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I think we will get a bump in 2nd coming talks due to the extreme events going on right now, a la Oaks April 2004 speech. This is something that it seems church leaders have de-emphasized recently, but they need a big stick to whack people back to church.

All the uproar over police misses the point i think. Police react to criminals. They generally do not roam the streets looking for to cause mayhem. Those who put themselves in the position to react negatively to police scream the loudest about the injustice. I have never had a issue with the police...

I'm just going to leave this here: https://zenodo.org/record/4028830 A quick Google search turned up a Newsweek article which led with the following: Fact-check: Does a New Study Give Evidence that the Coronavirus Was Made In a Lab? BY KASHMIRA GANDER ON 9/15/20 AT 5:09 PM EDT SHARE HEALTH CORONAVI...

...Lou Midgely...: "I think I know more than I can say. Jana Riess is one rather obvious person. I will not speculate over others who may or may not have been involved in this very strange event. I don't think the event is over yet. If I am guessing correctly, if Saving Faith is eventually released...

I have serious problems with the truth claims of the church and am considering removing my name from the records of the church. Can you give me a reason why I should stay? Elder Rasband's response (May not be 100% word for word): I can't wait to talk to Harry about the reasons why he should stay. T...

These are small but telling examples, revealing the way Gee takes research out of context to suit his own narrative, all the while claiming that it’s other people who are pushing a narrative.

Apologetics in a nut shell.

Newme, Your post is trolling and your position on the subject is an abject moral failing on your part and you should look in the mirror and make some changes... What is your point here? That we should put less value on human life as a society? That the shut downs for COVID-19 and the stimulus packa...

This is gross. The church trains members as early as possible to do crap like this and count the awkward feelings as temptations. The better you bury your decency the better you are at contacting people. On my mission they would have us do the Open Your Mouth stretch several times per zone conferenc...

Note on the graph above, how much higher related deaths were in 2018 - yet no massive stimulus packages and shut downs etc. back then. The USCDC is finally admitting that only 6% of the deaths they blamed on Covid were actually due to covid. They exaggerated by 94%! And what is most sad is the insa...

Prayer as a conduit for communication with a supreme being has proven ineffective in my life too. I think prayer as meditation can be helpful for a person's mental health, but not to actually change anything else. Thinking of blessings can help you frame the world in a way that can make you feel hap...

So what’s #3? Haha, I ran out of time! #3 is NOM. I am grateful to have a place where everybody knows your pseudonym. Where our church troubles are all the same. 3. Friends - god knows we need them when we leave the church. Thanks, guys. If someone was anticipating such a change, how can they best ...

There is a daily mental exercise called Three Good Things that is supposed to help people be happier and reduce depression symptoms. Here is a paper published in American Psychologist in 2005 on Positive Psychology which includes details on the study; hit Ctrl+f and type "three good" to get straight...

...no church. Isn't it wonderful? :) -lost Just awesome! My DW has been pretty chill about it. No Sunday clothes, a short lesson for the kids that isn't dogmatic every couple weeks or so. My church-related anxiety is way down. I am thinking this is the best possible point to step away, so barring s...

Red Ryder wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:15 pm

[Garments are awful, yada yada yada]
It’s time to remove going down ...

They tried that in the 80's and it didn't go very well.

Angel wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:28 am

The deed is done. We'll see how long it takes.
Here's to new beginnings, happy Friday everyone!!

Congrats Angel! I'm sure it will be nice to not have that in the back of your mind. How did you end up doing it?

How do you think we can support the women in our lives who are still in the church to lighten their load? (I would like to be able to do it without assuming that load myself) I am not sure what you're going for here, but in my personal experience for a woman to leave behind LDS "Be a doormat of a p...

Hey jfro, I wanted to tell you I feel for you man. Your situation is super hard. If you look at my post history you know I have had my struggles with my relationship with my DW as we navigate my new beliefs. Things have been pretty good recently, mainly because we don't talk about church at all. We ...

The Church is a parasite. It sucks away your time, energy, passion, and devotion, and it insatiable, never-ending, overwhelming demands. As my kids drifted farther from Mormonism, I used to occasionally worry that they would have problems finding stability and direction in life without it, and I wo...

In psychology "grit" is defined as "perseverance and passion for long-term goals" by Angela Duckworth. She is a research psychologist who has concluded that grit is a better predictor of success than intellectual talent. This seems pretty intuitive; persevering in efforts toward a goal makes one mor...

(From here: http://nautil.us/blog/you-want-to-see-m ... re-friends. About how acadamia has screwed up science. But this panel is apologetics in a nutshell.)