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Dr. Shades wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:06 am

Just a gentle reminder, but Smith wasn't a prophet, seer, or revelator either. He was simply LARPing as one.

LARPing is underrated. And he LARPed pretty darn well, if that was indeed just LARPing.

I disagree. I think the vast majority who avoid this forum do so because it contains any criticism. As soon as a board is flagged as critical friendly, independent of how much criticism there is, it's an "anti-Mormon" site for any TBM. Yes, because it's "almost nothing but criticism" as you say, th...

I just don't understand the level of hostility and ugliness that Boylan displays in the linked thread. I mean, WOW!!! Yikes!!!

Don't make things so personal.

Okay, now we're getting somewhere. If he claims inspiration from God, can we classify his claim as "true" or "false" based on whether he is really, truly receiving inspiration from God vs. whether he's lying about it or simply delusional? Yeah, that is where it gets messy. Charismatic leaders of th...

At the end of the day, both sides think that the truth matters. If Mormonism is a sham, it should be criticised. It's the objectively right thing to do. And if Mormonism is true, it should be preached from the mountain tops. The middle ground is a weird moral relativism, and almost nihilistic view ...

I am stepping up to observe a basic point. Shades is thinking of the way prophet is used in the LDS church. There is only one and being that one is yes or no. Step outside of the LDS church and that understanding of prophet does not exist. There are a variety of definitions. I cannot think of any c...

We went out to the backyard, set out our event chairs, and put on our eclipse glasses. We watched it at various points, including its peak of coverage in our area, which reached 65%. As always it was magnificent. Originally we had planned to travel to a location where we could see the totality, but ...

It appears that Boylan's blog scripturalmormonism has been removed from blogspot. The rumor among some of his critics is that he doxxed an ex-mormon and listed the names of his kids in the post. The ex-mormon and his friends then mass reported Boylan's blog. I can't confirm that, but I've heard it ...

Dr. Shades wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:03 pm

In that case, how do YOU, Kishkumen, define “prophet?”

A charismatic religious leader in the Judea-Christian tradition who claims inspiration from God, speaks authoritatively in accordance with that inspiration, and takes on a role of moral correction. Something like that.

drumdude wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:17 pm

I always appreciate you playing the middle, I hope my posts haven’t implied otherwise. When you get criticism from DCP and us it’s a good sign you’re right where you need to be.

Thanks, drumdude. It makes things that much more interesting, hopefully.