Lethbridge Reprobate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... Hundreds of > guitars. So finding a couple to play in concerts > won't be an issue. No kidding! Here's a link to the CBC documentary: https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/docs/bachman I've mentioned here before that I saw Randy B once "in concert", a lovely small, inti
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cludgie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... J. Reuben > Clark, as I have understood it, remained very > anti-Semitic. So the church named the BYU law > school after him. Here's a good summary about the sorry saga of JRC, posted by Steve Benson a few years ago: https://www.exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,2384501,2384501#msg-2384501 Excerp
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Nomo Moses Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So when I see BTO in concert this summer Randy and > Tal will be playing second rate guitars? Ha. I'm guessing they'll keep a few back. It would be interesting to know who buys the treasures.
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A cool mill. Wow!
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Randy Bachman, fellow exmo, AKA a Canadian rock legend (The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive) is selling some of his iconic guitars. His son Tal (also fellow exmo) mentioned one time a "Les Paul". "Is that a guitar?" I cluelessly asked. "Yes, NG, that's a guitar" he replied, patiently. I looked it up to find out that yeah, that's a nice instrument. (I ha
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It's seriously unbelievable. I have NEVER attended another church of any denomination where anybody, but especially the pastor/leader inquires about my underwear. For a brief moment in time, when I had lost my mind for a bit, I was with the JWs and true enough, they thought they owned the rights to my clothing selections in terms of dress/skirt lengths. Modesty at all costs! Jehovah God doe
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Yikes. So many numbers to wrap my head around, not my favourite thing. But enlightening (what I can comprehend of it). This does sound vaguely familiar now - likely we've chatted about it before. Too bad for Cdn taxpayers - we need a few breaks - like whatever keeping the $$$ up here could provide. The amounts of $$$ are astronomical. You'd think the church could give folks a break and reduce
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Toronto Boy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > According to our Canadian tax records Canada > tithing goes to BYU as it can not be sent to the > Church. Can you explain this TB? (I live in B.C.) Is there a rule re tithing $$$?
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valkyriequeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Someone please explain to me how and why a sports > coach and/or the players are more valuable than > any nurse, doctor, teacher, scientist, responsible > acting parents (which includes single parents > shouldering most of the responsiblity for raising > their children). > > All of the
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GNPE Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sounds like Modified BLIND OBEDIENCE to me: Oh yes. JWs put great store in obedience as one's north star. No questions. No personal choices. I cannot begin to imagine being "obedient" to the point of accepting a fate of being beheaded. Unless it was a situation in which there was absolutely no choice perha
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Dallin Ox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, because Sanskrit was a wildly popular writing > system in Palestine in 2000 BCE, even though it > wouldn't be developed on the Indian subcontinent > for another 500 years. Details, details. But seriously, it sure helps to have a bit of knowledge about this and that in order to know what's up. I
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From the Holocaust Encyclopedia: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-persecution-of-jehovahs-witnesses Excerpts: "Jehovah's Witnesses were subjected to intense persecution under the Nazi regime. Nazi leaders targeted Jehovah's Witnesses because they were unwilling to accept the authority of the state..." "Many actions of Jehovah's Witnesses antagonize
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Here's a book on the subject: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/23494024 Excerpts: "While Adolf Hitler's National Socialist government was persecuting Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses and driving forty-two German religious sects underground, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continued to practice unhindered. How some fourteen thousand Mormons not only survived but thr
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elderolddog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My eyes brimmed... Mine too, EOD. Remarkable how we can feel warm towards people we have never met. > Such was my respect for him that I never "talked > back" to him. He was an easy person to respect. > I wonder if there'll ever be another like him ... A welcome miracle if so
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Oh no. I always enjoyed his presence and his posts. Here's the last thread he responded to on March 3 here at RfM: https://www.exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,2509057,2509057#msg-2509057 RIP Richard. You deserve it! Will definitely miss you even though we never met.
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No matter which church denomination I have ever attended, not a single person has once even mentioned my underwear, never mind policed my choices! Personal privacy. What a concept. The bishop at the ward I attended blushed during one of our apparently mandatory little chats (overall very few) as he hesitantly edged around asking about personal stuff like all church leaders of every denomina
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summer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is just a report from the front, but I could > see how an immigrant family might be attracted to > a church where they feel they might get some help > and support. Would be good if that were true. Perhaps? hopefully? so, in some places? Many of us can be indescribably grateful that we weren't born
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Texian Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So how was your ward or branch yesterday? Thankfully, gratefully and happily I was not present. :)
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wowbagger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Uh you know quidditch is make believe, don't you? Say what??
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I heard current analysis that because of the highly antagonistic race relations at the time some were worried O.J. wouldn't get a fair trial. Turns out there was apparently a higher percentage of Black jurors and many people thought that's why he was found innocent despite the prosecutors thinking their case was airtight. O.J.'s fans at the time sure looked shocked and then thrilled while white v
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Here's an example of humans doing everything in their power to assist a stranded baby whale after the death of its mother. Their efforts so far have been spurned by the calf. They're thinking that it isn't ready yet to leave the area where its mother recently died (pregnant and beached). Touches your heartstrings. Hoping for the best. Poor little lonely babe. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/rescuers-beg
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It's terribly disappointing (understatement). It's awful to read articles like the one below about one's country that is supposed to be so wonderful (it is in many ways, of course, but in some it's got a long way to go). https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/nicholas-read-when-it-comes-to-animal-welfare-canada-is-no-world-leader I've seen other recent articles that certainly didn't rank Ca
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It's surprising and disappointing when the general impression we have of our country is that we care about the well-being of fellow humans and all the creatures we share this planet with but just a quick check amply demonstrates we're very slow at times to get up to speed in ways that should be no-brainers. A friend mentioned today the fish in Florida that are swimming in circles and then dyin
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Wow, summer. That's amazing family history.
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Re animal testing: From Health Canada (June 7, 2023) https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2023/06/health-canada-announces-the-end-of-cosmetic-animal-testing-in-canada.html Excerpts: "Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, announced that the Government of Canada has banned the cruel and unnecessary testing of cosmetic products on animals in Canada, repr
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"They're not all empty". Very deep. Could be a useful slogan at the nearest vaccination clinic. :) Re the natural immunity concept: I wouldn't bet the bank on one bout of infection bestowing complete immunity and especially not 3+ years out. The virus morphs. Hence the need for updated vaxxes. Too many people hear a tiny piece of a concept, do little or no research, and ye
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"Ex-Twitter": I haven't seen that 'new name' before. Excellent! Of course I've heard and seen the 'X' part. It's highly annoying that so many people now call it: 'X, formerly Twitter'. BoJ has given them a better, pared down, way to ID the site. So funny that by sound the new name "ex" comes before the old name. Way snazzier than 'X, formerly Twitter'. Shorthand if y
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elderolddog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What if it's 'butchery and murder' for a good > cause? And, of course, it's the victors who determine and/or describe their cause as good.
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Kentish Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The only one I know for sure is myself but would > hate to believe that the majority of people have a > hidden monster within that they have to control > against butchery and murder. Yes, I agree Kentish. Mercifully for me, I see a lot of very good people, no sign of internal monsterish trends. But for
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