hitchens answers the question: why be against religion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Y3YgQfR3sEM&feature=endscreen hitchens summary of the insanity of religion (with tony blair) —— why the dog? 1. it’s cathartic to talk this out. 1. One should grant to another the understanding about wanting to be heard, and to be understood. 1. (if you’re LDS) i might say, for […]
Read MoreYou believe in the literal translation of the Bible. — So … The earth is 6000 years old. Life on earth was wiped out by the Flood at around 2000 B.C. God made everyone forget how to speak at the tower of Babel A multi-million person population of native americans were the result of a […]
Read MoreIn the Book of Mormon, Jesus visits the Americas after he’s crucified. Mormons talk about Jesus visiting “The Americas” for a few days as though it was sufficient to put a checkmark next to the whole western hemisphere. It’s an example of what I have noticed about my mormons — we are often satisfied by […]
Read MoreThis letter, “…to the Leadership…” could have been from me, except for the part about being raised in Mexico. [Full Text]
Read MoreSee source; http://www.mrm.org/topics/documents-speeches/mark-twains-review-book-mormon . . . Copied from chapter 16 of Roughing It. All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the “elect” have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such […]
Read Moreit’s part of the reason many people wont change their mind or can’t change — it’s just too big a chasm to climb out of.
Read MoreVery misleading article, right from the first paragraph. http://mormonchurch.com/709/what-do-mormons-believe-about-adam-and-eve The biggest difference in how mormons see adam and eve is something that mormons are not taught. It’s that mormons believe that they are literally the first humans, and that they lived around 4000 B.C. (according to mormons and bible scholars). Whereas, for example the Catholics […]
Read Moresubject: temples are… Temples are a very clever mechanism to compel members to pay tithing. Without temples, the church has no leverage to compel members to pay tithing. Temples are, indirectly, the money maker for the church. Those who do not pay 10% of their earnings to the church are not worthy to enter the temple. […]
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