Current prophetic leadership is the exception. Amiright?Doctor Steuss wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:49 pmWild how people who have direct access to eternal truths, and divine morals and ethics tend to reliably just end up being products of their time.
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- Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Brigham Young doesn’t deserve his online criticism
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Re: Brigham Young doesn’t deserve his online criticism
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Doubt & Questioning a Contradiction to Faith?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3527
Re: Doubt & Questioning a Contradiction to Faith?
Text produced by an advanced A.I. could be indistinguishable from that authored by a deity, hence exercising caution is recommended. This response was generated by an A.I..Dr. Shades wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:29 pmSo, we’re taking A.I.-generated texts seriously enough to start threads on now?
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:09 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Doubt & Questioning a Contradiction to Faith?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3527
Re: Doubt & Questioning a Contradiction to Faith?
Conclusion Whether the views opposite to those presented in the article make people "better" depends on how one defines "better" in the context of religious faith and community life. For some, spiritual growth and community cohesion are best achieved through strict adherence to established doctrine...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Elder Holland may not be Secondly Anointed?
- Replies: 50
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Re: Elder Holland may not be Secondly Anointed?
It's a shame, in a way, Smith died when he did. Can you imagine how many people are missing out on their 3rd, 4th, 5th ... anointings?
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:04 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Mormons arguing that “Mormon” is as derogatory as the N-word
- Replies: 90
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Re: Mormons arguing that “Mormon” is as derogatory as the N-word
I assume everyone is sitting alone on their computers or phones. Maybe no one is around but the dog or cat. Maybe a house plant or a clown chotchke. You're totally alone. Say "Mormon". Easy. Now say the "N" word. Did you say the "N" word? No right? Then stop it with these comparisons. I'm alone. I ...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Mormons arguing that “Mormon” is as derogatory as the N-word
- Replies: 90
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Re: Mormons arguing that “Mormon” is as derogatory as the N-word
So when this guy hears them introduce the choir at General Conference he thinks to himself they are saying the equivalent of "N-word Tabernacle Choir"? And what about the "Book of N-word"? Mormons Oneandonlytrueandlivingchurchofjesuschristians are getting weirder by the minute (Hinckley's protestat...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Latter-day Saints have the highest rate of weekly church attendance
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3068
Re: Latter-day Saints have the highest rate of weekly church attendance
Simple math will tell you that this percentage is not based on the membership numbers the church reports. Church claims 17,000,000 members. Church says there are about 24,000 wards. 17,000,000 divided by 24,000 = 708 members per ward. 708 x 67% = 481 members in the pews each week. My guess that even...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Temple Sealings of Dead People who Were Married More than Once
- Replies: 55
- Views: 2191
Re: Temple Sealings of Dead People that Were Married More than Once
The devil is in the details. For fun, try and get a Mormon to explain how it’s all going work. Very quickly they’ll turn to “God will sort it all out, we just need to have faith” as a way of ending the chat. It always leads to that, at which point I ask: "What is the point of claiming to possess Go...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Why was the Book of Abraham written in Egyptian and not in Greek?
- Replies: 34
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Re: Why was the Book of Abraham written in Egyptian and not in Greek?
I believe that the LDS Apologist position has been that when the Book of Abraham was taken to Egypt, it was translated in Egyptian there. LDS Apologist John Gee stated : Nothing compels us to assume that the book of Abraham must necessarily have been written by Abraham in Egyptian and preserved in ...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Why was the Book of Abraham written in Egyptian and not in Greek?
- Replies: 34
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Re: Why was the Book of Abraham written in Egyptian and not in Greek?
My point was that language evolves so much, in order to keep an original text it needs to be updated for accuracy, which Dr. Ritner pointed out in the 13 hour MS/RFM interview. I agree. Smith consistently relied on a very limited 19th century view of the world to produce scripture. And, I think, he...