consiglieri wrote: The problem, as I see it, is that nothing new is ever added in Elder Bednar's scenario.
Oh, I don't know. Every few years something new is added. Like the "only one earring" rule to the "modesty" instructions. And every few years something is taken away ("don't know that we teach that"). Isn't it marvelous?
"The Church is authoritarian, tribal, provincial, and founded on a loosely biblical racist frontier sex cult."--Juggler Vain "The lds church is the Amway of religions. Even with all the soap they sell, they still manage to come away smelling dirty."--Some Schmo
I must admit, Maks, that it is a tad bit hyperbole. There are more different words woven into the repetitive fabric of the correlated pablum the LDS church force feeds it members.
DrW wrote:They are so confident of their brainwashed minions that they feel they can do pretty much anything, no matter how ridiculous, and their base will follow and obey.
Are they right or are they wrong?
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
DrW wrote:They are so confident of their brainwashed minions that they feel they can do pretty much anything, no matter how ridiculous, and their base will follow and obey.
Are they right or are they wrong?
They're right. But the numbers of the most "faithful" might decline dramatically.
Every propaganda minister knows this. But they typically don't reveal their secrets to the masses.
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