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Damned Mormons
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Well, they threw him out. The lucky bastard.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/promi...-apostasy/ Quote:Prominent Mormon activist John Dehlin excommunicated over ‘apostasy’ Guess that means he saves 10% of his income. 
Does he still get his own planet when he dies? Or does that get tossed out with him?
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould  (February 10, 2015 at 10:08 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Well, they threw him out. The lucky bastard. Yup. Ex'ed for advocating an open approach to investigating the LDS church's history and for making public the many doubts of believers and why the church troubles them. Meanwhile, here's a list of the people who have NOT been ex'ed: https://exploringmormonism.com/crime-and-punishment/ Quote:Jodi Arias killed her former boyfriend Travis Alexander on June 4, 2008. He was killed at his home in Mesa, Arizona. He had been shot in the face and stabbed some 27 times, his throat slit from ear to ear... Dehlin should count himself lucky to be kicked out of that club.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
I've been tempted to dress as jesus, walk into a Mormon service, and spout the Jim Morrisionism: "When I was back in seminary school somebody put forth the proposition that you can petition the lord with prayer, that you can - petition the lord - with prayer! That you can petition the lord with prayer. YOU CANNOT PETTITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER!" Then I would add my own bit of chicanery and add something like this: "I haven't listened to dumb fucks for 2000 years, what makes me think I'd listen to you now. It's obvious that your magic underwear has cut off the blood flow to your brains. Oh, do you have directions to the catholic church? "
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” Epicurus
Make sure you wear a white shirt and a tie. Those fuckers won't buy the hippie-jesus routine.
 RE: Damned Mormons
February 11, 2015 at 1:09 am
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2015 at 1:10 am by vorlon13.)
Um . . .
er . . . . uh . . . . how can the Mormon Church excommunicate someone for questioning the church's central tenets, when the church doesn't FUCKING KNOW WHAT THEY ARE ????????? The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
Those self-serious pricks. Do I have to wear a pocket-protector too?
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” Epicurus
Of course.
On a sidebar, it took my wife seven years to excommunicate herself from the cult-of-microfiche. They don't take kindly to members wanting to leave the fold, and will install countless hurdles to prevent it from happening. Luckily for my wife, she's mentally tougher than the hierarchy in thou holiest city of the western hemisphere.
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” Epicurus (February 11, 2015 at 1:09 am)vorlon13 Wrote: how can the Mormon Church excommunicate someone for questioning the church's central tenets, when the church doesn't [edited to removed size and color formatting] The higher-ups know - in fact, there's good reason to think that the 12 apostles are all aware that the LDS church is not the one true church with the restored gospel. http://mormonthink.com/grant9.htm It's the sheeple that don't know, and are actively kept in the dark or encouraged not to investigate too deeply. "Doubt your doubts before you doubt your testimony" is a common Mormon catchphrase.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
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