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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 09:58 AM Original message |
Devout Mormon teen butchers woman, cuts throat of child |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. The twisted minds of people |
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CurtEastPoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. His boyhood friend said "“He was always wicked nice..." |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. And they say home-schooled kids have a tough time socializing... |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. What does Utah have to do with this story aside from his BYU attendance? (n/m) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. Utah does...but I'm guessing the trial will be in New Hampshire. (nt) |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
68. Utah even has the firing squad option so that their blood atonement... |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. read "Under the Banner of Heaven" By Jon Krakauer. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
43. My first thought when I saw this headline |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. That just goes to show sociopaths are everywhere, |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:08 AM Original message |
I don't see how his being a Mormon is really part of this. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
33. I think the point about the mormon thing is that this kid was on the |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. Why did the reporter have to lead with 'a devout Mormon'? I don't think his religion played any |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I think the headline used that lead because of the unexpected juxtaposition |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Couldn't have been that "devout" |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. +1 to you and the others. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
53. It would, but those are incongruous to religion in this sense |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yep. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Bullshit. they want power, period. Their tenants have been debunked. |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. In your opinion... |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. it's tenets, not tenants. nt. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Yup. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Read of the history of mormonism, you will change your tune. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. all religions are lousy with prejudice and persecution including christians..... |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I totally agree, but as to mormonism... |
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NICO9000 (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. MNDemNY is right on the money |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
69. +1000 |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
67. I don't think it's any more unlikely than... |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
86. Not more "unlikely", just easier to dismiss as it is all so recent, with news papers and all. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
42. And in the Boston Herald, of all places |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. More likely: |
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Tsar_Bomba (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
79. Perhaps |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Why do they mention it when religious leaders or workers are caught |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
54. There's devout and then there are fundies |
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Tsar_Bomba (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
80. I don't see a difference. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. What about all the pious Mormon teens who did not wake up this |
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The Animator (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Yeah, clowns usually just eat their victims... |
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robo50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. If you look around at the Herald related article and photos, these guys |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. I must have fallen asleep in Sunday School that Sunday they taught us to kill and steal |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. Always be wary the so called "pillars" of the community: they often seek such status as cover |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. completely as an aside, ALL mormon young men are about to become missionaries |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Sad to be a devout Mormon though. |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Feel free to pity me all you wish. You might also enjoy feeling superior to me. n/t |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. You "religion's" founder was a pedophile murderer, and a con-man. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
71. +1000 |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
97. The ONLY justified lynching in US history was when con man Smith was killed |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-09-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Yeah - fuck you. |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. no they aren't |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
55. not what I was told by several mormon coworkers |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. It is pushed, but not manditory |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. semantic differences between what you said and what I did are minor. |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:50 PM Original message |
Not really. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
83. and yet you say no one refuses that choice... right? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
57. Deleted sub-thread |
fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
99. there are many young mormon men who don't go on missions |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
20. I wonder what religion the other guys followed? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. Blood atonement. Maybe the killing was specifically targeting a non-Mormon? |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
26. So he's a nutjob who also happened to be a Mormon. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. That is redundant. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. Unrecced for gratuitous Mormon bashing - did he kill them because he's a Mormon? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. I don't think it matters that he's a Mormon. I do find it interesting that |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
46. +1 |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
31. Was he celebrating the Mountain Meadows Massacre? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It was the "Indians"!!!! |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
38. It sounds (reading between the lines) that the other man, Spader, was more |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. No, in this case it was the "religion" |
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robo50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. How about a combination of home schooling and hanging around |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
39. Thank God he didn't shoot anyone |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. Seriously... |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. He doesn't sound very pious to me. (nt) |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
50. Judges 19:29 |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
100. + 1 |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
51. Wow, just imagine what the MSM would be saying if- |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
58. Deleted sub-thread |
FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
59. As a former Mormon I find the bigotry expressed in this thread disgusting |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. We ain't so hep on pedophilic priests either. Or fundie freaks. Said the christian. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. I ain't at all sure bout Buddhism. |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Deranged Buddhist monk kills 2 men |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I thought it looked like an equal opportunity religious nutbag bashing thread myself... |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
60. I'm currently reading the creepy "Under the Banner of Heaven" |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
87. Makes you want to become a mormon, does it not? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
96. I wonder if investigators know about this book. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
66. These kind of criminals always seem to have a rigid religious upbringing. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. As Kalil Gabran said in "The Prophet"! if you stamp down base urges, they just come back amplified. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Also, ALLLL the late Mormon bloomer guys, did it for the nookie. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. It's gotta hurt when a boy's grandfather or uncle steals his middle school girlfriend. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #76 |
88. lotta truth in that show. |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Huh? |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. There was a time, when I checked out maybe a hundred different religions. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #81 |
89. are you dead yet? |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #89 |
95. I think{therefore} I am. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
75. Quinn Glover YouTube videos |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
78. Wow, no different from FR. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. Do a little research. And if it was PROVED that Muhanned was a fraud, the religion |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
82. Scary..just scary |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
85. 'wicked nice'? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #85 |
92. Man, we were saying that in So Cal in the late sixties... |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
90. I don't really care what religions folks play at leave me, my home |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
91. "...found it difficult to understand how such a pious Mormon...could morph into a crazed killler" |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. You Mean like Glenn Beck? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Yes, exactly like Glenn Beck |
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SWr (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
98. a good reason to .. |
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101. Antidepressants may have played a role. |
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