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_Doctor Steuss
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beastie wrote:*by the way, I'm using "so-called" in the manner meaning "is usually called". And anyone who thinks otherwise is disturbed.

tee hee

As a sidenote, Dr. Marcus Martins in his book (at least the one I bought over the weekend… don’t know if he has more) on blacks and the priesthood refers to the priesthood ban as the “so-called priesthood ban.”
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_cksalmon
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Doctor Steuss wrote:But, I certainly cringed at it, as I consider Chris to be a friend (although I admittedly am a wee bit of a coward and don’t stand up for him as often as I should). As to how a Calvinist views such statements, I'm not real sure as I don't know how far-reaching the belief in a lack of free will goes.


Ah, man. Talk about misplaced guilt. You're only my favorite LDS poster of all time!

Now, I feel like I should delete the thread.

Punk.

Chris
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Post by _Bond...James Bond »

barrelomonkeys wrote:
rcrocket wrote:
Bond...James Bond wrote:I read that....gosh DCP carries a load of BS behind him big enough to fertilize the Gobi Desert.


You were a lot more fun when you used to employ your obscene avatar. Now you're just a continual stooge for the "we hate DCP" crowd.

rcrocket


What obscene avatar?

And I'm not part of that crowd either. I'm entirely too anti-social. Yet, I do like DCP.

Bizarre!


It was my "Diamonds....she'll pretty much have too" avatar.
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Oh yah........ I wasn't too fond of that one. I wonder why rcrockett thought you were "more fun" when that was your avatar?
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Doctor Steuss wrote:I figure based on his later comments that the reason he said it was because of a comment that CKS said that DCP viewed as an "attack" (I believe that was the word he used... maybe it was "caricature" though) on/of Mormon belief.


Yeah, it was definitely a caricature. In response to DCP's statement that he was gratified that some non-LDS (myself included) had voiced preference for the god of Greek paganism. "Candor is good," he wrote.

And, when I responded in kind and threatened to document his response (which I obviously did), he wrote something to the effect: "Hey, I thought we were just having a conversation." And he suggested he wouldn't interact with me anymore.

Ah, well.

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barrelomonkeys wrote:Oh yah........ I wasn't too fond of that one. I wonder why rcrockett thought you were "more fun" when that was your avatar?


Who knows.....he probably had his butt plug in when he was replying or something.
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Bond...James Bond wrote:
barrelomonkeys wrote:Oh yah........ I wasn't too fond of that one. I wonder why rcrockett thought you were "more fun" when that was your avatar?


Who knows.....he probably had his butt plug in when he was replying or something.



I'm sort of doubting that. That would probably loosen him up.
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Doctor Steuss wrote:But, I certainly cringed at it, as I consider Chris to be a friend (although I admittedly am a wee bit of a coward and don’t stand up for him as often as I should). As to how a Calvinist views such statements, I'm not real sure as I don't know how far-reaching the belief in a lack of free will goes.


I think CKS is one of the first Calvinists I actually liked. I never mutch cared for how Dutch Calvinists (Gereformeerd) seemed to treat me on my mission. With CKS, on the other hand, I've had some interesting discussions.
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Post by _beastie »

As a sidenote, Dr. Marcus Martins in his book (at least the one I bought over the weekend… don’t know if he has more) on blacks and the priesthood refers to the priesthood ban as the “so-called priesthood ban.”


Oh dear!! Honestly, I don't get that at all. I know DCP hotly claimed that "so-called Mountain Meadows Massacre" only meant that it is normally called such, but frankly, that makes no sense at all.

So why would someone call it the "so-called" ban? It was obviously a ban. Who is Dr. Martins?
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Post by _cksalmon »

asbestosman wrote:
Doctor Steuss wrote:But, I certainly cringed at it, as I consider Chris to be a friend (although I admittedly am a wee bit of a coward and don’t stand up for him as often as I should). As to how a Calvinist views such statements, I'm not real sure as I don't know how far-reaching the belief in a lack of free will goes.


I think CKS is one of the first Calvinists I actually liked. I never mutch cared for how Dutch Calvinists (Gereformeerd) seemed to treat me on my mission. With CKS, on the other hand, I've had some interesting discussions.


Well, I can't say that you're the first LDS I actually liked. But, the feeling is mutual.

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