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I'm with Thomas Payne. Until god speaks/shows the same to everyone equally, it's all just hearsay.

And a form of bigotry. Allegedly the Christian god is no respecter of persons so shouldn't play favorites with prophets and all that.

Visions? Part of the religious scam.

I do agree that many churches including mormonism install themselves between or as equivalent to divinity. And that is not desirable from a self actualizing/fulfillment/autonomy perspective. Those perspectives tend to diminish authority and intervention from external sources too which is not in the ...

I think the new testament uses the church as Christ's body language sufficient to construct a doctrinal equivalence argument.

Just how literal does one want to get.

1 hour church is being tested in some locations right now.

Truth and facts need no apology.

This leaves apologists as deceivers.

I don't expect church to repent. That is to expect a particular consistent framework that has never been in evidence. Rather it relies on divine command theory. It's never wrong in the moment. It can look to be in the wrong but that is from human perspective only. And DCT is not a path I desire to ...

Yes we discussed his belief. He grew up Italian Catholic. But was essentially atheist. When he had a kid he wanted a church experience but not theology per se and so his family were unitarians ( I mispoke the first time). He described the practice as like being in a cathedral and the light of truth ...

I was aware of those ideas before my belief broke.. I had a universalist friend. I personally don't see any point to it. It just seems like believing to believe for the sake of belief alone. I don't see any point or meanng in that. Certainly everyone is not wired the same and I am not apparently ...

There could just as easily be 9 days per week with Uranus and Neptune added, Those aren't visible to the naked eye or things would surely have been different as you note. It could be any number of course. It's arbitrary. But our historical path in the west sources heavily from Rome. We used the ...

I was looking into the origin of the 7 day week. There are two parallel developments. The Jewish with which we're all familiar. Like so much of the old testament, it's origin seems to be much later than the old testament itself would indicate. No earlier than the early roman period. https://www.ucl ...

They demand respect because they have a position and title. Even though they have not acted now or the past in ways that earn the respect they claim to simply deserve.

This is the child's event, not the parents. Do what it takes to serve the child's interest, even down to skipping baptism if so chosen. As to your part, if baptism is chosen, do what the church says you can as a non-believer. If that's nothing, then there's the answer. If that changes your child's ...

You're always asking for a source, evidence for our statements.

Your interpretation is conspiracy without evidence. And that's worthless. Your turn to put to our shut up.

My brother does his real estate speculation the same way. He loans to the spec builders with the land as his collateral. And a bonus at sale. He has no business as such. He does have a contract/loan form. And families often lend money to other members. Can you prove it wasn't a loan? You know those ...

Yes, the lack of fraud, on Bidens part

Based on Joe Biden's financial statements he's made public, he doesn't own any businesses. For 2020, he seemed to have a more limited income stream. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2020/05/15/5-things-we-learned-from-joe-bidens-new-financial-disclosure/?sh=9b178e732d78 discusses incomes ...

Sustainable energy is now cheaper than fossil fuels. False. Absolutely False. So, so, so, so, so, soooooo soooooo soooooo false. If and when that is true - there will be no fossil fuel production or consumption for energy. The claim that sustainable energy is now cheaper may apply to a specific ...

The idea that any given noun, verb, action, idea or some such is holy or sacred is idol worship. If a church, or book or robe, or shroud is holy, it partakes in the divine, but is not itself god(s). It is just an object. A holy object. That is the definition of an idol.

You have to weigh it out for yourself and your relationship. I Had been openly non-temple attender while active and holding a recommend. I told the interviewers I found it weird. And they had no answer except to encourage me to attend. I had told my wife this as well. One time she said she wanted to ...

Are you saying there is a proper number of humans higher or lower? Are you saying that individual humans have a responsibility to reproduce? Is there a problem or benefit with more or fewer humans you want to achieve or avoid? Even with China explicitly trying to counter your premise, its ...