Strange Results from Heaven War

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Michelangelo's statue David can be shown in Salt Lake if you cover its nakedness with LDS garments and the statue keeps them on day and night.
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Moksha wrote:
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:14 pm
Here is a brief documentary on Utah's strangeness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_U_rzlVVdA
That was an interesting documentary. I'd never seen Utah politics explained in that manner.
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In a place before this time
We all pledged with heart and mind
That our lives upon this earth
Would reflect our royal birth

So we'll stand up and walk away
From the Evil of Our day
We'll stand up with courage, might
And choose the right

Excerpt from song Rising Generation Janice Kapp Perry and Joy Saunders Lundberg

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As part of a church choir I sang the above as a teen and it came back to my mind yesterday. Was thinking how nice to be taught that we made promises before we were born and now we will be accountable to them.
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bill4long wrote:
Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:44 am
Moksha wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:07 pm
Why are these prohibitions from the Heaven War so strange?
What's more goofy to me is the idea of a "war in heaven" in the first place. (Rev 12:7-10.) Imagine a bunch "spirits" or "angels" waging all out war against Big Daddy Most High who allegedly possesses all power in the universe. The rebels must have either been insane - which absolves them of any guilt - or Big Daddy Most High have some sort of "achilles heel" that the rebels reckoned they could exploit to take Big Daddy down.

Or it's just a fairy tale, made up by somebody who didn't think it through.
Or the author doesn't believe in metaphysics, just as the LDS don't. God has limits, he can't make a burrito so hot that he can't eat it.
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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Gut bacteria.
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Question - Can a Mormon drink a Heineken 0.0 without bursting into flames?
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Moksha wrote:
Wed May 08, 2024 8:40 pm
Question - Can a Mormon drink a Heineken 0.0 without bursting into flames?
Or Budweiser Zero.
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Pyreaux wrote:
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:56 pm
bill4long wrote:
Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:44 am
What's more goofy to me is the idea of a "war in heaven" in the first place. (Rev 12:7-10.) Imagine a bunch "spirits" or "angels" waging all out war against Big Daddy Most High who allegedly possesses all power in the universe. The rebels must have either been insane - which absolves them of any guilt - or Big Daddy Most High have some sort of "achilles heel" that the rebels reckoned they could exploit to take Big Daddy down.

Or it's just a fairy tale, made up by somebody who didn't think it through.
Or the author doesn't believe in metaphysics, just as the LDS don't. God has limits, he can't make a burrito so hot that he can't eat it.
The beauty of Mormon theology is that everyone has "free agency" and God is merely relegated to the sidelines as an impotent old man drooling in his long, white beard.
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bill4long wrote:
Thu May 09, 2024 2:00 pm
Moksha wrote:
Wed May 08, 2024 8:40 pm
Question - Can a Mormon drink a Heineken 0.0 without bursting into flames?
Or Budweiser Zero.
Why must one always invite 2 elders to go fishing, but never just one. :?:
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