There is only one true cult! All others are of the devil.
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It looks like a river rock, not something you'd find digging a well. My guess is that he acquired it from someone else and made up a story. Joe's whole life was a story.
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Rather than try to answer such a difficult question, let me pose another. If celestial marriage is such a big deal, doesn't that make the relationship transactional? Do they marry for love, or for the mansion and servants in the CK?
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Maybe dogs didn't like Muhammad either.
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A sicko, like his prophet.
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Don't ask, don't tell.
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If they were sealed in the LDS temple, wasn't he brain-damaged when she married him? LDS guys take risks that most guys don't. I'm not against doing dangerous things. However, you are responsible for studying all of the angles and not getting injured or killed. You can't leave safety to God or magic underwear. So, his condition is on him. That's quite a thing to put on a family. Some women
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If the church proves anything, it's that a fool and his money are soon parted.
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To paraphrase Sir Francis Bacon, the idea of the thing is not the thing. The thing is the thing.
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Nephi whacking a drunk guy for God. The voice in his head told him a nation yet to be founded would need the brass plates. Chad Daybell was nowhere to be found, so Nephi had to do it himself.
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"The person said you can't prove the book of Mormon is true or false." Your friend is correct. You cannot disprove magical thinking. God makes all things, no matter how absurd, possible. Whether you live your life that way is a matter of choice and taste.
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It's what Jesus wants. Otherwise he would say so, wouldn't he?
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There's the rub. To thine own self be true, but what are you willing to lose? Everything? The words of Pete Townshend come to mind. I'd gladly lose me to find you Gladly give up all I got To catch you, I'm gonna run and never stop I'll pay any price just to win you Surrendered my good life for bad To find you, I'm gonna drown an unsung man I call that a bargain The best I ever ha
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"Often in these cases, sexual abuse was shrouded as the correcting of posture, an aligning of chakras or explained away in the name of Tantra." I'll bet that one never occurred to Joseph Smith. "Excuse me miss, I couldn't help but notice that your chakras are out of alignment. I have a tool to fix that."
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Maybe she's trying to convince everyone that she's not competent to stand trial. Trouble is, how do you know she's not faking?
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Cypher: I know what you're thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here: Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill? There's nothing wrong with sticking with the devil you know. It's safe, it's predictable. I thought the same thing you did: "OMG, my whole life is a lie!". Well yeah, that's the game for everyone. You only g
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Gayness may not be a choice, but the result of endocrine disruptors and pesticides. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2842049/ If so, society (to include Utahns) did not sufficiently regulate chemicals. So, it's unfair to penalize the innocent victims of government policies.
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"The first amendment applies to the government, It is completely irrelevant to the topic at hand." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pn-kxUEySy0 I don't write things to feel smart, I write them for fun or to address the Mormon experience. Coherence in biological signaling is directly relevant because it provides a mechanism for the experience of the Holy Ghost. Faith regularly viol
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It's like having home teachers.
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It's like being raised in a McDonald's, practically worshipping founder Ray Croc. You don't know what all Ray did to build the franchise, you just hear good stuff. And of course, all you eat is McDonald's.
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Thanks, my suspicious mind is satisfied. The dog stayed by her side without eating for two weeks, which is a long time for a dog.
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Or she could escape prison on a flying unicorn Or Nephi could appear and cause an earthquake Or she could be released on account of her super specialness Or the church could be true Or maybe she's just plain nuts. “After I get exonerated, maybe I’ll go on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and you can come,” she said to NBC’s Keith Morrison." I suppose if she's first patt
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Was a great actor and a decent guy, dead at 95. The mystery of his death has been officially solved. Natural causes. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3301592/gene-hackman-died-heart-disease-wife-died-hantavirus-week-earlier His temple work can be done 1 year after his death. Does the clock start ticking when the body was discovered, or two weeks earlier? Mormo
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Russell M Nelson should celebrate the occasion by spending a couple of days in the spirit world and then resurrecting himself.
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"Like the idea that we don't fight fascists because we will win (we may not in fact win), we fight fascists because they are fascists, I oppose a bad God because it is bad. Again, better there were no God at all. We'll see (or not)" I like Chris Hedges too, but he has seen way too much. As cruel as the modern world is, it's at least within the realm of imagination. Yesteryear's cr
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Don't leave, we need moles on the inside.
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But you have free agency, as long as you do as they say.
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The "but it felt so right" defense works in heaven.
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It's a little early to celebrate St Patrick's Day, but I'll drink to leprechauns in ancient Egypt.
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Mormonism is like malaria. The parasites never really leave.
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