Agreed, that interaction with the Mormon didn't really feel "Mormon" to me... I don't know the background of the authors but either they have no understanding of Mormonism and just made a "Mormon/evangelical hybrid" or they have a pretty good understanding and figured that in 200 years Mormonism will have evolved to resemble something like our Evangelical Christians today
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If it tastes like wine still then it was fine... two things tend to happen to old wine... either bacteria (found floating in the air) start to break down the alcohol and produce acetic acid resulting in vinegar. Or mold spores land in the the wine and you get a colony of mold floating on the top of your wine. Even if it turned to vinegar it would be safe to drink but unlikely that it would
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I think that Xmormon is trying to point out the anachronism. The rejection of "medicinal" alcohol is a bit farfetched considering JS drank alcohol as an adult for "non-medicinal" reasons. But saying your prophet got wasted on wine and shot some folks while in prison for destruction of private property and infringing on the freedom of press for the town he ran doesn't sou
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Tonight I'm going with an Deschutes Pinedrops IPA and Pizza pairing.
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It's a bit odd how upset mormons get when you bring up the declining numbers... like axeldc mentioned, TSCC used it's growth as evidence for it's claims of being the true gospel. I predict that in the next 5 years when the decline becomes undeniable we'll see the message shift to something along the lines of "you few remaining are gods chosen people, endure to the end to claim your r
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Hard to say, for a TBM "sex addiction" could mean anthing from "I look at porn once a week" to "I know the location of 5 glory holes within 20 miles of our house" to anything in between... I would continue to have sex with them as long as they were monogomous and respected that some acts were off-limits.
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I've heard of people using food storage during periods of unemployment but a healthy savings account would be more prudent in those situations. What event(s) would have to happen before someone needed a year supply of food? You would need a continuous year long disruption to the transport, production, or trade of food and goods. More over, the implicit strategy of storing that much food is
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In all fairness most people get Labor Day and Memorial Day mixed up... But yeah, flags on labor day seems odd to me. I would expect the september flags to be sold for 9/11.
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Considering that porn use has health benefits and might actually teach them something useful I'll say that home teaching is a waste of time.
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I think you're grasping at straws looking for something to be offended by. Displaying a flag on MLK day makes zero sense to me... not because it's not an important day, but because it's not a holiday for patriotic propaganda and celebrating nationalism. Do they put flags out for Arbor Day? May Day? Indigenous Peoples Day (Sometimes called Columbus Day)? Thanksgiving?
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This isn't the case... mormons go to prison all the time for white collar crimes. This is why it is important to only prey on fellow mormons and get in good with the bishop (or be the bishop), that way if your MLM/Pyramid scheme doesn't pan out the bishop can shield you from litigation using his position of power/trust.
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As for the bathroom thing... in a perfect world I would say we should make all bathrooms unisex, but we don't live in a perfect world so I think that people should use the bathroom that they feel the safest using. If you don't feel safe pooping in a stall next to a transgendered woman as she pees then we should talk about those specific safety concerns.
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It matters to me because it shows a lack of respect. Plus, we ex-mormons are a group of people that turned away from a church that encouraged thinking in binary absolutes, a church created by bigots that enshrines bigotry within doctrine, and a church that rails against the very notion that humanity is so widely varied that no cookie cutter will ever fit all of us. So when I see people who'
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Why are so many of you caught up on an individuals genitals? And why do you same folks find using a persons prefered pronouns to be difficult or somehow a challenge to your own identity?
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I always take the stairs... from underground parking to my office floor (4-5 floors depending on parking availability). I think that there is a point where the lack of fitness or a medical condition makes stairs genuinely dificult and painful for folks. Sadly, as you've pointed out, those are usually the people that would benefit the most from the excersize; but I don't blame them for not ta
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I think to a TBM apostasy is worse. With adultry you can repent and be forgiven in the eyes of a TBM. With apostasy you will never be forgiven because apostasy is unrepentant by its nature.
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what you descibe is not "historical christianity"
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Nobody believes in the bible... everyone just picks and chooses the parts the reinforce their world view and try to explain away the parts that challenge their beliefs.
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Why does this matter? "My invisible sky daddy is different and better than your invisible sky daddy" is not a very good basis for argueing a legal dispute...
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Answer the door and ask why they are there. It could be that they are minions of the bishop, sent by some well-meaning TBM friend of yours, or it could be that they are simply canvasing the neighborhood and are unware that you have requested no contact. Either way, after you get your answer politely tell them that you are not interested and that you would like them never to come back... eve
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Not my own theories; they're pretty extreme but still have more evidence supporting them than the theory that the book of mormon is true. Math appears to perfectly model everything because we are sentient code running in an advanced simulation. 3-dimensional space as we understand it doesn't exist. Everything including ourselves are holographic projections that exist on the outer membrane
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I think that they should start a "Pot for Pistols" or "Reefer for Rifles" program... Turn in a gun and get a pound of confiscated marijuana...
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You don't have to know what you believe to know that you don't believe in mormonism.... Remember "No belief is still better than believing in mormonism"
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You actually stopped being a member when you decided that you don't want to be a member... Sending a letter to "formally resign" is simply a matter of policy for the LDS church. Your name and all your information is still in the membership database, it will always be there... just like my name will always be in a membership database for blockbuster until the last DB server shuts
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"resigning" is all a power play by TSCC... they want to pretend like "membership" actually means something. The only meaning 'membership' has is in your mind, it is not a legal status of anything... The idea that there is a difference between "inactive", "member", "non-member", "ex-member", etc. is a column in some table of the
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Again... there is no "contract". the idea of "membership" has zero legal meaning in this context. You are a "member" for as long as you choose to be a "member" and not a moment longer. There is more legality behind your Smith's rewards card membership than there is behind membership to a church... stop giving them power that they don't have.
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Why does everyone keep throwing "legally" around like there is some kind of magic "legal" membership to TSCC. You stopped being a member of TSCC when you decided to stop being a member; Now what TSCC considers a member is different. TSCC says you are a member until you either notify them that you resign, are excommunicated, notify them that you are dead, or reach 1
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First off.... your statement about "dozens of mormons killed" is false.. 19 were killed... 24 would be "dozens". Symantics aside... 19 people were killed at Haun's mill... 5.9 Million Jews, 2 million POWs, plus another 1-2 million individuals that were unlucky enough to be deemed "undesirable". 19 < 9,900,000 That is probably one posible reason why
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I don't trust anything I read in the Daily Mail... it's basically the bastard child of Fox News and the National Enquirer.
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Oh yes, and without the aid of any pain medication... I had no idea I could even feel pain like that...
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