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by malkie
Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:30 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Church paying $5 Million SEC fine
Replies: 64
Views: 5726

Re: Church paying $5 Million SEC fine

Saw John Dehlin and guest (lawyer) on this issue tonight. Very informative and insightful. The fine is nothing but according to the findings the church leadership had to admit guilt to achieve a settlement. They knowingly lied and broke the law intentionally as stated in the documents. All members ...
by malkie
Thu Feb 16, 2023 8:33 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Ever wished you would just cease to be?
Replies: 23
Views: 2626

Re: Ever wished you would just cease to be?

A fascinating question. I hesitated to respond because for me the answer is yes. When I was suffering severe depression I did wish I could just cease to be. Yet I wouldn't want to trigger that idea in anyone. Thankfully for me anyway, I got help, and medication and therapy brought me back to a deep...
by malkie
Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:48 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Does living together make sense?
Replies: 11
Views: 829

Re: Does living together make sense?

To me, there are so many variables that it's almost impossible for someone to try to make sense of someone else's situation. I worked with a couple, both regular decent people, who had been living together happily (according to him) for several years. Then her parents started agitating for them to g...
by malkie
Fri Feb 10, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?
Replies: 37
Views: 3208

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

I heard (read) that "Loud Laughter" is no longer a covenant-breaking act for endowed folks. Ha Ha Ha!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: https://media.giphy.com/media/3orif7aLUehOfdmlXy/giphy.gif But evil speaking of the Lord's pretend anointed is still a no-no, right? https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?...
by malkie
Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:28 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?
Replies: 37
Views: 3208

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

2bizE wrote:
Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:24 pm
Does the slideshow make a beep sound when it is time to move to the next slide?

Does the church try to make it sound like a covenant to wear garments 24/7? Remember wearing garments was only an instruction.
Are you stuck back in the days of the flannelboard? :)
by malkie
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:11 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Why Do I Still Feel the Spirit? (when I don't really believe)
Replies: 22
Views: 1783

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

One of my IRL friends is a researcher in the field of cognitive neurobiology. He presented "This is your brain on God" at TEDxSaltLakeCity in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocuqguH1OIw The conclusion of video kind of made sense. Like sex, religion fulfills a evolutionary need, but it should ...
by malkie
Tue Feb 07, 2023 4:35 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Mormons are able to gaslight themselves
Replies: 10
Views: 1065

Re: Mormons are able to gaslight themselves

So when we use prayer to set goals and ask for help with them, our successes get credited back to that version of reality. And if we fail after praying, the alternate reality has a testing trickster of a god we need to keep believing in. Yes. I used to beg God endlessly to send me confirmation of t...
by malkie
Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:16 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Why Do I Still Feel the Spirit? (when I don't really believe)
Replies: 22
Views: 1783

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

I think a very simple way to look at it is that the human brain and body are perfectly capable of producing the feeling we call "the spirit" without the need to attribute it to invisible beings. There might be invisible beings contributing to these feelings, but we have absolutely no way of detecti...
by malkie
Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:36 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Mormons are able to gaslight themselves
Replies: 10
Views: 1065

Re: Mormons are able to gaslight themselves

It was enough to convince myself that my eternal salvation was on the line if I didn’t wear the authorized pattern day and night as instructed. But I realized a few things now: 1. I was born in the covenant to goodly parents. 2. I was blessed by a father who held the priesthood. 3. I attended from ...
by malkie
Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:42 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Tithing settlement....or whatever they call it now.
Replies: 21
Views: 2458

Re: Tithing settlement....or whatever they call it now.

So just a little question here. How would you respond when someone inevitably says "the leaders of the church will be held responsible for how they use the funds. We are just responsible to pay our tithing." The scriptures say to tithe to build the kingdom of god on earth. Since the LDSInc. leaders...
by malkie
Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:40 am
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: Non-Christian checklist
Replies: 18
Views: 1682

Re: Non-Christian checklist

nibbler wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:17 am
Do you have to succeed at them or does an attempt count? Like if you tried telepathy but it never quite worked out.

Asking for a friend.
Did you get the message I sent you?
by malkie
Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:40 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true
Replies: 23
Views: 1800

Re: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true

That’s interesting. So do you plant to follow his direction and give the blessings yourself? If they and I had been active at the right time in our lives I would have, but it's too late (in different ways) for all of us. Neither son has had his PB, and I think it's unlikely that they ever will. And...
by malkie
Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:33 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: A quick update.
Replies: 14
Views: 1238

Re: A quick update.

Wow. How long is it going to take before the outlaws are "quick to observe" that there are more than one hole in Sis. RR's ears and give her grief over it? I will never forget Lord Bednar's talk on this subject, and how much it's contributed to Mormon judgy culture. In any event, exciting news! I h...
by malkie
Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:56 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true
Replies: 23
Views: 1800

Re: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true

In my Patriarchal Blessing, I was told a few strange things about seeking goals in the high mountains. ... Thou art able to proceed directly by building hanging bridges over the crevices and bends of the mountain sides and thy direction thus remains direct. ... At the end of the blessing, the Patria...
by malkie
Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:46 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Consciousness
Replies: 29
Views: 2527

Re: Consciousness

Unnamed Philosopher maintained that consciousness is a fundamental quality of nature, and that everything in existence possesses it to some degree. Are you sure this wasn't Brigham Young? I seem to remember him having said some very similar things about "intelligence" and how the elements are actua...
by malkie
Mon Jan 23, 2023 6:36 pm
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: Non-Christian checklist
Replies: 18
Views: 1682

Re: Non-Christian checklist

I only got a score of 3:
  • music
  • books
  • certain people (you know who you are!)
by malkie
Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:11 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Consciousness
Replies: 29
Views: 2527

Re: Consciousness

Is a Roomba conscious? It appears to have goals, and to be able to look for and use ways to overcome obstacles. When you touch something hot, and jerk your hand away, it all happens before your brain has any idea about what is going on. So are your reflexes conscious? I could (probably :) go on and...
by malkie
Sat Jan 21, 2023 7:41 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Consciousness
Replies: 29
Views: 2527

Re: Consciousness

You want this discussion to turn into an animal rights fight? Nope. Not at all. What I'm fascinated with and perplexed by is what looks like conscious behavior of things without brains, like the kinesin molecule, organelles like mitochondria, amoebas, sperm cells competing for the prize. Maybe it's...
by malkie
Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true
Replies: 23
Views: 1800

Re: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true

I’ve evolved on priesthood blessings. I see them like more of a pep talk. Think of how invigorating a great half time speech by Knute Rockne (think the locker room speech in the movie Rudy). These can be inspirational, give you chills, and make you believe in the cause. If healing blessings really ...
by malkie
Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:02 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true
Replies: 23
Views: 1800

Re: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true

At one point in my church life I had a reputation for giving "good" blessings. Ironically, it was at a time that my faith in all things LDS was almost completely gone, and I was simply going through the motions, so that if the priesthood I held (and still hold!) were in any way real it was probably ...