You sure do find your way to these threads don’t you EJ? Anything substantive to add to the discussion at hand, something to do w/ the thread? At one point, I kind of thought you were above the “drive by” quips.
Even though I disagreed w/ you often, some of your posts were actually intellectual in nature. Maybe it’s the crowd you’re hanging with.
Reno,
Here is something relevant to this thread on DNA - a former
mormon who has written extensively about the problems of
DNA and the book of moroni.
He also details why he left the mormon church. It’s a great read.
“In spite of this apprehension I am compelled to reveal my experiences in the hope that it will help others find the truth. My name is Simon Southerton, I am married to Jane and we are the parents of five children aged between 6 and 15 years. We left the Church together towards the end of 1998. At the time I was a bishop in Brisbane, Australia.
To my surprise I have found that most exmormons I have communicated with since then were once committed believers like me and not the moral bankrupts depicted by the Church. I now have ample appreciation of the extent to which the LDS Church conceals truth and controls the flow of information to members in order to maintain the faith of the saints... [click here to finish reading =>> http://www.exmormon.org/whylft125.htm]
Start at any time.
Yes I seem to find my way to these threads just as you do. Sorry you were late to the party, not that I made it on time myself
As for me I still find your teams methods “interesting” I don't know which amuses me more, the “ask them what time it is and they tell you how to make a watch and start a dialog on the nature of time” routine or the twist and shout approach to debate.
As far as me adding anything “Substantive”, no need as it was done and done quite effectively by several of my peers early on in the thread with little in the way of effective rebuttal. Of course when the opposition has an empty hand, factually speaking, all that is left is the “bluff”. Therefore I see no need in running up the scoreboard, it would be redundant anyways...
As far as “quips”, why not, my expectations of any truly honest straight forward response instead of ones wrapped in meaningless rhetoric and linguistic slight of hand had dropped to basically nil. So as I have said in another post else where the debate on these subjects has become as “substantive” to those in the real world as one over whether Picard or Kirk was the best Starship Captain.
Then, in your following posts your own "substantive" contributions are as follows: To AMPU in which your contribution is to slam Southerton without any details or sourcing of your claim, "It would seem that Southerton is lacking in many very important areas."
THEN. Was your intent to really add to the discussion about DNA, or was it to find cause to throw out yet another anti-LDS link? Not sure this really added anything to the debate between Delphiuser & Godzilla et al. Do you really feel your motives aren't transparent?
Then, AGAIN against forum rules, add to the discussion with your attack on Colorcountry about her "dishonesty": Albeit you were confronted by some about your dishonesty for remaining on the church roles, you were/are confronted much more about your dishonesty about our beliefs.
SO happy you dropped in to inform us in such a substantive manner that we aren't up to your standards LOL.
Just wondering what your substantive contribution to the topic of the thread will be?