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by Dr Exiled
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Ideology, Religion, and Mormonism
Replies: 18
Views: 794

Re: Ideology, Religion, and Mormonism

Years ago, I read a couple of books by the late Mircea Eliade, longtime faculty at University of Chicago’s Divinity School. I thought these books were amazing. They really appealed to me and seemed to mesh well with my reading of Hugh Nibley. Later, as a BYU student, I was jazzed to learn that Elia...
by Dr Exiled
Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:06 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: House Republicans in Disarray
Replies: 117
Views: 7895

Re: House Republicans in Disarray

1. The democrats should have passed a nationwide law allowing abortion when it had the chance, but instead wanted the election issue to survive. When did democrats control 2/3 of the Senate? This is typical CT nonsense. 2. The LGBTQ question seems like a good way to paint the conservatives with the...
by Dr Exiled
Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:38 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: House Republicans in Disarray
Replies: 117
Views: 7895

Re: House Republicans in Disarray

1. The democrats should have passed a nationwide law allowing abortion when it had the chance, but instead wanted the election issue to survive. 2. The LGBTQ question seems like a good way to paint the conservatives with the bigot brush and probably won't go far. However, leaving this to parents an...
by Dr Exiled
Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: House Republicans in Disarray
Replies: 117
Views: 7895

Re: House Republicans in Disarray

Johnson is similar to Mike Pence in that his strong Christian identity doesn't just bleed into his politics, they share a heart. Legislation such as the nation-wide abortion ban, discriminatory legislation especially targeted at same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights, reducing or removing the separatio...
by Dr Exiled
Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:05 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Secular folks should worry.
Replies: 1088
Views: 33933

Re: Secular folks should worry.

Interesting. I would have guessed that the combination of being skeptical toward human reasoning and logic and a deepening understanding of how much we don't know would result in stronger faith that would broaden the tightrope into a comfortable path. In my LDS extended family, those who fell off t...
by Dr Exiled
Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:47 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Mitt Romney said No to an Apostle
Replies: 71
Views: 3754

Re: Mitt Romney said No to an Apostle

The first amendment seems to have resolved the issue in favor of those who oppose theocracy, MG. It's sound advice that even the most holy brethren should follow. Here it is: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abridging t...
by Dr Exiled
Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:36 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: House Republicans in Disarray
Replies: 117
Views: 7895

Re: House Republicans in Disarray

Bipartisanship is not an end in itself. The key question when making any compromise is: what do we get out of it? The results of this debacle are concerning, in my opinion. When it started I did not think of the possibility it would serve to filter out the pro-MAGA leadership too unpalatable for mo...
by Dr Exiled
Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:31 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Israel
Replies: 526
Views: 186071

Re: Israel

This fanatical support for Israel needs to stop, especially when they are on a path, not of an eye for an eye, but an eye for genocide. This is not Christianity and one wonders why evangelicals and other sects fall for this. Now, Israel is talking about flooding the Hamas tunnels after they finish ...
by Dr Exiled
Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:48 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Israel
Replies: 526
Views: 186071

Re: Israel

This fanatical support for Israel needs to stop, especially when they are on a path, not of an eye for an eye, but an eye for genocide. This is not Christianity and one wonders why evangelicals and other sects fall for this. Now, Israel is talking about flooding the Hamas tunnels after they finish b...
by Dr Exiled
Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:04 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: MLB - YES!
Replies: 27
Views: 7117

Re: MLB - YES!

The way Houston has played the last two games, you could be 1/2 a prophet, lol. Philadelphia v. Texas is my prediction though with Philadelphia winning.