They are made up of fallible people who don't think they are fallible.
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Ask if they still have spittoons.
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We need to buy each of the Q-15 a white horse. IYKYK.
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The thing about "Holy Week" and Advent and Epiphany and all that is: that is exactly what American Protestantism thought was evil, starting with the Pilgrims (or Puritans. They were different, but I can't remember which was which). It is exactly what "low church" types wanted to eliminate from the religious experience. That's why Mormons have never heard of them. those are Cat
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is the thing that matters most to Mormons- namely, the temple and its rituals. Note to Dallin (since he will be in charge soon): you need to decide which way the wind blows, and you need to do it soon. Evangelicals have already decided that Episcopalians are not actually Christians: https://www.christianpost.com/news/tucker-carlson-says-episcopal-church-not-christian-at-all.html Dark days are
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Buddhist reincarnation theology is way different than Christian Second Coming concepts. The difference is that in Buddhism, what you do in this live matters very much because it determines the kind of life you will inhabit in the next one. The Christians believe that the only thing that matters is, well, believing the right things- your behavior is meaningless.The Atonement is a free pass. For Bu
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Two words: Boko Haram.
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That is why for most "Christians", the only book in the Bible that really matters in the Book of Revelation. They really want that.
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Like eric3 said. The "establishment", mainly the news media, like to report on what people say (as opposed to what people do). It;s so much easier. And the media have gotten into the bad pattern of passing along what the most enthusiastic Christians say, whatever that is. And mainly they say they are the only real Christians. Then that becomes the social norm. Then the Mormon lead
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A major part of my life around 1970 was the introduction into the youth program of Goal Setting as the path to communion with God. I would love to see an investigation into why it happened at that time. But looking back, it just reeks of corporate values bulldozing their way into religion. I mean, what typical 16-year-old has any interest- or need- to set any goals beyond learning how to talk to
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It promises a portal into the unseen realms. IMO.
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These are professional shows. They follow the rules.
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Please note that they consider Mormons to be in the "Other" category. I'll bring the popcorn.
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Oh, they very well may start such a fund. And ask everybody else to contribute. They may even get celebrity endorsements. And everybody will feel so grateful. All this without having to spend a penny of their own money. Really, they are amazing.
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Surely he's either trans or a drag queen. Probably both. Right? Right? Oh...
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But we simply *must* get those breast implants and Botox!!! Otherwise, what would the neighbors think???? On a serious note, I realize that there is a whole lot more involved. I - at 70+ YO - am having to keep working to subsidize my children's living expenses. My son has a 100-YO tiny house (Salt Lake county) that cost nearly half a million dollars. What with house payments and utilities, he
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Yes, but: where did Saturnalia come from? Yes, the Romans got all festive at the end of December- but so did most everybody else in the Northern hemisphere. "Pagan" does not mean occult. Nor does it mean debauched. Plenty of people marked the seasonal cycles with no thought of hedonistic excess. I really hate that term as it reduces a huge panoply of beliefs and philosophies and prac
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A large part of the problem is that in the US medical advances have become the exclusive domain of for-profit corporations. So they get to decide what diseases to attack and even decide oh-so-generously what even constitutes a disease. And they have made great strides in a lot of areas. But a more publicly guided initiative could be more apt to target some areas that private investors just have
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Or magic olive oil...
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Of course they do. They are above the rules that they themselves proclaim. It's all for show.
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IMO: it all boils down (no pun intended) to a conviction that they are of a superior essence than the rest of us. So anything that smacks of the commoners must be avoided at all costs lest they become polluted by their choices. The rest of us can go to hell. They don't care.
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GNPE Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > in the mid 70s, a FP SM letter announced that > De-Caf coffee was OK bc (if) the offending > constituent (caffeine) was removed. That's partly because one of the advertisers in the Improvement Era (yes, they used to have ads) was for Sanka Coffee.
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Oh! Didn't you know? That was a temporary commandment! We have always encouraged our members to pursue the healthiest lifestyle choices based on the best current information! -- LDS Living, in about ten years...
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She will swear up and down that she should be found innocent because she was directed by God every step of the way- and in America that gives people a free pass to do anything.
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One year we had clam chowder for starters. Somebody put the tureen back in the china cabinet without checking to see if it was empty. It wasn't. We found it when we got dishes out for our Christmas dinner.
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Pix or it didn't happen.
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No. No, no, no, no and no. IMO: the flood thing started out as a tall tale. Only after many years did anybody decide it would make a stellar addition to a narrative about God or gods whose main attribute was to delight in humiliating "his" creatures. Then it became an essential component of proper religious dogma. As proof, I offer the following. Plutarch believed that the story of
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Nobody "has" a testimony. Some people are convinced that God likes them best. Then they go around and make the rest of us feel like sh!t.
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That's what they used for the walls of the original Playmill in West Yellowstone years ago.
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That is literally contrary to the US constitution. Do you think the elders of Zion will step up and save us??????
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