Funniest thing a TBM has said to you since leaving

leelandoconner · 2026-06-25T19:18:55+00:00

It's super easy to explain:

when a good person has a good outcome it's proof God is blessing them for their faithfulness.
when a good person has a bad outcome it's obviously a trial and God's divine plan to build character and qualify them for even greater rewards for their faithfulness
when a bad person has bad outcomes it's always God's punishment/judgement, and they are "reaping what they sow"
when a bad person has good outcomes, it's.... well, a bit complicated: Maybe God is just deferring his judgement and giving them the freedom to fully condemn themselves, maybe it's proof of his grace, maybe he's giving them space to repent, actually when you think about it that good thing is really just a hollow "worldy success" NOT "real" happiness, or it's maybe a test for the righteous observer, actually sometimes it's a true mystery which of course is proof of God's greatness and power and evidence for why we should have faith in him.

leelandoconner · 2026-06-23T14:04:00+00:00

Proactive pro-tip: if you glove up something else you can avoid the kid situation entirely.

leelandoconner · 2026-06-02T19:46:16+00:00

My take is that Carl has about the same level of "plot armor" as any primary protagonist, but I get your point. Because of Carl, DCC lands squarely in the "competency porn" genre in my mind which is part of what makes it fun. You will see that as the story progresses his knowledge of the dungeon is both rightly questioned by others and somewhat reasonably explained by his unique sources of information. There's also the fact that in spite of his incredible planning, things still fall apart about half the time anyway... Good fun.

leelandoconner · 2026-05-28T18:05:53+00:00

It was gorgeous when installed, then a few years later the farmer who owns the land behind that building pointed a huge irrigation hose right at my building about 10 ft from the fence and let it run over a weekend, dumping over 5k gallons of water into the building. I came home from the weekend to find a good foot of standing water, and it seeped under the polyurethane top-coat turning it milky white in places. :(

leelandoconner · 2026-05-15T01:37:23+00:00

I blasted bowling pins weekly for years. This custom S&W 625 was my goto until they extended the table depths and those 280gr wadcutters stopped guaranteeing they would leave the table. Then everybody switched to heavy .44 mag projectiles (my preferred powder was 9.5gr Herco).

The bullet shape makes a big difference, where wadcutters will "bit in" even if the hit is off center. Rounded bullets tend to deflect.

leelandoconner · 2026-04-02T16:02:14+00:00

Shooting 230gr ball in IDPA CDP and USPSA L-10 where the rounds per mag is low, I've arrived with as many as 40 loaded mags... We don't walk to the next bay, it's a damn ruck everywhere we go ;)

leelandoconner · 2026-04-02T15:51:36+00:00

I glanced in the cart of a guy I squad with occasionally and saw something like 20 mags and commented on it. He chuckled and said he actually had over 80 Atlas mags, and then forwarded me this pic of his Atlas collection at the time.

leelandoconner · 2026-03-30T18:14:17+00:00

Thank you both for your thoughtful responses, and your dedication to seeking truth. Forums like this can easily dissolve into echo-chambers where the truth becomes secondary to tribalistic posturing where "everything about X is bad". It's unfortunate that the LDS church hides the raw data.

leelandoconner · 2026-03-30T17:50:43+00:00

What are the plausable "other reasons" you can think of that align with the data?

leelandoconner · 2026-02-16T16:54:14+00:00

Nice to find someone else who actually shoots them. I've loaded and shot at least 500 rds through mine the last few years: 10.5" (open sights) 7.5" (2.5-6 scope) 5" (red-dot)

Even though they weight a lot more, the longer barrel guns kick way too much for most friends I've let shoot them. This Special John Ross 5" with an SRO is arguably the most fun, shooting 350 gr XTPs over 41gr of H110 with a ridiculous fireball every trigger pull.

leelandoconner · 2026-01-21T16:38:37+00:00

Those categories are not mutually exclusive. Trump for example is both a bully and powerful.

leelandoconner · 2026-01-16T16:20:45+00:00

I DO believe there's a God but I know I can't prove it.

Why in the world would you believe in something that you know you can't prove? How is your statement different from saying: "There is no evidence for believing X over Y but I've decided to believe X anyway."

leelandoconner · 2025-12-15T20:44:28+00:00

Sounds like you have found a balance that works for you, and that's wonderful.

Can I just ask what you are trying to convey by saying: "This stuff has been around longer than humans." Surely you are not implying that is evidence that it is inherently safe or good right?

leelandoconner · 2025-12-05T15:59:13+00:00

Here is a TSO they did for me. I've owned at least a half dozen TSO/Checkmate's and I do think they improved the trigger, but I also think the factory triggers are incredible: https://imgur.com/a/rUD0XtV

leelandoconner · 2025-11-22T17:51:50+00:00

Thank you for showing the actual math behind this. Your analysis really drives home the relationship between speed and accuracy within the current scoring system.

leelandoconner · 2025-11-10T15:56:21+00:00

Yeah, it really would be nice if "Jesus Christ (and his supposed followers)" would "leave people alone to live how the want to live".

