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Jersey Girl, you absolutely, 100% have the right both to have and to express an opinion on this stuff, whether you've been there or not. And Mormons who've been there absolutely, 100% have the right to take your opinion with a grain of salt. Some might think you're not having been their renders your...

I'm torn here, because I see the sensible and right thing in more than one argument, and I'm not sure how to prioritize them to come up with a final ethical judgment. 1) Norton did in fact violate the privacy of couple in question in a way that would undoubtedly horrify them and their families. One ...

What I don't understand is this: why bother? Now that it's legal in the US and many other major western countries, why is the church still fighting this? Isn't, from their point of view, the damage already done? Is there really something to be gained by trying to prevent it from happening in some ot...

Instructions for inserting a round peg into a round hole: 1) Line up peg with hole. 2) Push. Instructions for explaining how Book of Abraham mnemonic device hypothesis adequately defends Joseph Smith's claimed performance as translator of ancient scriptures: 1) Redefine English language. 2) Disclaim...

The many people that are leaving the church, do they want to stay or are they looking for a reason to leave? Since it's a wide population of people, there's almost certainly a distribution that extends to both of those possibilities. I'm not sure how much it matters, though. If a person really want...

Would you mind rephrasing this in the active voice? Who thinks that all the "good stuff" was shipped to Syria before the war? And they think this because of what evidence? Hopefully you've got some actual evidence to point to, and aren't just assuming the weapons went to Syria because A) ...

Here's a new adage for you: never attribute to ghost committees what can adequately be explained by questionable literacy. I constantly run into things written by soldiers who have heard others use a word or phrase, and without really grasping it, have attempted to use that word or phrase themselves...

If you give me credit for an extra 52 usable days per year, I'm not sure I would agree I'll live less long as compared to my Mormon church-going neighbors. Not to mention all the hundreds or thousands of hours sitting through boring church meetings that I won't spend in the rest of my lifetime, comp...

You are a living, breathing demonstration of the point being made. The new York Times was and is no friend of Bush. They had to place in their article an out for lefties to feel good about themselves. You bought into it. It is thought that all of the good stuff was shipped to Syria before the war t...

Granted. Now, while you're here, do you have any comment on Darth J's comments? They seemed rather cogent to me. I think they practically beg to either be disputed by you, or else conceded by you.