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- Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:18 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Priesthood Bans & LGBT Support
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2217
Re: Priesthood Bans & LGBT Support
These gotcha conversations rarely work but if I were to attempt one on this subject it'd go like this: Step 1: Ask the person if they believe that slavery was God's will. They will hopefully say no. Step 2: Bring up Brigham Young's two 1852 speeches to the Utah legislature where he unambiguously sta...
- Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:11 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Does Wilcox think he has an answer?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1176
Re: Does Wilcox think he has an answer?
It's an interesting strategy to try to resolve a plot hole by pointing to another plot hole. What's funny is, it does seem to work if you aren't thinking too hard. I used to do this, point to the awful stuff in the Old Testament to explain the awful stuff that I saw around me in my lived church expe...
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:46 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Fight The New Drug
- Replies: 95
- Views: 6803
- Fri Jan 14, 2022 2:11 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Fight The New Drug
- Replies: 95
- Views: 6803
Re: Fight The New Drug
So, you asked (in this thread) if we should sacrifice for God. I'm simply playing off of that. Should we sacrifice for God? Does he deserve it? But hey, looks like you just want to preach past us instead of really telling us what you think. :roll: I just want to know how you know God is worth worshi...
- Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:23 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Fight The New Drug
- Replies: 95
- Views: 6803
Re: Fight The New Drug
Heavens no. Sounds like a pitiful bronze-age mythical god. If you find the institution of slavery upheld in a book said to have been written by God, what would you expect to find in a book inspired by the devil? Bonfire, what are your thoughts on God endorsing slavery in the bible? Why should we ob...
- Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:07 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Saturday Sabbath
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2781
Re: Saturday Sabbath
When I was Elder's Quorum President, I would find myself frequently thinking, "day of rest, my ass."
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:57 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Did anyone else hear voices?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2357
Re: Did anyone else hear voices?
I never heard actual voices, but I think that it is certainly possible for the human mind to conjure them if you are in enough distress. I find it very difficult to get into the spiritual answer mode in general. I only ever had the "Holy Ghost" prayer experience once. I said a prayer and received a ...
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:49 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Elder Gong: “Please don’t post that photo…”
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3984
Re: Elder Gong: “Please don’t post that photo…”
I can't help but notice that Elder Gong's request to his son is certainly at odds with what we read about Jesus freely associating with what the religious authorities considered sinners. Do Mormons still hold the ideal of being Christlike? Was it an aggressive act for Matt Gong to post the picture a...
- Mon Jan 03, 2022 7:52 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Harry Reid Died
- Replies: 4
- Views: 659
Re: Harry Reid Died
I grew up in Vegas and Harry Reid would attend priesthood opening exercises in random wards during campaign season. He landed in ours one week. Didn't say anything but I think he was just there to remind people that he was Mormon. I voted for him once before I really started to get politically brain...
- Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:32 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Does anyone know Jeff Ricks? Founder of Postmormon.org
- Replies: 4
- Views: 900
Re: Does anyone know Jeff Ricks? Founder of Postmormon.org
That Lloyd Dobler rant over there about the holy ghost was probably the most cathartic thing I ever read on the subject of Mormonism. A real gem.
- Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:28 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: HOW did Joseph Smith write the BOM?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2422
Re: HOW did Joseph Smith write the BOM?
Gee, however could an uneducated but charismatic person with a gift for telling stories dictate a book riddled with anachronisms?
Only a miracle could produce that boring book filled with two-dimensional characters and mistakes! /s
Only a miracle could produce that boring book filled with two-dimensional characters and mistakes! /s
- Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:24 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Snufferism is better
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2229
Re: Snufferism is better
Snuffer seemed to really be tap dancing when they asked for his position on homosexuality. I took his answer to mean that they actively disapprove of homosexual relationships. Snufferism might be better in some respects but it is still a bunch of people pretending to know things they don't and causi...
- Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:27 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Five Months Down. 55 To Go.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2493
Re: Five Months Down. 54 To Go.
I was never a bishop but when I was EQP with three toddlers and an infant at home, I remember on my drives home from work thinking about how if I got in a car accident and died, death would be a nice rest. Clearly I had too much going on in my life to be EQP, but the feedback I got from my leaders w...
Re: My Update
Hey, I remember you! I don't post much here anymore either but browse when I'm bored. My formerly TBM wife finally had her issues boil to the surface earlier this year and left. I think the issue that just pushed her over the edge was that she had direct knowledge that a currently serving bishop had...
- Thu May 13, 2021 10:03 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: 'Do you think I could ever be happy outside of the church?'
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2410
Re: 'Do you think I could ever be happy outside of the church?'
This is a very powerful trick the church plays on people, making it seem that happiness only exists inside the system. I think what really set me up for my disaffection was that I started consciously noticing that I was never more miserable than when I was doing everything the church asked of me. Wh...
- Fri May 07, 2021 9:08 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Is forgiveness required?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2997
Re: Is forgiveness required?
Forgiveness is a nebulous term. I think a lot of people like to say it is required, because they are Christian and Jesus said it is required. Outside of that, I don't see why it would be. You want to let go of toxic anger for your own mental health and all that for sure. Sometimes that means coming ...
- Tue Apr 27, 2021 8:47 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Did Natasha Helfer-Parker get Exed?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 13838
Re: Did Natasha Helfer-Parker get Exed?
I think there may have been an effort to bring endowed women back under bishopric courts. I personally know of a local endowed woman who cheated on her husband and that was handled by a bishopric court. I heard the story directly from her so I trust its accuracy. This was a few years ago. I just don...
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:35 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Forced Turning Point
- Replies: 156
- Views: 26869
Re: Forced Turning Point
I have a hard time imagining, as an unbeliever, being a bishop. When I lost my faith, one of the first feelings that washed over me was a profound sense of relief that I would never have to be a bishop. So beetbox's words ring true to me. All I can think is that you and I must be pretty different fo...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:33 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Mormonism my way ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2316
Re: Mormonism my way ?
I was attending in jeans and colorful short-sleeved button-up shirts up until the Covid shutdown. I think it definitely sends the message that you aren't a company man, but nobody ever said anything to me. I was resigned and attending sacrament meeting with my wife, though. Zealous members might try...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:21 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Doubters are lazy learners!!!!!
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8354
Re: Doubters are lazy learners!!!!!
I've read thousands of pages of books on church history. If that's what a lazy learner is, I don't know what it could possibly look like to not be lazy, lol.