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Did anyone else laugh out loud when he referenced Nickelback?
There's something we're missing in this story. Something about exactly how he was going around and spreading his "message". If he's just bringing up polyandry to fellow ward members, that can't be an excommunication worthy offense can it? I've never heard of somebody being exed because they lost a testimony, or doubted the historicity of the BoM. Last edited by SteelBlue; 02-29-2008 at 03:26 PM. |
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I also think that history in the curricula is shown through a highly distorted lens. yes, there is a camera with a lens there, but it is a tilt lens. taking many things out of focus to obscure them, while allowing just the chosen bits to be examined. Gosh, tilt lens is a brilliant metaphor for what the church does. "We didn't hide that, see it's right there in the picture in that orange smudge". |
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The need to be overly fair in my humble opinion is an admission that the system isn't all that fair or spiritual in nature. I often laugh when people refer to excommunication procedures as "spiritual". Spiritual for who. They are organizational function in order to kick someone out. |
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Did Lamborn think he was going to intellectually convince these men to also condemn Joseph Smith and the church. Did the SP think all of a sudden the spirit would enter the room, brother Lamborn would start weeping and thank these brethern for saving his sole. I know it is serious to these parties, but as an observer I thought you Tube was good place for it. It was comical. |
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