my tbm friend wrote to me yesterday:
"find peace bro"

here's my response:
"
i feel a lot more peace out of the church actually: no rules, no guilt, no false hope, greater appreciation for this life, more money, more free time, more fun, more open, less stress, less responsibility, less judgmental of others. its a g...reat way to live =)
TBM-FRIEND, you cant "know" the church is true when it is a faith-based religion. you *believe/think* it is true.

i could start my own religion and use the word of wisdom, plus ban sugar and fried foods and i guarantee you that my members would live even longer than lds members, but i would be depriving my members joys of life to an even greater degree than the lds church does its own members. who ever said that the goal of life was deprivation and long life? the point of life is to *enjoy* life. if you could choose between a life of 78 years with blowjobs everyday and a life of 79 years without ever having a blowjob, which would you choose?
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