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by nehor90210
Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:48 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: How would Joseph have known about the Comoros Islands?
Replies: 7
Views: 3350

Re: How would Joseph have known about the Comoros Islands?

I've even heard some apologists spin the Comoros connection as another hit for the BoM's truthfulness, that Nephi's ship might have stopped there on the way to the Promised Land, and that's where the Nephites picked up the names Cumorah and Moroni, and liked them so much they apparently kept passing...
by nehor90210
Sun Jun 23, 2019 6:36 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Saints 2: No Unhallowed Hand
Replies: 8
Views: 4475

Re: Saints 2: No Unhallowed Hand

I could read it if it were subtitled "Saints 2: The Legend of Brigham's Gold".
by nehor90210
Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:24 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: I think I want to be cremated...
Replies: 28
Views: 13988

Re: I think I want to be cremated...

Burial for me. I say the only true immortality is to have a headstone so garish and ostentatious that future people will look at it and say, "Who the hell did this guy think he was!"
by nehor90210
Sun Jan 06, 2019 10:01 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The changing face of LDS INC under RMN...why the rush?
Replies: 64
Views: 28830

Re: The changing face of LDS INC under RMN...why the rush?

But really, is two-hour church and these other changes enough to make a legacy? Does that mean if SWK hadn't lifted the Priesthood Ban, his presidency might he best known for introducing the consolidated block?
by nehor90210
Sat Oct 13, 2018 11:26 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: MormonStories #998-999 - Dusty Johns
Replies: 6
Views: 3785

Re: MormonStories #998-999 - Dusty Johns

I have no idea how much money the Mormon Tabernacle Choir generated, but I would hazard a guess it was more than the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square will generate.
by nehor90210
Thu Aug 02, 2018 10:59 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Reddit Post on Joseph's Bad Math in the Book of Mormon
Replies: 27
Views: 18492

Re: Reddit Post on Joseph's Bad Math in the Book of Mormon

There is still the nonsense of the timeline for oceanic crossing being longer than a year. After reading Margret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa , it would make sense for any red-blooded Lehite boys (or Palmyra boys) to want an extended shore leave at that port of call. Which would make sense if Samo...
by nehor90210
Sat Jul 14, 2018 10:17 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Soul-Crushing Sins of Omission
Replies: 41
Views: 29739

Re: Soul-Crushing Sins of Omission

...so I figured the sins of omission were just one of those "grace after all we can do" sort of things. Which throws you into an infinite spiral, since the very nature of sins o' omission is that you aren't doing enough to achieve the status of "all we can do." In Mormonism Jesus saves us after we ...
by nehor90210
Tue Jul 10, 2018 11:36 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Soul-Crushing Sins of Omission
Replies: 41
Views: 29739

Re: Soul-Crushing Sins of Omission

Growing up in the church, I think I actually had a pretty healthy view of sins of omission, though probably despite the church's teachings rather than because of them. I knew there were a million good things I could be doing , but I couldn't possibly do good every moment of every day, so I figured t...
by nehor90210
Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:10 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: We can't criticize everything
Replies: 33
Views: 22740

Re: We can't criticize everything

I attended priesthood session last night and was pleased with how that meeting was used by Nelson. It was very different than previous meetings. I was also quite surprised with the changes. It takes balls to demote your most faithful group of supporters. So you think the High Priests will see it as...
by nehor90210
Wed Dec 06, 2017 12:51 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Further redefining of miracles
Replies: 7
Views: 3300

Re: Further redefining of miracles

What caused the bar to be placed so low for what constitutes a miracle? Personally, I blame the advent of Miracle Whip.
by nehor90210
Sat Jun 03, 2017 5:08 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: President Eyring Shares a Powerful Miracle...
Replies: 19
Views: 12240

Re: President Eyring Shares a Powerful Miracle...

It's a better story than the one he told about the guy who got all dressed up for work because he knew Elder Eyring was coming to give him a blessing. He got the blessing, he didn't go to work that day or any other day, he died a short time later. Yet somehow Elder Eyring feels like he can call it ...
by nehor90210
Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:45 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Church growth rate slowing
Replies: 18
Views: 7903

Re: Church growth rate slowing

I wonder how bad the slowing growth will become before the church stops reporting membership data at all. Will they wait until it's negative growth? They already fudged the numbers once when they began counting blessed babies as members. What more can they do? Start leaving dead people on the roles ...