NOM

I spend Saturday conference in Sugar Creek, OH. Amish country. Sunday was in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. I would say I didn't miss anything. Did you go by the nesting site (Bath Road) of the blue herons? That's pretty cool to see. Were you in Ohio for the eclipse? It exceeded my expectations. Th...

Since the whole discussion of happiness is based on the Gallup poll, it is interesting that that pole is getting criticism in that it is inherently flawed. According to one study, the way it is worded would favor someone who is better off financially, not necessarily happy with friends and family. I...

I spend Saturday conference in Sugar Creek, OH. Amish country. Sunday was in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. I would say I didn't miss anything.

The church is missing a major opportunity here. With the rise and acceptance of tattooing, LDSinc could open sacred temple tattoo parlors where the marks are tattooed on, for a nominal price. Of course, these tattoos would require regular touch-up work to maintain their symbolism. Renew your TR by g...

This is a difficult question for me. Growing up, I was very introverted. I wasn't good at talking to strangers or even talking with girls. For the girls, Church was a large contributing factor. You are constantly told how you have to be careful around them and they can cause you to do bad stuff. For...

Admitadly It's been a long time since I had a TR interview. The question I remember was "Do you war the garment night and day as instructed in the temple?" Did this get changed sometime over the last decade to be more open? I do wonder how they will deal with Mormon celebrities / pop figures / athle...

Can you provide more details? The article you linked to is pay-walled.

I forgot about CG coming up. I have a bunch of family medical issues and this weekend I will be taking the family out of town to go see the eclipse. Hey, it's a once in a life time event to see, and I only live a few hours from the path of totality. I am not missing this. I do wonder what will get m...

Palerider wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:50 am

I usually just say, (if it comes up):

"I used to be a member of the LDS church but I'm not any more."

I say:

I was raised Mormon, but I got better. Being on the East coast, Mormonism is only a minor player in the religion thing. So this usually gets a laugh out of whoever I tell it to.

Ghost wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:57 pm

A [...] revelation

Just that. And I'd be amazed with just that. An actual, verifiable revelation. I don't actually care what is is about, but some communication from deity.

I'm not holding my breath.

I always heard that in regard to D&C 64:23 "Behold, now it is called today until the coming of the Son of Man, and verily it is a day of sacrifice, and a day for the tithing of my people; for he that is tithed shall not be burned at his coming." The idea that I have always heard is that paying tithi...

2. Thou shalt not make into thee any graven images except temples, which are allowed and bring glory to those who attend. You missed a part of the translation on the 2nd. A better interpretation is: 2. Thou shalt not make into thee any graven images except temples, which are allowed and bring glory...

As far as readers, maybe we should ask some podcasters to mention this board. I volunteer to ask the Backyard Professor, and if some others can volunteer to ask RFM (Hagoth?)***, Bill Reel, Rebecca Biblioteca, John Dehlin, and Nuance Hoe, that will be a valiant attempt that will well serve us in th...

From the cited WIki page:

Annalee Skarin (born Annalee Kohlepp: July 7, 1899 – Transfigured 1952), was an American Latter-day Saint writer ...

Wow! Whoever wrote that page was a believer in her... I have never seen someone listed as transfigured on wikipedia.

It looks like these are most common with the shorts. I rarely listen to those, but they are click-baity. I feel like Bill Reel has adopted some unhealthy habits. I don't know if anyone followed the dust up over mandatory reporting on reddit. Bill describes his position as "fearless" and "challengin...

Mormon Discussion is the parent organization for Radio Free Mormon and Bill Reel. Am I the only one who is super annoyed at their constant use of click bait video titles? These are all titles of RFM videos on Youtube. "Uncovering the Shocking Truth Jesus May Already Be Among US" "Strange Whistles Us...

Didn't Jesus have a few choice actions for the money changers at the temple? Don't know about tithing per say, but it was defiantly pay-to-play back then as well.

I have been a NOM member for just over 10 years now. I first discovered NOM 1.0 in October 2013, in the weeks after A lawsuit as publicly announced with my local stake leadership being accused of covering up and actively aiding in the child molestation committed by the son of the 1st counselor in th...

Missions usually have a policy that passports are to be held in the mission office. They usually use the excuse that it is for the protection of the missionaries to keep them from getting lost. I get that. I knew too many missionaries in my time that I wouldn't trust not to loose an important docume...

While reform is needed, it still have to go through the guys at the top and the current ones are as set in their harmful ways as ever. So I won't not get excited to see any change until for a very long time. At least until the current group of bigoted old men kick the bucket. Just a quick count and...