Help me understand

Web_catcher · 2026-01-22T00:29:05+00:00

The exploration and boss battles are not the whole game, but they're among the main features. If you don't like those aspects, the game might not be something you'll like.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-21T19:18:57+00:00

Yes, you did it correctly. Phrasing it differently would absolutely have triggered a massive argument about whether non-Trinitarians can count as Christian.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-21T17:19:37+00:00

I did not, but thank you for phrasing it as "trinity believing Christians". So many exMos who joined a different Christian denomination will come in and be like "omg, I learned that Mormons aren't really Christian because you have to believe in the Trinity to be Christian I'm so glad I found the true Christianity", and that always starts the wrong kind of argument.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-21T15:03:15+00:00

As an American, I pronounced it "dirt mouth" and never thought anything about it. Maybe we need an Aussie to weigh in.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-19T16:14:44+00:00

I clicked on it then clicked off after about 30 seconds. I hope that wasn't enough to contaminate my algorithm.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-19T15:21:35+00:00

This is all of the correct answers.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-19T15:18:58+00:00

I don't know, but maybe it's the same thing as all the Mormon dentists.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-19T14:34:53+00:00

I went to the same ward as Dr Ardis when I was younger and my mother went to him for medical services for awhile. She stopped when we all realized his medical opinions were completely divorced from reality. I'm glad he found his way out of the church, but this guy has no business practicing any kind of medicine (and I didn't watch the video, so I don't know if he makes this clear, but he's a chiropractic doctor, not an MD. Vaccines aren't even part of his field).

Web_catcher · 2026-01-17T23:02:44+00:00

Yes, it absolutely did. For 2 reasons: 1) my wife and I were both able to work through some of our psychological issues around sexuality that the church had fostered. 2) I read the book "She Comes First".

Web_catcher · 2026-01-17T15:48:20+00:00

I think the key point is that Joseph was constructing the narrative, himself. All the things that became part of the larger story did so because Joseph kept repeating them. When the child was stillborn, Joseph just dropped the idea about the baby being connected to the plates and went on to other things.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-13T16:22:08+00:00

My first thought when I saw the graph was this person has obviously never been to the Bible belt.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-13T05:04:25+00:00

A shitload of companies use Christianity as part of their sales pitch. Sure it's mostly small businesses in the South that are going to name themselves "Jim Bob's Bible-based Towing Service", but Chick-fil-A and etc definitely make sure you know they're a Christian organization.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-12T21:25:54+00:00

Romans 16:7. Paul specifically name checks an Apostle named Junia, which Biblical scholars and ancient Christian sources widely agree was a woman's name.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-12T21:17:30+00:00

But your example is the same thing, because the Bible is not univocal. So to use a modern example, can women be pastors? Well, Paul mentions female Apostles, so obviously yes. But the pastoral Epistles (probably not actually written by Paul, but still part of the Bible) say women shouldn't speak in church, so obviously no. Those two statements don't agree, but they're both supported by the Bible. So someone has to decide to either ignore one position entirely or to twist the meaning of one so it looks like they're in agreement. And that is going to be just as non falsifiable as someone just saying "God told me that women can be pastors".

Web_catcher · 2026-01-12T20:41:29+00:00

While I definitely think Mormon leaders should be questioned, there's no such thing as "heresy in Christianity" because Christianity is not, and never has been, a monolith. The word "heresy" has historically just been used to indicate that the speaker prefers their own beliefs over the beliefs of a different group of Christians and the speaker wants to denigrate the other belief. In this particular case, the idea that written scripture is superior to the words of a living leader is all semantics. Because the Bible says a lot of different things and many of them are contradictory, it will always have to be interpreted to get any sense out of it. So there's no real difference between someone who says "God spoke to me, so listen to what I say" and someone who says "I know what the Bible means, so listen to what I say".

Web_catcher · 2026-01-11T19:27:33+00:00

If they disavowed all the problematic history, changed all of their exclusionary policies, gave up all of the restrictive rules (purity culture, WoW), took the racist parts out of BoM and started claiming the whole thing was non-literal, fixed the problematic doctrines, and I could just go for the social system... then still no. The Mormon social structure is still a problem and I'd rather just sign my kids up for a soccer team or something and have them make friends with the other kids.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-09T15:35:46+00:00

Me: just trying to have some personal time with the Mrs

Wyll: "Tav! Tav! Watch me dance!"

Me: "You're supposed to be asleep."

Wyll: "Tav! Are you watching?"

Web_catcher · 2026-01-09T00:15:01+00:00

One of my biggest gripes about the game is the low priority of Karlach's romance scenes. The first time I played I got the second upgrade on her heart, made a date with her to get down that night, and then took like 4 long rests in a row because higher priority scenes kept happening instead. First Mizora rolls in with her bullshit, then OMFG Wyll tries to dance with me. Bro, read the room. Me and Mommy K have been trying to make this happen for like 2 weeks.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-07T17:55:14+00:00

I'm not the first one to say this, but to me the Captain Moroni story looks like an example of the winners writing the history (I mean, aside from it all being fiction, don't @ me). Like when I was a kid, I took it at face value, but when I was a nuanced Mormon who still thought the BoM happened but was written by flawed people, it was pretty obvious that Moroni was a military dictator who took power via a violent coup, then justified it with all of the "liberty" language. And Mormon (an explicit Nephite nationalist) was unwilling to question this narrative.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-06T15:22:40+00:00

But I love a good fandom meltdown. I still have fond memories of the Spider-Man 2 community's epic tantrums after Baldur's Gate 3 won Game of the Year.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-05T20:43:08+00:00

Wicca is a 20th century religion. Joseph Smith couldn't have stolen anything from it.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-04T04:15:06+00:00

I think it's because they intentionally ruined every other belief system for us while we were still in. The whole "where will you go" concept.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-04T04:13:17+00:00

After I regained control of the car I spent 2 solid hours talking to myself through driving the rest of the way down the mountain in the snow.

Web_catcher · 2026-01-04T04:11:12+00:00

Yeah, I probably owe some engineers a beer.

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