mentalgymnast wrote:This may be one of the reasons active Mormons don't show their keyboard strokes much around here. What a tunnel visioned statement you're making here! I'm picturing a horse with blinders on that moves forward not able to see to either side.
Sure, I've got blinders on to this guy. I think he's a total (let me self moderate here - i won't use the word i was thinking of). Any guy who thinks like that guy does, is not worth listening to. So sue me.
I wish I could figure out how to fit a long URL address into a condensed format...oh well.
If you go to quote my post, you can see exactly how i did that.
Sincerely -WK-
edit - i'll leave your thread now.
WK: "Joseph Smith asserted that the Book of Mormon peoples were the original inhabitants of the americas"
Will Schryver: "No, he didn’t." 3/19/08
Still waiting for Will to back this up...
CaliforniaKid wrote:I reviewed A Different Jesus on my blog. In my opinion Millet is smart, open-minded, and good at what he does. But he is typical in wanting to make the faith sound good, and sometimes tries a little too hard. in my opinion
One of my favorite comments in the interview was when Millet said something to the effect that he was unwilling be held hostage to the things he doesn't know for the sake of the things that he does know.
mentalgymnast wrote:One of my favorite comments in the interview was when Millet said something to the effect that he was unwilling be held hostage to the things he doesn't know for the sake of the things that he does know.
Hmm. Was that a politically correct code phrase for "I insist on sticking my head in the sand?"
"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?"
Thanks for the links. Couldn't get to the first site in the OP. Did get to U-tube and the tape of Robt. Millett speaking to a small group of, i imagine, LDS males @ BYU... Now i know the guy, as a Mormon. What else is he in the realm of pedagogy? Is he a prof? Of what?
The "banned cartoon" should be required watching by every LDS Investigator as the 'First Discussion' presented by the Missionaries. From there to the Family Hearth and 'Love At Home' ideals--that can be found outside of LDSism--would be more honest, IMSCO.
The Georgia Preacher obviously out-matched the cycling Missionaries on all fronts. Gotta feel sorry for them representing a flawed product. (The Missionaries, that is.)
"Mormon Errotica" was a stretch of imagination--IMSCO. Practical guy that IAM, i didn't see much positive purpose in it. Then again, i don't find much practical/positive purpose in a lot of human indulgences/circuses...
I'd like to see a Millett discussion with the Geogia Preacher... That would be interesting. Roger
Hi TD, good observation! Isn't this cyber thing wonderful! Sure makes it difficult to fool folks. Putting such nonsense on the public stage?? How can there not be questions?! Gotta wonder if they ever play-back for their own observation? :-) Warm regards, Roger
Who Knows wrote:Is this the same guy with that youtube video of him talking to missionaries, basically telling them how to dodge difficult questions, and 'not answer the question that was asked, but answer the question that should have been asked'?
He even struggled to answer the question on the cover of his own book, "What happened to the cross?" When I first purchased the book, I thought he was going to answer this question by tracing the development of the no-cross protocol in the Church (as I will be doing in my thesis). So how did he answer (spin) the question on the cover of his book? He says in his intro, "the question 'What happened to the cross?' could be restated for our purposes here as 'How have we applied our doctrine?' What we believe always affects how we live. And so, this is a book about several distinctive doctrines of the Restoration, those sweet and sublime teachings that rivet our souls on Christ, who is the Center." (p. 6)
Who Knows wrote:Is this the same guy with that youtube video of him talking to missionaries, basically telling them how to dodge difficult questions, and 'not answer the question that was asked, but answer the question that should have been asked'?
He even struggled to answer the question on the cover of his own book, "What happened to the cross?" When I first purchased the book, I thought he was going to answer this question by tracing the development of the no-cross protocol in the Church (as I will be doing in my thesis). So how did he answer (spin) the question on the cover of his book? He says in his intro, "the question 'What happened to the cross?' could be restated for our purposes here as 'How have we applied our doctrine?' What we believe always affects how we live. And so, this is a book about several distinctive doctrines of the Restoration, those sweet and sublime teachings that rivet our souls on Christ, who is the Center." (p. 6)
What the?
I will also point out the phrase quoted above, "rivet our souls on Christ..." He seems to be echoing/paraphrasing a remark made by Brigham Young: "having your minds riveted-yes, I may say riveted-on the CROSS of Christ." Ironically... Millet removes the cross from the very phrase he echoes! I've thought about writing a review of this book, entitled "What Happened to the Cross in 'What Happened to the Cross?'"
Maybe I will get around to it after I complete my thesis.
Mike Reed wrote: I've thought about writing a review of this book, entitled "What Happened to the Cross in 'What Happened to the Cross?'"
Maybe I will get around to it after I complete my thesis.
Holy coincidence batman!
I was at Deseret Book a few minutes ago, and was eye-balling that book. I was planning on shooting you a PM asking if you had read it and if the title did justice to the meat of the book.
The gods have given me a gift today… and it is in the form of a little extra cash in my wallet. (I did end up buying all three volumes of “Standing on the Promises” though only to notice after I bought them that they are novels… grrrrr…)
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." ~Charles Bukowski