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Before I started questioning my beliefs I could not have listed my dealbreakers. I didn't think there were any. I think it is an unrealistic question. What was it Hinckley said? "It's either all true, or its a massive fraud" (Words to that effect) So when one sees the official confession ...

mentalgymnast wrote:This time I'm going to disallow answering my question with a question. Answer the question. Directly.

Thanks,
MG

You don't get to control the dialogue.
That superiority may work during Elders Quorum, not going to work here.

MG can you think of anything that the Church or the Prophet or Jesus Christ Himself could do that would convince you the Church wasn't true? Inherent in the asking of this question is the premise that the Church/Prophet/Jesus Christ Himself has done something to convince you that the Church isn't t...

What constitutes a traditional gender role? In some cultures it was the female of the species that ruled. Bees have Queens, not Kings. In other cultures its traditional for females to be given in marriage against their own personal wishes. How far back in history are we allowed to go to determine a ...

MG, stop being closed minded about my Bernie simile. It's bang on the money as far as demonstrating the insidious coercive nature of the article and Hollands talk. The premise being promoted is "The Church is true, it's okay to have questions and doubts (as redefined by mental gymnast to mean n...

I have a question: Why are we to assume the translation is word for word off the plates? I've read your quote and links. Could you point me to the answer? Regards, MG Let me answer that this way, where does Josephs testimony allow for content that doesn't, intrinsically, come from translating the g...

So, to summarise.

Shagging another mans wife = frowning and a cover up.
Owning a website with awkward questions on it = eternal damnation.

Have I got that about right?

LittleNipper: THE church is the end all and be all for most Mormons. Their whole live revolves AND is in service to it. Actually this isn't accurate. Most Mormons don't attend Church at all, the vast majority in fact. Of those that do (around five and a half million) less than half of them are tith...

Are we obligated to accept as 'iron clad' the proposition that everything in the Book of Mormon, if it indeed was done through God's intervention/power, is directly from the plates...word for word? Yes. An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi Wherefore, i...

Dressing up makes me feel like a pirate.