You do realize we also speak English in Europe, don't you? :-)
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It's a good article and I like your approach, which is measured and reasoned. I shall continue reading :-)
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I don't have a bumper sticker, but I do have Tibetan neighbours. They're lovely, joyful people. Oh, and I met two more Tibetans I didn't know in the Metro on the way home this evening. They need our support.
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I'll only admit to three, but the times with my grandsons don't count ;-). Much love and gladness to you, Beth.
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From my reading on this board, I had understood that LDS chapels had a characteristic, er, odour ;-) Is that the holy spirit you are referring to? ;-)
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Good or bad: you choose.
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Could be worse, Anybody, she has a wonderful house :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatsworth_House Feudalism pays.
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My testimony: when the right music is played well by the right hands, the accordion is a wonderful instrument - particularly for jazz. And it sounds much better than a banjo or bagpipes....
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If/when I make it to the US, I have every intention of visiting Idaho in the hope that, when someone asks me what attracted me to the state, I can reply "I came for the cannibalism".
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Yes, I found it hard to follow too. But maybe that's because of the rugby ;-)
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My only reservation is that both of these "contact" sports need to deal with the types of play that lead to brain damage. If you wonder why I, a nevermo from the UK but living in France, hang around a forum of exmormons who are almost all North Americans, it may be related to the five years of rugby (playing as an undersized, undertalented prop forward, during which I was concussed seve
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Some things do not deserve forgiveness. However, saying "I forgive you" can be a wonderfully passive-aggressive way of making bastards uncomfortable ;-)
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Shamelessly, this post has nothing to do with mormonism (although perhaps I've missed something.. ;-). The article below may amuse some Americans - it certainly amused me :-D https://newsthump.com/2024/02/08/tucker-carlson-recovering-well-after-being-rescued-from-deep-inside-putins-colon/?mc_cid=e0ad96c91c&mc_eid=c6b225c63e
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I'd just like to add that I agree with Anybody: hatred deforms a person and poisons their soul. I know that Anybody is strongly against the nasty wing of the US Evangelical movement, but even in her condemnations, I don't see hate, I see cogently argued reasons for her opposition. And the US Evangelical movement (as seen via the US press, as I'm in Europe) is overflowing with hatred - not cogentl
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LOL :-D You could do worse than asking for that shield - it's really beautiful and would fit perfectly in a corner of your living room for when you're not feeling sociable ;-)
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That's exactly how I feel. Terribly sad news. RIP.
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"the church's answer to David Miscavige" That's exactly what Bednar is. Very well said.
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I understand, Kerri. To me, as a nevermo, it was a horrifying, frightening book because it showed the hardships and emotional sterility of so many early Mormon women's lives, all in the name of religion? Impressive faith, certainly, but for what?
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