Two possible metaphors for the LDS church:
The actual metaphor is that the Church is the kid who first notices the fire in the empty classroom, pulls the alarm, and everyone else thinks it's just a drill.
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The actual metaphor is that the Church is the kid who first notices the fire in the empty classroom, pulls the alarm, and everyone else thinks it's just a drill.
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JohnStuartMill wrote:Hear, hear!
Solid majorities of young people are in favor of full marriage equality. As the older generation dies out, the Church is going to find itself in a similar position to the Bob Jones University freaks.
Don't count your chickens before they've hatched.
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bcspace wrote:Two possible metaphors for the LDS church:
The actual metaphor is that the Church is the kid who first notices the fire in the empty classroom, pulls the alarm, and everyone else thinks it's just a drill.
Yep. The church has always been on the correct side of social issues. Civil Rights, Interracial Marriage, Polygamy. The church was out in front leading the charge.
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Don't forget birth control.
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Calculus Crusader wrote:JohnStuartMill wrote:Hear, hear!
Solid majorities of young people are in favor of full marriage equality. As the older generation dies out, the Church is going to find itself in a similar position to the Bob Jones University freaks.
Don't count your chickens before they've hatched.
Where are you living?
The chickens have already hatched. And I think we can rely on the old people dying out.
It is a done deal.
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gramps wrote:Calculus Crusader wrote:Don't count your chickens before they've hatched.
Where are you living?
The chickens have already hatched. And I think we can rely on the old people dying out.
It is a done deal.
No, it's not a done deal. The pendulum swings, and the youth can be won back.
Incidentally, in case you didn't see my other post, the pos Harvey Milk is in hell where he belongs.
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Yep. The church has always been on the correct side of social issues. Civil Rights, Interracial Marriage, Polygamy. The church was out in front leading the charge.Don't forget birth control.
Yep, I agree. However, I think you are confusing sin with "social issues".
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The morality of and the right to have access to and use birth control was once one of of the great social issues of the day. It was comparable to abortion today. LDS did not fair well on this social issue. Overtime the culture has increasingly mellowed on it.
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Calculus Crusader wrote:
No, it's not a done deal. The pendulum swings, and the youth can be won back.
Incidentally, in case you didn't see my other post, the pos Harvey Milk is in hell where he belongs.
You are a Christian, right?
Wherever you may be, you need to get out more and breathe some fresh air. That Sunday incense is hitting some strange receptors, indeed.
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bcspace wrote:
I've never known a liberal to be very educated in the sense of having learned the lessons of history.
Bet they even have disregard for faith promoting history. Those Bastas!
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