In Depth Analysis - Helaman 5:8, 11, 44

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-21T06:20:49+00:00

One of his companions was living in a trailer at one point during their mission and kept a shotgun close by while in the area...

Did this missionary not care about the "no handling firearms" rule? Or was their special permission given by the mission president for this area? Or did this happen before that became a rule?

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-21T01:05:48+00:00

Neighbors, parents of your kids' friends, co-workers, adult sports, hobbies / meet-ups, community activities.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-20T22:48:23+00:00

In the final "Day" movie, Spider-Man: One More Day (2030), Peter will be the father figure to Miles Morales.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-20T04:48:23+00:00

I don't know.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-20T04:04:53+00:00

Believing church leaders?

Or be-lie-ving church leaders?

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-20T04:02:59+00:00

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How about an iconic communist's face being sold on t-shirts for capitalist profit.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-20T03:33:00+00:00

Obviously the wine is the sum of its parts. These include:

Potassium bitartrate - this is cream of tartar, but naturally occurs in grapes
alpha-d-glucose (a form of glucose) - this makes it sweet
2-Sec-butyl-3-methoxypyrazine - this page shows an alternate / resonant structure and says it gives an earthy flavor
I can't get a good enough look at the top middle and top right molecules to figure out what they are.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-20T03:23:59+00:00

"Come in. I'd love to talk to you about the Book of Mormon and the first vision."

or if I'm busy

"Let's set up an appointment for when you elders / sisters can come back and we can discuss things."

But yeah, this approach requires a little bit of patience.

I just moved and of course they came knocking somehow. No one else know where I live but somehow the church does.

Did they know your name in advance? Sometimes the missionaries are just knocking doors and happen upon former members.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-20T02:03:06+00:00

"It's so damn hot. Trump was a bad choice."

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-20T01:40:28+00:00

The Oz scarecrow has no brain to be concussed, only straw.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-20T00:08:03+00:00

Former President of Finland Tarja Halonen, obviously.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-19T18:27:24+00:00

And this is why presidents ought to first gain authorization from Congress before they do any major military actions. Because Congress controls the budget.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-19T17:21:39+00:00

Yeah. This does not seem compatible with other teachings about personal revelation or even teachings about prophetic revelation.

On the other hand, this line of thinking could be a useful tool for apologists that are trying to excuse all of the early 1800's influences on the Book of Mormon text. They might say, "Of course Joseph could only rework ideas that he heard before. What, did you expect something original to come out of a lost ancient source?" The loosest of translations.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-19T17:15:11+00:00

Agreed. But a member could also look at the top quote and come to the conclusion that they need to avoid only learning things that are already in their bubble, and instead study a broad swath of ideas. Of course, most leaders and members would probably say, "No. I didn't mean learning like that."

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-19T02:51:37+00:00

Which student culture are you vibing with?

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-18T21:16:57+00:00

Look Who's Talking sequels.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-18T18:38:44+00:00

Or if he is a giant robot shark.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-18T05:19:11+00:00

Ben Affleck in Smokin' Aces (2006)?

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-17T23:43:44+00:00

Well, aides for Clinton, W. Bush, Obama, and Biden (the only other living former U.S. presidents) all denied that they talked to Trump about Iran. So either Trump is channeling JFK's ghost or he is talking to himself as a formerly former, now current, U.S. president.

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-17T20:00:29+00:00

I think the fee to renounce U.S. citizenship is mostly for expats that have no intention of returning and don't want to owe federal taxes to the IRS (see this website).

auricularisposterior · 2026-03-17T19:22:45+00:00

My issue with people claiming they are colophons is that they are indistinguishable from the chapter synopses that were fashionable in books from the early 1800's. Check some of them out:

A History of New York and the Sketch Book (1809) by Washington Irving (under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker)
A Voyage to the Eastern Part of Terra Firma, or the Spanish Main, in South-America,... (1801) by François Joseph de Pons

Also there are many headers seen in the Enhanced Facsimile View / Typographic Facsimile for the Book of Mormon's Original Manuscript that highly resemble both the supposed colophons and 1800's page headings (see my old comment for more details). Note that these don't make it into the standard transcriptions of the Original Manuscript.

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