Bill the Cat's pick for 09-11-2003 ~ John Powell - The last "Mormon" standing

[Bill the Cat]

Originally posted by John Powell in the thread 'nother question for John Powell. on 09-11-2003

Jin-Roh:
It's good to have a devil's advocate around.

What's even stranger is that only the Devil's Advocate sticks around defending Mormonism after all the real Mormons left. One left with a big "pity-me" attitude in the Locker Room.

POWELL:
It does not surprise me. Mormons are taught to avoid "contentious" arguments, meaning those in which they feel uncomfortable because "contention is of the devil" and the uncomfortable feeling is an indication that the influence of the Holy Ghost is weak or near gone. What this amounts to is that they tend to avoid discussions where their opponent speaks strongly or fails to come around after a while. Also, they are strongly directed to avoid speaking to people who openly discuss the Temple endowment.

If people at TWEB were easily persuaded by their arguments and heart-felt testimonies to accept the Missionary discussions and many of those eventually joined the church then you'd find Mormons flocking to TWEB. Mormons are encouraged to go where they will be successful in producing conversions and avoid other places that are a waste of time relative to that goal.

I do care if my Mormon-supportive arguments fail, but I don't take it so personally as they do.

John Powell

[Solly]

More good attitudes for TWebbers!

snppy

[John Powell]

POWELL:


John Powell