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by RubinHighlander
Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:15 pm
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: Technology- has it ruined music?
Replies: 9
Views: 133

Re: Technology- has it ruined music?

wtfluff wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:50 pm
RubinHighlander wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2023 9:47 am
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But somehow, vinyl is still thriving and I'm still buying it. From my first Boston album in 1977 to the latest artists; if it's an album I love I'll buy it on vinyl and we spin several of them every week.
...
Metallica Buys Vinyl Pressing Plant...
Well that's pretty sweet!
by RubinHighlander
Mon Mar 20, 2023 9:47 am
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: Technology- has it ruined music?
Replies: 9
Views: 133

Re: Technology- has it ruined music?

I surf a very broad spectrum of music and it's a big part of my life and my family's lives, 4 out of our six kids are in bands, writing their own music and one has a masters and is now a theater director at the HS she went to. I played in the jazz band for four years at the local university and my w...
by RubinHighlander
Fri Mar 17, 2023 7:05 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The verdict is in... the Book of Mormon is true!
Replies: 9
Views: 144

Re: The verdict is in... the Book of Mormon is true!

wtfluff wrote:
Thu Mar 16, 2023 3:51 pm
Wow.

So Holy the Ghost can "bear witness" to Bing Chat AI?

Maybe Bing Chat AI has been fasting, praying, and paying 15% tithing so the Ghost constantly dwelleth within it's circuitry?
Maybe Bing Chat AI has several shell companies, hiding the donations it received from lds.corp.
by RubinHighlander
Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:15 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Church secret dealings?
Replies: 8
Views: 255

Re: Church secret dealings?

There was a good write up I found back in 2015 by a student at BYU on Heber Js 1893 loan seeking activities, but alas, it's gone now. I remember it showed a lot of desperation of him running around NY, looking for anyone willing to provide a loan to save the UT banks. He was certainly behaving as a ...
by RubinHighlander
Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:01 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Is it possible to get your donation history from the church?
Replies: 13
Views: 270

Re: Is it possible to get your donation history from the church?

To add insult to injury they were inexplicably rude to me when I handed it over at the COB, and I came away feeling like they thought I was holding back, or had somehow cheated them. I had naively been expecting big friendly smiles and pats on the back, and that I would come walk away filled with T...
by RubinHighlander
Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:34 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Church's rainy day safety net
Replies: 8
Views: 356

Re: Church's rainy day safety net

This tells me that either Oaks believes he can rob God and get away with it, or that he doesn't really believe any of his own BS about an Eternal Tribunal and hides his own deceit behind lofty, godly language. Why not both? The adequacies of the laws of profits, provide a license for transgression ...
by RubinHighlander
Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:31 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Church paying $5 Million SEC fine
Replies: 63
Views: 1834

Re: Church paying $5 Million SEC fine

Wow, that PDF is like the equivalent of CES letter, pairs up nicely I'd say.
by RubinHighlander
Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:12 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Church paying $5 Million SEC fine
Replies: 63
Views: 1834

Re: Church paying $5 Million SEC fine

Over at the Mormon D&D apologetic board, they are spinning the story that this is all the SEC's fault and the Church did nothing wrong. I suspect that is the story that will be fed to the faithful, that the satan-fueled SEC falsely accused the innocent Saints. Unmitigated Kool-aid drinkers.... Sham...
by RubinHighlander
Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Analogies: Radio Vs. Shelf
Replies: 9
Views: 299

Re: Analogies: Radio Vs. Shelf

My favorite radio program was Prairie Home Companion, it was wholesome like Music and the Spoken Word, but with better music and more inspiring words from Lake Wobegon. Powder Milk Biscuits, mmmmm they're tasty! I started listening to PHC back in 79 when I was still in HS. It was fun to hear him jo...
by RubinHighlander
Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:14 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Analogies: Radio Vs. Shelf
Replies: 9
Views: 299

Re: Analogies: Radio Vs. Shelf

That is a good analogy! It reminds me of my own personal journey through music. I found my tribalism ruled my listening preferences in my younger years. Like Hagoth, I started with whatever my parents were playing, then got my own little clock radio. When I bought my own record/tape/FM unit and had ...
by RubinHighlander
Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:56 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Ever wished you would just cease to be?
Replies: 11
Views: 331

Re: Ever wished you would just cease to be?

