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"Now, you may say, "I need some help in this process And therefore, I am going to find someone else to help me." It may be a therapist, it may be a clergyman, it may be a guru It may be any kind of person who teaches a technique of self-improvement. Well, cost/benefit and risk/reward is the most ra...

Dr. Shades wrote: ↑

Sun May 05, 2024 6:49 am

The Angel Moroni told Joseph Smith....

I keep trying to call this Moroni dude, but he won't take my call.

The First Amendment did not apply to state or local governments until the 14th was passed. The Illinois state constitution effectively enshrined the same rights: Art 8:22, which was in effect in 1844: The printing presses shall be free to every person, who undertakes to examine the proceedings of t...

Moksha wrote: ↑

Wed May 01, 2024 5:00 am

Spring it on those newly trafficked European girls with a one-way ticket!

When the girls got there they realized it was virtual slavery. Pure evil.

I don't believe the first century head of the church who was Peter was known as a Prophet. Prophets' and Prophetess' were part of the Hebrew Bible. More likely James the brother of Jesus was a head of the Jerusalem assembly. The gentile assemblies were led by Paul (until they abandoned him). The Je...

—something that posed a danger to the safety and welfare of society as determined by the Nauvoo City Council, based on American legal precedent and William Blackstone’s commentary (an influential treatise on common law). There were many instances, both before and after this time, of local and state...

Dr. Shades wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:44 am

What makes you think you have a mission from God?

You just never never know.

The City Council ordered the Mayor, Joseph Smith to shut down the press, and it was legal. The City Council listened to Joseph's orders and not the other way around. Remember, he was the prophet, the mayor, the Commander of the Nauvoo Legion, and had recently appointed himself to be King and High P...

Older man / younger women, isn't an exclusively Mormon thing. What older men get younger women? The ones that can.

If a leader representing the whole religion has requested not to use the term "Mormons" to refer to Latter-day Saints, persons, news and online media proceeding to do so makes it officially a slur, like other slurs, racial or religious. In addition to the history of the word in which it was intende...