Posts by mckay

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HOW HIGH DID NOAH'S FLOOD GO?

by badboy in

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what does wt say?.

if it reached at least the top of mount ararat, in theory it would have reached the sky.

mckay

Genesis 7:20 "Up to fifteen cubits the waters overwhelmed them and the mountains became covered."

So who measured the depth of the water above the mountains and how did they know they were above a mountain, no landmarks or navigation buoys ya know?

And if it's all be inspiration from Jehovah then that answers all questions and there's no need to even discuss the problems such as Noah building a 430 X 70 foot barge with a copper or bronze hatchet. No "Black and Decker" power saws in those days I understand.

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We are a Return Visit for the Mormans

by Bonnie_Clyde in

thought i sent this an hour ago, but apparently it didn't go.

for about a year morman elders called on us off and on.

finally clyde called it off.. but recently a new set of elders started coming.

mckay

qcmbr, you seem to have the narrow view of mormism that comes from recieving your knowledge of church history from LDS source only. Branch out and try those evil driven non-mormon's writings of church history, maybe they're not all lies. And maybe the LDS source of history is a little biased as is everything written.

I wasn't going to comment on this thread again as it's probably the wrong place for a mormon discussion but since it came back to the top again I'll give it a go.

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We are a Return Visit for the Mormans

by Bonnie_Clyde in

thought i sent this an hour ago, but apparently it didn't go.

for about a year morman elders called on us off and on.

finally clyde called it off.. but recently a new set of elders started coming.

mckay

" "Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith" by Jon Krakauer recounts Mormon history from its beginnings with Joseph Smith to the present-day splinter fundamentalist groups,....."

Yes, very good. Or try "Blood of the Prophets" Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Will Bagley. That is good for a history of Mormomism in the 1800s in Utah, that is if you don't mind reading about the massacre about 127 women, children and men. All carried out by men of the Mormon Priesthood after Brigham Young set the stage for the event.

mckay

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We are a Return Visit for the Mormans

by Bonnie_Clyde in

thought i sent this an hour ago, but apparently it didn't go.

for about a year morman elders called on us off and on.

finally clyde called it off.. but recently a new set of elders started coming.

mckay

"to openly mock is no virtue"

Normally I would agree but in this case the LDS or Mormons have mocked and degraded persons of any skin color but "white and delightsome" for most of the churches existence.

A change was made in 1978 to finally allow Blacks into full fellowship or allowed to hold the LDS Priesthood but there still remained the residual effect among the "white and delightsome" members. I can't feel sympathy for them.

mckay

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We are a Return Visit for the Mormans

by Bonnie_Clyde in

thought i sent this an hour ago, but apparently it didn't go.

for about a year morman elders called on us off and on.

finally clyde called it off.. but recently a new set of elders started coming.

mckay

I was raised in a Mormon household and never, from day one had an interest in it. My favorite site for Mormon information is:

http://www.exmormon.org/

There's more there than you want to know but my favorite subject is Mormon Polygamy. Read a little about Joseph Smith and his marriages to other mens's wives and to 14 - 15 year old girls. Makes for interesting reading and interesting questions for Mormon Missionaries to answer as to the reasons for polygamy. No! it wasn't because of excess women as most LDS believe.

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Who can you blame when the weather is lousy?

by JH in

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it's been raining here most of april, may, june, and now it's been raining every day in july.. i blame the angels in heaven..... there .

what else do they do all day.

can't they send us nicer weather?

mckay

I thought it was quite clear to everyone that all bad things come from Satan and his angels. All good comes from Jehovah. I hope that clears any questions up that you might have.

mckay

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Smoking 101

by freedomlover in

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okay - just to show how naive i am as to "wordly" things like smoking - i have a question.

why do people bang their cigarette pack against their hand before opening a new pack???????

moving the tabacco or something????

mckay

Many, many years ago when I was young, I smoked, and the only rememberance I have of tapping the cigarette pack against the hand is to force a cigarette out of the pack through a small opening on the end of the pack. Tap, tap and a cig comes out and you grab it. Neat huh?

I hope this furthers your worldly knowledge.

mckay

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Ayn Rand quote that had an impact on my life

by NewYork44M in

one of the most signficant influences that helped me get free from the organization is the novels of ayn rand.

i had a very long fade and at some point during my "fade" i discoverved any rand.

i have read "the fountainhead" and "atlas shrugged" numerous times.

mckay

Not Ayn Rand quotes but a few I've picked up here and there mainly from ex-mormon sources:

"It's fairly easy for an intelligent person to select the few facts that support a false idea, and to seem convincing, especially to people who are predisposed to believe the idea anyway. This assertion assumes no dishonesty or insincerity on the part of the scholar. In fact, it is a very common mistake when one is set on a particular conclusion before examining the evidence. People naturally see what they want to see, making it easy to ignore the 95% of the data that refutes the desired conclusion. It happens to the best of us."

"Human beings have what seems to be a pathological need to force their view of the world onto other people, and to marginalize them if they don't accept it"........Robert Kirby of the Salt Lake Tribune

"While testimonies of the truth may be like plants that need to be watered with constant study and prayer, beliefs in false systems of religion are also like plants, that need similar care lest the truth should sway you."

mckay

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