moksha wrote:Seems masturbation is unfair both to wives and livestock.
So true, Moksha. When I lived in Utah I remember many farm wives and ewes looking dejected. Now I understand why.
moksha wrote:Seems masturbation is unfair both to wives and livestock.
altersteve wrote:Yes, exaltation is "earned" in a sense, but it is "earned" through the grace of Jesus Christ. Without Him, there is no salvation, period. The Church has always emphatically declared this.
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
Buzzard wrote: IMHO, if you don't believe that, you might as well be a Methodist. They are a lot cheaper, and from what I understand, have the best potlucks around.
Kevin Christensen wrote:Call me when there is a radical change to: faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Repentence of sins, baptism by immersion, receiving the Holy Spirit, and enduring to the end.
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
cdowis wrote: Parallelism is a flawed argument.
For example, I can provide proof that the Book of Mormon was written in the 20th century. There are clear references to the Teliban, for example, where we have terrorists with a standing army who flee to the mountains in the winderness, and pursuit by government troops. Who could miss the the references to the Mafia and their oaths, We see "TV preachers", references to Darwinisn, to the arguments of modern atheists.
The Book of Mormon is clearly a production of the 20th century, based on the argument of parallelism.
The burden is on yourself to prove that there are references only to the 19th century, and to no other post 19th century culture.
cdowis wrote:This argument has been addressed previously. The problem is that one can prove ANYTHING given certain assumptions.
3sheets2thewind wrote:Daniel Peterson, on 02 March 2012 - 03:56 PM, said:
We don't know the reason for the ban.
Perhaps it was a mistake. In that case, we don't know why the Lord permitted it to endure until 1978.
bcspace wrote:What else would you expect from someone who uses the face of an infamous and self confessed sex predator for an avatar?
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
Zerinus wrote:According to my projections of the graph found in that website, the total membership of the Church in 200 years from now is close to 100,000,000.
zerinus wrote:When you're projecting growth, small changes make a big difference.
For example, let's look at things 200 years out and assume world population grows at 1%.
Right now, LDS makes up about 0.2% of the world or 1 of every 400 people in the world are LDS.
If LDS grows at 2.4%, in 200 years 1 in every 27 people will be LDS.
If church grows at 1.5%, in 200 years 1 in every 160 people will be LDS.
If church grows at 1%, in 200 years the same 1 in every 400 people.
If church grows at 0.5%, in 200 years 1 in 1,156 people will be LDS.
zerinus wrote:I don't think so. The growth rate is actually exponential. I erred on the side of caution. The true figure in 200 years time is more likely to be close to 200,000,000, if past trends continue.
robuchan wrote:
The issue is not why haven't we found any evidence. The question is why would we expect to find any evidence.
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.