During the faith crisis it took me a couple months to finally get over the eternal family afterlife and dad in the sky BS, but once I did I'd never felt so liberated and mentally less stressed. Since then I've come back from the athiest edge a bit, having some experiences that give me a sense of a g...
by RubinHighlander
Mon Feb 13, 2023 3:10 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Does living together make sense?
Replies: 11
Views: 312

Re: Does living together make sense?

Out of our six kids (3 from my first marriage, 3 from DWs) only one of them married and also married in the temple, as we and they were still TBMs. That couple is out of TSCC, they are pursuing their careers and have no plans for kids, happily married for 13 years now. Currently 4 out of 5 of our ot...
by RubinHighlander
Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:36 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?
Replies: 37
Views: 1243

Re: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?

Wow, what a joke. I think they went to slides because some bean counter at HQ showed they could save a million on production costs of a new film. It's the same BS they pulled when they got rid of all the janitorial staff and had the members start scrubbing the toilets in the ward houses. "I will buy...
by RubinHighlander
Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:41 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Why Do I Still Feel the Spirit? (when I don't really believe)
Replies: 22
Views: 655

Re: Why Do I Still Feel the Spirit? (when I don't really believe)

Hagoth wrote:
Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:40 am
RubinHighlander wrote:
Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:56 am
https://youtu.be/fRnWacLl8QY
Wait... that's the Cosmo you were talking about?
I think that's a pretty good persona.
by RubinHighlander
Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:56 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Why Do I Still Feel the Spirit? (when I don't really believe)
Replies: 22
Views: 655

Re: Why Do I Still Feel the Spirit? (when I don't really believe)

I got the reference to your camera based on all these years you’ve been talking about it and posted links to your IG. Just my attempt at some sarcasm Red. I've been known to drink a beer or two. But then again I've been know to do a lot of things...or maybe I'm just allergic to sweaters. https://yo...
by RubinHighlander
Thu Feb 02, 2023 4:56 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Mormons are able to gaslight themselves
Replies: 10
Views: 484

Re: Mormons are able to gaslight themselves

I never thought about it as gaslighting, but the mental gymnastics I did to keep myself believing it all those years, that's pretty much what that is!
by RubinHighlander
Thu Feb 02, 2023 2:21 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Mormonism unchecked
Replies: 15
Views: 863

Re: Mormonism unchecked

They would probably also have their own language. Pay Lay Ale anyone?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_alphabet
by RubinHighlander
Thu Feb 02, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Why Do I Still Feel the Spirit? (when I don't really believe)
Replies: 22
Views: 655

Re: Why Do I Still Feel the Spirit? (when I don't really believe)

I just added 2 items to my bucket list. 1. Hang out with Fluffy at a heavy metal concert. :evil: :twisted: 2. Journey into nature with Rubin! :ugeek: Let me be clear Red; when I said I was shooting the Milky Way, that was with a camera and not a white substance one might place in their nasal cavity...
by RubinHighlander
Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:53 am
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: The Church of Psilomethoxin
Replies: 8
Views: 537

Re: The Church of Psilomethoxin

Hagoth wrote:
Tue Jan 31, 2023 4:09 pm
I desire all to partake.
It is well!
by RubinHighlander
Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:13 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Why Do I Still Feel the Spirit? (when I don't really believe)
Replies: 22
Views: 655

Re: Why Do I Still Feel the Spirit? (when I don't really believe)

The discovery of the "spiritual experience" outside of TSCC was a big one fore me on my path to post cult recovery. I found it in a big way out in the Uinta mountains alone one night, shooting the Milky Way over Butterfly Lake. I call it the Cosmo. I've since connected with it in many ways and I fee...