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To: Colofornian
Which "comment" is envious? you didn't address anybody other than me.

My comment was about the envious article, not specifically your comments. You posted it so you get the comments not directed at someone specifically.

You have a point about the evils of mixing prosperity and gospel but the Mormons in general do not seem evil to me. They seem to be maximizing their success, which invokes envy. Envy is the driving destructive force behind modern leftism.

24 posted on 12/07/2010 12:07:04 PM PST by Reeses
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To: Reeses
My comment was about the envious article, not specifically your comments

Thank you for the clarification.

So let's dissect your "comment" -- knowing it was geared for the article:

This reads like an envy pity party. Much of the hate towards Mormons and Jews comes from envy about their ambition, wealth, and success.

Wait a minute. This was a Mormon authored piece on Mormon Web site. (So Mormons are "hating" themselves??? What?)

Your comment cont'd: While the Mormon religious beliefs can't be proven, the Mormon advantage is scientifically real. Mormon churches can be ostentatious but they advertise not just religion but success. Maybe we should spend some time studying why many Mormons do succeed in life rather than trying to bring them down a notch or two.

But again, I didn't write the article or originally post that article on the wheat and tares Web site. Mormons did. So Mormons are "trying to bring" down other Mormons "a notch or two"???

I'm sorry. But you don't do well playing the Mormon victim-game here. Perhaps you aren't a Mormon. (They seem to be better at it than you are)

25 posted on 12/07/2010 12:45:34 PM PST by Colofornian
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To: Reeses
You have a point about the evils of mixing prosperity and gospel but the Mormons in general do not seem evil to me.

Dang... I wonder why???

I’m not a Mormon, not even religious, but I’m also not a leftist.

Hang around: you might get 'religion' yet!

31 posted on 12/07/2010 1:13:50 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going.)
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To: Reeses; Elsie
...the Mormons in general do not seem evil to me

What? You have an "evilmeter?" Do you have patented it for the world to access?

Think of what the TSA could do with an evilmeter applied to lines of waiting fliers. (They could do away with their groping marathon & radiation-causing machines)

Just one question on your "evilmeter" machine? Does it measure the inside of people or is it only based upon outward detection?

(Ya know I was thinking of Jesus encounters with the legalistic Pharisees, whom he said outwardly, unless your righteousness exceeded theirs, you would in no wise inherit God's kingdom...Yet inwardly, he compared them to filthy dishes and whitewashed sepulcres...so it's a bit "vital" that you have something more than some mere outward detection...after all, if people are auditioning for godhood like temple Mormons, they, too, would be on their best outward behavior!)

38 posted on 12/07/2010 5:01:49 PM PST by Colofornian
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