New Posts For Thread: What kind of man was Josh Powel - religiously?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28906671/What_kind_of_man_was_Josh_Powel_-_religiouslyI am wondering about the Powel family these days and their relationship to the LDS Church.Back in 2009 it was reported that Susan Powel turned up missing when her husband returned with his two small boys from a camping trip in the dead of winter. AtI know. Comes from years of watching Matlock, Columbo and remembering the OJ Simpson trial. Matlock, liked to do his supposin' out loud and I obviously follow his example, but what the heck, I'm on more solid ground than Fox News reports.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28906671/What_kind_of_man_was_Josh_Powel_-_religiously?post_id=521144309#521144309I know. Comes from years of watching Matlock, Columbo and remembering the OJ Simpson trial. Matlock, liked to do his supposin' out loud and I obviously follow his example, but what the heck, I'm on more solid ground than Fox News reports.Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:35:59 -0500I still remember how, within the same afternoon that Mark Hacking confessed to killing his wife, this place was being flooded by posts from self-righteous anti-Mormons who just "knew" that the church drove Hacking to do the deed.Now, however, we havehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28906671/What_kind_of_man_was_Josh_Powel_-_religiously?post_id=521142019#521142019I still remember how, within the same afternoon that Mark Hacking confessed to killing his wife, this place was being flooded by posts from self-righteous anti-Mormons who just "knew" that the church drove Hacking to do the deed.Now, however, we haveFri, 22 Jun 2012 20:03:20 -0500Moksha:"The Cox family's decision will be contingent on what best keeps them in the media spot light and promises the greatest return on interviews, book deals and movie rights."What a remarkable talent, to be able to discern another's motives via TVhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28906671/What_kind_of_man_was_Josh_Powel_-_religiously?post_id=521141875#521141875Moksha:"The Cox family's decision will be contingent on what best keeps them in the media spot light and promises the greatest return on interviews, book deals and movie rights."What a remarkable talent, to be able to discern another's motives via TVFri, 22 Jun 2012 19:56:16 -0500Only the District Attorney will know if it was worth it by his boost in the polls come election day. The Cox family and the family of the girls photographed from Steve Powell's bedroom window are still civilly suing. I suspect the girl's family suihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28906671/What_kind_of_man_was_Josh_Powel_-_religiously?post_id=521139525#521139525Only the District Attorney will know if it was worth it by his boost in the polls come election day. The Cox family and the family of the girls photographed from Steve Powell's bedroom window are still civilly suing. I suspect the girl's family suiFri, 22 Jun 2012 18:04:23 -0500By way of a thread update, Josh Powell's father, Steven Powell, was convicted of voyeurism this week and sentenced to 2.5 years (30 months) in prison. www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la...This sentence has nothing to do with what he may or mayhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28906671/What_kind_of_man_was_Josh_Powel_-_religiously?post_id=520937635#520937635By way of a thread update, Josh Powell's father, Steven Powell, was convicted of voyeurism this week and sentenced to 2.5 years (30 months) in prison. www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la...This sentence has nothing to do with what he may or maySun, 17 Jun 2012 15:51:35 -0500telling someone to go read 2 long threads full of personal opinion DOES NOT count as a reference.please provide a link to FACTUAL information if one exists.when did Josh get baptised LDS?did Josh formally request his name be removed from the records?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28906671/What_kind_of_man_was_Josh_Powel_-_religiously?post_id=519765059#519765059telling someone to go read 2 long threads full of personal opinion DOES NOT count as a reference.please provide a link to FACTUAL information if one exists.when did Josh get baptised LDS?did Josh formally request his name be removed from the records?Wed, 16 May 2012 23:28:28 -0500Go back and read through both this thread and the thread on the Discovery Networks forums I linked to.Steve Powell was about as hard-core anti-Mormon as someone could be without landing in jail, and his hostility towards the church played a major rolhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28906671/What_kind_of_man_was_Josh_Powel_-_religiously?post_id=519763943#519763943Go back and read through both this thread and the thread on the Discovery Networks forums I linked to.Steve Powell was about as hard-core anti-Mormon as someone could be without landing in jail, and his hostility towards the church played a major rolWed, 16 May 2012 22:18:23 -0500It varies by jurisdiction.Suppose, for example, that a cop pulls you over because you have a tail light out. The cop is feeling lenient, and so tells you to just go ahead, open up your trunk, and check to see if the light's loose (lights can get looshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28906671/What_kind_of_man_was_Josh_Powel_-_religiously?post_id=519763869#519763869It varies by jurisdiction.Suppose, for example, that a cop pulls you over because you have a tail light out. The cop is feeling lenient, and so tells you to just go ahead, open up your trunk, and check to see if the light's loose (lights can get loosWed, 16 May 2012 22:13:19 -0500It will be interesting to see what kind of time SP gets.Personally, I still have questions about how the Pierce County Sherriff's dpmt. came upon the evidence they used to charge and convict him of voyeurism. They had no clue, that I know of, that SPhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28906671/What_kind_of_man_was_Josh_Powel_-_religiously?post_id=519761469#519761469It will be interesting to see what kind of time SP gets.Personally, I still have questions about how the Pierce County Sherriff's dpmt. came upon the evidence they used to charge and convict him of voyeurism. They had no clue, that I know of, that SPWed, 16 May 2012 20:01:28 -0500[/quote]You can cite source on this?[/quote] Steve Powell didn't have long talks with his son via the phone, trying to convince him to leave the LDS Church, or get into heated screaming matches with Mr. Cox in public, because he liked Mormonism. Thathttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28906671/What_kind_of_man_was_Josh_Powel_-_religiously?post_id=519761165#519761165[/quote]You can cite source on this?[/quote] Steve Powell didn't have long talks with his son via the phone, trying to convince him to leave the LDS Church, or get into heated screaming matches with Mr. Cox in public, because he liked Mormonism. ThatWed, 16 May 2012 19:47:49 -0500