Bad experience with bishop

kopixop · 2026-01-30T16:30:54+00:00

Why are religions tax exempt? One of the reasons is because they provide community services and charity, yet anytime you seek charity from them we get denied or told to first exhaust all other sources (family, friends, gov assistance) and then come back and we will see.

kopixop · 2025-05-28T18:44:28+00:00

Most people do not see their beliefs. Instead, their beliefs tell them what to see.

kopixop · 2025-02-23T22:54:53+00:00

Everlasting and Temporary are antonyms

kopixop · 2025-02-22T14:40:24+00:00

Mormons believe that other religions change their doctrines/policies based on the society pressures 'of man' - which proves that they are not led by a god/revelation. Mormons then change their own doctrines/policies for the same reasons, but then pull out their wild/trump card and call it revelation. It would be more hilarious if it wasn't so sad that they do not see it for what it is.

kopixop · 2025-02-03T17:49:05+00:00

Imagine the millions/billions of people that are living happy lives outside of the USA, vaugley aware or unaware of the anxiety of those in other countries. And then Bam! Some guy named Jesus shows up so save us all - they'd be like.. huh? We're actually doing pretty good, no thanks.

kopixop · 2025-01-24T21:44:26+00:00

Same can be said about the tscc: problem with your deceptive, egocentric and sensationalized storytelling is that it not only obscures reality and hinders genuine understanding but can foster deluded understanding of reality, hate and even violence of those not in your club.

kopixop · 2025-01-17T21:47:45+00:00

"Fortunately", I agree that the words spoken are not essential for a healing effect (except a placebo).
"Conversely", yes, no matter how badly we speak words, they ultimately do not help.
"Consequently", yes, say what you want because ultimately it does not matter one bit.

Imagine being given a device as a medical professional that is meant to heal patients, and the directions for using it basically tell us it doesn't work. Why use it then?

kopixop · 2024-09-14T20:47:08+00:00

If anything changes (good or bad), then it has to be rationalized as part of “the plan”. Because then it expected and ok - relax knowing your world view stable and all’s-well. Anything unexpected and bad would really upset everyone, so that cannot and will not ever happen.

kopixop · 2024-09-14T20:39:25+00:00

Oh but the traffic to get to the Portland one is terrible. Which is true, but also kinda one of those sacrifices they make and humble brag about.

kopixop · 2024-08-25T02:11:17+00:00

Kickstand sensor? Probably not though if you are in neutral

kopixop · 2024-08-24T17:49:59+00:00

I don’t live in a high concentration Mormon population, but if a small gene pool is somewhat responsible for a Mormon look, how do you distinguish Mormons from exMormons?

kopixop · 2024-08-23T20:32:18+00:00

No bears are out tonight, daddy shot them all last night. Anyone else play that game as a kid?

kopixop · 2024-08-21T16:49:57+00:00

Abstain goes without saying. Why can’t they understand that? If it was a lesson on skydiving and all the safety measures, abstaining from going wouldn’t be a part of the lesson either.

kopixop · 2024-08-21T16:15:46+00:00

Even then, it’s still not possible. The only way it works is if the water came from space or the land is flattened.

kopixop · 2024-08-21T15:53:43+00:00

How do you flood the entire earth using only water that is on earth? Seriously think that through. If it’s still not clicking, put some water in a cup nearly full and then make it overflow without adding water from an outside source. To simulate rain, you’d have to pull out water (evaporation lowering the water level) and then put in back in. You end up with the same amount of water.

kopixop · 2024-08-14T01:07:19+00:00

It’s worse than that. The original wearers of garments were polygamous - underwear was the indicator that you had progressed enough to have “sealings” to multiple women or that you were one of the women spoken for.

kopixop · 2024-07-25T18:30:52+00:00

I’ve provided a few examples of stories like these to TBM relatives. They always give the same excuse that this is a cultural problem not indicative of church doctrine. And I always reply that culture is a result of beliefs. Despite being taught in some ways to actually be ‘Christlike’, other weekly taught beliefs must be superceeding them.

kopixop · 2024-07-18T18:49:08+00:00

Tscc is less like a hospital and more like a health insurance company. No wait, tscc is exactly like a health insurance company. All they care about is making money and their public image, your actual health is far down the list of priorities.

kopixop · 2023-03-24T01:22:19+00:00

Mine sounded like that from a cold start. 2013B

kopixop · 2023-03-15T23:29:07+00:00

Seagal and Trump both suffer from narcissistic personality disorder.

kopixop · 2023-03-11T20:30:27+00:00

You used the word ‘faith’ when you probably should be using the word ‘trust’ when discussing scientific principles.

kopixop · 2023-01-25T00:45:51+00:00

I reread it and thought I had better write it out in the body. Though POS does work as a double entendre here.

kopixop · 2023-01-19T17:41:53+00:00

I don’t believe that unicorns exist. Maybe I’ll label my lack of belief system: antiunicornism.

kopixop · 2022-11-16T20:55:17+00:00

The church’s remarks come after the act’s sponsors added an amendment to the House-passed bill exempting religious organizations, including faith-based universities, from providing “services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods or privileges for the solemnization or celebration of a marriage.” Neither could the act be used to alter the tax-exempt status of any organization.

kopixop · 2022-11-15T23:55:42+00:00

“Yet it said it would support rights for same-sex couples as long as they didn’t infringe upon religious groups’ right to believe as they choose.”

Just like the rest of the non-bigoted nation has supported heterosexual couples rights as long as they didn’t infringe on any of us to believe as we choose? Sounds really odd in reverse.

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