sethpayne wrote:
Really? Viewing the Book of Mormon as inspiring fiction constitutes cognitive dissonance?
Yes. You pretend to "believe" in something you know is false... how much is your soul worth?
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Yes. You pretend to "believe" in something you know is false... how much is your soul worth?
2 Tim 4:3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.
2 Tim 4:4 They will turn their ears away from the truth & turn aside to myths
2 Tim 4:4 They will turn their ears away from the truth & turn aside to myths
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Darth J wrote:
Seth, for what it's worth, you're just the right amount of Mormon for me.
Thanks, Darth J.
Perhaps we can discuss some of the more interesting parts of Mormonism over cigars and scotch one of these days.
Viva Habana!
The more I learn to enjoy a good cigar, the more I understand Mark Twain's statement:
If there are no cigars in heaven, I shall not go.
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thews wrote:sethpayne wrote:
Really? Viewing the Book of Mormon as inspiring fiction constitutes cognitive dissonance?
Yes. You pretend to "believe" in something you know is false... how much is your soul worth?
Who's pretending?
My views of the Book of Mormon are quite public. My Bishop, EQP, Home Teachers, family, friends, and pretty much my entire ward know where I stand on the issue.
You know what happens when you assume..... :)