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1) There are tax advantages for donations by corporations. This is not an issue for churches in any case. 2) I'm really not sure why we expect churches to be in the charity business at all. I know this is a radical concept, but their primary function is to help people develop spiritually. Whether or...

"Excuse" sounds like an obligation. I have no obligation to attend EQ or any other church meeting. I just choose not to.

In other words, has anything really changed? Thank you.

Let us not fall into the trap of letting the establishment set the terms of the debate. It is them who need to change, and if we let them control the vocabulary it will never happen.

Thank you.

We look forward to them. Thanks.

Since God is a projection of each person's world view, then God will absolutely morph into whatever the individual needs "him" to be at the moment. That's why God is a moving target. As Weston La Barre pointed out, every statement about God is autobiographical.

If it merits coverage in the handbook then it’s not rare. I just can't imagine so many LDS women being ok with a very large possibility that they will be sharing their spouse with a complete stranger in the afterlife. This is one of the main themes in Carol Lynn Pearson's "The Ghost of Eternal Poly...

I got a lot out of studying the Bible. I learned that The Torah was not written by Moses, that Isaiah was the first Bible book written and that Isaiah and his cohort never even heard of Adam and Eve. I learned that there were at least three Isaiahs. I learned that the authors of the Gospels never kn...

Except they will not actually donate anything. They will count any time volunteered by their members and place a dollar amount on it. They will count tithing intake as a charitable contribution, even though the money never actually leaves the church coffers. They will give five dollars to the Red Cr...

It haas always baffled me how Mormons persist in insisting that it all happened in Yucatan long after Thomas Ferguson totally debunked that idea. Yes, there are a few Heartlanders, but I venture to guess that 99% of the butts in the pews "know" that King Benjamin was a Mayan. Please help me to under...

In order for the Book of Mormon to be accurate, besides the horses you need: Tanners and saddlers Blacksmiths Iron for the blacksmiths Iron ore to make the iron Iron foundries Granaries to store the horse food Vast grain fields to grow the grain Harvesting implements and infrastructure Maybe even gl...