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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => Who Am I Discovery/Whitmore => Topic started by: Anonymous on March 10, 2005, 06:19:00 PM
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"skeptics are not only smug, but are pathetically provincial and insular. Skeptics come to believe strongly in skepticism, and they are very orthodox. Far form being liberating, skepticism leads men/women into cruel, conceptual cul de sacs."
"Faith proceeds on to promised knowledge. It develops us and it delivers us to new data. Skepticism starts with some unprovable declarations and ends there too."
"If you look closelly, you will be able to see many so-called skeptics who keep one eye on the dikes of disbelief and who seem to have a small rowboat nearby."
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What is this, something out of the book of Mormon? Probably John Smith's retort to criticism about "marrying" a bevy of thirteen year olds.
Speculations on the Origin of Human Intelligence: "In defense of the Pygmies, perhaps I should note that a friend of mine who has spent time with them says that for such activities as the patient stalking and hunting of mammals and fish they prepare themselves through marijuana intoxication, which helps to make the long waits, boring to anyone further evolved than a Komodo dragon, at least moderately tolerable. Ganja is, he says, their only cultivated crop. It would be wryly interesting if in human history the cultivation of marijuana led generally to the invention of agriculture, and thereby to civilization.
Carl Sagan - The Dragons of Eden - 1977
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ive never read the book of mormon but it sounds better than whatever book youve been reading.
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you cant even speak truth about mormans... lady you smoking pot or too busy on your crap website to learn anything. fyi mormans arent poligimists
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how hanndy for you but imperfect people are as focal points for your frustrations, especially if cirumstances require them to suffer in silence.
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some people prefer to believe the worst than to know the truth
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cant believe your so desperate you have to bash their religion. says alot about your tactics. you people are just making these poor souls into saints
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"Poor" souls? They make a fortune off these kids, and don't even feed them 3 meals a day.
Get off it!
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I do believe Tom Greene the fellow MORMAN with all his little "child brides" was from the same little town of Nephi, Utah too wasn't he before he started living at the expense of the State of Utah in some fine prison there,---now wasn't he?
Just how many little girls was he "married" to?
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you really are sick. or just plain out of stories. mr. green wasnt from nephi. no polygimy is not allowed in the morman church. this kind of slander is the reason i dont like to go to the site. but i feel like someone needs to stand up for the sudweeks and the good things they do. what kind of world do you want to live in. you must be the change you wish to see in the world. i hope there are enough good people to out way people like you
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if they were such bad people why would you have to bash their religion?
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True or False
1. Polygamy or plural marriage (aka The Principle) was one of the tenets and practices of the early LDS church. - True
2. The main LDS church officially disavowed polygamy in the late 19th century. (One of the conditions for Utah's statehood.) - True
3. One of the doctrines of the LDS church is that a faithful Mormon man will be rewarded with multiple wives in the hereafter. -True, but you may get some arguments about this.
4. There remain dissident groups of "Mormon Fundamentalists" who believe the mainstream church is in "apostasy" on the subject of "The Principle" and continue to practice polygamy. - True
5. The mainstream church maintains that these dissident groups are themselves in apostasy. Modern LDS (Mormons) who practice polygamy may be excommunicated by the mainstream church. - True
I can't see that this is bashing anyone, and if I'm wrong on any of these facts, let me know.
Vain are the thousand creeds that move men's hearts, unutterably vain, worthless as wither'd weeds.
--Emily Bronte
[ This Message was edited by: Erinys on 2005-03-11 09:36 ]
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Sounds like Polygamy is OK with the LDS church then. SO why do they get all upset about it?
If it was MY church, and I was a guy who could afford a bunch of young pretty wives, and the wives didn't mind sharing, and it was legally OK, the WHY THE HECK NOT?
But it doesn't sound REALLY FAIR unless it works the other way around---- Could a wife have a string of good looking young husbands?
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Some people refuse to see what is obvious.
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I'm really starting to wonder how much of the "school" is influenced by religion. All the references to good vs. evil, the intense "familial" bonds and now the defensiveness when someone posts something less than flattering about the Mormon religion.
Can one of you explain the religious aspect of Whitmore? How much of your "education" is devoted to your religious studies? Do you just attend services or do you study the teachings?I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious -- unless he purposely shut the eyes of his mind and keep them shut by force.
--Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", American author and humorist
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On 2005-03-13 12:53:00, Cayo Hueso wrote:
"I'm really starting to wonder how much of the "school" is influenced by religion. All the references to good vs. evil, the intense "familial" bonds and now the defensiveness when someone posts something less than flattering about the Mormon religion.
Can one of you explain the religious aspect of Whitmore? How much of your "education" is devoted to your religious studies? Do you just attend services or do you study the teachings?I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious -- unless he purposely shut the eyes of his mind and keep them shut by force.
--Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", American author and humorist
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That quote that appeared in my post, which I find entirely appropriate, was not intentional I assure you. They are randomly generated. Ginger's dad is at it again. :grin: Clancy's Law: The perceived role of governments is to deploy ever increasing resources to the attainment of ever diminishing end results.
--Home Page (http://ozinfo.com/)
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so it makes you religious if you recogize good from evil. you think evil is good and good is evil. YOU EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL PEOPLE. if your so concerned about the poor little kiddies why do you send us off with escorts, and ignore the needs we really have LOVE something the suds know alot about.
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if learning good stuff is religious, then yes we are doing religious stuff all day long. like you say DAMN
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That's nice, but you've ignored my questions. Here they are again. Would you please answer them this time?
Can one of you explain the religious aspect of Whitmore? How much of your "education" is devoted to your religious studies? Do you just attend services or do you study the teachings?
The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.
--Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President
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ok, well I dont know if you were talking to me or not, but the Sudweeks have their religion as well as everyone else in this world, and since this is America, and we all have the freedom to our own religion, we respect one another. No one is required to go to church with the family. However, many of us have interests and enjoy it, so we do. Religion is not pushed upon us as Mark and Cheryl know we all come from many different backgrounds, and we even can go to different churches. However, where we live there is not really any other church, but when we travel we attend many different religions according to the kids and such. It is a very neat experience, and Cheryl and Mark do not force us to go to church or anything. Some kids just plain do not like church, and they are respected for that. So that should clear up the religious questions, but if there are anymore, I will love to answer them.