... According to Mormon morality, whether or not what Ron Lafferty did was wrong depends upon whether or not God really commanded him to murder them or not. According to Mormonism, God does command such things on occasion, and the correct thing to do is obey what God commands. But even if God didn'...
... Third, Joseph didn’t write the quotation; it was reconstructed after his death. Thus, it almost certainly doesn’t represent his precise words. Even “History of the Church” (often called the “Documentary History”) says that it rests upon a "synopsis" by Thomas Bullock. Joseph delivered the sermo...
Since believers in different gods (or different 'flavours' of the same god) have radically different views of right and wrong, on what basis can a god-based morality be said to be "absolute, unconditional, or objective"?
Even different believers in DCP's god have different views of right and wrong.
Next thing will be adding his suspicion that Everybody Wang Chung was on the ship :lol: I certainly don't condone pushing an angry, old, homophobic, creepy stalker like Midgley. But, after spending two weeks on the ship with Midgley I can imagine that most people wanted to push him, the Captain inc...
Rumor has it that in October he will announce the Mars temple. Isn't it marvelous?! Surely "... the inhabitants of this little planet that shines of an evening, called the Moon" should get theirs before Mars. And what about "... the inhabitants of the Sun. Do you not think it is inhabited? I rather...
… 171 people spent two weeks on a ship with Book of Mormon Central. There were 171 Latter-day Saints on on that wonderful trip. The one time I got off the ship was to visit the Tulum Mayan ruins perched on beachside cliffs, in Mexico. And I took a fall and smashed my face. Actually, I was pushed fr...
Speaking of weird Mormon dudes, anyone know if Nightlion is still alive? - Doc bump It would appear so, from the Facebook page of the Apocalrock Visitor Center: Finished a rewrite and update of my book, now in three parts: Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Revelation and on to today! To everyon...
Back when fonts were all blocky, numerals looked kind of like letters, at least if you squinted right. 8 could be B, 9 could be a lowercase G, 4 could be a sloppy A, 5 could be S. O could be O (okay that one still works). Stretching it a bit more, 1 could be a lowercase L, a 7 could kind of be a T,...
Why should I have any strong opinion based on something that may be a factor? The Pew (2019) data is good evidence that young men who are in their early and mid 20s are scared to talk to younger women. There is no other way to explain the gap. We should all be worried to see an increasing number of...