Shrug. Of course, it is not as clear-cut as that, though we would like it to be so. People can intend to criticize an organization without harming the people in it, but that criticism can potentially harm the members. We have to exercise judgment, do our best, and live with the results. It is not black or white but shades of grey, and in my view anti-Mormon ministries are on the whole doing more harm than good. They contribute to a culture of hatred and division.
CWK: Becoming a god: deification in Mormonism and Orthodox theosis
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"I have learned with what evils tyranny infects a state. For it frustrates all the virtues, robs freedom of its lofty mood, and opens a school of fawning and terror, inasmuch as it leaves matters not to the wisdom of the laws, but to the angry whim of those who are in authority.”
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Some people don't live long enough to distinguish between these shades of gray you want to throw cover over. Be ashamed Kish. Issue an apology for your lack of communication and outright meandering attempts to be the peacemaker you think you are.Kishkumen wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 2:55 amShrug. Of course, it is not as clear-cut as that, though we would like it to be so. People can intend to criticize an organization without harming the people in it, but that criticism can potentially harm the members. We have to exercise judgment, do our best, and live with the results. It is not black or white but shades of grey, and in my view anti-Mormon ministries are on the whole doing more harm than good. They contribute to a culture of hatred and division.
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I am ashamed for your intolerance. That’s about it.
"I have learned with what evils tyranny infects a state. For it frustrates all the virtues, robs freedom of its lofty mood, and opens a school of fawning and terror, inasmuch as it leaves matters not to the wisdom of the laws, but to the angry whim of those who are in authority.”
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Sure! But I am not hounding you. You have been hounding me and making silly demands. Maybe the better thing for you to do would be to stop.
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Yeah, sorry. You’re just too deep, man. Shrug.
"I have learned with what evils tyranny infects a state. For it frustrates all the virtues, robs freedom of its lofty mood, and opens a school of fawning and terror, inasmuch as it leaves matters not to the wisdom of the laws, but to the angry whim of those who are in authority.”
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