1 - I can give you that one. Still disturbing to read in multiple posts people advocate lying rather than telling the truth to people that aren't in the "in" crowd.
2, 6 - how familiar are you with Gnosticism?
4 - that is just quibbling with how immortality is defined. Same with 3.
8- yes, it was stretching from anyone else s perspective except the LDS one, so I will give you it.
Singularity seriously consider it likely to be a very bad thing for humanity
and
these scriptures to have been inspired by what, the supreme AI that doesn't exist yet?
Again, how familiar are you with gnosticism?
7,10- Interesting points. That isn't what I see happening on the main sequences but it does fit with the scoring of some of my comments. These are also the only two answers that actually address the argument to show that it is not a solidified religion, at least not on this site.
Still disturbing to read in multiple posts people advocate lying rather than telling the truth to people that aren't in the "in" crowd.
What are you referring to?
8- yes, it was stretching from anyone else s perspective except the LDS one, so I will give you it.
LDS aren't the only religion that has ritual items of clothing (compare for example the tzizit warn by many Orthodox Jews) so that's one of the less stretched examples in that respect. But it is still silly since people carry specific things for medical reasons all the time. Thus, pe...