Ray A.....total nut.

Post by **_Bond...James Bond** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:49 pm

Blixa wrote:What I want to know is how......Normandy got mixed up in all this...

To be fair to Ray A, at least he got the date of D-Day correct. So at the very least he has some of his fact straight.

Post by **_Blixa** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:54 pm

Yeah but, the parallel---a non-mormon valorizing Mormonism, a non-US citizen valorizing America---is striking. Can Ray only idolize that which he is not a part of?

He also presumably didn't land at Normandy...

_Yoda · Post by **_Yoda** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:04 pm

Ray did indicate "angry" ex-Mo's....so if you're not angry, I guess you don't fall into his little category of reproach.

Post by **_Runtu** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:11 pm

liz3564 wrote:Ray did indicate "angry" ex-Mo's....so if you're not angry, I guess you don't fall into his little category of reproach.

I feel bad for Ray. I've watched him over many years, and he seems every bit as troubled now as when I first met him. I tried naïvely to help him, but he turned on me earlier this year because I said his comparison of exmos to Nazis was over the top. Suddenly I became a hateful exmo who put on a false face and spoke with a "smooth tongue." What I gather is that if you are an exmo who disagrees with Ray, you are inherently angry and evil.

Kind of sad, isn't it?

Post by **_Alter Idem** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:28 pm

How do you all know that this is really "Ray A."? After some of the stunts I've seen on message boards, I have to reserve a bit of skepticism that this is not really Ray but could just be someone on this board who's playing a little joke. Anyone can start a blog and also go on a message board and pretend they are "Ray"--or any of us for that matter. Especially if they stop posting on the blog...like they've gotten bored with the joke. Just have to wonder.......

Post by **_barrelomonkeys** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:42 pm

Alter Idem wrote:How do you all know that this is really "Ray A."? After some of the stunts I've seen on message boards, I have to reserve a bit of skepticism that this is not really Ray but could just be someone on this board who's playing a little joke. Anyone can start a blog and also go on a message board and pretend they are "Ray"--or any of us for that matter. Especially if they stop posting on the blog...like they've gotten bored with the joke. Just have to wonder.......

Well if it's not Ray, I have to give a big BRAVO to whoever cloned his style. Certainly appears to be very Ray-ish.

Post by **_MishMagnet** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:42 pm

I hope he doesn't kiss his Bishop with that mouth.

Complain about the church when so many brave men have lost their lives to wars of freedom.

Okay. Complain about exmos when so many brave men have lost their lives to wars of freedom.

Pot, meet kettle.

Post by **_Alter Idem** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:44 pm

barrelomonkeys wrote:
Alter Idem wrote:How do you all know that this is really "Ray A."? After some of the stunts I've seen on message boards, I have to reserve a bit of skepticism that this is not really Ray but could just be someone on this board who's playing a little joke. Anyone can start a blog and also go on a message board and pretend they are "Ray"--or any of us for that matter. Especially if they stop posting on the blog...like they've gotten bored with the joke. Just have to wonder.......

Well if it's not Ray, I have to give a big BRAVO to whoever cloned his style. Certainly appears to be very Ray-ish.

I'm sure we've got some very talented people among us who could easily clone style.

Post by **_Blixa** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:45 pm

Alter Idem wrote:

How do you all know that this is really "Ray A."? After some of the stunts I've seen on message boards, I have to reserve a bit of skepticism that this is not really Ray but could just be someone on this board who's playing a little joke. Anyone can start a blog and also go on a message board and pretend they are "Ray"--or any of us for that matter. Especially if they stop posting on the blog...like they've gotten bored with the joke. Just have to wonder.......

That was a very charitable post, Alter Idem. Let's hope you're right for all our sakes ; )

Post by **_Alter Idem** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:58 pm

Blixa wrote:Alter Idem wrote:
How do you all know that this is really "Ray A."? After some of the stunts I've seen on message boards, I have to reserve a bit of skepticism that this is not really Ray but could just be someone on this board who's playing a little joke. Anyone can start a blog and also go on a message board and pretend they are "Ray"--or any of us for that matter. Especially if they stop posting on the blog...like they've gotten bored with the joke. Just have to wonder.......

That was a very charitable post, Alter Idem. Let's hope you're right for all our sakes ; )

Hi Blixa, when I first joined FAIR a couple of years ago, Ray A. was one poster who I really liked. He was articulate, interesting and because of his unique position (having been in the church and then out again, etc) his thinking was more complex on LDS issues. I also enjoyed his near-death experiences posts which were always fascinating.

Over the last couple of years, he's gotten more angry--especially when he posted here. I've often wondered what was going on in his life to explain the changes. Anyway, for his sake as well, I have to hope this blog isn't him.