 6575

Re: Gemli explains...

Gemli responds to the accusation that he is boring and repetitive... gemli DanielPeterson I don't think you're bored as much as defensive. I remember we had a kitten when I was in knee pants, and if we shined a flashlight on the wall he'd swat at the light, which we'd just move out of the way. The p...
by Marcus
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Open Message to the Open Stories Foundation Board of Directors
Replies: 55
Views: 1363

Re: Open Message to the Open Stories Foundation Board of Directors

Imwashingmypirate wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:20 pm
...This is the first time I am seeing this. I'm not sure that there is anything that can be done to help and I wonder if people telling her to stop is actually fuelling this spiral further.
No, that's not what is fueling her spiral. It is something far more internal.
by Marcus
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:36 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Gemli explains...
Replies: 240
Views: 6575

Re: Gemli explains...

...People think I am sincere so my spiritual answer is to be trusted. It's interesting you would suggest that as an explanation, as I recall hearing something very similar to that in the 70s-80s quite a bit. It sounds like I left about half a decade or so after you, so it's very plausible the empha...
by Marcus
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: I Can't Eye-Roll Hard Enough Over DCP's Latest
Replies: 43
Views: 1504

Re: I Can't Eye-Roll Hard Enough Over DCP's Latest

So....Mormons historically didn't 'celebrate' Holy Week because.... it wasn't "successfully commercialized" enough? The Catholics would be surprised (if not disgusted) to hear that rationale from a member of a church that insists on being called by its full name, which includes the name of Jesus Ch...
by Marcus
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: I Can't Eye-Roll Hard Enough Over DCP's Latest
Replies: 43
Views: 1504

Re: I Can't Eye-Roll Hard Enough Over DCP's Latest

Why have Latter-day Saints, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, not historically celebrated “Holy Week”? For one thing, Easter simply hasn’t received as much emphasis in American and Western culture as Christmas has. Sometimes, in my experience, Easter has passed with scarcely a me...
by Marcus
Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:49 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: I Can't Eye-Roll Hard Enough Over DCP's Latest
Replies: 43
Views: 1504

Re: I Can't Eye-Roll Hard Enough Over DCP's Latest

Add on this. except... it's not. :roll: This is what happens when Mormons start pretending they are Christians, following Christian beliefs. With "fairly strong feelings" about Holy Week, you'd think he would at least get the dates right. I’m really wrestling with the question of whether certain of...
by Marcus
Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:22 am
Forum: Celestial Forum
Topic: Responses to the LDS Instagram post on Women
Replies: 2
Views: 140

Re: Responses to the LDS Instagram post on Women

The church created a class of dependent women and shamed us for doing what you can now do and be celebrated for. For those of us familiar with the frequency of these types of problems (and we don’t have to be therapists to have familiarity, I promise), being told we have equal power, or equitable p...