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Philo Sofee wrote:

tsig wrote:
"If you stare in to the Abyss the Abyss stares back"

Not if it's a seer stone.......

A rock by any other name is still just a rock.

As if any politician ever prepares his/her own charts, speeches, articles, etc.

Such nonsense.

Good grief. Disgusting.

Which part of the story was made up?

If you have a problem real or otherwise, and you have enough faith, then the atonement will overcome it. This is a bastardization of the atonement. Obesity isn't a sin. Over eating isn't a sin. Addiction isn't a sin. The atonement addresses sins, not problems. Good grief, Utah Mormons are so screwed.

And if he does get ex'd, then the only thing that will change, apparently, is there will be one less blank space on the Sunday School rolls in that ward. See, this is what I don't understand. Why is this a media event from either side? It's not like anything is going to change. He will still live w...

I was thinking that it might be likely that they have essentially a hung jury. Maybe one of the leaders is out of lockstep.

Why would she want to be a leader of a group of untalented, inarticulate, non-nuanced cowards who won't stand against abuse anyway?

being successful in the church requires you to subordinate your opinions and desires to those of the organization. It cannot help but be so. What I think it leads to is an overemphasis on obedience and causes people to sort of lose themselves in the organization. But that doesn't make them stupid o...

I don't get that impression from his post. I may be reading it wrong though.