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To: Colofornian
Utilizing depressants? Another "conservative" trait?

Being not depressed is a conservative value. Coffee has an anti-depressant effect. Since Mormons don't drink coffee that might explain the increased demand.

Bashing Mormon conservatives is clearly your hobby. I wish you could channel some of that energy into bashing leftism, a much more serious evil.

66 posted on 12/12/2010 2:10:38 PM PST by Reeses
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To: Reeses
Bashing Mormon conservatives is clearly your hobby. I wish you could channel some of that energy into bashing leftism, a much more serious evil.

Don't we take our cultural cue from a certain "Lord" named Jesus Christ? Who are we to follow when it comes to setting cultural priorities? Jesus and the apostle Paul? or a FREEPER posted named Reeses?

Here's Jesus:

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him." (Luke 12:4-5)

So does Jesus say, "fear the 'leftists'?" (No)
Instead, does He say to exercise fear of the One who has authority to cast somebody into hell? (Yes)
So, indeed, our "fear" is on behalf of those who are placing their eternal spiritual lives at risk.

As the apostle Paul was leaving the church of Ephesus, he warned them with this high-priority alert:

"I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears." (Acts 20:29-31)

Paul's cultural priority? (Defend against the false disciples who will proselytize the flock and draw away men unto themselves!)

Tell me something, Reeses: If you did something tearfully night and day for three years, do you think it's rather important? So what? We're just to conclude, "Oh, the man who contributed a good chunk to the New Testament -- what does he know about cultural priorities?"

I'll take Paul's and Jesus' already-revealed priorities to your guesswork based upon your self-professed bashing those willing to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 3)

Being not depressed is a conservative value.

(What a twister you are! If Utah leads the nation in the use of anti-depressants, does that in your opinion mean Utah is the leading non-depressive state? To hear you twist it, it is! Wow! Utterly wow!)

Your constant distortions is a real danger to truth.

When sociological data is favorable for you to cite it, that's OK. But if somebody dares challenges your pre-conclusions, look out! You vie for suppressing such realities.

You may not be Mormon, but the same author behind Joseph Smith is written all over you. Smith used the printing press to his religious huckster advantage. Yet, when former Mormons dared to print one publication -- the Nauvoo Expositor -- "Mayor" Smith sent his mobocrats (200 of them) to go & destroy the printing press. That same spirit of suppression is expressed by you).

69 posted on 12/12/2010 2:57:09 PM PST by Colofornian
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To: Reeses
Bashing Mormon conservatives is clearly your hobby.

What does CONSERVATISM have to do with it?

I bash MORMONism quite unilateraly!

(Other folks seem to want to WHITEWASH the teachings of MORMONism.)

73 posted on 12/13/2010 5:04:08 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going.)
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