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My ward is meeting and DW is going to sacrament meeting for the first time since the coronavirus shutdowns hit Utah. I will be staying home with our kids. She emailed the bishop letting him know that she would be coming to SM alone a few weeks ago. Today I got a message asking if she or I would be w...

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Well, almost. Looks like there is some genetic evidence of ancient Americans traveling from Central America to Polynesian islands. But it happened long after the Nephites were destroyed and the Lamanites dwindled in unbelief (~1100 AD). The Native American group may have been there before the Polyne...

You've been busy! I'm glad you didn't end up having to deal with the first vision(s) lesson, tender mercy! A stake leader recently told me I should consider doing Zoom EQ meetings. But I don't want to. They can release me if they want that to happen. I thought the guidance right now is to not hold v...

Basketball - Until the virus hit I was in a church gym 3 mornings a week playing ball with a group that has been playing regularly for 30+ years. Friendliness - I have a hard time with confrontation and the church teaches to avoid it and be friendly instead. This suits me. Probably because they taug...

1) I don’t like how JD handles this. As a psychology professional, he should have been more sensitive. 2) Who are the 4 sources? In the few months before Grant Palmer’s death, Grant was on Mormon Stories a few times. He always refused to give JD the name of the GA. 3) In the statements from Grand h...

Wow lost, that is just stupid for them to be applying pressure like that. Like others have mentioned, the potential legal liability there could destroy your idiot's lives. Not to mention the guilt of knowing that they caused someone's (or more) death (although if they are pressuring now, I suspect t...

All of the work and problems that happened in protecting and making those plates and Joseph never even used them in the translation... and then they need to be brought to heaven so no one could ever see them? Just stupid. That uncomfortable moment that all Mormons hate: Curious person: "So where ar...

FWIW, DW is pissed about this. We were talking about the statues and I said I could understand why people want them gone, and without mentioning the BY statue she said "How would people like it if I went to an MLK Jr statue and spray painted misogynist on it?" It makes me so depressed I am just at ...

My ward opens for business in mid-July. Mrs. Linked is going to go by herself to check it out. I am thinking this may be a good time to stop going semi-permanently.

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Mon May 18, 2020 7:50 pm

This just sounds like autocracy with extra steps.

I think I found a fellow Rick and Morty fan...

Oh no Alas! I'm sorry this is happening. Hopefully it passes by your house. And your husband will be more careful.

Another græy anecdote... This past Friday night we were invited to join in a "virtual game night." Basically it was jackbox.tv games over google meet. It was a lot of fun. It was good being able to interact with a few other people who weren't explicitly asking for help... but that is another issue....

Ah. Thanks for the info Alas. How kind of you. I should have taken the time to look it up on Google maps but I thought it was a relatively desert region and assumed southern Utah. Maybe the church will encourage the state to give tax breaks to some high tech business to move there? Or maybe they'll...

Maybe because Tooele isn't in Southern Utah? If this new community was in Southwest Utah, I would think it was a great idea, rather than a purposeless money making venture. Southern Utah is the fastest growing area of Utah. No, Tooele is in north western Utah, think just south of the Salt Flats, th...

An update here . I was able to use this with some good results. My Dads favorite movie is Ben-Hur. Growing up it was on par with any Biblical story and we essentially psychologically grafted it onto the scriptural canon. Even as a non-believer its one of my favorite films. The strength of the my sp...

Is there such a thing in the church as a genuine friendship? I think it is difficult to make real, deep, complete connections with anyone as an adult. It's like the hardware for it dies after high school or college, or marriage. But it's possible to have real connections about some things. I was ju...

I agree with the comments about "I know" putting up a wall/opening a chasm in understanding each other; also the bunker metaphor is apt. It is problematic for understanding growing past what is "known", and for two people with opposing views to understand each other. I think it is important to under...

My bishop dearly misses the opportunity to worship together, according to his occasional emails.

My DW doesn't miss teaching primary. Other than that I haven't heard much from my TBMs.

I mean ministering assignments. I've been basketball buddies with a guy in my ward for a few years now. A few months ago my family was assigned to him for ministering. Since then he has been sending me texts about life and asking how my family is doing. But it seems so hollow, an unnatural compared ...