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Posted by: notamormon ( )
Date: October 21, 2013 10:06AM

Went to the link, impossible for me to read.

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Posted by: supa ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 10:45AM

Why :[

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Posted by: Doubting Thomas ( )
Date: October 28, 2013 01:22AM

The black background and small white text makes it uncomfortable to read. I stripped it out on a reader and find that much more pleasant.

Thanks for compiling this information. I will share as appropriate.

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Posted by: breedumyung ( )
Date: October 21, 2013 10:33AM

Great job, Supa



I started with Twain's assessment of the BOM...

It's not even a good fairy tale.

Kindergarten grade rubbish

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Posted by: Cokeisoknowdrinker ( )
Date: October 21, 2013 12:37PM

I was taliking with a tbm woman near retirement age and been in the tscc for life.
I asked her if she ever read D&C 132
She asked where that was found in the Bible...(seriously wtf?)
After she read it she was confused but said the church doesn't believe that anymore.

*facepalm*

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Posted by: wine country girl ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 11:08AM

I followed the link to Min, God of the erect penis, and it links to MormonThink.org.

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Posted by: MTfounder ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 12:36PM

wine country girl Wrote:
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> I followed the link to Min, God of the erect
> penis, and it links to MormonThink.org.


No, MormonThink.COM

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Posted by: wine country girl ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 02:35PM

Oh, oops! Is that an apologists' website?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/2013 03:07PM by wine country girl.

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Posted by: dit ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 12:11PM

Wow supa! You've done a lot of work! That's awesome!

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Posted by: heretic ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 12:11PM

supa,

thanks for all the effort you've gone through to assemble these items.
It has already paid dividends with someone I'm working with to lead out of TSCC.
Just one suggestion, it would be helpful if you had more references/sources/quotes for each of your numbered items.
In other words, when people click one of the numbered items to look at the evidence,
it would be helpful to have at least a half dozen evidences that prove the validity of that numbered item.
I'm sure there are a number of exmos, including myself, that would be happy to help you with this, if you're interested. Good Luck!

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Posted by: supa ( )
Date: October 27, 2013 11:33PM

heretic Wrote:
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> supa,
>
> thanks for all the effort you've gone through to
> assemble these items.
> It has already paid dividends with someone I'm
> working with to lead out of TSCC.
> Just one suggestion, it would be helpful if you
> had more references/sources/quotes for each of
> your numbered items.
> In other words, when people click one of the
> numbered items to look at the evidence,
> it would be helpful to have at least a half dozen
> evidences that prove the validity of that numbered
> item.
> I'm sure there are a number of exmos, including
> myself, that would be happy to help you with this,
> if you're interested. Good Luck!

I actually made a rather large update today.

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Posted by: QWE ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 12:21PM

This is a very good list. Some that even I didn't know!

As ex-mormons this is something we have to bear in mind. Most mormons don't know these things, so we shouldn't say "Mormons believe x, y and z", because most mormons don't know these things, therefore they don't believe it. We should word these things differently (e.g. "According to church doctrine, x, y and z").

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Posted by: anagrammy ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 12:21PM

Terrific job!

You might consider reviewing it as to who the target audience is.

If it is Mormons than having the line in it that says they are lying if they say they don't believe in polygamy is not helpful and would stop them from reading.

They can't be lying if they don't know they still believe in polygamy.


Anagrammy

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Posted by: supa ( )
Date: October 27, 2013 11:34PM

anagrammy Wrote:
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> Terrific job!
>
> You might consider reviewing it as to who the
> target audience is.
>
> If it is Mormons than having the line in it that
> says they are lying if they say they don't believe
> in polygamy is not helpful and would stop them
> from reading.
>
> They can't be lying if they don't know they still
> believe in polygamy.
>
>
> Anagrammy

True.. but they should understand what they believe.

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Posted by: Brother Of Jerry ( )
Date: October 28, 2013 10:39AM

And you shouldn't gratuitously insult a group you are trying to reach. Anagrammy's observation is correct and the suggested change easy to implement.

"Misinformed" and "lying" are not synonyms. Use both words if you must, but a blanket charge of lying is a lie. Kind of puts a dent in your credibility.

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Posted by: anagrammy ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 12:32PM

Is John Dehlin's interview with Tom Phillips on here somewhere?

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Posted by: supa ( )
Date: October 27, 2013 11:36PM

anagrammy Wrote:
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> Is John Dehlin's interview with Tom Phillips on
> here somewhere?


It's not. I linked mormonthink and some other good stuff though. I personally feel the interview is a bit long.

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Posted by: SusieQ#1 ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 12:33PM

Small suggestion. For some of us, reading blue lettering, etc on a black background is very difficult.
I couldn't get through it with ease. Would need white background, if possible.

