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by Wonhyo
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: I love it when our discussions end up on Reddit
Replies: 7
Views: 763

Re: I love it when our discussions end up on Reddit

Philo, I don't have nearly the Mopologist-watching experience as other members of this board. But from what I have observed, the Mopologists play it safe and bounce their theories and ideas principally off one another instead of pushing their luck in the peer-reviewed academy. This is because their...
by Wonhyo
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:13 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Eternal marriage & temple endowment handshakes, tokens, signs & passwords
Replies: 130
Views: 3306

Re: Eternal marriage & temple endowment handshakes, tokens, signs & passwords

1. Because the Mormon temple cultus has nothing to do with God, Christ, angels, or the endless eternities. It has everything to do with Masonic cosplay with a twist of lemon from Joseph Smith. 2. Because the Mormon temple sealing has nothing to do with God, Christ, angels, or the endless eternities....
by Wonhyo
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:06 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: I love it when our discussions end up on Reddit
Replies: 7
Views: 763

Re: I love it when our discussions end up on Reddit

Great stuff!!! Yes, it has become increasingly seriously ODD that if the Mopologists actually believed they had something credible, they would fall all over themselves to get it into a scholarly journal for the world would read. Why go with piddle when you can win the gold medal of excellent valida...
by Wonhyo
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:48 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: When will the Church acknowledge the harm?
Replies: 5
Views: 533

Re: When will the Church acknowledge the harm.

I'm sorry, yellowstone123, for what you've gone through with the church. Believers are often more interested in boundary maintenance and in separation from those whom they deem "unworthy" than they are in applying the spirit of compassion, which their religions ostensibly teach. I don't think that t...
by Wonhyo
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:55 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Tim Ballard, A True Mormon Hero
Replies: 8
Views: 811

Re: Tim Ballard, A True Mormon Hero

Thank Vishnu for Tim Ballard. Not only is his impeccable example helping the church to move even farther to the American political right, but he's just all-around a damn fine person with a great head of Mormon executive priesthood hair.
by Wonhyo
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:46 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: John Larsen leaves Mormonism (again)
Replies: 20
Views: 2305

Re: John Larsen leaves Mormonism (again)

Mormonism can be an exhausting phenomenon. Believers tend to talk about it almost unawares because the church animates them in every aspect. Critics tend to let Mormonism dominate their minds for a long time even after leaving it. John Larsen noted in his farewell YouTube post that the topic of Morm...
by Wonhyo
Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:31 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Bushman Delivers Another Devastating Blow
Replies: 12
Views: 1169

Re: Bushman Delivers Another Devastating Blow

DCP is often guilty of the very thing he accuses critics of being: Willfully ignorant of (or dismissive of) facts. At this point, decades of Mopologetics (including the opportunity cost of publishing the two books that we had hoped to see in 2014-2015) have shaped the DCP that we now have. Nothing f...
by Wonhyo
Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:24 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Epic Movie About Moroni Starring Billy Zane
Replies: 17
Views: 3279

Re: Epic Movie About Moroni Starring Billy Zane

Is it just me, or is Billy Zane's character speaking English with a stereotypical 18th century pirate accent?
by Wonhyo
Thu May 04, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: The church keeps metrics on members, like how often members visit the temple
Replies: 12
Views: 869

Re: The church keeps metrics on members, like how often members visit the temple

Temple attendance, Sunday attendance, priesthood advancement for males, missionary service, and, most importantly tithes and offerings...

The church, like any business, tracks and analyzes its customers tendencies and habits in order to improve its messaging and marketing.
by Wonhyo
Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:25 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: A.I. Painter Makes Original Mormon Themed Art
Replies: 3
Views: 371

Re: A.I. Painter Makes Original Mormon Themed Art

I don't claim to be much of an incisive critic of the fine arts, but this A.I.-generated stuff really speaks to me. As for Dan Peterson's A.I.-generated portrait, well, damn. Well done, our soon-to-be robotic overlords. The real Dan Peterson isn't very artful to behold. Sure, he's a being of eternal...