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Moksha wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2024 8:12 am

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has dropped the moniker Mormon to camouflage its reputation. But it still needs a shortened moniker. How does Gary sound? The Gary Church, the Book of Gary, and the Garys.

What in the name of God are you going on about?

The is the classic crackpot paradigm: Scientists can't explain everything, so the crap I make up is just as good. Indeed. I'm sure you've noticed how pathologically often both Mopologists and rank-and-file Mormons employ it to explain away contradictions within their scriptures and teachings. It's ...

Hope you’re doing well, Shades. Thanks for all you do to keep the lights on around here. 🙂 You're welcome. My problems with Hales are similar. His conclusions regarding polygamy are especially problematic, because he draws every possible conclusion except the obvious one: Joseph's libido inspired h...

That's fine, but Herr Krause still doesn't qualify for Hitler's "inner circle," since they probably never met each other. To qualify as being in the inner circle, you and Hitler have to have each other on "speed dial," so to speak.

Imwashingmypirate wrote: ↑

Sun May 12, 2024 10:26 pm

... The forums is breaking again. There are 360 odd "guests". Is there a way to boot them?

Why would we boot guests?

Everybody Wang Chung wrote: ↑

Mon May 13, 2024 12:46 am

Some faithful Mormons even made it into Hitler's inner circle.

I'm going to have to ask for a reference for that claim. Simply being a member of the SS was a far, FAR cry from being in Hitler's inner circle.

In my experience, Hales is a frustrating interlocutor. I am sure he means well, and he is not a bad guy, but his tactics are pretty slippery. He straw mans his opponents, and his own arguments are recycled. His Joseph couldn’t have done this ergo God arguments are his usual go-to approach. My probl...

bill4long wrote: ↑

Mon May 13, 2024 1:44 am

Anyone else?

Me, too.

I imagine you read one or more books in 2023. Think of your favorite one of those. Now, think of a book you read 22 years earlier, back in 2001. When you read the more recent one, did it contaminate your memory of the one from 2001, to the point that you thought the former's principal characters ha...

Consistency and coherence are irrelevant to you? Weird that you didn't quote me. Almost like you're scared! :D Scared?? Umm, no. My response was directly after yours, so that plus the context made it clear to whom I was responding. That the primary events of the Book of Mormon took place in the Ame...