Posts by designs

http://meethtemormons.com huffington post etc... huffington post described it as slick, light on doctrine, and presenting a public face that you wouldn't find if you walked into a typical lds church.. i wonder how far behind the new jw.org think tank guys are on developing their own film for theater release.. .

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Disfellowedshipped Mormon Kate Kelly, an advocate for women's ordination in the LDS Church, was denied reinstatement by an all male Church Council.

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Who paid for Beth-Sarim?

by VM44 in

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i had asked this question in the chatroom, "who contributed the funds for rutherford's.

san diego house known as beth-sarim?".

(i also asked this question in maximus' thread, "need assistance re judge r").

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Some have thought it was the wealthy patron who bought Rutherford his Cadillacs during the Depression.

You have to figure out if the Laws in 1929 restricted gifts and private funding for this sort of thing.

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Islam's Psychotic Obsession With Hell

by cofty in

every word this man preaches is official muslim doctrine.. fear of hellfire is central to the life of every muslim.

it is axiomatic that every non-muslim, all kaffir like you and i will spend eternity in hell.. just like roman catholicism and evangelical christianity it is a cult of fear and of death.

unlike christian writers mo was not coy about describing the details of hellfire.. i have just finished reading two autobiographies by ayaan hirsi ali who is a muslim "apostate" and lives under a death threat.

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It is child abuse.

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Do you have hope for mankind?

by noontide in

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let me start off by acknowledging that my current mood/thoughts reflect the fact that ive watched a few documentaries recently (blackfish, surviving progress, etc.

) and they got me thinking about the future of mankind.

mainly the question, do i hold out hope for the future of mankind?.

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We're good for at least 4 centuries if we get our population and our excessive pollution under control.

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How good a boxer was Muhammad Ali?

by LoveUniHateExams in

when i was a hyperactive kid, i used to like boxing, and of course muhammad ali.

he was a great athlete, with a one-of-a-kind style who made a stand for his beliefs.. now that i'm older, i admire athletes that are quieter and get on with the job in hand - joe frazier, for example.. i'd like to put american racial politics and ali's tragic current condition to one side and focus on the following:.

how good a fighter was ali?.