Yes, it's true that many LDS do not know what their religion teaches. I learned more about the history after I left it.

More references would be helpful.

Good job.

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Posted by: supa ( )
Date: October 27, 2013 11:37PM

SusieQ#1 Wrote:
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> Small suggestion. For some of us, reading blue
> lettering, etc on a black background is very
> difficult.
> I couldn't get through it with ease. Would need
> white background, if possible.
>
> Yes, it's true that many LDS do not know what
> their religion teaches. I learned more about the
> history after I left it.
>
> More references would be helpful.
>
> Good job.


I have to leave the black background unfortunately or it would mess up other posts I have.

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Posted by: snb ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 12:36PM

When I was a TBM I would encounter people who would declare that they knew more about my own religion than I did. They were wrong every time. Nonetheless, they did it to try and get a rise out of me and they did it because they wanted to treat me as less than human just because I was Mormon.

The tone I see here doesn't look all that different. This is especially true with your declaration that all Mormons are lying when they say that they don't believe in polygamy. You are wrong. There are tons of Mormons who don't believe in polygamy and are being honest.

This type of stuff actually slowed my progress out of Mormonism. I'm not trying to be harsh just to attack you because I'm assuming your motives are good. I just don't think it'll be as effective as you want it to be.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/2013 12:37PM by snb.

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Posted by: supa ( )
Date: October 27, 2013 11:40PM

snb Wrote:
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> When I was a TBM I would encounter people who
> would declare that they knew more about my own
> religion than I did. They were wrong every time.
> Nonetheless, they did it to try and get a rise out
> of me and they did it because they wanted to treat
> me as less than human just because I was Mormon.
>
> The tone I see here doesn't look all that
> different. This is especially true with your
> declaration that all Mormons are lying when they
> say that they don't believe in polygamy. You are
> wrong. There are tons of Mormons who don't
> believe in polygamy and are being honest.
>
> This type of stuff actually slowed my progress out
> of Mormonism. I'm not trying to be harsh just to
> attack you because I'm assuming your motives are
> good. I just don't think it'll be as effective as
> you want it to be.


Yeah I re-stated that statement.

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Posted by: snb ( )
Date: October 28, 2013 10:26AM

Looking good!

BTW, I looked at it using my phone and the formatting worked really well for the small screen. Great job.

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Posted by: donbagley ( )
Date: October 28, 2013 02:05AM

The list is real. The denial of Mormon lies is not. snb, if you think Mormons are honest, you haven't met my father. If you think my evil father is a rare Mormon, then you don't get out much. The lies are stacked higher than a fake book of plates.

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Posted by: snb ( )
Date: October 28, 2013 10:25AM

I don't claim that all Mormons are honest, but it is a severe overreaction to claim that they are all evil. Mormons believe a similar myth. They don't think that they are normal either, they think they are all good and all better than the rest of the world. They use the same anecdotal arguments as well.

Mormons aren't all evil and Mormons aren't all good. Mormons are normal, just like everyone else. There are no magical properties that make them any different than any group of people in this area of the world.

Edits: Sorry, it is morning :/



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/28/2013 10:37AM by snb.

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Posted by: popeyes ( )
Date: October 22, 2013 03:00PM

When I looked at it (very nice by the way), there was an ad on the bottom for www.mormon.org ----> Geez.

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Posted by: supa ( )
Date: October 27, 2013 11:40PM

popeyes Wrote:
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> When I looked at it (very nice by the way), there
> was an ad on the bottom for www.mormon.org ---->
> Geez.


Hilarious lol

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Posted by: Dave the Atheist ( )
Date: October 27, 2013 11:48PM

I bookmarked it in case I am attacked by mormon missionaries.

Make the font larger and more readable by my narrow screen please. I hate having to scroll horizontally to finish a sentence.

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Posted by: supa ( )
Date: October 28, 2013 12:00AM

hmmm... Not sure how I would do that.

I use a 1440p screen though so I'm a little one-sided.


This is how mine looks: http://i.imgur.com/HbdDSfU.png

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Posted by: scarecrowfromozw ( )
Date: October 28, 2013 12:15AM

When I clicked on it I got an immediate warning that there was a java-exploit trojan (or something similar, I didn't copy the exact wording) had been detected and quarantined. If you clicked on it and didn't get a warning, you had better run a virus scan.

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Posted by: supa ( )
Date: October 28, 2013 07:56AM

Sounds like you've been watching too much porn?

It's just google blogspot...

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Posted by: snb ( )
Date: October 28, 2013 10:31AM

The site is fine. It looks like you might have some rogue security software installed on your computer though. Basically what this does is it tells you that things have viruses and offers to sell you virus protection in an attempt to steal information about you.

I'm not an expert though. I'd welcome any techie to either confirm or deny what I am saying. :)

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