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rug
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Mon Dec-05-11 09:52 PM Original message |
Making Fun of Mormonism |
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msongs
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Mon Dec-05-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. mormon superstitions and myths are no better or worse than christian ones. And mormons are not |
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rug
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Mon Dec-05-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I take it you read the article in two minutes. |
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darkstar3
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I wouldn't call it large. |
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rug
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I'll take your word for it. |
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dmallind
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Could you apply that larger point to atheism, then? |
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rug
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Easily. |
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dmallind
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The difference is the gold plates and underwear are real beliefs of Mormonism. Yours are not. |
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rug
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. So then, speaking for atheists, hold that there is immaterial existence? |
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dmallind
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. There is no consistent view on anything like that among atheists |
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rug
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Hence the reduction. |
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dmallind
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Tue Dec-06-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. You made strands up. Gold plates and underwear are real Mormon concepts |
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MarkCharles
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Tue Dec-06-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. "like asking if all non-golfers also hate cricket" love that... or |
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saras
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Tue Dec-06-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. No, atheism is an active disbelief. The default position is "no data is available" |
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darkstar3
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Tue Dec-06-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Only if you drastically change the definition. |
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dmallind
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Tue Dec-06-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Bullshit. What does asymmetrical mean? The idea symmetry is impossible? Aseptic? |
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laconicsax
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Do you subscribe to objective morality? |
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dmallind
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Nobody does |
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laconicsax
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Tue Dec-06-11 02:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Not just that... |
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cleanhippie
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Tue Dec-06-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Yet at the same time, you DID mention the Tree of Knowledge. |
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rug
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Tue Dec-06-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I really did not mean to mention the Tree of Knowledge. |
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cleanhippie
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Tue Dec-06-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Yet at the same time, you DID mean to mention it. |
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rug
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Tue Dec-06-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. No, I did not mean to mention the Tree of Knowledge. |
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NMMNG
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Mormon apologetics |
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ellisonz
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Who are Trey Parker and Matt Stone? |
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rug
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. South Park eviscerated the Mormons. |
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dmallind
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Their musical is actually quite redemptive in the end, as is the SP episode |
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dmallind
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. The jokes write themselves, and nothing should be immune from humor. |
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rug
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. What fun! |
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dmallind
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. That's kind of the point of humor yes. Fun. That's it. |
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rug
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Wheeee! There's a Mormon! |
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dmallind
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Now there's an example of non-humor. |
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Bluenorthwest
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Mormons spent millions on Prop H8 and that's not a joke. |
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mitchtv
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. And those millions were spent on lies |
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bengalherder
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. They also spent shitloads of moolah back in the day opposing the ERA. |
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NMMNG
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Mon Dec-05-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Bingo |
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yellowcanine
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Mon Dec-05-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. Biblical Literalism is just as weird as Mormanism. So we should not single out Mormans as "weird." |
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Jim__
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Tue Dec-06-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
35. This is symptomatic of the same underlying issue as the distrust of atheists. |
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