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by _The Dude
Sun Oct 29, 2017 1:15 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Why Guns Germs and Steel so devastating?
Replies: 64
Views: 3888

Re: Why Guns Germs and Steel so devastating?

Excellent summary of the book. I think John Larsen did a Mormon Expression podcast about this book and it was fascinating if I remember right. He did, along with our Cinepro, Sethbag and The Dude. It was fun to hear some of MDD's posters run a book club discussion on it. It's in the link I posted i...
by _The Dude
Sat Oct 28, 2017 12:37 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Conference Changes starting in April
Replies: 8
Views: 1461

Re: Conference Changes starting in April

They could save even more money by turning all of General Conference into podcasts.
by _The Dude
Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:22 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: DCP's ongoing problem with plagiarism
Replies: 600
Views: 108497

Re: DCP's ongoing problem with plagiarism

I'm not aware of the standards used by the Deseret News , but I've found a few similarities between their column on the Byodo-In Temple and Wikipedia entries on the Byodo-In Temple and Amitabha . Here is a comparison of selected passages: [SNIP] Wow. Wikipedia?? SMH. If you must write Mopologetics ...
by _The Dude
Sat Oct 14, 2017 4:17 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: New Jaredite Publication
Replies: 19
Views: 2429

Re: New Jaredite Publication

toon wrote:Looks like Game of Thrones fan theories.


Allow me to propose and explore the concept of identifying Gazelem as a Jedi Knight....
by _The Dude
Fri Sep 29, 2017 2:03 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Look at how plush the Church Admin Building is...
Replies: 26
Views: 3403

Re: Look at how plush the Church Admin Building is...

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865689831/Church-Administration-Building-is-now-100-years-old.html Worth reviewing the photos of the fixtures and fittings when you hand over your gold fillings. Perhaps the most memorable feature on the main level is the Pillar Room, with its distinctive marble ...
by _The Dude
Sat Aug 26, 2017 11:00 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: I am amazed at how strong the Church in spite of y'all
Replies: 79
Views: 8763

Re: I am amazed at how strong the Church in spite of y'all

I am sitting in Stake Priesthood Leadership meeting right now and am struck by how strong the Church is. No you're not "struck by how strong the Church is". If you were honest, you would admit you are bored out of your mind, asking yourself why in the hell you are stuck in a meeting on a ...
by _The Dude
Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:16 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: DCP Shows Us Yet Again Why He's The [deleted] of Mopology
Replies: 39
Views: 3490

Re: DCP Shows Us Yet Again Why He's The [deleted] of Mopolog

Black/white who cares? The temple film should portray Adam and Eve as proto-humans with a lot more body hair and primate features. Communicate with angels using grunts and hand signals. I'm thinking of classics like Quest for Fire: Ron Perlman as Adam and Rae Dawn Chong as Eve.
by _The Dude
Sat Jun 17, 2017 11:33 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Porn addiction meetings
Replies: 20
Views: 2732

Re: Porn addiction meetings

Mormons: a peculiar people....
by _The Dude
Tue May 23, 2017 1:56 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: The Fermi Paradox and It's Implications on Book of Mormon Truth Claims
Replies: 16
Views: 1451

Re: The Fermi Paradox and It's Implications on Book of Mormo

Extraterrestrial-apologetics - Aliens arrived shortly after the last Nephite-Lamanite battle and gathered up all remaining Nephite artifacts just so their million year journey had some justification to show the accountants back on their home planet. So the absence of Nephite artifacts is evidence t...
by _The Dude
Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:40 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: SLTrib wins Pulitzer for reports on BYU sex assault victims
Replies: 11
Views: 1076

Re: SLTrib wins Pulitzer for reports on BYU sex assault vict

the Mormon newsroom, of course, had a different opinion: This is analogous to what is known in the trade as “gotcha journalism” — a practice unworthy of any serious newspaper seeking for balance in its reporting. ouch, it burns. Next time the newsroom should just cry "fake news!" and call...