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Marcus wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:48 pm

That exists as a field?

Can you be more specific? And explain your reasoning so as to demonstrate you aren’t trolling?

Everyone has a field. There’s no need to engage or counter apologists or (belligerent) church-associated actors through inefficient means that outside one’s expertise.

Say one becomes an expert in a field regarding which conservative Mormons seek to promote false information or their own exclusive interests above wider or more marginalized interests. Calling attention to, and intervening on the matter in your expert capacity will do far more good than anonymous ba...

Thank you Canadian Dude … your words rang true, and greatly aided my efforts to deal with a difficult situation, by creating the forum thread quoted below. BeNotDeceived is also my username on Mormon Dialog, where I made a few posts. Re: Some Achievable Public Good https://slogbog.com/viewtopic.php...

I have graduated and am also moving on.

There’s just no need for me to be hyper-vigilant about the church I decided, as the best ways to counteract any harm it does is to engage with the broader public, on issues that matter, and which often are much larger than the church itself.

I dunno what happened to the comment I just wrote so I’ll just say good for you, and yeah, I too started to rethink my relationship with the church recently. My realization? Let the natural consequences happen. Only engage with apologists and TBM’s re: the church if it’s personally rewarding, and li...

My posts in reply keep not appearing and I dunno why. If they suddenly appear later all at once I apologize. I’m a young guy who just wants to reprioritize. Focus again on my career. My physicality. Find a cute Boi to be my boyfriend. I’m starting to realize I spend too much time online. I’m ready ...

Canadiandude2, The mod team can’t delete your account (it’s an admin function), but If be happy to disable it so that you can’t log in. Just let me know. Thanks for spending time with us. I’ve enjoyed chatting with you. Good luck in all you do. Thanks, I’ll see if I can just drop off from here with...

Jersey Girl wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:57 am

Well then contact Shades and get the heck out of here. You can always just stop posting. Go get a life.

Aye- here’s to pubs, dudebros, financial stability

-and closure.

Not yet… But to be honest…talking about geopolitics with random strangers on the internet feels a lil different when you have an MA on the subject. It's not all politics. Gosh it's better than Terrestrial. They're eat up with DCP and Dehlin up there. :roll: Paradise is mostly current events. Yes, p...

Jersey Girl wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:21 am

Have you checked out the Paradise Forums?

Not yet…

But to be honest…talking about geopolitics with random strangers on the internet feels a lil different when you have an MA on the subject.