I threw myself heart and soul into Mormonism!

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_why me
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Re: I threw myself heart and soul into Mormonism!

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Joseph wrote:You will also want to visit http://www.mormoncurtain.com where you will be able to read a number of articles from many sources on Mormon beliefs and practices.


And lets look at antibaptist, anticatholic, antijewish sites etc to find out about their religious beliefs and practices.
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why me wrote:
And lets look at antibaptist, anticatholic, antijewish sites etc to find out about their religious beliefs and practices.


It's kind of like the Ford dealer. If you want to find out about a ford car you will certainly want to go to Ford, but if you want to find out about all of their problems you will need to go to their competitors or a less biased source like a consumer guide. This is why one needs to check out both sides.
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I love when people try to pass this dump off as balanced.

Shades never intended balance. Or he would never have let this place do things like post photos of President Monson in diapers or let people like Scratch post here at all.

But I also agree no board is balanced. I'll never understand some of Mormon Dialog's practices either.

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jskains wrote:I love when people try to pass this dump off as balanced.

Shades never intended balance. Or he would never have let this place do things like post photos of President Monson in diapers or let people like Scratch post here at all.

But I also agree no board is balanced. I'll never understand some of Mormon Dialog's practices either.

JMS


So there are more of one group then another. Who cares. The realty is each poster can have their say, and there are plenty here who try to take a balanced and fair approach about LDS issues. You are just not one of them.
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Themis wrote:So there are more of one group then another. Who cares. The realty is each poster can have their say, and there are plenty here who try to take a balanced and fair approach about LDS issues. You are just not one of them.


I have yet to see a single poster here take a fair and balanced approach. Certainly you're not one of them at all.

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jskains wrote:
I have yet to see a single poster here take a fair and balanced approach. Certainly you're not one of them at all.

JMS


That's your opinion, and here you have the right to say it. I think you are clearly wrong.
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Themis wrote:
jskains wrote:
I have yet to see a single poster here take a fair and balanced approach. Certainly you're not one of them at all.

JMS


That's your opinion, and here you have the right to say it. I think you are clearly wrong.


LOL, right. I guess it is like B.O. Often the offender can't smell his own stink.

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jskains wrote:LOL, right. I guess it is like B.O. Often the offender can't smell his own stink.

JMS


That's true, but I don't think you have seen enough of my posts to know if I try to be fair. I have seen most of yours since you have been posting recently, and they do not seem to be trying to look at things from different perspectives. I think I have defended the church more then once when I have seen inaccurate portrayals of it. Certainly some things we will not agree on.
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jskains wrote:I have yet to see a single poster here take a fair and balanced approach. Certainly you're not one of them at all.

JMS


The nice thing about a place like this is that everyone gets to share their opinions, balanced or not. It's the free exchange of ideas and information that leads to "balance" in terms of being able to sift through the competing ideas and find the true.

I don't feel the need to be "balanced," but I do believe in being fair. If I'm going to critique the LDS church, I am careful to critique the actual teachings of the church. I figure balance comes from people giving the other side of the story and telling me I'm wrong.
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Re: I threw myself heart and soul into Mormonism!

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harmony wrote:But a believer in what? or rather... who? Certainly not men.


Now wait a minute, harmony. I don't think it's right for you to attack someone like Will Schryver for being a misogynist when you seem to be a manhater. Don't you see the problem there?
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