Joe, I would be interested to know if you are screening all of the internet postings of all others on this email list, and how far back that goes. I did make those postings ten years ago, as regarding irrational beliefs I had encountered at that time. I stand by what I said then but that is not the issue here. I must conclude that discussions of the topic I raised are not permitted and that my participation in this list is unwelcome. Thanks for making that clear. Richard Quoting utah-astronomy-request@mailman.xmission.com:
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1. Re: Mormon astronomy clarification (Joe Bauman) 2. Re: Mormon astronomy clarification (Chuck Hards) 3. Re: For Joe Bauman (Chuck Hards) 4. Re: Mormon astronomy clarification (garrard55@xmission.com)
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:03:57 -0800 (PST) From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Mormon astronomy clarification Message-ID: <959926.29494.qm@web38906.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Someone using the name Richard Garrard has been posting on an exMormon website, with the topic "Satan Stories in the Mormon Church."
Another posting from 2000 is, "Richard Garrard, April 2000 - Proposition 22 and other LDS church political activities; their continued Orwellian changes to doctrine and history; my growing confidence in myself and unwillingness to live someone else's life, for another's approval. Also, I have found a far more valid identity as a humanist, which is fundamentally incompatible with the blind faith, conformity, irrationality, supernaturalism, inhumanity and tortured apologetics of Mormonism."
I'm concerned because this forum is about astronomy, not sociology. Richard, if you are the same poster, can you tell us why you want people to comment on the Mormon view concerning astronomy? As a non-Mormon but a respectful friend to many Mormons, I think we should be careful that this discussion group isn't used as fodder for someone's agenda.
Thanks, Joe