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by Mormon 8
Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:44 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Writer excommunicated during ‘September Six’ purge loses her bid to rejoin the LDS Church
Replies: 22
Views: 9397

Re: Writer excommunicated during ‘September Six’ purge loses her bid to rejoin the LDS Church

Everyone, please remember... it is not a church, it's a massively wealthy Babylonian real estate corporation masquerading as a religion. As such, we shouldn't be shocked when we hear or learn about actions that are unethical, dishonest, immoral, unforgiving, incompassionate, judgmental, heartless or...
by Mormon 8
Sun Aug 18, 2019 2:57 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Green tea is officially bad for you, against WoW
Replies: 30
Views: 12515

Re: Green tea is officially bad for you, against WoW

TSCC is against medical marijuana because it has stock in big pharma. The WOW is a joke - members can drink soda and energy drinks out the yin yang until they get diabetes, heart arrhythmia, obesity, depletion of bone density, teeth problems, etc. while coffee and tea are prohibited, both of which a...
by Mormon 8
Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:34 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: New Protecting Children and Youth Training from the LDS Church
Replies: 13
Views: 6032

Re: New Protecting Children and Youth Training from the LDS Church

Church lawyers are hard at work these days.
by Mormon 8
Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:04 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Elder Snow: Race essay was intentionally ambiguous
Replies: 15
Views: 7322

Re: Elder Snow: Race essay was intentionally ambiguous

All the essays are worded to be ambiguous - this way they can say they're trying to be more transparent with the truth while stopping short of creating real doubt and questions in a TBM's mind.
by Mormon 8
Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:27 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: New lawsuit filed against church for deceptive foundational claims
Replies: 8
Views: 3281

New lawsuit filed against church for deceptive foundational claims

Doubt she'll win the case given how the church has some of the best lawyers money can buy, but it's the exposure I'd love to see this get... https://www.courthousenews.com/scathing-lawsuit-seeks-punitive-damages-from-mormon-church/ Scathing Lawsuit Seeks Punitive Damages From Mormon Church August 6,...
by Mormon 8
Thu Aug 01, 2019 12:30 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Elder Steven Snow: Most Members Couldn't Care Less
Replies: 19
Views: 8859

Re: Elder Steven Snow: Most Members Couldn't Care Less

And remember, BKP said that the truth in the church is not useful. :lol:
by Mormon 8
Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:32 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Former reporter Rod Decker's new book
Replies: 6
Views: 2812

Re: Former reporter Rod Decker's new book

Link's dead.
by Mormon 8
Fri Jul 19, 2019 4:31 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: New WOW Video
Replies: 32
Views: 16141

Re: New WOW Video

jfro18 wrote:
Fri Jul 19, 2019 11:59 am
Look at the video -- they say hot drinks are understood to be coffee and tea.
The church has also said that the term 'interest' in relation to tithing is understood to mean 'income'. :lol:
They throw meanings at what they want certain terms to mean.
by Mormon 8
Fri Jul 19, 2019 4:20 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: New WOW Video
Replies: 32
Views: 16141

Re: New WOW Video

Ug...after reading all the sappy crappy comments on the video I couldn't stand it. I'll probably regret this but I just posted this on there: Just love how these videos gloss over the details, like how the Saints drank alcohol, even made it and sold it in the Salt Lake valley, long after JS was gon...
by Mormon 8
Thu Jun 27, 2019 12:55 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Church announces cost increase for Latter-day Saint missions beginning in 2020
Replies: 10
Views: 5508

Church announces cost increase for Latter-day Saint missions beginning in 2020

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900 ... rease.html
SALT LAKE CITY — The cost of serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will rise 25 percent next year to $500 a month.
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by Mormon 8
Thu Jun 27, 2019 12:34 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The sacrament and baptism
Replies: 4
Views: 2304

Re: The sacrament and baptism

From a Christian perspective I think the sacrament or the Lord's supper is encouraged/ expected when viewed from the Biblical scriptures. "This do in remembrance of me." It's obvious that no "religion" has the current authority to claim exclusivity in the performance of that rite. Only that the pat...
by Mormon 8
Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:08 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The sacrament and baptism
Replies: 4
Views: 2304

Re: The sacrament and baptism

An interesting take, thanks for your input.
by Mormon 8
Wed Jun 26, 2019 4:34 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The sacrament and baptism
Replies: 4
Views: 2304

The sacrament and baptism

OK, so it's obvious the church isn't what it claims to be given all of the information that has surfaced on the character of Joseph Smith and how the church is basically nothing more than a massively wealthy Babylonian real-estate corporation masquerading as a religion and so where does this leave b...
by Mormon 8
Mon Jun 10, 2019 12:43 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Thoughts on tithing
Replies: 41
Views: 21293

Re: Thoughts on tithing

Do you suspect there may be elements of an obsessive-compulsive disorder going on here? Or just a gold old-fashioned mormon guilt/shame and over-compensation complex. I confronted her about this and it did not go well. I admit I did not handle it well. We have had other marital issues in addition t...
by Mormon 8
Tue May 14, 2019 12:33 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: church opposition to the Equality Act
Replies: 22
Views: 12060

Re: church opposition to the Equality Act

While providing extremely broad protections for LGBT rights, the Equality Act provides no protections for religious freedom. "Religious Freedom" is a broad term that's now used by "non-profit" corporations to protect their rights to use investment schemes to hide billions in assets that were purcha...
by Mormon 8
Thu May 09, 2019 2:07 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: This shows how silly the endowment ceremony really is...
Replies: 1
Views: 1154

This shows how silly the endowment ceremony really is...

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by Mormon 8
Mon May 06, 2019 12:17 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: No more year wait for sealing after civil marriage!
Replies: 15
Views: 7951

Re: No more year wait for sealing after civil marriage!

A rather interesting turn of events - for the last year or so the rumor was that the church was getting out of the marriage business altogether as a way to protect itself from ever having to do gay marriages but looks like that isn't on the radar yet, even though in every other country on the planet...
by Mormon 8
Thu May 02, 2019 12:40 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Church close to finalizing $129 million deal for office high rise in London
Replies: 14
Views: 6458

Re: Church close to finalizing $129 million deal for office high rise in London

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/08/07/raytheons-richardson-campus-cityline-sold Raytheon Corp.'s new office campus in Richardson's $1.5 billion CityLine project has sold. The three-building, 500,000-square-foot office complex on Bush Turnpike east of Plano Road cost almost $100 ...
by Mormon 8
Thu May 02, 2019 12:24 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Church close to finalizing $129 million deal for office high rise in London
Replies: 14
Views: 6458

Re: Church close to finalizing $129 million deal for office high rise in London

Let's keep it rollin'... (this flew under the radar a few years ago)... https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2016/07/25/new-las-colinas-apartment-community-sells-mormon-investment-company A major new rental community in the heart of Irving's Las Colinas community has just changed hands. Apar...
by Mormon 8
Wed May 01, 2019 4:18 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Church close to finalizing $129 million deal for office high rise in London
Replies: 14
Views: 6458

Church close to finalizing $129 million deal for office high rise in London

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/04/29/lds-church-talks-buy/ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is negotiating to buy a London office building for a reported $129 million, according to Bloomberg. Citing anonymous sources, Bloomberg reported that the church’s real estate company, Propert...