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I don’t believe you remember the good times. How I told you about my Black Sheep tie and how it made me think fondly of you. I believe I have always treated you kindly and with respect. I regret that you didn’t see it that way. I still think I was misunderstood. Vorpal, you are a textbook narcissis...

I don’t think it is a bad thing for each of us to consider it our job to make sure everyone feels included. And here’s the thing, no one ever came to me privately and said that my behavior was bad. In fact 15 people, including you, came to me privately, and said that there was nothing bad about my b...

Vorpal, I have bent over backwards for a decade trying to make you feel heard, understood, and validated. When you decided to leave the forum and messaged everyone years ago, I messaged you personally assuring you that your opinion was valued, even though you'd only ever treated me badly. Nothing I...

Thank you for this kindly worded reply. Yes, you have always treated me with respect and kindness. I guess that is why I thought we were friends. I don’t believe you remember the good times. How I told you about my Black Sheep tie and how it made me think fondly of you. I believe I have always treat...

So, you can see that you have chosen not to believe an interpretation of what I said that does not hurt you. I am imperfect and make mistakes. There are no mistakes in the Word of God, if you corectly understand it. Why do you think you can understand God? The Book of Mormon is the Word of God. And ...

It is interesting how I get interpreted. On June 7 I wrote, “I believe you when you say you felt condescended to and that you felt that I hurt your feelings.” I thought about that statement and made it because I wanted everyone to know that I knew her pain was real. So how am I interpreted? “Instead...

After I post something I dread coming back to read the responses. Usually the responses are things that hurt me and pain me greatly. How many of you will choose to apologize to me? Is it okay to hurt me, but not The Black Sheep? Is it always wrong to hurt someone? Many years ago when one of my daugh...

I’m disappointed in you TBS. I constantly feel condescended to by you, and phrases like this are one reason why. Please stop using this kind of language with me. I'm not your kid or your mentee. I'm a stranger on the internet who you have previously hurt the feelings of many times. Please use langu...

But really, it is much simpler than that. The verses in question are harmful to those who aren't white, quite simply. It isn't white people who are being harmed. Yes, seeing someone else get hurt can be painful. But the person seeing that doesn't get to decide when the injured person is ok, the inj...

Okay, wow. I like Dragon Lady, but she is out of her lane here, I think. SHE had a lot of pain over this issue? She's white. I'm glad she got to feel better, but this answer is just laden in white privilege and nonsense. I’m disappointed in you TBS. Dismissing someone’s experience and feelings just...

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Good job Dragon Lady explaining 2 Nephi 5:20-21

On the points of doctrine that you mention (that of eternity and the nature of life within eternity), it is perfectly understandable that a faithful member of the Church who has read the revealed doctrine on the matter might still question the beginning. While by definition eternity has no beginnin...

Oh vorpy, I've missed our spirited discussions. Thrust, riposte, counter-riposte, phrase taken out of context, banal insult, mild eye-rolling. Hope you're healthy and happy. Have you seen/heard Hamilton yet? It's quite good. "But I believe that if he understood what I meant he wouldn’t feel th...

http://100hourboard.org/questions/91071/ But for things which have always been, are, and always will be the question of their purpose has no meaning. Asking those questions regardless is the foundation of science and philosophy. When I saw this response I was puzzled. What was I missing? My initial...

To Man with a Mustache. Me too. I fully agree with Cognoscente and the Black sheep also. In this thread there hasn’t been a disagreement, merely a misunderstanding of what I meant. Now, apparently Cognoscente feels that I “come across as wildly prideful and needlessly dismissive.” Well, I can’t disa...

The thing is though that lots of us do know what truth the church has revealed and find ourselves somewhere between unimpressed and traumatized by the experience. So I found some of your phrasing to be flippant as well. It's not that we're undereducated in doctrine. It's that, after careful conside...

Good points. There are a great many questions for which the Church does not give us an answer. Certainly it is a good thing to ask questions and wonder about these things. Nothing foolish about it. And, exactly, it is human nature. I’m just grateful that there are some things we CAN know, things whi...

This reminds me of Simone de Beauvoir as depicted here: http://existentialcomics.com/comic/226 Amusing cartoon. Simone de Beauvoir has a reasonable, practical philosophy. However, it is natural, and human, to look for broader meaning and understanding than what is in the here and now. Perhaps they ...

http://100hourboard.org/questions/91071/ But for things which have always been, are, and always will be the question of their purpose has no meaning. Asking those questions regardless is the foundation of science and philosophy. Yes, pity those scientists and philosophers on an endless snipe hunt! ...

http://100hourboard.org/questions/91071/ The general definition of “purpose” is “The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.” When something is created there is a reason it came into existence. It may be by chance, by natural forces, by accident, or by conscious ...