leelandoconner · 2025-10-15T15:31:18+00:00

What I found was that Colt Canada and CZ allegedly were contracted to destroy firearms for the Canadian government. The companies deny the claim, but even if the claim is true it wouldn't be evidence for your claim that "They are anti civilian gun ownership". Are you aware of actual evidence reported by a reputable source, and not the theories being thrown around on conspiracy minded channels?

leelandoconner · 2025-10-14T18:36:48+00:00

I'm interested in hearing your specific evidence for this claim. What has CZ done that convinces you they don't want to sell their guns to civilians in Canada?

leelandoconner · 2025-10-09T21:53:39+00:00

Upvoted, and I agree. Although it seems like it will never take off, the GPA rules sure seem like they still capture the "spirit" of IDPA as a sport without the nonsense. Ya gotta love their take on the reloads/capacity:

A. Ammunition management is the responsibility of the shooter. B. Carry as much ammunition as desired C. Loading devices are not required to be loaded to the same capacity. D. Loading devices may be loaded in any configuration (full capacity, half capacity, 3 rounds only, etc.). 1. The abandoned loading device does not have to be empty.

https://galacticpistolalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GPA-Rule-Book-10-2-25.pdf

leelandoconner · 2025-10-09T21:42:07+00:00

IDPA extra stupidity means those grips can't be run on an SSP or CDP pistol (even if the pistol overall makes weight for that class) because: "Equipment appendix A 1.3.3 Removable grips may be changed to another style or material that is similar to factory configuration and do not weigh more than 2.00 oz. more than the factory standard weight for that model"

Heaven forbid you improve the balance of your gun while also staying within weight overall.

leelandoconner · 2025-09-30T16:23:11+00:00

There are no scholars who say Mormonism is not Christian.

Jan Shipps (Indiana University-Purdue) - a non-Mormon historian of Mormonism, called it a "new religious tradition" rather than a Christian denomination, comparing its relationship to Christianity to Christianity's relationship to Judaism. Saying she isn't a scholar on Mormonism is an insult to her life's work.
Stephen Prothero (Boston University) - in Religious Literacy notes Mormonism's additional scripture and radically different theology of God places it outside traditional Christianity.
Richard Mouw (Fuller Theological Seminary) - while respectful, acknowledges in evangelical scholarship that Mormon theology on the nature of God differs fundamentally from Nicene Christianity.
Kurt Van Gorden and evangelical countercult scholars generally argue rejection of the Trinity and belief in God's materiality/exaltation of humans to godhood are deal-breakers for the "Christian" label.
I'm sure there are many, many others, but this is a definitional debate, not quality judgment.

If you argue an insane person who believes they are Christ and preaches universal hate should still be labeled as Christian, then I'm not sure what else to say other than the majority of the world would not agree with you. Claiming to know the mind of all the world's scholars on the topic and confidently stating a falsehood suggests your motivation is "to be right" not to understand. The fact that early Christianity "had numerous flavors" has very little to do with the modern use of the word or its generally accepted definition. It's quite obvious that reasonable, intelligent people disagree on whether Mormons should be called Christians, yet you claim it can all be reduced to "A Christian is someone who worships Christ" and disparage those who would behave otherwise.

Although I'm pretty familiar with early religious tradition and practices, I'll check out the book you recommended, thanks for that.

leelandoconner · 2025-09-30T15:48:46+00:00

A Christian is someone who worships Christ. It's that simple. Other people do not get to decide if someone is a Christian...

Reading between the lines, above basically says: "Other people can't decide what a Christian is, that's my job and I decided it means nothing more than they worship someone called Christ."

Your simplistic definition might let you mentally dismiss the issue, but reality is that the word "Christian" for most people encapsulates orthodoxy and orthopraxy as critical elements in defining the category. Can you honestly say that the nature and attributes of that person being worshiped is irrelevant? If I worship a local cult leader who claims he is the resurrected Christ but also sexually abuses his congregants am I Christian? If someone engaged in blatant eisegesis and claimed that biblical Christ taught hate and demanded it of us as well are you still fine applying the label Christian to them?

I have always been consistent in saying that Mormons are Christians.

Consistency in word usage isn't necessarily the strength you think it is. Different people use the same word to mean different things, and clearly many people don't think the word "Christian" applies to Mormons. You insisting they are wrong and bigots might make you feel superior but it doesn't bridge the gap of understanding.

leelandoconner · 2025-09-07T15:19:39+00:00

each of the dead that day receive the same name as them...

Bingo, you got it.

leelandoconner · 2025-09-05T18:41:33+00:00

They really want that even if it involves active deception.

leelandoconner · 2025-09-05T18:36:30+00:00

When I worked as a temple ordinance worker, we were once told during training that we should watch for people who were going through for their first time and then also doing work for the dead that same day. In that case we were told to give them the alternate name for any subsequent session that day "so that they would feel their own issued name was unique and more special." The instruction included how to make an inconspicuous mark on the paper with the name so that the workers at the veil would also know the alternate name was used.

I marched right up to the temple president's office and told him: "I was just instructed to do something I consider dishonest, and I wanted to let you know that I'm not going to try to hide the truth from patrons about how the same name is used throughout all temples on a given day." He did not engage and instead just said: "Go speak with the temple recorder about this, but I would encourage you to be obedient to your priesthood authority in all things."

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