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Gelliebeans

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27. It took them until 1979 I believe
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 12:01 AM
Oct 2014

Even today the amount of racism in the momo church is appalling!!!!
And of course if you drive thru Utah today you see all these women dressed in Laura Ingalls garb planting and doing all the chores while the men sit around deciding which boy gets kicked to the curb so that there is less competition with the young wives in the "joy books". I got too up close with that religion *ahem cult.

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Those issues need to be addressed now Gelliebeans Sep 2014 #1
Their PR campaign worked, look how many DUers have been suckered by it. beam me up scottie Sep 2014 #2
But did you see the latest Dawkins tweet?!?! trotsky Oct 2014 #16
But don't you know that he WOULD change the RCC but his hands are tied! mr blur Sep 2014 #3
He's either Super Pope or Impotent Pope. beam me up scottie Sep 2014 #5
Either he wears Gelliebeans Sep 2014 #11
It's true! trotsky Oct 2014 #17
I see it as being like the final scenes of Godfather Part 2: mr blur Oct 2014 #18
That would be Fredo, actually. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #28
er...yes, I know... mr blur Oct 2014 #32
Ah, shit. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #33
Three months old opinion piece. Surely you can do better. rug Sep 2014 #4
Three months and you still can't refute it. beam me up scottie Sep 2014 #6
I did. rug Sep 2014 #8
How did you prove he's not a sexist homophobe? beam me up scottie Sep 2014 #9
Seek and you shall find. rug Sep 2014 #10
uh huh beam me up scottie Sep 2014 #12
Look around the date tht old article was published. rug Sep 2014 #13
Ha! Cary Apr 2016 #35
This one's been posted before. okasha Sep 2014 #7
I thought you called out homophobia and mysogyny Goblinmonger Oct 2014 #19
Get back to me when you've called out Cartoonist okasha Oct 2014 #20
So your actions are dependent on me? Goblinmonger Oct 2014 #22
How about you drop your double standard? okasha Oct 2014 #24
I see you did post on the Schermer thread. okasha Oct 2014 #25
Ah, yes, the standard cry of "the Pope's agenda is not the same as mine" Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2014 #31
Stop the money BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #14
Agreed. trotsky Oct 2014 #15
They would get a celestial fax right away, and I do mean RIGHT AWAY that suddenly it's ok. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #21
Just like the Mormons and their racist doctrine. n/t trotsky Oct 2014 #23
It took them until 1979 I believe Gelliebeans Oct 2014 #27
Polygamy is a better example Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #29
This is true. N/T Gelliebeans Oct 2014 #30
He hasn't changed anything. No doctrinal changes. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2014 #26
The tremendous intolerance of and disrespect Hortensis Apr 2016 #34
Why should it matter which person or church is being called out for bigotry? beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #36
To reduce any church to a mislabel and Hortensis Apr 2016 #37
How are they being mislabeled? Explain how their policies aren't misogynistic and homophobic. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #38
5,600 Act_of_Reparation Apr 2016 #39
Welcome to the group. Goblinmonger Apr 2016 #40
Actually, his actions seem to say otherwise. Hortensis Apr 2016 #41
What actions has he taken that reflect that? Goblinmonger Apr 2016 #42
Go read, Gob. Everything he does is news. Hortensis Apr 2016 #44
What changes is he trying to make? Goblinmonger Apr 2016 #46
Do you really think he'll put anyone's rights ahead of the dogma of his cult? mr blur Apr 2016 #45
Hey, I'll leave you to yourselves. Hortensis Apr 2016 #47
Btw, EVERYONE was born a nonbeliever. mr blur Apr 2016 #43
not to mention outright hostility toward that church, displayed here are astonishing. AlbertCat Apr 2016 #48
You didn't just stumble into a post from 2014 Lordquinton Apr 2016 #49
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