If Mormonism was invented today, how successful would it be?
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Secrecy is the key.
Ain't happenin' these days. That's why all religions will eventually fail. There's too much media.
Thank God for that.
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Ain't happenin' these days. That's why all religions will eventually fail. There's too much media.
Thank God for that.
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In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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Hello,
The new book of Mormons are Urantia, A course in Miracles, and the one I have been a student of for the last 35 years, and a lifetime member, The Edgar Cayce material.
In the 1800's Smith had the advantage of a belief in a place called heaven/hell and they were able to use that to there advantage by claiming your fate hinged on whether you remained faithful to there organization. Present day Book of Mormon's claim reincarnation is the after death scenario. They have nothing they can use to intimidate members into remaining faithful.
The new book of Mormons are Urantia, A course in Miracles, and the one I have been a student of for the last 35 years, and a lifetime member, The Edgar Cayce material.
In the 1800's Smith had the advantage of a belief in a place called heaven/hell and they were able to use that to there advantage by claiming your fate hinged on whether you remained faithful to there organization. Present day Book of Mormon's claim reincarnation is the after death scenario. They have nothing they can use to intimidate members into remaining faithful.
May all your naps be joyous occasions.
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He wouldn't rise above a few hundred cultists on a compound.
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.
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Tobin wrote:True Mormonism...
This is.... what?
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
The Holy Sacrament.
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Darkhelmet wrote:[...] if Mormonism did not exist until today, and some 20-something year old, with a shady background announced he dug up some gold plates with the help of an angel and he was translating them with a seer stone, yada, yada, yada, how successful do you think it would be?
That's like asking if the Oneida Community were begun in the 21st Century, would it still eventually culminate in the giant silverware company we know today?
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zeezrom wrote:Tobin wrote:True Mormonism...
This is.... what?
Based on real experiences with God instead of heartburn and correlation meetings.
"You lack vision, but I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on all day, all night.... Tire salons, automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see. My God, it'll be beautiful." -- Judge Doom
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Tobin wrote:Based on real experiences with God instead of heartburn and correlation meetings.
If only members would take psychotropic drugs as you have, they might have similar experiences. Joseph Smith knew the value of such substances.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/70399796/Rest ... d-Mushroom
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.
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Wow, you have a serious case of bearing false witness Buffalo. Do you actually state anything that is true?Buffalo wrote:If only members would take psychotropic drugs as you have, they might have similar experiences. Joseph Smith knew the value of such substances.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/70399796/Rest ... d-Mushroom
"You lack vision, but I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on all day, all night.... Tire salons, automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see. My God, it'll be beautiful." -- Judge Doom
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Tobin wrote:Wow, you have a serious case of bearing false witness Buffalo. Do you actually state anything that is true?Buffalo wrote:If only members would take psychotropic drugs as you have, they might have similar experiences. Joseph Smith knew the value of such substances.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/70399796/Rest ... d-Mushroom
Are you denying having ever taken mind-altering substances?
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.
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Of course not. I've been as high as a kite and drunk as a skunk. I also know when I'm not high or drunk too.Buffalo wrote:Are you denying having ever taken mind-altering substances?
"You lack vision, but I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on all day, all night.... Tire salons, automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see. My God, it'll be beautiful." -- Judge Doom