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by _deacon blues
Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:14 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Is Mormonism an example of harmful Religious Addiction?
Replies: 21
Views: 2215

Re: Is Mormonism an example of harmful Religious Addiction?

How long since you heard "moderation in all things" in a church talk?
by _deacon blues
Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:17 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Oaks wants a cease fire...
Replies: 16
Views: 1889

Re: Oaks wants a cease fire...

“How would the great movements toward social justice in the United States, such as the abolition of slavery or the furthering of civil rights, have been advocated and pressed toward adoption if their religious proponents had been banned from participating on the issue by the assertion that private ...
by _deacon blues
Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:04 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: DNA and Archaeological Evidence for the Book of Mormon
Replies: 29
Views: 1842

Re: DNA and Archaeological Evidence for the Book of Mormon

What is CCC? I can't find it in my glossary of Mormon acronyms.
by _deacon blues
Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:33 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Does Mormonism Correspond With Reality?
Replies: 19
Views: 1065

Re: Does Mormonism Correspond With Reality?

Hugh Nibley was considered successful in TBM eyes. But he usually avoided reality, and dwelled on remote possibilities.
by _deacon blues
Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:26 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: A Question to those who left the Church....
Replies: 36
Views: 2035

Re: A Question to those who left the Church....

I felt vindicated. For all my adult life I felt there was something "not quite right" about the church, and there it was, plain as day, on the internet. It is a challenge to navigate LDS society at times, but I no longer have to wonder "Why am I the only one who doesn't feel the Spiri...
by _deacon blues
Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:23 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Brokered or not Brokered
Replies: 12
Views: 434

Re: Brokered or not Brokered

I'm curious; do both parties pray at their conventions?
by _deacon blues
Sun Mar 27, 2016 10:16 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Internet not only threat to Mormonism...
Replies: 10
Views: 681

Re: Internet not only threat to Mormonism...

Those people believe in a free market economy. Why are they so afraid of a free market of ideas? If our belief in Jesus can't go head to head with the atheists and agnostics, what kind of faith do we have?
by _deacon blues
Sun Mar 27, 2016 10:10 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: LDS old man explains how monogamy is the order in heaven
Replies: 42
Views: 3565

Re: LDS old man explains how monogamy is the order in heaven

This article is a bit long, but worth the read. This man makes the case that monogamy is the way of the Celestial Kingdom, and polygamy isn't coming back. m Eugene England was a lifeline for independent folks at BYU in my era but his writings do not age well for me. He worked hard to provide a brid...
by _deacon blues
Tue Mar 22, 2016 3:56 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Einstein and the Spirituality of Scientific Inquiry
Replies: 150
Views: 7181

Re: Einstein and the Spirituality of Scientific Inquiry

I like Einstein's idea of humility, but I probably don't understand it. :rolleyes:
by _deacon blues
Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:22 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Is JoAnna Brooks in the sights of the excomm' quorum??
Replies: 3
Views: 506

Re: Is JoAnna Brooks in the sights of the excomm' quorum??

Seems to me like JoAnna Brooks is working to solve a problem- the LDS perception of Gay people. For some crazy reason, despite all LDS church leaders are doing to solve the problem, some people still think people's sexuality can be fixed with some kind of therapy. Why would God cause anyone to think...