JohnStuartMill wrote:Schryver's just pissed because he believed all the s*** his teachers in the Church said about its inevitable victory. Remember the exponential graphs of Church membership intended to show the tide turning in the Church's favor, etc.? Denying Mormonism's triumphalism is an emotional blow to people whose belief system says that the Church will one day rule the entire Earth.
Exactly. So much for the rock cut out of the mountain. More like a poop pebble.
JohnStuartMill wrote:Schryver's just pissed because he believed all the s*** his teachers in the Church said about its inevitable victory. Remember the exponential graphs of Church membership intended to show the tide turning in the Church's favor, etc.? Denying Mormonism's triumphalism is an emotional blow to people whose belief system says that the Church will one day rule the entire Earth.
I know of no one who believes "the Church will one day rule the entire Earth."
We do have an article of faith that states:
We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
But that won't happen until all the wicked and the apostates are fried to a crisp and swept from the face of the earth. What a glorious day that will be!
... every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol ...
silentkid wrote:Exactly. So much for the rock cut out of the mountain. More like a poop pebble.
That poop pebble was collected by my kid, Madeline "Scat Hunt" Colette. It now occupies a Ziplock baggie in her science lab (a shoebox under her bed). She has positively identified it as curelom dung.
And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw.
22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
. . . Hey, guys, it's been a fun Friday, but I've got to go now. Gotta go visit my shrink and get my NPD fixed.
Either that, or I'll practice my guitar and pretend I'm a famous rock star, up on the stage, being showered with the adoring screams of thousands of fans.
... every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol ...
William Schryver wrote:We do have an article of faith that states:
We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
But that won't happen until all the wicked and the apostates are fried to a crisp and swept from the face of the earth. What a glorious day that will be!
William Schryver wrote:But that won't happen until all the wicked and the apostates are fried to a crisp and swept from the face of the earth. What a glorious day that will be!
That's quite a narcissistic viewpoint you've got there. Just hoping it won't progress to the point where you feel compelled to help the work along, a la the Lafferty brothers. Keep on being special ...
The person who is certain and who claims divine warrant for his certainty belongs now to the infancy of our species. Christopher Hitchens
Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions. Frater
Lucretia MacEvil wrote:That's quite a narcissistic viewpoint you've got there.
I should probably let you know that I just took an online test for Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Apparently I don't qualify. Sorry to disappoint you.
On the other hand, it seems I do suffer from an inferiority complex.
But it's not a very good one.
... every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol ...
JohnStuartMill wrote:Schryver's just pissed because he believed all the s*** his teachers in the Church said about its inevitable victory. Remember the exponential graphs of Church membership intended to show the tide turning in the Church's favor, etc.? Denying Mormonism's triumphalism is an emotional blow to people whose belief system says that the Church will one day rule the entire Earth.
Hahahahahahaha!!!!! You thought we thought we would convert the world?
The stone was cut out of the mountain and fill the Earth but Nephi said that our numbers will be few at least until Christ returns and we send 90% of the posters here to hell for a stint along with most of the world.
YIPPEEE!!!!!
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
The Nehor wrote:Hahahahahahaha!!!!! You thought we thought we would convert the world?
The stone was cut out of the mountain and fill the Earth but Nephi said that our numbers will be few at least until Christ returns and we send 90% of the posters here to hell for a stint along with most of the world.
YIPPEEE!!!!!
You must have missed the part when President Kimball prophesied about "when the world will be converted." They even made a film showing graphs and charts and animated progress of the church sweeping the world.
You really never heard or saw that? Wow, times have changed.
