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Post by _Nephi »

beastie wrote:
I'm not sure what "unintelligible" means, but I find it humorous that there are quite a few Mormon doctrines that are neither vague or unverifiable.

Earth is 6000 years old
Global flood
So many things in the Book of Mormon...horses, money, etc.


Ah, but the apologists ensure it is unverifiable.

Sure, its verifiable. Just pray with true intent in your heart and you will receive the revelation that its all true. If you don't, then you didn't pray right, and are probably hell bound.
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Post by _Bond...James Bond »

asbestosman wrote:
May he/she be counted among the Banites for their work on the famous bikini thread.

Which one was that? Morningstar's media thread?
No....it was a thread started by a guy concerning bikinis specifically. I can't remember who started the thread though.
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Post by _skippy the dead »

Zoidberg wrote:
skippy the dead wrote:
Runtu wrote:
Bond...James Bond wrote:Off Topic: Just checked on some homophobe threads by the resident MADites and noticed that the poster Zoidberg was banned. May he/she be counted among the Banites for their work on the famous bikini thread.


Really? They banned him? I enjoyed his posts. And yes, that thread is so over-the-top homophobic I don't dare post on it.


Her.

And I guess she "annoyed the mods." Is that the new standard for permission to post now - cannot annoy the mods?


That's okay - I'm here now! Hopefully, you guys will let me keep this avatar, as well, unlike the MADhouse owners.

I think I have finally reached full understanding of what the purpose of MAD is. It's not for me to "come and slam LDS every day", as the mods there put it (of course, they failed to demonstrate any examples of me slamming LDS), it's for the particular breed of LDS that posts there, headed by juliann and her sidekick charity (not to mention Pahoran; if all LDS missionaries were like him, the Church would no one to rely on but the BICs), to slam gays, "apostates" and whatever other group of people they decide deserves their insults and condescension. Natalie R. Collins was absolutely right when she compared MAD to RfM in terms of ad homs. Of course, people on RfM actually make sense most of the time.

Prior to the permanent ban they suspended me for standing up for my home country, Russia, when I called a ridiculous statement that most people there die of STDs, drug abuse and suicide ignorant and bigoted (I guess Cold War proaganda myths are still alive and well with many).

I think they have found a foolproof apologetic solution on that board: eliminate all the critics. There, problem solved. No one has anything against Mormonism anymore. Too bad it can't be done in real life.


Just wanted to say welcome! I had been enjoying reading your posts over on MAD. Looking forward to your posts here!
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Post by _skippy the dead »

beastie wrote:
MAD has disabled any direct linking from here to there. It's one of their many attempts to control boards other than their own. You always have to copy and paste links.



Easy enough to work around, if you use Firefox (which everybody should!). Just enter about:config in your address bar, then filter for network.http.sendReferrerHeader and set the value to 0. This turns off the header referring function, so that a site you navigate to via a link does not know where you originated from (i.e., if you click on a MAD link here, MAD doesn't know you're coming from this board so it doesn't give you the stoopid message).
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skippy the dead wrote:
beastie wrote:
MAD has disabled any direct linking from here to there. It's one of their many attempts to control boards other than their own. You always have to copy and paste links.



Easy enough to work around, if you use Firefox (which everybody should!). Just enter about:config in your address bar, then filter for network.http.sendReferrerHeader and set the value to 0. This turns off the header referring function, so that a site you navigate to via a link does not know where you originated from (I.e., if you click on a MAD link here, MAD doesn't know you're coming from this board so it doesn't give you the stoopid message).


Wow! Great pointer, Skippy!

:)

I'm going to sticky this!
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Post by _skippy the dead »

liz3564 wrote:
skippy the dead wrote:
beastie wrote:
MAD has disabled any direct linking from here to there. It's one of their many attempts to control boards other than their own. You always have to copy and paste links.



Easy enough to work around, if you use Firefox (which everybody should!). Just enter about:config in your address bar, then filter for network.http.sendReferrerHeader and set the value to 0. This turns off the header referring function, so that a site you navigate to via a link does not know where you originated from (I.e., if you click on a MAD link here, MAD doesn't know you're coming from this board so it doesn't give you the stoopid message).


Wow! Great pointer, Skippy!

:)

I'm going to sticky this!


Aw, shucks. Tweren't nuthin'.

Now start using Firefox everybody!
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Post by _Pokatator »

Worked great thanx skippy.

Internet Explorer......sucks!
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Post by _Zoidberg »

Bond... James Bond wrote:Welcome to the board Zoidberg!!!


skippy the dead wrote:Just wanted to say welcome! I had been enjoying reading your posts over on MAD. Looking forward to your posts here!


Thanks guys! I'm excited. You really seem like the only ones who have the discussion going both ways.

Bond... James Bond wrote:
No....it was a thread started by a guy concerning bikinis specifically. I can't remember who started the thread though.


Lamanite. That was a good thread. At least one more person realized that no one else bears responsibility for his impure thoughts.
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Post by _asbestosman »

Welcome Zoidberg. Hoping I can have the fun with you here I was denied there by your baning. ;)

Don't worry, I don't bite . . . much.
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Post by _skippy the dead »

Pokatator wrote:Internet Explorer......sucks!


Amen 'dat, brutha.

Of course, I'm a Mac snob now, because all of Microsoft sucks.
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