I'm like you, Freeman, although I have been out psychologically for several years now. My wife knows that I have serious doubts and that I don't believe many things about the church, but she doesn't know yet that I am completely done. I am taking my time and will tell her soon. I know she won't leave me when I tell her, but by taking it slow I'm hoping to bring her out with me. The reason I bl
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Also, this: http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/marines.asp Pretty much every idiotic chain email can be nullified by a one minute visit to snopes.
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Do you have any more information on the context of this letter? Where it came from and how it saw the light of day? I'd love to show it around.
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+ 1000
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Loved it. Very apropos.
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Anybody --- Do you have a link to that website?
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Thanks for the tip, Matt! Been living in Europe for a few months now, and my wife and I could use American treats on occasion!
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Thanks for the replies so far! I had read the thing about Lucy touching the U&T through the cloth, but that's the only one I really know of. Since he never did use or pretend to use the Urim and Thummim in translating, what were their purposes? Was it just a story that Joseph Smith started because it seemed impressive at the time and then it just fell by the wayside as he went with the hea
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Quick question - Did anyone actually claim to see the Urim and Thummim? I mean, did Joseph Smith make himself a fake ancient breastplate and stone spectacles or was this just another thing that he made everyone believe on faith?
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I also served in DK in the early '90s. Did we go on splits together?
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