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The gist of the complaints is that, having climbed to the top of the world and written well about it, does an admitted agnostic really think he can take on a popular religion? Or even get it?

 

this kind of logic has unsurprisingly not prevented the mormon church to want to regulate human activities all around the world, activities they presumably knew squat about.

 

jon krakauer is getting better and better.

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j_b said:

The gist of the complaints is that, having climbed to the top of the world and written well about it, does an admitted agnostic really think he can take on a popular religion? Or even get it?

 

what?

this kind of logic has unsurprisingly not prevented the mormon church to want to regulate human activities all around the world, activities they presumably knew squat about.

 

jon krakauer is getting better and better.

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my point is that the mormon church proselytizes its religion all over the world to people holding various other creeds (which, in general, have been followed for centuries or millenia: aministic, catholic, etc ...). why should they attempt to deny someone of no religious creed the right to criticize their religion on the basis he is not of their creed? hypocrites.

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j_b said:

my point is that the mormon church proselytizes its religion all over the world to people holding various other creeds (which, in general, have been followed for centuries or millenia: aministic, catholic, etc ...). why should they attempt to deny someone of no religious creed the right to criticize their religion on the basis he is not of their creed? hypocrites.

 

Or more simply stated...the mormons suck and are a cult. Next subject...

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Yeah, but the Mormons have basketball courts IN THEIR CHURCHES and they actively encourage dancing to their youth. Growing up Baptist I thought dancing was naughtier than sex. rolleyes.gif They may be a cult and they may have some seriously wacked doctrine, but they do a pretty good job of making it seem interesting to youngsters, some other denominations should be taking notes.

 

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AlpineK said:

Mormons are fucked up thumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gif

In celebration of Barbie's 40th birthday - Mattel has created a

Mormon Barbie for those folks in Utah. The most popular, Celestial

Barbie, comes with 8.4 children. She wears a mid-calf flower print

Laura Ashley dress with conservative flats (no heels), a bow in her

flowing, shoulder-length hair with puffy bangs.

 

Barbie wears a permanent smile, knows how to bake bread, store

wheat, feed a family of 12 on less than $200 a week, make casseroles

and Jell-O salads, and still find time to read her scriptures.

 

She comes with an MAV (Dodge/Ford/Nissan/whatever mini-van,

otherwise known as a Mormon Assault Vehicle). When you pull the

cord in her back, she becomes emotional, teary and says things like,

"You have such a special spirit Sister Jones" or "Love ya."

Occasionally you can find one that says "Oh my heck!" but be warned:

this is a manufacturer's defect. Celestial Barbie would never say

"heck" because it's a swear word! You can buy a Celestial Ken to go

with celestial Barbie, but he's hard to find. (Probably because

he's off fulfilling some priesthood leadership calling, so he's

rarely home.)

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trask said:

AlpineK said:

Mormons are fucked up thumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gif

In celebration of Barbie's 40th birthday - Mattel has created a

Mormon Barbie for those folks in Utah. The most popular, Celestial

Barbie, comes with 8.4 children. She wears a mid-calf flower print

Laura Ashley dress with conservative flats (no heels), a bow in her

flowing, shoulder-length hair with puffy bangs.

 

Barbie wears a permanent smile, knows how to bake bread, store

wheat, feed a family of 12 on less than $200 a week, make casseroles

and Jell-O salads, and still find time to read her scriptures.

 

She comes with an MAV (Dodge/Ford/Nissan/whatever mini-van,

otherwise known as a Mormon Assault Vehicle). When you pull the

cord in her back, she becomes emotional, teary and says things like,

"You have such a special spirit Sister Jones" or "Love ya."

Occasionally you can find one that says "Oh my heck!" but be warned:

this is a manufacturer's defect. Celestial Barbie would never say

"heck" because it's a swear word! You can buy a Celestial Ken to go

with celestial Barbie, but he's hard to find. (Probably because

he's off fulfilling some priesthood leadership calling, so he's

rarely home.)

 

Bwahahahahahaha!!!! Celestial Ken comes dressed in dark slacks, white shirt, dark tie. Accessories include a backpack, namebadge, mountain bike and white bike helmet.

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Greg_W said:

trask said:

AlpineK said:

Mormons are fucked up thumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gifthumbs_down.gif

In celebration of Barbie's 40th birthday - Mattel has created a

Mormon Barbie for those folks in Utah. The most popular, Celestial

Barbie, comes with 8.4 children. She wears a mid-calf flower print

Laura Ashley dress with conservative flats (no heels), a bow in her

flowing, shoulder-length hair with puffy bangs.

 

Barbie wears a permanent smile, knows how to bake bread, store

wheat, feed a family of 12 on less than $200 a week, make casseroles

and Jell-O salads, and still find time to read her scriptures.

 

She comes with an MAV (Dodge/Ford/Nissan/whatever mini-van,

otherwise known as a Mormon Assault Vehicle). When you pull the

cord in her back, she becomes emotional, teary and says things like,

"You have such a special spirit Sister Jones" or "Love ya."

Occasionally you can find one that says "Oh my heck!" but be warned:

this is a manufacturer's defect. Celestial Barbie would never say

"heck" because it's a swear word! You can buy a Celestial Ken to go

with celestial Barbie, but he's hard to find. (Probably because

he's off fulfilling some priesthood leadership calling, so he's

rarely home.)

 

Bwahahahahahaha!!!! Celestial Ken comes dressed in dark slacks, white shirt, dark tie. Accessories include a backpack, namebadge, mountain bike and white bike helmet.

 

yelrotflmao.gif and lives next door to me! hellno3d.gif

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trask said:

but he's hard to find. (Probably because

he's off fulfilling some priesthood leadership calling, so he's

rarely home.)

He's out gettin' it on with some natives in the Amazon and shoving the book in their faces as a victory cigar

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