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One regular poster? Me. Hmmm... and who might you be? I'm a pundit from the MAD board who prefers to keep his identity to himself, and I don't mind considering myself an apologist. With the abysmal level of respect and objectivity that festers in these boards I prefer to identify with those who are...

...would they notice? I'm talking about articles justifying Mormon doctrines, church policies, etc. Has this been done before? Could they even tell that it was fake? What I am suggesting is an "apologetic turing test" in that we could see if tghe apologists could tell a half baked, "...

You do not have an "absolute knowledge", Gaz. Anyone can make the same claim you make. You don't have an absolute knowledge from this source any more than Kimball and Hinckley knew Hoffman was lying to them or Joseph could "translate". If these guys so close to God could make mi...

...would they notice? I'm talking about articles justifying Mormon doctrines, church policies, etc. Has this been done before? Could they even tell that it was fake? What I am suggesting is an "apologetic turing test" in that we could see if tghe apologists could tell a half baked, "...

Thanks for that. When studying God that image of a calf or Bull pops up alot. You'd see the horns and what-not all over the place. Yeah, most of the temple furniture has horns. Go figure. What about the serpent? Why the serpent on the pole when Moses was healing them from the infestation, any comme...

The article I posted has several good points, but a basic overview is that in the Ancient Near East they associated their gods with fertile and powerful animals. If your culture's god was to be respected it had to be personified as aggressive and powerful. It also had to represent life and prosperit...

I'm rather sure that Mormons interpret those words of Jesus to mean that the ordinance of marriage isn't physically performed in the Celestial Kingdom. In other words, one can continue a marriage there, but cannot commence one there. This is because He says "they neither marry, nor are given i...

I was by a temple the other day, and, for some reason, while looking at the statue of Moroni, the words of Exodus 20:4 came to mind: "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them...