I don't plan to post that often on days off from now on. Too much getting neglected, but I won't farewell like Don. Found an Oz forum too, and that looks more interesting. No Mormon-bashing. Thank God.
For someone who can't stand "Mormon bashing", you sure seek it out a lot.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.
beastie wrote:For someone who can't stand "Mormon bashing", you sure seek it out a lot.
Yeah, which kind of makes me wonder why you're so interested in Mormonism. Enough to read 30 books on just one subject, though you totally lost your belief in it years ago. Hmmm....
Yeah, which kind of makes me wonder why you're so interested in Mormonism. Enough to read 30 books on just one subject, though you totally lost your belief in it years ago. Hmmm....
The answer is obvious. I don't hate Mormonism like you hate Mormon bashing.
And those thirty books weren't about Mormonism.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.
I think you're just seeking the truth. So, in reality, I have nothing against your website, or the time you invested.
Thanks.
No, they weren't. But you didn't read them purely out of casual interest. You read them to see how they relate to Mormon claims.
That's why I read the FIRST book. Then that first book got me hooked on understanding the Maya in general. There is NO WAY I would have read over thirty books about mesoamerica simply to see how it relates to Mormonism. The Maya are genuinely intriguing.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.
beastie wrote:That's why I read the FIRST book. Then that first book got me hooked on understanding the Maya in general. There is NO WAY I would have read over thirty books about mesoamerica simply to see how it relates to Mormonism. The Maya are genuinely intriguing.
Perhaps you should also do a study of the Carib Indians, who originally came from Central America early in the first millennium.
They have been described as "fierce and warlike", but also had a gentle side.
My great-grandmother (paternal) was one of the last Carib survivors. She may originally have been Arawak, and spoke Arawak. I even have a photo of her - she looks like Geronimo! LOL. It was taken c.1927, just before she died. So I guess she was a "Lamanite". Just letting you know why I also have a lot of interest in this. Not so much with Central Americans, but their descendants who fled to the Caribbean.
I didn't realise, (after trawling the web) that the word cannibal comes from a misunderstanding around the word Carib and the tendency of the Carib people to practice cannibalism historically...
I didn't realise, (after trawling the web) that the word cannibal comes from a misunderstanding around the word Carib and the tendency of the Carib people to practice cannibalism historically...
Learn something new every day!!
I'm no relation, of course, to the Fine Young Cannibals. (Insert smiley here)