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by Rivendale
Wed May 08, 2024 9:33 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: So we know the 'church' is a fraud, where does that leave...
Replies: 18
Views: 301

Re: So we know the 'church' is a fraud, where does that leave...

There are some signs that membership is ticking back up. It may be wishful thinking to believe that people as a whole will continue getting smarter and rejecting ridiculous stories like Mormonism. It’s just as possible that people fall into misinformation more now that internet propaganda is everyw...
by Rivendale
Fri May 03, 2024 7:27 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed by scientists
Replies: 6
Views: 265

Re: Face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed by scientists

DCP has pointed out many times that he believes in an old earth, so it’s possible to fit old earth into Mormonism. But the temple ceremony makes it abundantly clear that the garden of Eden was a real story that happened 6,000 years or so ago. So these 75,000 year old humans were just animals withou...
by Rivendale
Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:13 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
Replies: 105
Views: 5139

Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"

All of this is similar to the Mosiah priority. Smith had no idea where the lost pages were so he became very nervous. Same thing now. Church leaders are vigilant for source materials that can create doubt and will go through grat lengths to hide them. Not destroy but hide.
by Rivendale
Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
Replies: 105
Views: 5139

Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"

It is a wild ride of a book. One flimsy speculation added to another. Still, loads of fun. Rivendale, perhaps you could clarify your comment a bit for those of us who have not followed this particular theory. What papers do you mean being hidden, by whom, and when? What previous attempts of what fi...
by Rivendale
Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:52 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Even the very elect - Church photoshops ExMormon actor from temple movie
Replies: 10
Views: 592

Re: Even the very elect - Church photoshops ExMormon actor from temple movie

Usually the church goes out of its way to give the middle finger to people who request anything. Somehow pixels on a screen loses divine power when the person becomes an apostate. Maybe it is associated with entanglement. Once the person leaves the church the pixels automatically assume the state of...
by Rivendale
Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
Replies: 105
Views: 5139

Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"

I just finished listening to Mormonism live with Nelson. He claims it is the most parsimonious theory. His statistical opionion is that Joseph only had about 5% authorship with Rigdon and Spalding carrying the majority? That seems tenuous especially with the scant evidence that Rigdon recieved the m...
by Rivendale
Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Pissing on "Frenchy"'s Grave?; Or, a Case Study in Mopologetic Selfishness
Replies: 75
Views: 8572

Re: Pissing on "Frenchy"'s Grave?; Or, a Case Study in Mopologetic Selfishness

Did he follow this advice from his dad? My father liked to lecture me: “When you are listening to somebody trying to teach you, imagine yourself trying to teach them something. What will you say? Will you know what you’re talking about? Will you have any real conviction? Will you tell dumb stories o...
by Rivendale
Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:50 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: My Encounter with Kerry Muhlestein online
Replies: 15
Views: 1617

Re: My Encounter with Kerry Muhlestein online

Not familiar with YouTube? :roll:
by Rivendale
Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:14 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Pissing on "Frenchy"'s Grave?; Or, a Case Study in Mopologetic Selfishness
Replies: 75
Views: 8572

Re: Pissing on "Frenchy"'s Grave?; Or, a Case Study in Mopologetic Selfishness

People do temple work for non-relatives all the time. From Adolf Hitler to Zsa Zsa Gabor. Tangeta must be a relative.