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by FiveFingerMnemonic
Sun Mar 22, 2020 3:37 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Any church-at-home experience to report?
Replies: 20
Views: 10693

Re: Any church-at-home experience to report?

I was mountain biking on the local shoreline trail this afternoon and as I turned one corner there was a young gen Z family with toddlers in full white shirt and tie sunday best having a sacrament meeting off the side of the singletrack. It was bizarre even for Utah.
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Sun Mar 22, 2020 3:33 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: The church blows my mind again
Replies: 10
Views: 6249

Re: The church blows my mind again

They have living stipends and grandkid tuition to preserve through the inevitable tithing downturn. They (the GAs) are also all related by blood except for a few token foreigners. Make no mistake those vacation homes and hunting preserves come first.
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:10 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Church amidst the Crisis
Replies: 1
Views: 1762

Re: Church amidst the Crisis

I hear ya. There is no escape so long as family continues to participate. In fact my kids are downstairs being heavily indoctrinated as we speak.
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:25 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Earthquakes, plagues, floods are next
Replies: 8
Views: 6172

Re: Earthquakes, plagues, floods are next

The mormon crickets are supposed to be extra bad this year.

https://elkodaily.com/news/local/mormon ... a.amp.html
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:00 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Preppers (Cytokine Storm)...
Replies: 18
Views: 10604

Re: Preppers (Cytokine Storm)...

Kurzgesagt finally put out a great video using ourworldindata data. I'll trust these guys over the fundies.

https://youtu.be/BtN-goy9VOY
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:22 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Preppers (Cytokine Storm)...
Replies: 18
Views: 10604

Re: Preppers

Looks like Julie Rowe is taking advantage

http://julieroweprepare.com/wasatch-wak ... her-signs/
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:16 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Preppers (Cytokine Storm)...
Replies: 18
Views: 10604

Re: Preppers

I don't have any insider info but I would speculate that confirmation bias over all their doom and gloom prophesying is in full effect. If you catch any interesting pronouncements on the forums you follow it might make for some good entertainment.
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:29 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Moroni dropped his trumpet!
Replies: 10
Views: 6202

Re: Moroni dropped his trumpet!

The spin will be that it was an inspired decision to shut down temple square for construction so no patrons were in harms way.
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:55 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: What are you doing to protect your family against the virus?
Replies: 659
Views: 621602

Re: What are you doing to protect your family against the virus?

I don't know what age this photo of Elder Holland shopping at Costco in sunglasses is, but the commentary sure is funny:

https://www.cougarboard.com/board/messa ... d=23354888
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:19 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Alex Boye's "American Prophet" (An Urban Musical)
Replies: 7
Views: 5265

Re: Alex Boye's "American Prophet" (An Urban Musical)

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by FiveFingerMnemonic
Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:10 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Church from home
Replies: 12
Views: 8454

Re: Church from home

Streaming could for sure happen someday, but the church is super slow in upgrading tech capability and always wants to do it their own way.
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:04 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Church from home
Replies: 12
Views: 8454

Re: Church from home

Do you think the church is working on s mechanism to support church from home with ward video conferencing? There are a number of softwares available, but bringing it all together in a ward method would be interesting. For the sacrament, everyone would place a slice of bread in a plate at home, and ...
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:08 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Mesoamerican ancient ball sports
Replies: 8
Views: 5091

Re: Mesoamerican ancient ball sports

I suppose I should look at modern church basketball as the "restored" version of ancient mesoamerican hip volleyball. We have a court in every ward building.
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:33 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Mesoamerican ancient ball sports
Replies: 8
Views: 5091

Mesoamerican ancient ball sports

Curious that the BOM has no mention of sport or the particular type of courts used and how important they were to cultural hierarchy:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03 ... ins-mexico
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:24 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Cancelling Church is PROOF that CFM was inspired
Replies: 43
Views: 33702

Re: Cancelling Church is PROOF that CFM was inspired

DW asked me if I wanted to bless the sacrament as our stake authorized it. I told her no and then she asked if I was ok having the priests over to do it. I said no and that per the instructions we have a month and should hopefully be back in real church by then. Maybe I'm harsh but I refuse to ...
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Sat Mar 14, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: LDS Church temporarily suspends all meetings....
Replies: 38
Views: 26004

Re: LDS Church temporarily suspends all meetings....

How is everyone going to handle "the priesthood" wanting to come over and administer the sacrament? Our stake just authorized individual families to sanctify their own bread and water. That says a lot about the way the church works, doesn't it? You can't say a prayer over a piece of bread in your ...
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Sat Mar 14, 2020 4:36 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: What are you doing to protect your family against the virus?
Replies: 659
Views: 621602

Re: What are you doing to protect your family against the virus?

The official decree authorizing home sacrament came today. Where did this arbitrary "once a month" thing come from? Dear Brother: The Stake Presidency has given authorization to the bishop to allow worthy priesthood holders to temporarily administer the sacrament in their homes along the following ...
by FiveFingerMnemonic
Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:35 am
Forum: Support
Topic: What are you doing to protect your family against the virus?
Replies: 659
Views: 621602

Re: What are you doing to protect your family against the virus?

EQP sent out an email about how ministering is needed now more than ever and to make sure and contact all your families to assess their needs. Yes by all means, go into the homes of the elderly and frail and shake hands and speak face to face for 2 hours. That will help greatly.