tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342380624800894371.post2241308650136182423..comments2024-03-28T15:23:18.071-07:00Comments on Pure Mormonism: Hugh Nibley Weighs In On Preemptive WarAlan Rock Watermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971243364867111868noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342380624800894371.post-87807937786017132542010-12-09T11:11:48.614-08:002010-12-09T11:11:48.614-08:00Denver's blog is indeed a treasure trove. I d...Denver's blog is indeed a treasure trove. I don't spend nearly as much time there as I would like to. I have yet to read his books, however.Alan Rock Watermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971243364867111868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342380624800894371.post-8615923358449091072010-12-09T10:56:04.983-08:002010-12-09T10:56:04.983-08:00You would really like the blog by Denver Snuffer.You would really like the blog by Denver Snuffer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342380624800894371.post-73771454126855138012010-06-09T23:08:06.297-07:002010-06-09T23:08:06.297-07:00Church is boring and will always be boring... WHY ...Church is boring and will always be boring... WHY because we can't discuss the Deep cool stuff because someone won't be ready for it. I think we lose more people to dull and boredom maybe than to those who would leave because we are speaking a deep Gospel Language. The Fact of the Matter is that things are the way they are for a reason. Get used to it, just bring good stuff to read while you are there. And ask the questions no one else would ask. <br><br>web.me.com/angelpalmoniJulianneMcAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18161149054645624679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342380624800894371.post-68727982507315413212010-04-03T12:41:22.777-07:002010-04-03T12:41:22.777-07:00Well Rock, you've done it this time. I was rea...Well Rock, you've done it this time. I was really going to start going back to church, quit my sinning ways, stop drinking coffee and watching indy films and curb my blatant g-d effing cussing and then I read how uninspired the leadership is and how boring General Conference still is. <br><br>You've ruined me for life. I attribute my apostacy to YOU. You and the thirty seven years of drudgery and more drudgery and dull drudgery that was Mormonism. Well, that and the fact that it was boring, lame, pointless, dull, and really pointless. Did I mention that it was dull? <br><br>I've had a better time getting a root canal by a crusty fisted halitosis infected tobacco chewing greasy old dentist than I've had watching conference. (I'm kidding. He didn't chew tobacco).<br><br>In my lifetime the only amazing epiphanies to come from the LDS leaders was FHE from David O.Mckay, Spencer W. Kimball's non revelation where he prayed that if God didn't want him to give blacks the priesthood he should come and say something, and so God didn't say anything and viola', blacks get the priesthood. Then there was the mandate to not double pierce the ears and wear more modest clothing, no flip flops, less masturbating, and maybe the one about be kind to one another. Yep, cutting edge stuff. <br><br>Here's a prophecy, church was boring in the past, church is boring now, and church will be boring in the future. <br><br>Oh yeah, your blog is way more interesting than going to a crusty fisted dentist with halitosis and double way more interesting than going to church. <br><br>You may find me (Dahli-mama) at: http://insanadfindingthepony.blogspot.com/2010/02/mormon-triathalon-part-i.htmlInsanadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18214411440222153155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342380624800894371.post-26699717966808387252010-02-27T18:36:00.713-08:002010-02-27T18:36:00.713-08:00I just happened to be pondering Moroni 4 and fell ...I just happened to be pondering Moroni 4 and fell upon your blog... I would appreciate a comment... By the way, I lost a son-in-law in Iraq and I believe our hearts were in the right place and troubling times as they are there is no easy solution.<br><br>Saturday, February 27, 2010<br>Even As Moistening Dews Before the Sun <br>Even as moistening dews before the sun<br>Nephites were being swept off the earth<br>In preempting a battle, God was shunned<br>Claiming justice, vengeance came to birth<br><br>Soon carnage was the worst ever known<br>In a battle for annihilation<br>Each becoming dark, filthy, and loathsome<br>Raging nation against nation<br><br>Led about by Satan as chaff before the wind<br>The Nephites grew in sorcery and unbelief<br>The grace of being God’s people did end<br>As unrepentant…they were driven beyond belief<br><br>Continually, their hearts grew in coldness<br>Without mercy…cannibalism was their token,<br>Their badge of courage, and path of boldness<br>While to their wives and children hell did open<br><br>To their God’s, Lamanites slew them for sacrifice<br>And greatly horrendous was the slaughter<br>As the ugliness of it …no words can suffice….