Mormon Dialogue and Discussion Board

The upper-crust forum for scholarly, polite, and respectful discussions only. Heavily moderated. Rated G.
_Tobin
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Re: Mormon Dialogue and Discussion Board

Post by _Tobin »

My feeling is that most of "other" board regular posters are interested in mopology, which I think is a useless pursuit. No person has it all right and Mopologists like to pretend the Mormonism (or their version of Mormonism) has got all the answers and has it all right. I very much doubt that and find it rather uninteresting. That is why I refrain from posting on the other board (and the good likelihood that I'd get banned for taking one of the protected class to task does not appeal to me either).

Now I like this board. I can explain my position and have some interesting discussions from time-to-time and learn a thing or two. That is something I do find appealing and so I post here and not there. And I really don't see why a TBM would be afraid to post here. There is an ignore feature and if someone is not responding to what you say, or misrepresenting you or do any number of things the detract from any meaningful dialogue - put them on ignore. Problem solved.
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_subgenius
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Re: Mormon Dialogue and Discussion Board

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Drifting wrote:The difficulty TBM's have in coming here is that they are confronted with the reality that their religion is indefensible.

nice opinion, if you say it to yourself in the mirror enough maybe it will be true.
I have yet to ever confuse reality with any posts which share the similar arrogance of allegedly "knowing it all" as is all too often seen in your posts.

That being said....seemingly you are unaware of the actual difficulty which many TBMs, or even reasonable people, experience here.
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_PrickKicker
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Re: Mormon Dialogue and Discussion Board

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Would any TBMs please stand up?
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_Drifting
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Re: Mormon Dialogue and Discussion Board

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PrickKicker wrote:Would any TBMs please stand up?


Sorry, most are less active...
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_Themis
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Re: Mormon Dialogue and Discussion Board

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Fence Sitter wrote:(The critics believe that is because the TBM cannot defend their position while TBMs generally feel piled upon - I think the truth is somewhere in the middle.)


Both is guaranteed to happened on any open forum that does not protect the TBM. The problem has always been the church is not true, and the evidence is clear. As such, how can a TBM compete? They can't, and most will eventually leave. This leaves few TBM's among a growing number of former believers.
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_ludwigm
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Re: Mormon Dialogue and Discussion Board

Post by _ludwigm »

Dr. Shades wrote:
moksha wrote:You would need to issue terroristic threats against the board itself or else, in the case of Ludwigm, post a cartoon with European-type humor.

In case you haven't noticed, ludwigm isn't banned.

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