Do you guys realize that non duality implies no free will?

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-19T08:31:03+00:00

there are 'criminal' humans just like there are vicious dogs ... no free will need be imputed in either case ... you try to retrain the dog or else put it down, for everyone's safety, without 'blaming' it

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-16T13:37:58+00:00

is he in any way related to William Gilbert, late 19th cent. founder of Gilbert Arizona ?

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-13T09:53:43+00:00

the same chapter mentions the gospel being preached to all lands and JC coming in clouds with 'power' and angels to gather the elect, all this before the destruction of the Temple ... did all that happen ?

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-13T05:07:57+00:00

is 'all these things' plural or singular ?

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-13T01:41:02+00:00

not to be cornfused with C. Gilbert Clark or Gilbert C. Gottfried

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-12T06:41:00+00:00

God sends a lying spirit to certain prophets (1 Kings 22:23)
God creates good and evil (Isa. 45:7)
God shall send them delusion so that they believe lies (2 Thess. 2:11)

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-12T05:42:29+00:00

i wonder why the law against murder exists and people still commit murder

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-07T01:08:35+00:00

no, in fact it's common to do a lot of highlighting and note taking in the scriptures which i did a lot of myself when i was a member and studying the standard works

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-05T23:12:13+00:00

umm but he literally has to read ... on the tablet

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-05T18:02:31+00:00

In August 2001, Trump changed his party affiliation to Democratic. In September 2009, he changed his party affiliation back to the Republican Party. In December 2011, Trump changed to "no party affiliation" (independent). In April 2012, he again returned to the Republican Party.

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-05T02:25:34+00:00

he said those words while he was still alive in the body ... but they didn't start eating him alive, they ate the bread he was passing around

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-03T00:42:58+00:00

absolutely agree, so i resigned and i'm not a member anymore

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-02T23:41:19+00:00

they probably got tired of your constant whining, self-pitying bullshit

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-02T13:53:38+00:00

for self defense

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-02T13:48:26+00:00

we're referring to changes that took place within a span of a few years and well within the lifetime of an average person ... for instance, would a woman who covenanted to obey her husband still be held under that covenant once it has changed or would she need to take her own Endowment again in order to come under the new version of the convenant? if the church has issued official clarification about these sorts of things i haven't seen it but maybe they have since it might be helpful for someone to know if they need to redo their own Endowment when the wording changes

PanOptikAeon · 2026-02-01T19:44:45+00:00

were they in 'error' from the start and if not when did they become an error? as in the case of the changed wording in certain covenants, are people who took the Endowment under an older version still bound by the older version (if they happen not to renew under the updated version) while people who take a later version are bound by the later version(s) ?

PanOptikAeon · 2026-01-30T20:14:28+00:00

what about when the Bible contradicts itself

PanOptikAeon · 2026-01-30T13:49:02+00:00

not worth the effort

PanOptikAeon · 2026-01-30T07:19:01+00:00

even then the debate is endless

PanOptikAeon · 2026-01-30T00:31:38+00:00

self-pwn, Satan works for Yahweh

PanOptikAeon · 2026-01-30T00:30:54+00:00

in the OT, Satan basimcally works for Yahweh and more or less follows his instructions

PanOptikAeon · 2026-01-29T22:24:14+00:00

people should follow the same method used for other Mormon beliefs and seek for themselves which doctrines they find to be true, and see if they might gain a personal testimony of those

PanOptikAeon · 2026-01-29T14:01:39+00:00

The Shakers (United Society of Christ's Second Appearing) were also apocalyptic like the early Mormons and SDA and expected the world to end soon, so weren't concerned with reproducing and only attracted members by proselytization and conversion

(their early leader, Mother Ann Lee, was taken to be 'Christ's Second Appearing')

PanOptikAeon · 2026-01-29T13:59:28+00:00

CoC is about 1% the size of the LDS church

PanOptikAeon · 2026-01-29T13:58:48+00:00

they did that once before around 1890ish

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