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I'm looking for your supporting evidence on this claim. Still waiting... I think that it is more likely that a person who has no belief in God tends to look inward rather than outward, to a deity, as they live in the world. Not that they aren’t social beings...we’re all human and have social needs ...

My apologies, MG. If I you think I failed to respond to a question you asked me, please let me know and I’d be happy to respond. But I can see why, after getting in your digs at atheists in general and at me in particular, you’d much rather get out of Dodge than back up what you said with any facts...

...When you equate "religion" with emotional support, you are significantly overgeneralizing. Religion does not provide emotional support for everyone. And, in particular with Mormonism, that support can be highly conditional. And if the conditions aren't met, it can be exactly the opposite, with d...

And that’s how a troll trolls. If there may not be a point to carrying on a conversation are you suggesting that it continue? I believe that there really wasn’t anywhere worth the time/effort to go at this juncture. Rep Ipsa apparently did. More often than not in a discussion there may be one party...

Sometimes the circuitous route bears the most fruit. You’ve never experienced that? :D Family vacations. Perfect example. It’s the journey, brother! Regards, MG So, you can’t put your money where your mouth is... changing the subject is all you got. I’ve asked questions and brought up topics of pot...

If your quibble was only over the wording of IHAQs headline, why the whole tap dance about atheists and their impoverished range of emotions? Sometimes the circuitous route bears the most fruit. You’ve never experienced that? :D Family vacations. Perfect example. It’s the journey, brother! Regards,...

Here is Dallin H. Oaks giving an example where he coerced tithing from members by threatening them. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1994/05/tithing?lang=eng Wow. I just saw this from the first page. That was a truly despicable thing for Oaks to say. Knowing now that it just bolster...

Just a quick question from a non academic layperson. OK, let’s take the plates out of the picture. If you, DrStakhanovite, were to take a purported scriptural record appearing in our day seriously, what would be the acceptable means by which that record would appear? And just for kicks, let’s say t...

I think you're falling into the trap of projection here. You are taking your jaundiced view of atheists and projecting it on to me. That’s an interesting line of defense, Rep Ipsa. We’re getting immersed in Freudian psychology now are we? So what is this shadow side of my personality residing in my...

The Book of Mormon is a text without a corresponding artifact, purportedly written in a language that is completely unknown to everyone, whose production and proliferation can only be traced back to the first half of the 19th century. This means the Book of Mormon cannot be practically studied like...