Congratulations DCP

[_Ray A]

I can't shut up, and (for now) I won't put up. I don't mind be called a hypocrite for the only true religion on earth.

How can one be a hypocrite for someone/something else?

As long as I know I'm a hypocrite for the truth - I am extremely happy.

How is it possible to be a "hypocrite for the truth?"

I smoke, but I know smoking kills. I will never forget Yul Brynner's warning before he died of lung cancer - "Don't smoke!" Most lung cancer victims don't speak out in such a way. They prefer to be "consistent" with their position, having smoked. Some cancer victims do not stop smoking, like a friend of mine who recently died of cancer. He continued smoking because it was too late anyway. We are all hypocrites in some way. Even if, hypothetically, you knew Mormonism was true, could you/would you live it's high standards 24/7? I'm sure some do, maybe many, but would denying the truth make any difference?

Is it hypocrisy to warn others about where you went wrong, and continue to go wrong? Do you still eat fatty foods knowing that it's causing you heart disease? We humans are full, full of hypocrisy, but that should not stop us from telling the truth, about ourselves, or others, or facts.

[_beastie]

Dan has had "various board personalities", but it didn't take very long for most (with a brain) to work out who he was. The mentally challenged, apparently, are a bit more paranoid.

It was easy to figure out, but Dan was not open about his real identity, and mods would not allow speculation about the real identity of his sock puppets.

[_The Dude]

How is it possible to be a "hypocrite for the truth?"

I smoke, but I know smoking kills. I will never forget Yul Brynner's warning before he died of lung cancer - "Don't smoke!" Most lung cancer victims don't speak out in such a way. They prefer to be "consistent" with their position, having smoked. Some cancer victims do not stop smoking, like a friend of mine who recently died of cancer. He continued smoking because it was too late anyway. We are all hypocrites in some way. Even if, hypothetically, you knew Mormonism was true, could you/would you live it's high standards 24/7? I'm sure some do, maybe many, but would denying the truth make any difference?

Is it hypocrisy to warn others about where you went wrong, and continue to go wrong? Do you still eat fatty foods knowing that it's causing you heart disease? We humans are full, full of hypocrisy, but that should not stop us from telling the truth, about ourselves, or others, or facts.

I should just like to point out that smoking doesn't cause lung cancer, DNA mutations do.* So by some measure it is not hypocritical to continue smoking if you have terminal lung cancer anyway.

(*same logic as "Guns don't kill people....")

[_harmony]

Does no one but me understand what ACCESS DENIED really means, as far as participants on this board are concerned?

If the contents of the thread are interesting enough, copy the post, because otherwise, Juliann wins.

You don't know how to get around this? Just copy the hyperlink as I posted it, and then paste it into your browser. That way you are not going there as a redirection from this forum.

Also, the four threads I was speaking of are simple too long to post here. We are talking about two weeks of daily discussions.

Woaah... OK halftime is over.

In my case, I have to change servers in order to get around the ban. I am ACCESS DENIED no matter what on my home and work servers. A few others of us are in a simliar situation, although some of them use a proxy server to get around Juliann's ban.

I didn't mean to post the entire thread. I meant to post the pertinent posts which were germane to this thread: ie, Daniel's, the mod's, etc.

Personally, I think creating a thread here, about a thread or threads there, is counterproductive and detrimental to the integrity of this board. Creating a thread here about the same subject as a thread there is both productive and interesting. So creating a thread here about the relationship between Elohim and his consort would be both productive and interesting. Quotes from the thread on the other board would also be productive and interesting. However creating a thread here simply to discuss a thread there seems like a parasitical symbiosis, as if the creator of the thread thinks this board cannot exist without that one. And that is patently false.

[_harmony]

I just want to point out that every single time a MD thread includes a MAD link, the person posting that link is feeding Juliann's ego. Every single time! Because by posting just the link here, Juliann can control the content of this message board as well as her own. No links work from here to that board. All links from this board to that board are blocked by Juliann.

Does no one but me understand what ACCESS DENIED really means, as far as participants on this board are concerned?

If the contents of the thread are interesting enough, copy the post, because otherwise, Juliann wins.

Juliann wins what, exactly?

Juliann wins in her ongoing battle to control the contents of this board. And by extension, to control the people on this board.

[_Sam Harris]

My sockpuppet GIMR is just jealous that I didn't admit to writing her posts, too.

LOL, I was waiting for you to acknowledge me!

[_Sam Harris]

It must be really difficult living in a state of such chronic constipation, Daniel. I mean, I'm on percocet since my stroke, and that plugs you up so I feel your pain. But your backup is just due to deliberate anal retentiveness. If you stop shoving stuff up there, things would be able to come out and you wouldn't seem so disgruntled all the time.

Just a thought...

What an ironic statement.

This must be the post where you were trying to curse me out, but had to go back and alter it because the mods pinged you.

Ray, I actually chewed Merc out a while back on the LDS issue.

You too can escape the dangers of reverse-engineered food digestion!

[_Sam Harris]

I can't shut up, and (for now) I won't put up. I don't mind be called a hypocrite for the only true religion on earth.

How can one be a hypocrite for someone/something else?

As long as I know I'm a hypocrite for the truth - I am extremely happy.

How is it possible to be a "hypocrite for the truth?"

ROFL! What did Whitney Houston say, Ray?

"Crack is whack!"

Listen to the woman, she's doing so well now...

[_Jersey Girl]

I use only three sockpuppets here: Some Schmo, Mercury, and Polygamy Porter. I also go by Steve Benson and Bob McCue, but only over on the so-called Recovery board.

)

Alright, I'm ready to confess. The only sock puppet I use on these boards is "Daniel Peterson".

And it came to pass that Jersey Girl begat "Daniel Peterson"
And Daniel begat Schmo, Mercury, Porter, Benson and McCue.
And it came to pass that the tribe did disperse to MDB, MAD and RFM.
And some were banned in their socks.

How's that for a Sunday post?

;-)

[_Sam Harris]

All this "coming to pass" makes me nervous about my constipation again...