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by wakarusa
Fri Aug 12, 2022 4:21 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: No more “tithing settlement…”
Replies: 23
Views: 3186

Re: No more “tithing settlement…”

The article about this at the Church News website: https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2022/8/11/23300722/changes-in-tithing-settlement-process-first-presidency-letter-tithing-declaration-september The picture of the family at their "declaration" is seriously creepy. Where do they get their stock ...
by wakarusa
Sat Sep 28, 2019 5:07 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Dating and Pornography - Ensign 10/19
Replies: 20
Views: 13405

Re: Dating and Pornography - Ensign 10/19

I count 13 articles in the October Ensign, with "pornography" in the title (at least for the online edition in the app). That seems like a high number of articles even compared to prior obsessiveness on the issue.
by wakarusa
Wed May 01, 2019 4:01 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Nice Chat with SCMC Member Today
Replies: 40
Views: 19765

Re: Nice Chat with SCMC Member Today

I liked your RMN episode, but when I listened to it, I wondered if it would be the your "Elder Holland Liar Liar" episode that triggers the inquisition. Hopefully not,but it was plenty strong.
by wakarusa
Tue Mar 05, 2019 12:15 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Mormon/LDS/ETCOJCOLDS website name changes now official
Replies: 29
Views: 12671

Re: Mormon/LDS/ETCOJCOLDS website name changes now official

For all the concern that this is about emphasizing the correct name of the church, they seem very quick to jettison "latter-day saints".
by wakarusa
Sun Feb 24, 2019 6:53 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Bill Reel v. Apologist Jim Bennett
Replies: 83
Views: 31737

Re: Bill Reel v. Apologist Jim Bennett

I'm not sure I can listen to all 10 hours of this. I feel like they are soft debating minutae that doesn't matter. For example, why should anyone care about the accuracy of Heleman's military reports about the Stripling warriors and ignore the larger concern that all evidence suggests Nephites never...
by wakarusa
Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:19 am
Forum: Support
Topic: LDS fireside this Sunday on "Navigating Doubts"
Replies: 57
Views: 24534

Re: LDS fireside this Sunday on "Navigating Doubts"

Any guesses about what kinds of questions they will select and what the answers will be? That's a rhetorical question, by the way. I listened to it. If you expecting head on confrontation of real issues.. forget it. Standard fluff... Here are my notes so you get the gist of it in just a few minutes...
by wakarusa
Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:19 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The changing face of LDS INC under RMN...why the rush?
Replies: 64
Views: 28828

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

He knows the odds are against him time-wise. He has already outlived both his parents, based on Wikipedia, his mother lived to be 90 and father lived to be 93. So everything is fast-tracked. A standard mortality table gives a 94 year old man 24% probability of dying within 1 year. Average life expe...
by wakarusa
Sun Jan 06, 2019 6:41 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The changing face of LDS INC under RMN...why the rush?
Replies: 64
Views: 28828

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

moksha wrote:
Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:45 am
What does Dec II stand for?
I'm assuming this is a reference to Official Declaration 2... Allowing all worthy males the priesthood (including those of African descent).
by wakarusa
Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:45 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The Gospel is Spreading.
Replies: 13
Views: 8562

Re: The Gospel is Spreading.

Thanks for the welcome. I'm one of the ghosts of NOM past. Joined the "Aimoo" version of NOM in 2002; posted a bunch for a year or two at NOM and the related "View from the Foyer" but then slowed down and settled into long-term lurk mode. I have remained interested in things going on in the Mormon w...
by wakarusa
Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:36 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The Gospel is Spreading.
Replies: 13
Views: 8562

Re: The Gospel is Spreading.

But don't forget the Elder Cook recently told us that God intended that rock cut of the mountain without hands to become a pebble. That's how we know it's true. For now anyway. If for some reason membership started growing again, say in Africa, then THAT'S how we'd know it's true. Really? He said a...