subject: 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. […]
Read MoreDear Mr. Hitchens, THANK YOU sincerely for The Portable Atheist. It has armed me with knowledge and has become my favorite book to read in church every week. I had to re-cover it, for obvious reasons; but it is as thoroughly read and marked up as any bible in the room. I’m a mormon-atheist. I […]
Read Moremb note: …divide this into sections. — make it a place for all kinds of musings on various topics. i need a sniglet — i have the definition… it’s verb; the act of polling the classroom for opinions on the “true” meaning of an otherwise clear phrase of scripture, in order to make it “fit” with […]
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