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by Alphus and Omegus
Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:11 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: From: Conservatives and "believing falsehoods"
Replies: 13
Views: 1000

Re: Conservatives and "believing falsehoods"

This entire nonsense discussion about trans people is nothing to do with the OP. If someone wants to believe that it's the left which is stupider, let's see some real studies rather than useless and irrelevant fulminations against trans people, who have been documented to exist in many human societi...
by Alphus and Omegus
Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:48 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Reviving the Board
Replies: 193
Views: 9913

Re: Reviving the Board

i agree. And it really wouldn't take a rule change, because the way the rule is written, it is already included. just a reminder of what constitutes a 'derail' going forward. Maybe just an auto-generated reminder would be sufficient, kind of like how Reddit does it, for various flairs. Or after a r...
by Alphus and Omegus
Sat Jul 15, 2023 3:15 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Reviving the Board
Replies: 193
Views: 9913

Re: Reviving the Board

Amen. I’m a staunch advocate for libertarian free speech but watching people take a dump in the punch bowl over and over and complain about being censored when the fecal matter is removed is getting really tiring. Not just here but in society as a whole. Challenging authority, especially government...
by Alphus and Omegus
Sat Jul 15, 2023 12:56 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: So California Mormons vs Utah (et al) Mormons
Replies: 4
Views: 451

Re: So California Mormons vs Utah (et al) Mormons

I think it depends on the region and the Mormons. Those in rural areas of Utah are a lot more right-wing and nasty in my experience. Out in the "mission field," I would say that most Mormons know they are a small minority and are thus kinder to others and each other for that reason. With suburban Ut...
by Alphus and Omegus
Sat Jul 15, 2023 12:47 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: SeN isn’t obsessed with Christopher Hitchens
Replies: 26
Views: 1968

Re: SeN isn’t obsessed with Christopher Hitchens

Seems like Dan is going to be arguing against a book written almost two decades ago by a dead man right up until he himself kicks the bucket. He's so totally out of touch with real philosophy and secular thought that he continues to beat his dead horse and recycle fundamentalist propaganda from the ...
by Alphus and Omegus
Sat Jul 15, 2023 12:32 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Midgley Announces an Essay on “the silly and disgusting things” that BYU Admin Did to John Gee
Replies: 67
Views: 5163

Re: Midgley Announces an Essay on “the silly and disgusting things” that BYU Admin Did to John Gee

If I have counted correctly, Saving Faith has 1,052 footnotes, and at least half of these draw upon contemporary social science scholarship central to the issues addressed in the book. Following footnotes in LDS apologetics is a well traveled road out of the church. The number doesn’t matter, the q...
by Alphus and Omegus
Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:57 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Conservatives and "believing falsehoods"
Replies: 21
Views: 2007

Re: Conservatives and "believing falsehoods"

Apropos of this thread (from the article The campaign of Chris Christie's dreams ): "No matter what Chris Christie says - I apologize for my language - he has no f---ing shot to get the nomination," says Joe Walsh, a former Republican Illinois congressman who mounted a doomed primary challenge to T...
by Alphus and Omegus
Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:50 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Reviving the Board
Replies: 193
Views: 9913

Re: Reviving the Board

I have indeed. Two Mormon related board bans before I found this board. The reason I haven't been banned here, in part, is because I am deeply loved and admired by this board's creator. yes. of course. :roll: it is interesting that posters who have been banned repeatedly every where else end up hap...
by Alphus and Omegus
Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Reviving the Board
Replies: 193
Views: 9913

Re: Reviving the Board

I find it very typical and hilarious that the far right trolls who post here seem to be asking that their absurd and illogical beliefs be protected from criticism. Why it's almost like they don't actually believe in free speech, but instead want preferential treatment. They don't have the intellect ...
by Alphus and Omegus
Thu Jul 13, 2023 5:35 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Conservatives and "believing falsehoods"
Replies: 21
Views: 2007

Re: Conservatives and "believing falsehoods"

As per usual, right wingers cannot discuss this or any other topic in a substantive manner. They are intellectually stunted people, limited by superstition.