Change 'prettier' to 'only what's familiar' and you're on to something.Limnor wrote: ↑Tue Nov 11, 2025 3:32 amWhen a person is open to prettier pictures, it becomes a matter of taste, not truth.Marcus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 11, 2025 2:29 amThat in no way describes how mentalgymnast posts or what he believes. In fact, he posts almost exclusively in the exact opposite manner, and has done so for several decades here. Every once in a while he tries to tell people he doesn't really believe, act, or write what he clearly believes, acts, and writes, usually trying to rehabilitate some part of his reputation here.
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Oh. Ok, thanks. It was the Monet language the led me to prettier, but this makes more sense.
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MG, please can you provide an example from this board where you have been open to something that might ‘out compete’ what you already believe? Also, please can you provide an example of you espousing a “universalist” viewpoint?Marcus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 11, 2025 2:29 amThat in no way describes how mentalgymnast posts or what he believes. In fact, he posts almost exclusively in the exact opposite manner, and has done so for several decades here. Every once in a while he tries to tell people he doesn't really believe, act, or write what he clearly believes, acts, and writes, usually trying to rehabilitate some part of his reputation here.mg wrote: ...If you read my posts, you will see that in many ways I might be called a universalist with an LDS bent/framework for access to certain things. But I'm always open to something that might 'out compete' what I've come to know and/or understand...
Premise 1. Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.
Premise 2. The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is eyewitness testimony.
Conclusion. Therefore, the best evidence for the Book of Mormon is notoriously unreliable.
Premise 2. The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is eyewitness testimony.
Conclusion. Therefore, the best evidence for the Book of Mormon is notoriously unreliable.
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Hi MG, you may have missed my question, so I’ll repeat it…please can you provide an example from this board where you have been open to something that might ‘out compete’ what you already believe? Also, please can you provide an example of you espousing a “universalist” viewpoint?Marcus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 11, 2025 2:29 amThat in no way describes how mentalgymnast posts or what he believes. In fact, he posts almost exclusively in the exact opposite manner, and has done so for several decades here. Every once in a while he tries to tell people he doesn't really believe, act, or write what he clearly believes, acts, and writes, usually trying to rehabilitate some part of his reputation here.mg wrote: ...If you read my posts, you will see that in many ways I might be called a universalist with an LDS bent/framework for access to certain things. But I'm always open to something that might 'out compete' what I've come to know and/or understand...
Premise 1. Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.
Premise 2. The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is eyewitness testimony.
Conclusion. Therefore, the best evidence for the Book of Mormon is notoriously unreliable.
Premise 2. The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is eyewitness testimony.
Conclusion. Therefore, the best evidence for the Book of Mormon is notoriously unreliable.