NOM

What would the Church do without lawyers..... and the Strengthening the Church Committee? This is so petty.

I'm cheating by posting this early Sunday morning, but predicting a tithing talk is 100% guaranteed.
PS: Thanks to Mopag (and others) for the talk reviews.

RFM's take.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpQOrKqMfzw

I Loved the podcast. A very sweet young couple gets bludgeoned by TCJCOLDS/Kirton&McConkie. It was like killing a fly with a sledge hammer. The brother's printed testimony was appropriate. The Stake Pres. evidently overreacted. Kirton&McConkie's letter was embarrassingly strident and insensitive. It...

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/09 ... even-more/

What would Joseph Smith say? O ye of little faith?

... Good and evil, and Mormons are the good guys and gals. Every one else- the bad guys and gals. That's a beauty for sure, but after all, we have a secret weapon- we made covenants. Zowy. What a weapon. Who needs sacrament trays when you have covenants? BigCovenant.jpg :lol: :lol: Yeah, we have th...

Does the BOM refute itself?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iZysUZAXzM&t=3749s

Anyone else notice the Mike Lee post about the rains at "Burning Man?"
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/20 ... rning-man/

"In the Church we are not neutral. We are one-sided. There is a war going on, and we are engaged in it. It is the war between good and evil, and we are belligerents defending the good. We are therefore obliged to give preference to and protect all that is represented in the gospel of Jesus Christ, a...

Satan had the only good lines: “They will be in my power.”

Best part: "Do not give advice unless you are asked for it."

Interesting Choice of Podcast. I'm just starting to listen to it.

I might have worded the title of this thread: "Does a reasonable God need carefully worded denials, hiding truths that aren't useful, and relentless emphasis of authority?" but it would fit in the 'Subject' box. ;) I read an idea from a Christian scholar that "God doesn't need our lies." (James Moff...

When I first went through the temple in the 1970's I had a lot of false hopes built up by such comments as "The temple is the Lord's University," "You'll learn the whole purpose of life." and "Every time I go to the temple I learn something new." When I went through the temple I was expecting to LEA...

Really. Listen to this. You will not regret it if you can laugh at something called thebookumARmun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN1Ez7MjvBU That talk would be greatly improved by the addition of a laugh track. He really had me on pins and needles for a while but I was relieved that he made it a...

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Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:54 pm

I like to say, "Your friends don't always tell you what you need to hear."

So freaking true!!! Unless you cultivate friendly critics. Science does this. Messy but good governments do this.

I see some of this in NOM.

The CHURCH of Jesus Christ of LDS.... not so much.

Wonderful comments. I've said it before but it bears repeating. NOM beats the crap out of LDS Sunday School. Thank goodness for the South Valley Community of St. Judas too. :D Each new "revelation" tries to build on and reconcile previous traditions: ????-- Baal-- Jehovah--Jesus/Trinity-- Allah-- Mo...

Is the God you believe in reasonable? I was reading a 1978 journal of a liberal (white)Church member who was trying to rationalize why God decided June 1978 was the right time to lift the priesthood/temple ban. He rationalized that God was just waiting for the time when the (99.9%) white membership ...

I came across an interesting metaphor in reading Leonard Arrington's 1978 diaries today. To paraphrase- He said the Mormons believe in baptism by immersion, but many prefer to teach Church History by sprinkling. I thought it was clever and insightful explanation of the Church History which was being...

To the tune of "Follow the Prophet."
Follow the prophet,
In-doc-tri-na-tion,
Through repetition
Still works today.
Follow the Prophet
In-doc-ti-na-tion
pure repetition,
Will make kids stay.

Just came to mind.