You don't know who Hubert Reeves is ? Next you will tell me you don't know Helene Langevin-Joliot either ! That's unforgivable ! Je ne vous connais plus môssieur 😝
So I suppose any minute now we can expect him to fully develop his conscience, realize what a parasite he had to have been on society to actually become a billionaire in the first place, and donate 90% or more of his wealth toBWAhahahahahaha nope! Damn, I *almost* got through that sentence with a straight face. Maybe next time.
*edit- No, I don't consider waiting until he dies to make the donation to be the same thing. "Maybe, someday I'll do the right thing" just doesn't cut the mustard. He doesn't need the money *now,* either.
Well, the pledge was to give away the money before he dies. Not when he dies. That is why he made the donation for the kids trying to leave Mormonism and BYU now.
It is still sick that he can be a billionaire in this world, you know he got that money from exploitation of vulnerable people.
I’m glad he left the LDS church with a big showy bang rather than just slinking away, though.
First of all, the children are not confused, you’re just a bigot. And bigots are making life miserable for children of all stripes.
Second, being Mormon doesn’t make anything in life easier and is known to be dangerous for children via inappropriate sexual conduct by adult leadership.
Third, Mormons do not have remotely close to accurate answers for any of life’s questions.
Fourth, this article is nearly two years old. Whatever you are trying to do is futile.
Larry Parker, ex-Mormon here. No, the church's own doctrine states that every deceased person is free to either accept or reject the ordinances in the "hereafter" .
Tell that to the folks trying to baptize the Holocaust victims posthumously. I’m glad you’ve crossed over to the dark side, but we all know how little the Mormon people really know about the workings of the church. It’s part of the whole scandal and what this guy even included in the letter. So I don’t generally trust Mormons to be correct about their church’s dealings. It isn’t personal, Anthony. I just know how successful the church is keeping their flock in the dark.
So is he now a religious "none", or has he joined a different church? I agree with him totally, but I think that it's not just Mormonism that causes active harm in the world, it's Organized Religion in general and Fundamentalist religion most specifically. It would take trillions to undo the harm caused by Christianity alone.
Do you guys also have to subscribe every time anew when you want to comment on a new post of FA? Or when you want to read new comments on an older thread? ;-(
The SBC is just as guilty. There’s a reason all of our energies in religious institutions are focused on the faults of “those people”. It’s the great distraction. Perhaps there is nothing more evil than pretense and denial…
Mormons should take this personally and seek alternative solutions for their religious-osity. The special undies may hinder. Smith was a fucking nutter. If yr angry yr in way too deep.
I was going to post this tomorrow, but since a few people are around:
OT - Xmas cartoons have gone X-rated.
I watched Santa Inc. e04 tonight and there was a catholic pedophile joke in it.
In e03 there was a gay sex scene with full frontal and full backal(?) male nudity. Then later in the episode, the main character's mother was running around buck naked.*
I’m still suffering from toxic programming from the stupid organization called Mormonism. I gave them my all, (nearly killed me as a missionary) and they dumped me the first chance I was a financial liability sick with parasites from the Mission I was giving my all to. 100% Member until the week I left, for 43 years. 💔 Religion is Humanity’s biggest Con!
If you think about it, it is severely white- savorist to send 18 and 19 year old sheltered white kids around the world to convert people to Christianity. Especially in third world countries that were already christianized by colonization. I know people who encountered them and they were shocked they knew the Bible. Very civilizing the savages. They should cancel that too.
Oh, BTW, where the fuck is Modus?
Oh it's so nice, it feels so good fuck,fuck fuck fuckedifuckfuck! Hey, Patheos, you suck, and you can go fuck yourself! ( EVIL LAUGHTER)
And WallofSleep. Is he waiting for the OnlySky launch?
While we are at it, is it "Pale Blue Dot" or "OnlySky"?
OnlySky, but I rather liked Pale Blue Dot.
Was out at the Museum of Flight today. Saw Carl Sagan stickers. I kid you not. :)
And Hubert Reeves ?
Don't want to be rude and vulgar, but after all that tiptoeing around on Patheos I just need this: "Who THE FUCK is Hubert Reeves?"
( je voudrais vous rendre mes excuses...)
You don't know who Hubert Reeves is ? Next you will tell me you don't know Helene Langevin-Joliot either ! That's unforgivable ! Je ne vous connais plus môssieur 😝
Canadian astrophysicist. Like Sagan, he helped to popularize science.
OnlySky.
The confirmation e-mail, though, came from PBD..
If you're like me, the confirmation email came before the name change.
He was seen earlier hanging out at Lawyers, Guns and Money, it's what he seems to need often after commenting.
Stuck somewhere with Tawreos
Taweros is still celebrating the fact that he posted the final OP on FA Patheos. :)
"Where the fuck is Modus?"
You don't want to know.
Sleeping it off, I imagine.
Hopefully the sheep is OK.
He may still be on Patheos. Did you tell him everyone was leaving?
The comments section there has all been locked.
So I suppose any minute now we can expect him to fully develop his conscience, realize what a parasite he had to have been on society to actually become a billionaire in the first place, and donate 90% or more of his wealth toBWAhahahahahaha nope! Damn, I *almost* got through that sentence with a straight face. Maybe next time.
