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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:21 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Decline drives change at Southern Baptist Convention
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9062
Re: Decline drives change at Southern Baptist Convention
The LDS church is not at all democratic, there aren't any elections or representatives. They will opt to weather the storm. I wouldn't expect any significant changes in our lifetime. If anything, the move of other churches to less literal and more spiritual positions will probably encourage them to...
- Mon Jun 18, 2018 5:45 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Decline drives change at Southern Baptist Convention
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9062
Re: Decline drives change at Southern Baptist Convention
It refers to some loose collection of cultural spirituality and superstitions that aren't formalized into a religious system. Mormonism would be lumped under Christianity.StarbucksMom wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:05 amWhat is a "Folk Religion?" Would Mormons be in the folk or other category?
- Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:53 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Decline drives change at Southern Baptist Convention
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9062
Re: Decline drives change at Southern Baptist Convention
From what i've read, the entire country has a decline in church goers. Millenials are just not buying a lot of organized "helf fire & damnation" religion, or even some of the more liberal as well. The LDS church is in that same soup. You might find this interesting. One possible explanation in decl...
- Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:54 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Decline drives change at Southern Baptist Convention
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9062
Decline drives change at Southern Baptist Convention
Going more conservative and fundamentalist has proven a failed strategy for Southern Baptists. For more than a decade, the denomination has been experiencing precipitous decline by almost every metric. Baptisms are at a 70-year low, and Sunday attendance is at a 20-year low. Southern Baptist churche...
- Fri Jun 15, 2018 4:39 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Do You Come From Royal Blood?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14527
Re: Do You Come From Royal Blood?
It's like I tell people on reddit, bragging about royal ancestry doesn't make you special, it just makes you an asshole.
- Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:30 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: What Happens when you tell the In-laws that your family is no more
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8671
Re: What Happens when you tell the In-laws that your family is no more
A little insight I have gained that I have yet to understand: For a religion that was and is persecuted and tries to preach to the rest of the church That they should be tolerated they produce some of the most intolerant people. It's all one way. They want it, but they don't want to give it. Once t...
- Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:27 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Corsair's Visit to Nauvoo with Believers
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18090
Re: Corsair's Visit to Nauvoo with Believers
My in-laws just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and they wanted a trip to Nauvoo with all of their children and grandchildren. T I have a question. Is it pretty common for the grandparent generation to plan vacations to churchy spots so they can get all of their wayward (inactive) childre...
- Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:51 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Things are rapidly changing in the LDS Church!!!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 12656
Re: Things are rapidly changing in the LDS Church!!!
They ditched Home teaching and replaced it with an identical program called Ministering. Feel the change! Old men and young men now meet together for an hour every Sunday instead of separate. Wow, that is change, real, honest to goodness change. Now I’ll grant you, leaving the Scouting program is a...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:28 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Steven Hassan's survey on controlling groups
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6164
Re: Steven Hassan's survey on controlling groups
I listened to the Mormon Stories podcast on this. The first thing that came to mind was the fact that the entire model just seemed so anecdotal. It's not as if a scientific definition exists as to what constitutes a dangerous group, and it's even more difficult when you try to pin down an answer for...
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:18 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Advice please? Update
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8116
Re: Advice please?
It sounds to me like you don’t want to go! You don’t need anyone’s permission to cancel or go to a meeting with someone you don’t want to see. You just need your own permission to not go, it’s ok to listen to yourself! Realize you don’t have to do anything. You don’t owe anyone an interaction ever ...
- Thu May 31, 2018 3:42 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: The brethren's lack of faith
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7896
Re: The brethren's lack of faith
Instead, they teach that you should donate even if it's at the expense of necessities like shelter or food. That's what's wrong. We should be more like the brethren on this point, not less. I agree with you completely, except that they've way over-done it with their rainy-day fund. That is a hell o...
- Thu May 31, 2018 3:06 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: The brethren's lack of faith
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7896
Re: The brethren's lack of faith
We recently learned that the brethren have a gigantic "emergency fund". Why? Where is their faith? This goes directly against the teachings of Jesus. ... They apparently don't believe the above scriptures. They also refuse to follow Christ's instructions that he gave to his 12 apostles to travel wi...
- Wed May 30, 2018 7:00 am
- Forum: Mixed Faith Relationships
- Topic: In Which my Family is Propelled
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10236
Re: In Which my Family is Propelled
Exactly. On a family level, I am now the harbinger of sad heaven... that's a lot of responsibility, being able to turn someone's heaven into hell... That's a lot of power you've got there. It's one thing to ruin Christmas, but it's a whole other thing to ruin heaven. You'd have to be more powerful ...
- Tue May 29, 2018 6:35 am
- Forum: Mixed Faith Relationships
- Topic: In Which my Family is Propelled
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10236
Re: In Which my Family is Propelled
But my MIL, my mother, my ward even have a large interest in me being there. If my Family is out, I (we) hold all the cards. Yes, this. I don't know why it took so long for me to see the real power dynamic. The church has done such a fabulous job indoctrinating us with the belief that we need the c...
- Thu May 24, 2018 8:40 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: This is a great thread on AskReddit, insane stories from the Bible.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9029
- Wed May 23, 2018 11:00 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: This is a great thread on AskReddit, insane stories from the Bible.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9029
Re: This is a great thread on AskReddit, insane stories from the Bible.
No one mentioned Ananias and Sapphira. They were supposed to be living the law of consecration, but these two secretly sold land and kept the money for themselves. Peter finds out about it and strikes them dead on the spot.
- Thu May 17, 2018 12:27 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: The Lucy Code
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5754
Re: The Lucy Code
It's possible it could be source material considering the other aspects of Masonry Joseph used in Mormonism. In my mind there's a pretty strong pattern of Joseph Smith borrowing ideas from his surroundings. This is the one thing that the video never addressed, the presence of some seemingly anti-ma...
- Wed May 16, 2018 3:08 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: The Lucy Code
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5754
Re: The Lucy Code
It's unprovable, of course, but I'm reminded of the narratives I've read from Mormon apologists in the past when they're trying to provide evidence that the Book of Mormon is an ancient record. This is more solid than any Book of Mormon archaeology proof ever created. It's more provable than the hoo...
- Mon May 07, 2018 9:18 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Being a NOM pisses me off. What do I do?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7834
Re: Being a NOM pisses me off. What do I do?
My goal is to become indifferent towards Mormonism. And I question whether that's possible if I continue being a NOM. Am I just going through a phase and need to calm down? How can I be indifferent and "active" in Mormonism when all I hear is s*** every Sunday. Do I manage it? Or do I walk away? Wo...
- Sat May 05, 2018 7:15 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Difference between a NOM and an Exmo
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6991
Re: Difference between a NOM and an Exmo
There's a gradient spectrum when it comes to belief and activity. I'd say that the NOM portion of the rainbow sort of begins with someone who customizes Mormonism, either belief or practice, outside the accepted boundaries set by the orthodoxy. There's some leeway near the edges where some personal ...