logged off today Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Point_USA It looks like TPUSA was invented in 2012 but I had never heard about it. There is now one in Canada and the UK. Thank you logged off today, you complete me. Wow, there is a lot of money involved. 8.2 M$! But personally, I don't see the point of such organizati
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josephssmmyth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- “With that, the end of the world scare (Year Without Summer)” The year without summer event: The year without a summer in 1816 was caused by the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815. Joseph Smith was born in 1805 and so, he was 11 at that time. What impact did 1816 have on the USA? Was this something
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bradley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The three Nephites are also immune. They are a > little bored this year because they used to spend > most of their time pranking missionaries. What 3 nephites? ~~~~iceman9090
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Source: https://ca.yahoo.com/news/kirk-cameron-latest-maskless-singalong-protest-slammed-irresponsible-181946394.html I am going to copy the full text to here since that website is temporary. In case you do not know Kirk Cameron, he was a TV star. I think at age 17 he became super religion and became bothersome to the other actors on the set. He somehow became a young earth creationist ch
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Aluminium? It has a high tensile strength to weight ratio, according to Frank Costanza. ~~~~iceman9090
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Proving the Historicity of Jesus? | Andrew - Twinsburg, OH | Atheist Experience 22.10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5AordEPtok Length = 26:22 @ 3:27 David Fitzgerald says the Bible is not reliable. The description on Pontius Pilate does not match historical records. ~~~~iceman9090
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Done & Done Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wonder Woman is the new Jesus. The older sibling > that will make everything all right--a deep human > need. And so the myth will survive forever. Exactomundo! I want a Jesus. Someone who can magically heal your body pains, make cancers go away, put back together the broken dish, etc. In f
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josephssmmyth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- “Wait a minute, nobody would say a zero chance Jesus Christ ever lived without being maybe receiving stern looks from maybe the entire world. What's up, I mean who says things like that? My easy first guess is maybe suggesting that a leftover component from mormo-ism, and the abuse that they exercised created a cra
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Soft Machine Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry I was a bit slow on the uptake. > > Speak less = Parle moins > > Don't talk so much = Ne parle pas autant > > You'll have to ask somebody local for the > pronunciation ;-) There is also Parle moin, 'sti! which means Parle moin, osti! and osti is that bread thing they offer
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JoeSmith666 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- “Was everyone really required to go back to their home town to be taxed and Jesus was born?” ==I doubt that the Romans were that stupid. What they want is taxes. Pay them money and they will go away. They are not going to care who pays (your father, your uncle, your friend). Even today, I have payed for a family
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slskipper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Remember that if Jesus really had turned water > into wine, he would instantly have been the most > famous person in the whole Roman empire. From > Egypt to Yorkshire within a week. But instead- > crickets... I don’t see the point of a god turning into a human egg that gets fertilized, and then he
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Humberto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well, King James was born in Edinburgh, which > certainly makes him a True Scotsman... ^^^^^The above is about the no true scottsman falacy. ~~~~iceman9090
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Thank you Joseph Smith & Co for investing a lot of time and effort and producing a fine work of art. I have read almost nothing from the BOM, pearl of great price and D&C, but from the small sections I have read, I think it is a good job. It gives me an example that it can be done, that millions of people will believe it, even educated people, even scientists with PHDs. From the dumb
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Hope you get better quickly. I need you. Exmormon needs more members. "I find it funny how I bad mouthed covid but got it and can't take a trip for winter break." ==You can improve yourself, if you choose to. ~~~~iceman9090
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josephssmmyth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe the only guy you might need to see if he > ever lived is someone who not many have ever heard > of, Dr. Antonio Frova. > > https://wp.wwu.edu/avalosj491/topic-3-is-the-any-p > roof-beyond-the-bible/ > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate_stone Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org
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I invited the guy I met at extremetech to visit this thread so that we can continue the conversation here but I think he doesn't want to. ~~~~iceman9090
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Done & Done Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- “This exchange smacks of the old argument by the NRA cheerleaders that "Guns don't kill people, people kill people,"” ==It does, however on one hand, a gun is not a book from a god telling people to worship only him or you go to hell. On the other hand, the purpose of a gun is to commit crime, to
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bradley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- “You might ask whether evil is a problem in the world.” ==I wasn’t asking that but thanks for your comments. “If someone murders or rapes you, the chances of them getting away with it are slim to none.” “It’s all very Judeo Christian even if the secular crowd wants to disown its roots.” ==I disagr
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McNulty from Bawston Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- It’s not quite the same. There are no instructions in the books of science (or technology) about what to wear, how to cut your hair, what to eat, what to not eat, who you can have sex with, who to hate, who to kill. In other words, there is no politics integrated into science. However, there are is pol
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"Where in historical literature and records is he also mentioned? Anything actually recorded about the guy when he supposedly lived?" ==If someone saw Jesus walking around and doing miracles and giving speeches and wrote about him? I have never seen any such sources. On the other hand, there are plenty of people who saw Princess Diana, wrote about her. There are a few thousand indep
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Cold-Dodger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- “If you don’t know exactly why Joseph made it all up...” ==That’s something that was locked up in his brain and I don’t have a time machine and I don’t have a brain reading device. The only thing I could do is take guesses. Based on observation, there is no such thing as magical people or angel or
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summer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Everyone is an agnostic. Even theists are agnostic. Agnostics are atheists. Agnosism deals with knowledge. In other words, do you know that a god exists? If your answer is no, then you are an agnostic. Do you believe in at least 1 god? If the answer is yes, then you are a theist. If your answer is no, then you are an a
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logged off today Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's cute that you think you have the moral > authority to pass judgment on us or tell us what > our "job" is. > > FYI, none of us have to explain or justify > ourselves or our actions to you. All I am trying to do is to push you guys to become more active. It wasn't meant to o
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elderolddog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My TBM daughter won’t listen when I’ve hinted > that there are things she needs to know about a > certain scam ... That's ok. It's her right to not listen. ~~~~iceman9090
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TITLE= Christianity is not responsible – A conversation with a guy from extremetech SUMMARY: I would like to have your input, whether you are mormon, christian, atheist, pantheist and so on. The question is: is christianity responsible for anything. For example (1), when person X is motivated to become a priest and build his own church, is christianity responsible for that? For example
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Mo Joe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I thought that Moroni showed up to Joseph Smith and told him that he is a native american. Also, that claim doesn’t solve anything. Where is the evidence of the “reformed egyptian”. Where are these jews? These lamanites, nephites, jaradites? How could a major culture leave 0 evidence of their existence? ~~~~icema
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So, you are interested in Big Foot? Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 6, Episode 23 - Full Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwalnWcvxNI Length = 1:32:47 ~~~~iceman9090
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azsteve Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- One technique used a while ago was to call a company and ask them to transfer to a long distance number. I think this kind of scam was performed by an insider in the company who is friends with the outsider. The company gets charged for the long distance. “If anyone calls and claims to be my bank (by correct bank na
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Apparently, aligator attacks happen once in a while in Florida. They have signs warning people. Lucky dog. Dog's best friend saved him. ~~~~iceman9090
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Dr. No Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So gotta ask, what was it in him that found/finds > Scientology attractive. > The "being special-ness" that Scientology > promises. > > And did Scientology change him, or did it simply > allow him to expose fully what already he was > beneath all along? Good question. What m
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