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Fair enough. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Hi AS. Do you have actual stats about the "average ex-mo" not investing little time in investigating outside beliefs? I ask because that is very far removed from my personal experience and I didn't really think I was an exception. This doesn't describe my experiences, either. I've certain...

I also reject the standard defense you posted above that once you realize the LDS church is mythology that you quickly realize that all other religious beliefs are mythology. As I noted before, the problem here is that the more skeptically minded LDS are the ones to figure out the church is not tru...

It is quite true. Right and wrong and logic do not apply when it comes to peoples belief structures. Even though the foundation of who they are is wraped up in it. People have to much invested in what they think is right. If they were to acknowledge that the spirit did not tell them what is what th...

I don't get why god would prefer those who guess, with peer pressure of how to interpret nonspecific 'feelings', rather than first gather information and make an informed decision. Mainstream Christians don't realize it, but they're really worshiping Loki, the Norse god of mischief. http://www.comi...

JudgemeGod wrote:I think Mark Hoffman was a piker compaired to Joseph Smith.
Joseph Smith had a far more Experienced teacher.

Would you be willing to say the same thing about the Prophet Mohammad?

No mention of existence of God, faith in Jesus, the problem of evil, critical issues surrounding the Bible, etc. All of these issues speak directly to theism and to the overwhelmingly predominant Western forms of theism. Yet, most ex-Mos throw theism out without even thinking about these things for...

Yes, from the perspective of Mainstream Christianity, Joseph Smith was either a fraud or a dupe of Satan. But from an Islamic perspective, the belief that Jesus Christ is a universal savior is viewed as heresy. To Islamists, Jesus was only a prophet, somewhat like Mohammad. And from the perspective ...

And why did the dumb things have to be made out of gold? Brass worked just fine for the Kinderhook Plates...oh wait, those were phony, right? Cuz god hadn't invented platinum by then. I predict the next set of ancient scriptures to be dug up will be made of an alloy of unobtainium and anti-matter.

Gadianton wrote:Of course, critics have demolished large sections of the "restoration" here and there. A coherent, full explanation? Well, we don't even have that with much better document historical matters.

And you can only beat a dead tapir for so long before it’s not fun anymore.