*edit- No, I don't consider waiting until he dies to make the donation to be the same thing. "Maybe, someday I'll do the right thing" just doesn't cut the mustard. He doesn't need the money *now,* either.
Well, the pledge was to give away the money before he dies. Not when he dies. That is why he made the donation for the kids trying to leave Mormonism and BYU now.
It is still sick that he can be a billionaire in this world, you know he got that money from exploitation of vulnerable people.
I’m glad he left the LDS church with a big showy bang rather than just slinking away, though.
First of all, the children are not confused, you’re just a bigot. And bigots are making life miserable for children of all stripes.
Second, being Mormon doesn’t make anything in life easier and is known to be dangerous for children via inappropriate sexual conduct by adult leadership.
Third, Mormons do not have remotely close to accurate answers for any of life’s questions.
Fourth, this article is nearly two years old. Whatever you are trying to do is futile.
"and donate 90% or more of his wealth toBWAhahahahahaha "
Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to carve "Aaargh." He'd just say it.
That's what's carved in the rock.
Perhaps he was dictating it.
Shut up!
Nah. He'll just convert to Catholicism
He may be out for now, but the Mormons will bring him back in after he dies.
Larry Parker, ex-Mormon here. No, the church's own doctrine states that every deceased person is free to either accept or reject the ordinances in the "hereafter" .
Tell that to the folks trying to baptize the Holocaust victims posthumously. I’m glad you’ve crossed over to the dark side, but we all know how little the Mormon people really know about the workings of the church. It’s part of the whole scandal and what this guy even included in the letter. So I don’t generally trust Mormons to be correct about their church’s dealings. It isn’t personal, Anthony. I just know how successful the church is keeping their flock in the dark.
Deceased people can't "accept or reject" anything.
Fake news, they can only accept embalming fluid, they can't reject it.
They can only vote.
They can also remind the living:
"This is the only life you will ever have. Make it count."
But only on Christmas Eve.
No, and your evidence for an afterlife is...
When has the church ever been bound by its own doctrine?
So is he now a religious "none", or has he joined a different church? I agree with him totally, but I think that it's not just Mormonism that causes active harm in the world, it's Organized Religion in general and Fundamentalist religion most specifically. It would take trillions to undo the harm caused by Christianity alone.
I agree absolutely. Look at the wars, hatred and misery religion has caused.
But leaving the cult in such a publicly resounding manner is huge and I would say he has done his part.
All those words he uses to describe them, not limited to JUST mormons.
Especially that big-money group based in Italy.
And I don't mean La Cosa Nostra.
SSC Napoli?
"Ooo-le! Ole! Ole! Ole!..."
hell yea, my kind of guy
Technical question/OT/
Do you guys also have to subscribe every time anew when you want to comment on a new post of FA? Or when you want to read new comments on an older thread? ;-(
I choose the sign in with a password option, so no I don't have to resubscribe every time.
I had trouble setting up an account here for days.
I do. I don't want an account if I won't be here after the new site launches.
That's what I thought, too.
Pretty sure you can unsubscribe. *knock wood*
I don't. I just log in with my nym and email address.
Do you close the page when you're done ?
yeah..
I keep mine open. Saves time.
I keep mine open and until now I didn't have to subscribe or log in again.
Sometimes, albeit very rarely, even those within churches see the light. It does happen.
The SBC is just as guilty. There’s a reason all of our energies in religious institutions are focused on the faults of “those people”. It’s the great distraction. Perhaps there is nothing more evil than pretense and denial…
Mormons should take this personally and seek alternative solutions for their religious-osity. The special undies may hinder. Smith was a fucking nutter. If yr angry yr in way too deep.
I was going to post this tomorrow, but since a few people are around:
OT - Xmas cartoons have gone X-rated.
I watched Santa Inc. e04 tonight and there was a catholic pedophile joke in it.
In e03 there was a gay sex scene with full frontal and full backal(?) male nudity. Then later in the episode, the main character's mother was running around buck naked.*
* Not to be confused with George Costanza.
I may have to check that out. Outside internet porn, full frontal male nudity is so freaking rare.
"full backall"
Since 1994, that's called a Sipowicz.
I’m still suffering from toxic programming from the stupid organization called Mormonism. I gave them my all, (nearly killed me as a missionary) and they dumped me the first chance I was a financial liability sick with parasites from the Mission I was giving my all to. 100% Member until the week I left, for 43 years. 💔 Religion is Humanity’s biggest Con!
I know a guy in Bulgaria who does deprogramming if you are interested. I'm serious.
Where is this guy with regard to Trump and vaccines? Huh?
"...along with nearly a dozen family members." Four of them are his wife.
https://www.rickbeckman.org/log/bible-polygamists/
Someone's grasping what should have always been to begin with finally.
If you think about it, it is severely white- savorist to send 18 and 19 year old sheltered white kids around the world to convert people to Christianity. Especially in third world countries that were already christianized by colonization. I know people who encountered them and they were shocked they knew the Bible. Very civilizing the savages. They should cancel that too.