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MoPag wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 01, 2023 1:43 pm

He did a good job!!

Glad to hear it. For a TBM, speaking in GC is about as prime time as it gets. Must be terrifying.

...but I won't be watching. I would, but I'm travelling, so I'll have to catch up later when they release the video. In the meantime, I would appreciate a report from anyone who is subjecting themselves to sitting through the session.

Kimo Esplin, Sunday afternoon session.

Thanks!

It seems like the SEC fine and reprimand might be serious complication for the church. Since Huntsman filed it has been demonstrated pretty clearly that the church has actively committed fraud and intentionally deceived its own members. I wish someone else would file a similar suit, specifically cit...

Is RMN on his knees at night wondering what he is doing wrong? Does he think it is a test for him to go through this? Nah! He'll just pass the blame on to the members or Satan. I think he sees at least some of the writing on the wall and he's just trying to build his legacy (temples announced and t...

Red Ryder wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:43 pm

Are they going to describe for the readers what Joseph and Fanny were experiencing in the barn?

Or how he determined the dosing of substances he added to his temple dedication wine? Or how many sheets of tin he had to put in Alvin's box to make it feel heavy enough to fool the eight witnesses?

But so far I haven't seen anything beyond 'sources' and that doesn't always turn out to be true. Maybe the truth is that they held a Court o' Love but didn't actually excommunicate him because he hasn't adequately denounced The Brethren. He merely lied, stole, committed fraud, disrespected women an...

Can you imagine if this goes through and paves the way for a class action, for those of us who don't have enough to retire but would if we got those donations back? I know it's only a slim chance that would happen, but I'm holding out some hope. That's the other predicament I think this puts the ch...

The latest efforts of the church to deflect the James Huntsman case seem pretty desperate to me: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/09/21/lds-church-appeals-says-james/ It sounds like they are demanding the sacred privilege of defrauding their membership with impunity. Of course, they are not concerne...

This is the first time that I expect absolutely nothing... They just don't say anything of substance anymore, apart from obedience, shame for inadequate obedience, and leader adoration. Any actual information will always come through the newsroom with plenty of wiggle room for denial, removal or la...

This shouldn't be too much of a surprise, considering that founding groups of Inuit settled Alaska by boat long after the land bridge vanished. It doesn't seem unlikely that the same technology could be used to go the other direction. Now there's evidence that people were walking around in New Mexic...

...women's clothing can be very tricky to find anything that is "modest" enough to cover them... Some women in my ward compensate by wearing "modest" length clothing that is VERY tight and revealing. That word "modest" has such a specific meaning in Mormonism that is totally alien to the rest of th...

How many gold plates contained the Book of Mormon? Let's see. Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and David Whitmer all claimed the bound stack of plates was about 6 inches thick and that approximately 2/3 of them were sealed. Martin Harris said they were about 4 inches thick and half were sealed. So, all...

I think this may be because they are such a pain to get replacements for. I think it is just as much about the problem of getting rid of them. Despite all of the instruction about how and when to wear your garments, there is never any specific information given about when to stop wearing them and h...

Is the first truly recorded, detailed account of this visit from the 1838 history? I know there are allusions to spiritual visitors, but I cant remember this account being in any detail before that. Which of course is amazing given how backdated all of it is, not that members care... i just saw a l...

https://preview.redd.it/c56j51o5dppb1.png?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d7060a39fcf5ffaa90d2dd3b0e34e1cc2db82308 Now that's the spirit! ETA: one of the objects on the table is a Mesoamerican pyramid made of rice crispy treats. The sign reads: Please have one rice crispy treat to celebrate Moroni...

Welcome back, Sinister Simian! And thanks for sharing your story. Till eventually i was in the Bishops office being questioned on why i wasn't paying tithing and i came clean and told him about my earnest prayers and what the spirit guided me to do. He basically told me to ignore the spirit and obey...

I just discovered this:

https://floodlit.org/

FLOODLIT.org reports on sexual abuse cases involving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).

Linked wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 20, 2023 2:37 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroni,_Comoros

The one place the LDS church will NEVER build a temple. I mean, besides the temple lot in Missouri.

Linked wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:46 am

My favorite Moroni Day tradition is putting on brown-face and watching the Moroni's Lament music video, by "I Heard Him Come" writer Jeff Goodrich.

Ooh. Chills.