The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?

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Re: The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?

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mentalgymnast wrote:...


Scientology is completely made up. That said, I am also not surprised that it has its followers and people that place trust in its teachings...much like im not surprised that Mormonism (which is also completely made up) has its followers that place trust in its teachings. People are able to convince themselves of anything, your experiences are not special or unique...
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Re: The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?

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mentalgymnast wrote:
Chap wrote:Some people make no claim to anything so grand as 'spiritual experiences'. Some do. But what they report experiencing is clearly explicable in terms of their upbringing and experience. That's why it is extremely unlikely that it reflects some kind of perception of an objective reality underlying the phenomenal world.


I don't think you either have read and/or understand what I've been saying...and have said over a long period of time. You stick to the same programmed responses, no matter what might be said that might actually add a different dimension to the conversation. It gets a bit tiresome to interject and/or share some divergent ways of looking at the 'same ol', same ol' and get responses that demonstrate show lack of comprehension or aq continued parroting of fundamentalist and/or black and white views...

Hi Chap. Sadly, this is the part of the thread where mentalgymnast begins his pattern of defining other people's posts using the same comments that other people have said about him. His comments to you are nonsensical projection; his responses have been nothing if not programmed, and he can't even answer a yes or no question, let alone produce "divergent ways of looking" at something.

Mentalgymnast's parroting pattern is bizarre but utterly predictable. Thankfully, there was a lot of fascinating information imparted in this thread to distract from his contrarian pathology.
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Re: The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?

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Lemmie wrote:Hi Chap. Sadly, this is the part of the thread where mentalgymnast begins his pattern of defining other people's posts using the same comments that other people have said about him. His comments to you are nonsensical projection; his responses have been nothing if not programmed, and he can't even answer a yes or no question, let alone produce "divergent ways of looking" at something.

Mentalgymnast's parroting pattern is bizarre but utterly predictable. Thankfully, there was a lot of fascinating information imparted in this thread to distract from his contrarian pathology.


I am predictable? Oh my, pot calling kettle.

Again, no substance on your part. Just mush.

You are VERY predictable, Lemmie.

I can see, however, that if this 'crap' continues this thread (along with others in which you have played the same 'tricks') will be derailed and you will have no one to point the finger at other than yourself. But you would be too dishonest to do so.

If there is ONE thing I've learned about you as I've read your 'mush' over and over again...you are a very dishonest person. And that's the kindest way I can say it.

You continually come into a thread and make up stuff...fabricate false strawman... fabricate false conclusions and/or take what someone has actually said out of context...then spout off your own interpretive 'diagnosis' and think that you've gained some kind of advantage.

Not so. At least in my book.

But you will get high fives from some folks...right now, right here...on this thread. That is my prediction. Or not...now that I predicted it. :wink: :smile:

That's enough. I will not waste any more time with you.

You are such a pain in the a**.

I have YET to actually carry on any kind of conversation with you that I would consider to be worthwhile and/or beneficial.


One can only hope...

Regards,
MG
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Re: The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?

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Lemmie wrote:Thankfully, there was a lot of fascinating information imparted in this thread to distract from his contrarian pathology.


Yeah, that about wraps it up.

So predictable. We've seen very similar words before.

That's part of a pathological pattern.

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Re: The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?

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by the way, folks, I am sorry that you are having to see this thread go downhill at this point. It WAS a good thread with lots of interesting stuff going on here and there.

I enjoyed it...and I learned a lot.

If it gets back on track, off the current derail, I may pop back in...if there is something of interest. But I'm NOT going to continue down this road that one poster seems h**l bent on going down.

Dang. I hate it when this happens.

Regards,
MG
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Re: The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?

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MG,

Answer my question. Thanks.

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Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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Re: The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?

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MG wrote:Would you care to make a list of "Church approved narratives" that you consider to be those that are suspect? And by church approved, we mean doctrinally based, right?


Your original question was fine. No problem
Doc wrote:You claim to be a centrist, but has there been any Church-approved narratives about the Book of Mormon you 100% believe are false?


I don't have a problem with it at all. I'm simply asking for some specificity. Not "weaseling" at all. Care to be more specific?

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Re: The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?

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Doc wrote:You claim to be a centrist, but has there been any Church-approved narratives about the Book of Mormon you 100% believe are false?
mentalgymnast wrote:Would you care to make a list of "Church approved narratives" that you consider to be those that are suspect? And by church approved, we mean doctrinally based, right?
Doc wrote:MG,

Answer my question. Thanks.

- Doc
mentalgymnast wrote:I don't have a problem with it at all. I'm simply asking for some specificity. Not "weaseling" at all. Care to be more specific?

That question from Doc is as specific as it could possibly be. If you don't want to answer it, just say so.
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Re: The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?

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Lemmie wrote:That question from Doc is as specific as it could possibly be.


No it's not.

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MG
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Re: The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:MG,

Answer my question. Thanks.

- Doc

What are the odds he'll answer? :lol: :lol:
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