Nate Noyce۞

Semi-retired Professional Chef. Culinary Specialist. Homeschool Dad. Hobby Collector. Latter-day Saint: ''Of uncontested criticism, 'No more slam dunks'.''

[Nate Noyce۞ @ChefNRN]

"Now we do not care a groat* about your political differences, but we wish to say to you, do not permit trivial matters to influence you in the least, and never, no never, no never drag Priesthood into a political Gentile warfare.  Let no religious test be required,..."

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@Manhattva Agreed. I love it so far.

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@FiredUpCoug I just realized that we own and play several of your games.

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@TheJaredMonroe @AmericanAir Experienced that recently on a flight to Austin. I second that.

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@AlisonB12244537 @Matthew56193629 @EvidenceOfFaith Who's getting rich of this "scheme"?

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@BradRTorgersen @otarumorumotto I do my best to use the full name when referring to the Church. I never scold others for what they choose to use. (The only thing I will correct is "The Church of the Latter-day Saints" because they're clearly omitting Christ to make a point: it has nothing to do with brevity.)

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@mqulis @ryanswalters73

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@RealElliottHope @ThoughtfulSaint Just to inquire further, if an armed criminal breaks into a house, the homeowner fires a defensive shot, and the criminal shoots back, gunfire was "exchanged by opposing parties." By your hyper-literal definition, would you characterize that as a "shootout".

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@RealElliottHope @ThoughtfulSaint ...to prevent his own assassination, it would be closer to the events at Carthage, and it would be dishonest to describe that as a "shootout" as well. "Shootout" implies mutual combat.

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@RealElliottHope @ThoughtfulSaint If that was anything like what happened, I might agree, but ultimately that's a bad analogy. Now, if the hypothetical SWAT team was made up of vigilantes who were there with the express intent of m*rdering the old man, and the man, realizing this, fired shots in self defense...

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@emuse1955 @PTSPentax I nominate @hankrsmith as quizmaster. Ha ha. That is if we can't just substitute him to be the participant in place of Jacob.

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@ohboyscoobs @hankrsmith

[Nate Noyce۞ @ChefNRN]

@ohboyscoobs @hankrsmith ...And Jesus and the Father are One in every conceivable way save they are separate beings. They are a single, united Godhead as indicated in the biblical text. I hope you take the time to understand what we really believe, not just the caricatures you've heard.

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@ohboyscoobs @hankrsmith Not lying. The ad hominem is unnecessary. I'm not saying we agree on everything, but everything you said initially I could agree with. Now, with this new statement, your trinitarian presuppositions are being demonstrated. Yes, Jesus is YHWH (the God of the Hebrew scriptures)...

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@ohboyscoobs @hankrsmith Except we do believe that. We just typically use different language than you might.

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@M4rlon1805 @coininfish Top 5 alleged BOM anachronisms confirmed by modern archaeology:
Cement (Advanced Mesoamerican use)
Barley (Pre-Columbian Hordeum pusillum found)
Volcanic/Seismic activity (Matches 3 Nephi)
Fortifications (LiDAR found massive earthworks)
Thrones/Kingship (Proven by Mayan glyphs)

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@M4rlon1805 @coininfish To get a quality overhead view of how this scholarly landscape has changed on anachronisms, you can watch this video. The TLDR is that where there were at once over 200 alleged anachronisms, there are really now less than 30 and shrinking. https://t.co/0cLdgt0QWp

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@M4rlon1805 @coininfish ..meaning their genetic signatures would've been diluted over generations by a much larger indigenous gene pool. Population bottlenecks, disease, and genetic drift over thousands of years can erase specific ancestral DNA markers, which makes the DNA evidence inconclusive at best.

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@M4rlon1805 @coininfish Genuinely, have you actually evaluated the strongest current arguments and scholarship with relation to the so-called anachronisms in the text?

Also, speaking to the DNA critique, the Book of Mormon describes migrations of small groups into an already populated hemisphere...

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@M4rlon1805 @coininfish It's not mean if you can actually reasonably demonstrate one of the mistakes it is "full of".

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@IMAO_ Based on your original statement, the "bad" things you have to say are a caricature of our theology.