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Calculus Crusader wrote:
1. Jesus died but he is not dead. By way of contrast, Harvey Milk and Rock Hudson are quite dead.

No, Jesus is dead. Just as dead as everyone else who lived 2,000 years ago. If he's not dead, let's go visit him, right now, and shake his hand and congratulate him on such a long life.

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When Jesus shows up at my door and tells me himself that being gay is bad, I'll listen to the bloke. In the meantime, I'm no longer putting stock in hate speech, supposed or otherwise, from dead guys.

H.

My guess is that this lawsuit is not about the money, or fraud, at all. I think it's a way to: 1. Get Monson to say something controversial while under oath, like denying one of the claims, or 2. Get Monson to refuse to take the stand, and thus claim that a Prophet would not defend the Church or its...

Tom Phillip's has turned into a two-bit charlatan.

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Ah come on, folks, give Water Dog a break. We all the feel the same when we see white people adopting cute little black babies. #amirite

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That only works if you ignore all the context Aristotle bothered to provide. The point of the OP wasn’t just a “ look at this random person unfamiliar with Mormonism laugh at their beliefs.” No, it was an former atheist who now takes Christian belief seriously laughing at a particularly quaint and ...

Tobin subtracts the prophets , as all that's important is what God tells you specifically. What I meant by this post is that, as much as the institutional church has tried to codify what Mormonism is and how it should be lived, it doesn't really work that way. Ah, well, you can't just take the prop...

SteelHead wrote:Tobin is the tarbaby from Uncle Remus' tales. Arguing with him is pointless. See the legality of polygamy/bigamy thread from a while back for an example.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In this case, I think Tobin has it right.

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I think Mormonism is what Tobin says it is - obedience to god's will, discerned via prayer and prophets. There really isn't a helluvalot more to it.

Runtu, I'm not sure what you think Mormonism is that is different than what Tobin says it is. Perhaps you could step back and explain that.

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Do you ever masturbate?
It's the one thing Jesus hates
Do you touch girls that you date?
That's what the bishop says.

H.