RE: [ZION] Samoa Temple

2003-07-11 Thread Larry Jackson
Jim Cobabe: I wept when I learned of this sad news. Is something amiss in the Church, that the Lord would allow one of his temples to be destroyed? ___ It is sad, but I seriously doubt anything unusual is amiss. I think there was a construction accident. Larry Jackson _

[ZION] Krakauer

2003-07-11 Thread Jim Cobabe
I have not seen Turley's review of Krakauer's new book. But I know that Krakauer has build a journalistic tradition of stirring up trouble. I really enjoyed his book _Into Thin Air_, but it apparently stirred up a lot of controversy too. ///

[ZION] Samoa Temple

2003-07-11 Thread Jim Cobabe
I wept when I learned of this sad news. Is something amiss in the Church, that the Lord would allow one of his temples to be destroyed? // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/cha

Re: Sherlock Holmes anti-Mormon novel (was Re: [ZION] Dead List)

2003-07-11 Thread Stacy Smith
I'm surprised there isn't more anti-Mormon fiction, given all the nonfiction stuff there is out there. Well, technically I guess it's all a fiction but it's not in a fictional form which would be quite interesting and laughable. Stacy. At 03:11 AM 07/12/2003 +0800, you wrote: > IIRC one

Re: Sherlock Holmes anti-Mormon novel (was Re: [ZION] Dead List)

2003-07-11 Thread Valerie Nielsen Williams
Speaking of interesting reading, what about the recently discovered Truman Diary. . .this morning a quote was read where he basically lambasted Jews, saying they had nothing on Hitler or Stalin when it comes to harming other people. Then he went on to say that any underdog who rises to power forge

Sherlock Holmes anti-Mormon novel (was Re: [ZION] Dead List)

2003-07-11 Thread Mark Gregson
IIRC one of the very early (perhaps the first) Sherlock Holmes novels had a very anti storyline. Anyone out there who can either confirm or refute? Yep, and I've read the novel. "A Study in Scarlet" (1887). The anti-Mormon stuff is not the focus of the book but prominence is given to the n

Re: [ZION] Dead List

2003-07-11 Thread Rick Mathis
At 07:07 AM 7/11/2003 -0800, The BLT wrote: Apparently the book paints Mormons as latent killers because of their tendency towards religious extremism. If the guy really believed the premise of his own book, he wouldn't have published it in the first place. Just think of all those millions of

[ZION] Knoppix

2003-07-11 Thread Mark Gregson
Some time ago Attilla the Elf was asking about Linux distributions. Well, I've recently downloaded Knoppix and I love it. It's on the top ten list at distrowatch.com. The Knoppix distribution is intended to be burned onto a CD (or you can buy a CD for a couple of bucks). This CD is then ful

Re: [ZION] Dead List

2003-07-11 Thread Grampa Bill in Savannah
At 09:07 AM 7/11/2003, JWR wrote, regarding the book by Jon Krakauer called, _Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith: I doubt if I will buy the book, but apparently a great many others will. It isn't going to do our missionary work any good. Steven Mongome

Re: [ZION] Dead List

2003-07-11 Thread Grampa Bill in Savannah
Stacy Smith wrote: Is it a novel or nonfiction? Is there such a thing as an anti-Mormon novel? Probably not, come to think of it. = Grampa Bill comments: IIRC one of the very early (perhaps the first) Sherlock Holmes novels had a very anti storyline. Anyone out t

Re: [ZION] The Tanner Books

2003-07-11 Thread John W. Redelfs
Stacy Smith favored us with: Since the church has finally gotten involved in answering allegations, according to the message below, it would appear, has this been an official response and will the church officially answer the Tanners, etc.? Yes, it is an official response from the Public Affairs

[ZION] The Tanner Books

2003-07-11 Thread Stacy Smith
Since the church has finally gotten involved in answering allegations, according to the message below, it would appear, has this been an official response and will the church officially answer the Tanners, etc.? Stacy. At 07:07 AM 07/11/2003 -0800, you wrote: Boy, this list is really dead, onl

Re: [ZION] Dead List

2003-07-11 Thread Stacy Smith
Is it a novel or nonfiction? Is there such a thing as an anti-Mormon novel? Probably not, come to think of it. Stacy. At 07:07 AM 07/11/2003 -0800, you wrote: Boy, this list is really dead, only 23 messages since June and none in the last three days. I've never seen anything like it since t

Re: [ZION] Dead List

2003-07-11 Thread Steven Montgomery
At 09:07 AM 7/11/2003, JWR wrote, regarding the book by Jon Krakauer called, _Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith: I doubt if I will buy the book, but apparently a great many others will. It isn't going to do our missionary work any good. I don't know John. I find that when t

[ZION] Dead List

2003-07-11 Thread John W. Redelfs
Boy, this list is really dead, only 23 messages since June and none in the last three days. I've never seen anything like it since the list was created in November of 1993. Do any of you read Meridian Magazine? My wife reads it religiously. The latest big news is the destruction by fire of t