In the spirit of MikeWaters' religious and political conspiracy theories

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Archaea

I'm not into you like Sizzle, so no thanks. You're a mullah, that's all the proof I need.

Ah, the elevated, "respectful" discussions of Cougarguard!

[non sequitur]

Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

Hmm... still waiting for examples of how I'm racist. Maybe links to some posts would be nice.

Does this sound familiar?

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List of famous black Americans who get it:

Bill Cosby
Charles Barkley
Morgan Freeman

(more members pending...)

[JohnnyLingo]

Does this sound familiar?

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List of famous black Americans who get it:

Bill Cosby
Charles Barkley
Morgan Freeman

(more members pending...)

It sure does. And? Nowhere does that imply I believe black people are inferior in any way.

[non sequitur]

Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

It sure does. And? Nowhere does that imply I believe black people are inferior in any way.

If you didn't realize that signature was offensive, then why did you change it?

[JohnnyLingo]

El Jefe asked me to. I guess a lot of overly PC people like you were complaining about it.

[non sequitur]

Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

El Jefe asked me to. I guess a lot of overly PC people like you were complaining about it.

And why do you suppose Jefe asked you to?

When you say "More members pending", what, exactly, are you implying?

[Archaea]

Who was the poster that celebrated White Man's History? There weren't any racial overtones in that, now were there?

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by Archaea

I'm no intellectual, never claimed to be one. But I haven't read anybody who tried harder to defend the priesthood ban as being God's decision by anybody other than you, Tex and Lingo.

Everybody else here has decried Brigham Young's ban as a racist decision by an otherwise good and successful prophet. For me, there is and never was a justification for the ban, especially in light of Joseph Smith's ordination of blacks, and the many other inconsistencies. You defended the indefensible. Hence, a hint of racism hovers over you three.

Neither you nor I are privy to the mind of God. There is no way to know what God's intent was relative to blacks and the priesthood.

We have at least one account of a prophet pleading repeatedly with God on the matter and being rebuffed.

We have multiple accounts of various peoples in the scriptures that were prevented from receiving Gospel blessings (Mosaic Jews from the Melchizedek Priesthood, Gentiles from being preached the Gospel) or were distinguished by God based on their skin color (Lamanites vs Nephites).

We have also have the church doctrines that allows only men to receive the priesthood and also men being able to marry more than one woman.

I'm saying that given all the above, any reasonably open minded person could not possibly definitively conclude that God didn't have His own reasons to not allow blacks the priesthood.

If you think that stance is sufficient to characterize me as being a racist or defending racism, then I believe you're too close-minded on the subject and/or you're purposefully being intellectually disingenuous.

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by non sequitur

Does this sound familiar?

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List of famous black Americans who get it:

Bill Cosby
Charles Barkley
Morgan Freeman

(more members pending...)

What's racist about that sig?

[JohnnyLingo]

Originally Posted by non sequitur

When you say "More members pending", what, exactly, are you implying?

I was implying that there were plenty more people to add to my list. I just needed to keep looking.

Who was the poster that celebrated White Man's History? There weren't any racial overtones in that, now were there?

Double standard. Celebrate black history all you want. Celebrate latino history all you want. But if you dare celebrate your own racial heritage, you're a damn racist and I will shout you down.