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[_TAK]

I respectfully submit..

[_moksha]

Bro you need to play Fallout 3 and see what really happens.

Just watch out for the feral ghouls, the super mutants and the Enclave headquartered in the Maxwell Institute.

[_Dr. Shades]

Bro you need to play Fallout 3 and see what really happens.

Don't keep me in suspense. I'm not a video game player, so what really happens?

[_Gadianton Plumber]

Ha ha ha, Space Cadets admits he is lonely and friendless. Talking about teh geyz:

That's exactly how it happens. I've lived in gay communities and I've been present during conversations about how and who to recruit and have even been targeted myself. It's one of the many reasons why we must reach out to the lonely and friendless lest they become ensared in some type of deviancy.

http://www.mormonapologetics.org/topic/49899-article-how-i-almost-became-a-lesbian/page__view__findpost__p__1208867088

[_MrStakhanovite]

Don't keep me in suspense. I'm not a video game player, so what really happens?

I'll quote men far better than I:

Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

[_ttribe]

Erichard

I remain totally convinced that the ban was from God and that it was a capitulation by the Gentile church leaders to seek to remove it. In other words, I believe President Kimball was deceived, and he led the Lord's church into error. I know people call this racist, but it is not mean spirited. It is in harmony with the doctrines of Mormon Eternalism.

http://www.mormonapologetics.org/topic/ ... 1208866686

For the record on this particular comment: http://www.mormonapologetics.org/topic/ ... 1208868029

[_Gadianton Plumber]

I, for one, am offended when Selek does not call me Lord Nyal.

http://www.mormonapologetics.org/topic/ ... 1208868421

First thought is this, to me for a LDS to refer to the President of the Quorum of the Twelve as "Packer" instead of Elder Packer, or even President Packer, to me it is offensive. To me it shows a disrespect that is not worthy of a LDS

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[_beastie]

I have to submit an entire post, from none other than Scott Lloyd, a.k.a. "the gift that keeps on giving":

Two recent threads, the one on Chapel vs. Internet Mormonism and the other on LDS urban legends has prompted a fusion in my thinking. As a result, I have a new dichotomy to propose that perhaps, is not bogus like Chapel vs. Internet. It is this:

On the one hand, we have Mormons who seek to learn and understand the authoritative doctrines, policies and positions of the Church so as to use them as guidelines for their own faith, belief, worship. For the purpose of discussion, I shall call them orthodox Mormons.

On the other hand, we have Mormons who, for whatever reason -- laziness, intellectual neglect, intransigence, invincible ignorance, whatever -- cling to folk doctrine as though it were scripture. I shall call them folk Mormons.

To illustrate how this breaks down, here are a couple of applications:

A folk Mormon is convinced that all faithful Church members one day will be called upon to walk en masse to Jackson County, Mo., there to build the temple of the New Jerusalem.

An orthodox Mormon understands that the above notion is a tradition handed down from the early Utah period of Church history, when some Church members were convinced the Second Coming would occur within their lifetimes and they would have the opportunity to go reclaim their Missouri lands.

A folk Mormon is wedded to a traditional understanding about Book of Mormon geography (i.e. hemispheric or North American model) to the point of calling into question the faithfulness and loyalty of those who are not.

An orthodox Mormon knows that the Church takes no official position about locales for specific Book of Mormon events and thus understands that Latter-day Saints are not bound to accept one particular model over another.

A folk Mormon is prone to gospel hobbyism at the expense of a wholesome balance in scriptural and doctrinal scholarship.

An orthodox Mormon lives "by every word that proceedeth forth from the mouth of God."

Critics who are prone to attack strawmen are likely to focus on the folk-doctrine beliefs of folk Mormons as an excuse to beat up the Church, because such beliefs are often easy targets. They express frustration and resistance when told that such beliefs are not authoritative.

The categories (orthodox vs. folk Mormon) are archetypal, and I don't insist that a person must be either one or the other. A generally orthodox Mormon could have folk Mormon elements in his attitude.

And I'm not yet saying this model is valid; I'm only thinking out loud here. It might be altogether unworkable, just as Internet vs. Chapel is.

Your thoughts?

http://www.mormonapologetics.org/topic/ ... 585db85cda

My thoughts, Scott, are that you handed critics a big, fat present tied up with a beautiful bow.

[_The Dude]

New Science Impacts Book of Mormon DNA Studies - Southerton is at it again!

Trying to wrap his head around why there is no DNA evidence for Book of Mormon people, mfbukowski comes to this brilliant conclusion:

One might think that if indeed the Book of Mormon is "true", there would be NO living descendants of Lehi.

Maybe we have been looking at it "wrong headedly" all these years

Wouldn't it be deliciously ironic if Southerton is indeed adding one more "bullseye" to the VERACITY of the Book of Mormon??

I love it!

What is deliciously ironic is how this apologist sets himself up as some kind of philosopher guru, and then he arrives at this kind of illogical tripe.

Gotta love that MAD board!

[_EAllusion]

Homer: Not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm!
Lisa: That’s specious reasoning, dad.
Homer: Why thank you, honey.
Lisa: By your logic, I could claim that this rock keeps tigers away.
Homer: Hmm. How does it work?
Lisa: It doesn’t work; it’s just a stupid rock!
Homer: Uh-huh.
Lisa: But I don’t see any tigers around, do you?
Homer: Hmm... Lisa, I want to buy your rock.