(March 25, 2016 at 11:29 am)drfuzzy Wrote:(March 24, 2016 at 9:41 am)vorlon13 Wrote: The Mormon hierarchy comes right out and says with their revelations and pronouncements, the thinking has ALREADY BEEN DONE. Clearly, the pew warmers and check writers are not encouraged to ask questions or spend any time considering the folderol and balderdash the LDS poobahs regurgitate all over them.
Not ENCOURAGED to ask questions? Vorlon, I have been in fundie churches where questioning was plainly said to be a mortal sin. I once got up the guts to ask my Mother why this one Bible passage disagreed with this other one, telling the same story. How did she know which one was right? She dragged me to the preacher, who told me emphatically that both were right, and they had me stay for -- I dunno, seemed like hours -- on my knees in the front of the church praying for the faith to trust that god was perfect and would explain everything when I got to heaven. Dozens of people kept coming in and praying with me ("Oh, Lord, let your spirit descend upon this confused little girl") and laying their hands on my back and shoulders. I didn't like it.
Xtians ask for answers to questions that science can't answer, because they think the question has already been answered. God told 'em god didit. They're actually honestly confused when the poor atheist doesn't believe that.
and so many Mormon apologists wind up excommunicated too, thinking about their bat shit crazy theology Joe Smith shit out his ass can do that to ya
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
