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Interesting article on the "Nones" , those who select "None" on a surveys asking about their faith, was posted on 538 today. Highlights include: - Most religious defectors come from Mainline Protestants and Catholics - The "Nones" as a bloc are about as big as Catholics or Evangelicals - Most "None...

I had a situation similar to yours recently. My very TBM MIL was visiting and somehow sucked me into a convo about the church's $100 billion fund. I raised my concerns, and she said in front of my children, "Well, you've always been rebellious." (Raised mormon, seminary, RM, EQP, etc. but I don't s...

Not to thread jack too much, but I have a cool tithing story. So the missus and I had a bit of a fight over tithing and my taxes back in March. I have a little side business, and how I pay tithing is that whatever profit I made on the business, which is minuscule, I pay tithing on. Since Sis. M par...

Anyone have no side effects from the vaccine? My arm was not even sore, just nothing. Anyone heard the “why” behind lack of side effects? Did they just inject me with water? My husband had a slightly sore arm, about like a small bruise. His sister claims it is because we had covid. My DW had a sore...

Got myself a vaccine/mark of the beast/Bill Gates tracking microchip/whatever today. My arm hurts like hell. I got my first dose of the Moderna vaccine a week ago and it was 4 days before my arm felt better. Much more sore than with a flu shot, like a bad bruise. A couple days ago I noticed an infl...

14/15. I miss going to school now.

Hi hallew, welcome to NOM! I am sorry that things are hard right now. Please know that you are not alone, many on this board have gone through the feelings of betrayal you are going through now. Also, you make some good points about the church responding to obvious pressure with obvious changes, and...

I believe "lazy learner" is a phrase for an artificial intelligence algorithm. If I understand it correctly, the algorithm requires experience trials to develop. Modification of the learner is through experience only. In a eager learner algorithm, there are programmed assumptions. So the lazy learn...

Where I work they are offering hourly employees a half a day of PTO (4 hrs) for completing their vaccination program. Unfortunately, so far, salaried people don't qualify. I have known a number of people who were among the first to get the vaccine and they have yet to turn into zombies. One advanta...

I had a very sore arm for 4 days after getting my first dose of the Moderna vaccine, and I got the vaccine administrator to yell, "We've got a bleeder!" A price worth paying to get this under control. What are the most common and most unusual reasons given by Mormons for not getting the COVID vaccin...

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Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:07 pm

Lazy learners! They had better be hardworking and incurious, all the better to enrich us!!

Hahaha, "lazy" isn't modifying "learners", both apply unmodified to the doubter! Good catch LSOF. If you have time to be a learner, you must be slacking on your many many assignments.

Or just reassure the kid that they are worthy and that it’s not necessary to talk to any Bishop or leader about things of a sexual nature? Refer them to talk with God. 😀 Yes, that's great, but there will be kids who will feel they need an adult to talk to that isn't their parents. The church builds...

I'm sure this was a terribly difficult decision. It's interesting that the SP made it an opt out, rather than opt in, decision. I hope you at least feel a bit validated that you are a good guy based on the calling, you deserve that for all the time they will demand of you. Based on your posts here y...

I think your kids will not get irreversibly attached to the church teachings until they are at least 10, probably 12 or 13, so if you fade over the next 10 years it is probably not going to be an issue. I think the more important issue would be understanding and communication between you and your sp...

I saw a response on a forum about dystopian mega corporations that really resonated with the missionary experience, I've modified a bit to be missionary specific. Rise and shine, and welcome to yet another beautiful day, Elder 118514! Despite the appearance of rain, the sun is shining here in paradi...

So, last night was interesting. DW and I had a ~5 hour long discussion about where I stand in the church, our shared common and different experiences, our frustrations, and even some of the positives that we each see in the church. It was fairly intense. Tears were shed and laughs were shared on bo...

So, where do you start with helping your children and family? Something I want to learn more about and teach my children is that Satan is not real. I don’t know anywhere in church requirements to at you must believe and have faith in Satan. He obviously was incorporated into the NT theology after t...

Just saw this on reddit, and thought it fit here.

We were visiting my in-laws yesterday and my MIL was talking to my son. For some reason she started telling him about church stuff. "When you go on a mission..." "The scriptures tell us that Jesus will come back, so we know that is true." "When Jesus comes back the devil won't be able to make people...

That's a tough spot to be in græy, I'm sorry you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Your concerns about the church painting you as evil to your own kids really resonates with me. Just let me keep the respect I've developed with my kids. Also, when in doupt, stall. Telling the Ex Sec you need...