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Offline Anonymous

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« on: March 10, 2005, 06:19:00 PM »
"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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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2005, 07:48:00 PM »
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.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345346297/103-2574067-9409467/circlofmiamithem' target='_new'>Carl Sagan - The Dragons of Eden - 1977

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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2005, 07:56:00 PM »
ive never read the book of mormon but it sounds better than whatever book youve been reading.
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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2005, 08:00:00 PM »
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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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2005, 08:02:00 PM »
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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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2005, 08:03:00 PM »
some people prefer to believe the worst than to know the truth
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« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2005, 10:46:00 AM »
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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« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2005, 10:59:00 AM »
"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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« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2005, 11:02:00 AM »
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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« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2005, 11:19:00 AM »
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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« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2005, 11:21:00 AM »
if they were such bad people why would you have to bash their religion?
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« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2005, 12:33:00 PM »
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

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« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2005, 12:42:00 PM »
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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« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2005, 01:58:00 PM »
Some people refuse to see what is obvious.
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« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2005, 03:53:00 PM »
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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