NOM

"well, maybe we have spiritual experiences more frequently than they do." Now the real question, does that make someone more superior or less superior? :D I grew up in a surrounding culture that was very Evangelical. Trust me when I say this, Mormons are never going to out-spiritual experience ...

Hard to believe.

Maybe this:

https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.or ... ses-of-god

The denial of God or the downplaying of His role in human affairs, which began in the Renaissance, has become pervasive today.

President: Dallas H. Oaks
1st Counselor: Henry B. Eyring
2nd Counselor: D. Todd Christofferson

What would inquiring minds think if 2-4 presidents/prophets died in a single year? I think normal people would say that the model that transitions the role of church dictator to the next oldest guy in the org probably isn't the best model to use. I know it's longest tenured and that doesn't ...

It was this weird story about someone being emotional and probably verbally abusive (they didn't use the word abusive, but that's what it sounded like) to kids in a family and the family decided to be nice to them and then the abusive person magically became nice back. :roll: So the counsel was to ...

Way too busy to watch this time but it sounds as though I didn't miss very much.

I would introduce the term limits for apostleship. Even ignoring the out of touch angle a softer angle that would be more palatable for orthodox members could be allowing more voices in the church to be heard. How many general conference talks has Oaks given? I'm guessing over 100 general ...

I think that's just cult of personality stuff but in Mormonism the cult of personality doesn't center around an individual, it centers around a calling. The person that currently holds the calling is the center of attention and when someone else is called into the venerated position, the new guy ...

From article: had lived in Utah and had a relationship with a woman involved in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. During their conversation, Sanford told him he had his tattoos removed to take part in church ceremonies. Sounds to me like he may have attended/joined. If so it sounds ...

I honestly don't know how I'm going to abide Oaks. This is probably it for me. To be sure, that writing has been on the wall for a long time but it still is difficult to face when the time came. Not looking forward to an even more legalistic, conservative, bigoted church. I wonder if they'll play a ...

For what it's worth, Alex Jones' phone turned out to be full of transgender porn. There's a lot of complex weirdness going on in these guys. Someday we'll better recognize the strong association between homo/trans phobia and self-hating closeted LGBT people. There sure have been a lot of LGBT ...

The thread title put me in the mindset of coming up with the biggest change to the overall church experience on any given Sunday or activity night. I'd say the move from peppering church meetings throughout the day such that it consumed an entire Sunday to moving to block schedules and eventually ...

The challenge is that people can't tell truth from fiction. I think it's more obvious and in your face these days but people have always had that problem. No doubt there are bad actors that intentionally lie. Then you have misinformed people that lie unintentionally. Then there's the people with ...

It's not possible to earn MORmON god's love. No matter what you do, you're never good enough when it comes to MORmONism. This was my experience. I'm a convert so pre-mission experience with church culture is limited but this sentiment definitely started during my mission years and would continue ...

Funny, but why would Chick-fil-A set up shop for non-Christians?

People accurately predicted that he would announce 15 temples, bringing his total to 200.

Nelson holding up extremely well for a 100 year old. He's also the only one speaking to something semi-relevant to what's going on in the world today. Of course I'd appreciate more specifics but given the nothing that we've heard so far, at least dancing around the issues brings the issues closer to ...

I've got it narrowed down to the Bolivia Cochabamba Mission sometime between 1983-1987 so far.

The place and timeframe he served.