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by drumdude
Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:35 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: A reasonable standard for evidence
Replies: 9
Views: 508

Re: A reasonable standard for evidence

Conversely, with Dan’s logic, if someone simply claims that something is not real - like Nephites - then this is evidence enough of that being the fact. I just read Mark Twain's critique of the Book of Mormon today. I knew it existed, I've read the "chloroform in print" quotes and others like it bu...
by drumdude
Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:15 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Racist Halloween story from Thomas S Monson
Replies: 5
Views: 481

Racist Halloween story from Thomas S Monson

1985 book titled On the Lord’s Errand: Memoirs of Thomas S. Monson “In about 1956 we recognized that our neighborhood was dete­riorating. We observed this one Halloween by the nature of the people who came in the guise of ‘Trick or Treat.’ The minority elements were moving into the area where we li...
by drumdude
Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:42 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: A reasonable standard for evidence
Replies: 9
Views: 508

Re: A reasonable standard for evidence

sock puppet wrote:
Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:36 pm
drumdude wrote:
Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:46 pm
So is DCP saying God only exists in a historical sense? and there is no current God?
It’s just a coincidence that God decided to start hiding himself with the advent of photography.
by drumdude
Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:46 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: A reasonable standard for evidence
Replies: 9
Views: 508

A reasonable standard for evidence

gemli: "There is no evidence for a supernatural supreme being." This is simply false. Period. As I've said to you many times before, you could be taken seriously if you were to say that there's insufficient evidence to convince you. But the flat denial that any evidence exists at all is not intelle...
by drumdude
Mon Oct 31, 2022 4:04 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Mormonism makes good people do evil things
Replies: 1
Views: 212

Re: Mormonism makes good people do evil things

A family in my ward had a son who had a “problem” with masturbation. I put problem in quotes because he masturbated the same way that 99.999 percent of American males masturbate. Of course this went against the rules of his church and of his family. But when he was caught he wasn’t just shamed. No, ...
by drumdude
Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:25 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Why Do Biblical Christians Think God Doesn't Inspire the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Replies: 133
Views: 6087

Re: Why Do Biblical Christians Think God Doesn't Inspire the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

It’s rare to find believing Mormons anywhere who will respond to and engage criticism. Take one look at DCP’s blog. He lets gemli stay as a token punching bag, but bans everyone else. It’s just too emotionally painful for most Mormons to discuss their religion critically, after decades of indoctrina...
by drumdude
Mon Oct 31, 2022 2:43 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Is the Church profiting from the manufacturing and usage of weapons?
Replies: 1
Views: 270

Re: Is the Church profiting from the manufacturing and usage of weapons?

This dovetails nicely with that bishop who was in charge of developing the US military’s torture program.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... 0H20141212
by drumdude
Mon Oct 31, 2022 12:17 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: LDS church on track to donate 15 billion a year by 2050
Replies: 4
Views: 324

Re: LDS church on track to donate 15 billion a year by 2050

Dr Moore wrote:
Sun Oct 30, 2022 11:22 pm
Projects up, dollars flat, dollars per project down.
It’s all about picking the right metrics!
Gave 2000 dollars to 2000 homeless people, 2000 projects added!
by drumdude
Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:42 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: LDS church on track to donate 15 billion a year by 2050
Replies: 4
Views: 324

LDS church on track to donate 15 billion a year by 2050

Over the last 3 years, the LDS church claims it has increased the number of charitable projects and presumably, the amount of charitable donations (on average) by 10% each year: https://www.deseret.com/faith/2022/5/13/23071410/2021-charitable-humanitarian-aid-spending-by-the-church-of-jesus-christ-o...
by drumdude
Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:26 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Can the Book of Mormon be true if Joseph was a liar?
Replies: 14
Views: 783

Re: Can the Book of Mormon be true if Joseph was a liar?

In 1957 cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched into space. A month later LDS apostle Joseph Fielding Smith prophesized that man would never go into space. Was this the restoration or an example of the LDS bubble keeping the Brethren information free? I thought, my memory off? I checked wikapedia, sput...