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  • Topper
    Pre-Historic Man
    • Nov 2011
    • 11764

    #961
    Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
    The LDS Church, as always, is just flat-assed wrong. I've never seen an organization be wrong about everything like the LDS Church. It's wrong about how the world started, how it will end, wrong about Indians and blacks, wrong about women, wrong about gays, wrong about oral sex and so on -- comically, ludicrously wrong about everything.
    Perhaps yet it produces many fine people despite its limitations. To what do you attribute that?
    "Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."

    Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.

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    • SeattleUte
      Faith crisis consultant
      • Nov 2008
      • 20837

      #962
      Originally posted by Topper View Post
      Perhaps yet it produces many fine people despite its limitations. To what do you attribute that?
      Actually, I attribute it to the people you reference, and the support and uplift they give one another which could occur just as well outside the LDS Church (in theory). When I say LDS Church I tend to refer to the folks in the COB, primarily the GAs. In general I don't like the GAs and consider them what's wrong with the LDS church. Those insular elderly white men are the LDS Church's biggest problem.
      When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

      --Jonathan Swift

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      • Topper
        Pre-Historic Man
        • Nov 2011
        • 11764

        #963
        Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
        Actually, I attribute it to the people you reference, and the support and uplift they give one another which could occur just as well outside the LDS Church (in theory). When I say LDS Church I tend to refer to the folks in the COB, primarily the GAs. In general I don't like the GAs and consider them what's wrong with the LDS church. Those insular elderly white men are the LDS Church's biggest problem.
        You may not agree with them, but they must have done something right to foster a culture that produces good, intelligent and hard-working people. It is too easy to take a binary approach to the leadership. Many. Are locked in their ways, but many are otherwise. They are not as vocal.
        "Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."

        Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.

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        • SeattleUte
          Faith crisis consultant
          • Nov 2008
          • 20837

          #964
          Originally posted by Topper View Post
          You may not agree with them, but they must have done something right to foster a culture that produces good, intelligent and hard-working people. It is too easy to take a binary approach to the leadership. Many. Are locked in their ways, but many are otherwise. They are not as vocal.
          There are countless wonderful people all over the world who haven't had to put up with the aggravation, lost time, humiliation or expense of being associated with the LDS Church.
          When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

          --Jonathan Swift

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          • Topper
            Pre-Historic Man
            • Nov 2011
            • 11764

            #965
            Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
            There are countless wonderful people all over the world who haven't had to put up with the aggravation, lost time, humiliation or expense of being associated with the LDS Church.
            Of course there are.

            There are wonderful people who are from the Hasidic communities, devout Islam, Hindu and other somewhat insular communities. Just because you can see faults don't forget to recognize the strengths. You find frustration due to your close ties, but to throw the baby out with the bath water is also unwise.
            "Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."

            Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.

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            • KillerDog
              a.k.a. K-dog
              • Feb 2009
              • 4196

              #966
              Originally posted by Topper View Post
              You favor gun control?
              If by gun control you mean I should have the right to own and control one, yes.

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              • SeattleUte
                Faith crisis consultant
                • Nov 2008
                • 20837

                #967
                Originally posted by KillerDog View Post
                If by gun control you mean I should have the right to own and control one, yes.
                How do you feel about kids playing loud music close by you?
                When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                --Jonathan Swift

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                • SeattleUte
                  Faith crisis consultant
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 20837

                  #968
                  Originally posted by KillerDog View Post
                  If by gun control you mean I should have the right to own and control one, yes.
                  Actually, this is a complicated issue. I can never make up my mind. I'll probably wait for the LDS Church's pronouncemnt on guns, and then short sell that.
                  When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                  --Jonathan Swift

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                  • KillerDog
                    a.k.a. K-dog
                    • Feb 2009
                    • 4196

                    #969
                    Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                    The LDS Church, as always, is just flat-assed wrong. I've never seen an organization be wrong about everything like the LDS Church. It's wrong about how the world started, how it will end, wrong about Indians and blacks, wrong about women, wrong about gays, wrong about oral sex and so on -- comically, ludicrously wrong about everything.
                    I don't disagree with much you've said. Of course, you're still kind of a douche so I want to disagree but there isn't much to disagree with.

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                    • KillerDog
                      a.k.a. K-dog
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 4196

                      #970
                      Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                      How do you feel about kids playing loud music close by you?
                      I'm down.

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                      • SeattleUte
                        Faith crisis consultant
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 20837

                        #971
                        Originally posted by KillerDog View Post
                        I don't disagree with much you've said. Of course, you're still kind of a douche so I want to disagree but there isn't much to disagree with.
                        The WoW is also mostly wrong.
                        When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                        --Jonathan Swift

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                        • Topper
                          Pre-Historic Man
                          • Nov 2011
                          • 11764

                          #972
                          Originally posted by KillerDog View Post
                          If by gun control you mean I should have the right to own and control one, yes.
                          It is a right, and it is just as important a liberty as others because it applies to each citizen. Responsible gun ownership is valuable and makes us unique. Government control is just a means of eliminating them. Try to own a handgun lawfully in NYC. Can't be done unless you are Cuomo.
                          "Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."

                          Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.

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                          • KillerDog
                            a.k.a. K-dog
                            • Feb 2009
                            • 4196

                            #973
                            Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                            Actually, this is a complicated issue. I can never make up my mind. I'll probably wait for the LDS Church's pronouncemnt on guns, and then short sell that.
                            Extremely complex. I hate the extreme over-simplification of complex political issues.

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                            • KillerDog
                              a.k.a. K-dog
                              • Feb 2009
                              • 4196

                              #974
                              Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                              The WoW is also mostly wrong.
                              If by mostly wrong you mean completely wrong, I agree.

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                              • SeattleUte
                                Faith crisis consultant
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 20837

                                #975
                                Originally posted by KillerDog View Post
                                If by mostly wrong you mean completely wrong, I agree.
                                What about cigarettes? I thought the WoW said absolutely no cigarettes. I'll give it that much for being right.
                                When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                                --Jonathan Swift

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