"Jesus gave us the gospel, but Satan invented church. It takes serious evil to formalize faith into something tedious and then pile guilt on anyone who doesn’t participate enthusiastically." - Robert Kirby
Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer. -- Henry Lawson
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- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
Tom wrote:As to J. Gee's comments on the UVU panel on apologetics, I am intrigued by his reference to "an actual apologist [who] asked [the panelists] about how they might respond to a hypothetical sister in Parowan who might be troubled by things she had read." Who was this "actual apologist" and why didn't Gee identify him or her?
An excellent question!
I've now watched the substance of the panel discussion video. I didn't hear a question about a hypothetical sister in Parowan (although the video did seem to end a bit abruptly).
“A scholar said he could not read the Book of Mormon, so we shouldn’t be shocked that scholars say the papyri don’t translate and/or relate to the Book of Abraham. Doesn’t change anything. It’s ancient and historical.” ~ Hanna Seariac
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They are pinned. Hall of fame thread.
"Jesus gave us the gospel, but Satan invented church. It takes serious evil to formalize faith into something tedious and then pile guilt on anyone who doesn’t participate enthusiastically." - Robert Kirby
Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer. -- Henry Lawson
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
It does work. You just have to type "*" (without the quotation marks) at the end of every word.
"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?"
Tator wrote:Great job, Dr. Scratch, as usual. Any predictions for 2016?
It'll be interesting to see who gets appointed as Director of the Maxwell Institute. As far as predictions go.... Hmm. Tough to say. There might be further developments involving the clash between the Mopologists and the "Mormon Studies" crew. Frankly, I would be interested to see the apologists creeping out from behind the shelter of their various blogs and engaging critics more directly, but I sincerely doubt that will happen.
Are there even any "serious" Mormon Studies types at BYU who could be prevailed upon to take the job? Excluding the OMIDs, who really wants it?
Mormonism ceased being a compelling topic for me when I finally came to terms with its transformation from a personality cult into a combination of a real estate company, a SuperPac, and Westboro Baptist Church. - Kishkumen
It does work. You just have to type "*" (without the quotation marks) at the end of every word.
It doesn't.
Search for "translated*" in "Topic titles only" by author "ludwigm" gives: You must specify at least one word to search for. Each word must consist of at least 3 characters and must not contain more than 14 characters excluding wildcards. I KNOW that there are seven of that status. I wrote them all.
Any search using "*" gives the same result, by the way.
Without the quotation marks, certainly...
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
Sethbag wrote:Are there even any "serious" Mormon Studies types at BYU who could be prevailed upon to take the job? Excluding the OMIDs, who really wants it?
I would like to see Terryl Givens do it, if they bring in someone from outside BYU.
"Petition wasn’t meant to start a witch hunt as I’ve said 6000 times." ~ Hanna Seariac, LDS apologist
Sethbag wrote:Are there even any "serious" Mormon Studies types at BYU who could be prevailed upon to take the job? Excluding the OMIDs, who really wants it?
I would like to see Terryl Givens do it, if they bring in someone from outside BYU.
He would have to leave his beloved Richmond for Orem and assume command over a gaggle of righteous divas. Greater love hath no man.
