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It's the same tactic that we have seen so often in a certain former president. You know it's a lie, but you say it with absolute certainty knowing that your devoted followers are obligated to believe it just because you said it, and then you demonize any source of contradictory facts as fake, or in the church's case, satanic.
“The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.” -Mark Twain
Jesus: "The Kingdom of God is within you." The Buddha: "Be your own light."
Citation please. If this came from NAMBLA, I am going to have lots of reservations.
"The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." -- Douglas Adams
The Church just finished arguing in front of the Arizona Supreme Court that they do not have to report child sexual abuse. The Arizona Supreme Court agreed. So just call Kirton McConkie and they will help bishops cover up the abuse. The national leader in "hide the crime and overall deceptiveness".
Good faith does not require evidence, but it also does not turn a blind eye to that evidence. Otherwise, it becomes misplaced faith.
-- Moksha
If there's one thing I know about Mormonism from living in "the mission field" for all my non-BYU years, it's that no one else thinks Mormons are nearly as important as Mormons think other people think Mormons are.
They legit don't care about the LDS church except for as a weird pop culture reference for the most part.
moksha wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:55 am
The Church just finished arguing in front of the Arizona Supreme Court that they do not have to report child sexual abuse. The Arizona Supreme Court agreed. So just call Kirton McConkie and they will help bishops cover up the abuse. The national leader in "hide the crime and overall deceptiveness".
You mean the Mexican Drug Cartel/Katie Hobbs/LDS church rumor going around? I wouldn't be surprised if the 3 were really linked.
moksha wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:55 am
The Church just finished arguing in front of the Arizona Supreme Court that they do not have to report child sexual abuse. The Arizona Supreme Court agreed. So just call Kirton McConkie and they will help bishops cover up the abuse. The national leader in "hide the crime and overall deceptiveness".
You mean the Mexican Drug Cartel/Katie Hobbs/LDS church rumor going around? I wouldn't be surprised if the 3 were really linked.
I am talking about events found in the newspaper, not some QMormon conspiracy.
Good faith does not require evidence, but it also does not turn a blind eye to that evidence. Otherwise, it becomes misplaced faith.
-- Moksha
Glass shelf wrote: If there's one thing I know about Mormonism from living in "the mission field" for all my non-BYU years, it's that no one else thinks Mormons are nearly as important as Mormons think other people think Mormons are.
Spot on noble one. Could not agree more.
"Let no man count himself righteous who permits a wrong he could avert". N.N. Riddell