Side note: has anyone ever actually read the MAD board rules? I'm not sure how they hold any discussion over. Well I know, the rules are unfairly followed only when LDS posters feel threatened, but if the rules were in fact followed and a poster were so inclined almost every topic worth discussing could be objected to. Read and quake in fear.
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These guidelines can be updated with out notice.
Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07
MASH quotes
I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it.
I avoid church religiously.
This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.