<br>The slaying of Nephite wives, sons, and daughters<br><br>Covering the land…there was but blood<br>All the while…. a prophet stepped aside<br>As wickedness came to a full flood<br>And the last of the Nephites fell to the sword and died<br><br>With only one knowing the promise to set forth<br>The prophet, Moroni, walked the earth all alone<br>With visions of our day…his heart in writings out poured-<br>“Repent oft with charity through Him who atoned”<br><br>comments are welcome...<br><br>After having pondered Mormon 4 <br>and reading Hugh Nibley's <br>Is Preemptive War A Christian Principle?<br>found at<br>http://puremormonism.blogspot.com/2010/01/hugh-nibley-weighs-in-on-preemptive-war.htmlkelly millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14498271336796100776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342380624800894371.post-42447933497081806952010-02-12T10:50:00.933-08:002010-02-12T10:50:00.933-08:00I'm actually surprised that this hasn't ge...I'm actually surprised that this hasn't generated as many comments as the other essays on the same topic. Maybe people just don't want to try and mess with Hugh Nibley? Either that or because brother Nibley is unable to defend or clarify his own statements at this point.Dave P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342380624800894371.post-46756698469827237602010-01-29T18:41:17.950-08:002010-01-29T18:41:17.950-08:00152, all it takes is a reading of Tom Wood's &...152, all it takes is a reading of Tom Wood's "Meltdown" to earn a basic understanding that government "jobs" are worthless because they don't contribute to the economy by producing goods for the people to consume. I highly recommend that you and anyone else who reads this comment read that book and get as many others to read it as possible.Dave P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342380624800894371.post-88579316970486818322010-01-29T11:02:02.719-08:002010-01-29T11:02:02.719-08:00152, this does indeed bring me joy!As times get to...152, this does indeed bring me joy!<br><br>As times get tougher economically, increasingly the only jobs available will be government jobs whose purpose is to strengthen and support the emerging police state in America. Good for your friend for resisting, and good for YOU for contributing to his education.<br><br>Thanks so much for letting me know that my work has had some little effect.Alan Rock Watermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971243364867111868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342380624800894371.post-20601225928912878462010-01-29T07:57:15.979-08:002010-01-29T07:57:15.979-08:00I thought it would bring you some joy to know that...I thought it would bring you some joy to know that my friend, who has a wife and two kids, had been thinking of joining the National Guard over the course of the last couple months because of much needed money.<br><br>Because of the thoughts that you had helped me to consider with your recent posts I brought up some points for him to consider, and all my friends discussed it to some degree. He has decided that he doesn't want to be faced with the situations he most definitely would be faced with, and doesn't want to have to consider the possible consequences. He won't be joining the National Guard.<br><br>I look forward to your post on polygamy you teased over a month ago . . .152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342380624800894371.post-39778378904663801672010-01-27T18:41:03.762-08:002010-01-27T18:41:03.762-08:00The quotation of "But, behold, the judgments ...The quotation of "But, behold, the judgments of God will overtake the wicked; and it is by the wicked that the wicked are punished; for it is the wicked that stir up the hearts of the children of men unto bloodshed" reminded me of the event wherein Nephi the son of Helaman prophesied the death of the chief judge at the time. This was when the Gadiantons had infiltrated the judgement seat and one of their own was upon it, yet he was murdered by his own brother who wanted that same seat, despite the two of them having sworn the Gadianton oath. For people with imperial mindsets, they can never have enough.<br><br>This article clearly rebuts one person's claim a while ago stating that quoting Dr. Vance had no merit because he's not LDS. However, I'm willing to throw out a strong guess that there are members of the church out there who don't want to give Hugh Nibley any credit because he was never a general authority. You've already quoted Joseph Smith's statement on not counting those people among intelligent men numerous times, so there's no need to repeat it further.Dave P.noreply@blogger.com