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- Tue May 21, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: Spirit Paradise
- Topic: doubtingthomas’s topics MEGATHREAD
- Replies: 1293
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Re: doubtingthomas’s topics MEGATHREAD
Given how measured and careful Chap is in his communication on the board, I find it an extraordinary claim to say that Chap said in a universal, unqualified statement that 16-year-olds are adults in any thread where DT is participating or might possibly participate, as that would be incredibly reckl...
- Mon May 20, 2024 11:43 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Seeing Things Differently -DanP the apologist excuse.
- Replies: 291
- Views: 7978
Re: Seeing Things Differently -DanP the apologist excuse.
Do animals have free will? Do bacteria have free will? Would free will exist without consciousness? I've never heard of free will posited without consciousness, but consciousness doesn't necessarily mean free will. Consciousness is necessary but not sufficient for free will. A nervous system is nec...
- Mon May 20, 2024 10:37 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Seeing Things Differently -DanP the apologist excuse.
- Replies: 291
- Views: 7978
Re: Seeing Things Differently -DanP the apologist excuse.
LDS theology doesn't require you to believe in free will; LDS doctrine teaches that there is moral agency. There's a distinction between free will in all aspects and moral agency. That's a possibility. So far MG hasn't spoken about "free will" proper. (and I don't mean anything secular here, free w...
- Mon May 20, 2024 3:53 am
- Forum: Spirit Paradise
- Topic: Visiting Caldwell Idaho Soon
- Replies: 5
- Views: 331
Re: Visiting Caldwell Idaho Soon
Local library. Best ever, no woke books. They've got the Bible and good stuff like that.
- Sun May 19, 2024 6:32 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Does the Interpreter Foundation Have Colonialist Ambitions?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 6087
Re: Does the Interpreter Foundation Have Colonialist Ambitions?
At least he's there.There is Bradshaw smiling with his arm around these humble members
- Sun May 19, 2024 4:08 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Seeing Things Differently -DanP the apologist excuse.
- Replies: 291
- Views: 7978
Re: Seeing Things Differently -DanP the apologist excuse.
MG, I can try to adapt to what a person is trying to get at in their views about free will, even though I think the idea of free will in general is nonsense. Your discussion of free will wouldn't help DCP much in his bitter and misguided war against Calvinism, for instance. He wouldn't be able to ta...
- Sun May 19, 2024 1:44 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: The Biblical prophets were Mormons
- Replies: 10
- Views: 467
Re: The Biblical prophets were Mormons
I haven't discussed what's going on in church in a long time with active members. I'd be very surprised if this is on anybody's radar. Bruce R. is a good baseline for what Mormons believe(d), and I've never, ever heard about this. The parts about the patriarchs and multiple restorations and getting ...
- Sat May 18, 2024 10:47 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Seeing Things Differently -DanP the apologist excuse.
- Replies: 291
- Views: 7978
Re: Seeing Things Differently -DanP the apologist excuse.
Typically taking a position of ‘knowing’ from a position of superior knowledge and intellect. That might be how you think I see myself, but I could probably change that perception by changing my av. I've had this one for years, but I've had many others prior to it. I could change it to a puppy dog ...
- Sat May 18, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Seeing Things Differently -DanP the apologist excuse.
- Replies: 291
- Views: 7978
Re: Seeing Things Differently -DanP the apologist excuse.
Over the years I’ve heard narratives from people that have left the church and they have, in one way or the other, been damaged or hurt. You’ve seen/heard those stories. Like your A.I.'s (non) definition of free will, saying that people have been damaged or hurt is basically saying nothing. People ...
- Sat May 18, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Hitler may have a better chance in heaven than ex-Mormon apostates
- Replies: 17
- Views: 509
Re: Hitler may have a better chance in heaven than ex-Mormon apostates
Lol. Talk about a case of projection! “Self-destructively nurse their prideful grudges”? I never could have come up with a better description of the Mopologists than that. It’s absolutely perfect. This is a great point with startling conclusions that I didn't appreciate until I put my pot of tea to...