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Wowie!!! What a miracle! Father surely must have big plans and high expectations for such a leader! He must have been very valiant in the pre-existence, reserved to help lead us in these the later days.

::It's been a while since I've spoken TBM. How did I do? Did it translate well? ::

Maybe my lack of spiritual experiences are because of my sins as a youth. When I was 13 or 14 I got up at 4 am for a youth temple trip. Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing was playing on the radio when the alarm went off and the song was stuck in my head all day. To this day, the song and youth temple tri...

An associate professor would typically be overseen by various levels of administrators including department chairs, deans, Vice Presidents, a Provost, all kinds of administrators. Matthew Holland leapfrogged over several levels in an absolutely unprecedented manner. He essentially went from having ...

Maybe some of the things that we'd hope to see changed in the church is actually taking place. Think of the thousands of dollars spent each year on the parade in Salt Lake City on the 24th of July. Sure it is fun, but at what cost? Perhaps hundreds of thousands of hours from volunteers and money to...

Was this before or after you lied about p or m? (Rhetorical question meant to point out that it should surprise most people, who lied or obfusticated to one or more of the questions, and/or who have heard about people loaning recommends, defrauding or molesting people while owning current TRs.) I a...

Yet, from another perspective - maybe it is a tool to connect spiritual dimensions - a way to connect generations of families living and passed. But I imagine there are other ways to connect - and to keep the memory and love of those who've passed, alive. Yes, like many things in the LDS faith, goo...

Taking .... I mean er .... RECEIVING my endowment was also pretty rough for me as well. Once again, great expectations going in, only to find grown men that I REALLY respected wearing togas, Chef Boyardee hats, and chanting prayers. While in the circle I had the thought "holy crap, the Baptists are ...

Another big issue for me the first go round was that I totally did NOT see, hear, feel, touch, or smell any spirits, ghosts, ghouls, angels, or phantasms of any sort. I did not get a feeling that I was being thanked for my service, or that there was even a miniscule amount supernatural awareness of...

I'm probably over stepping boundaries here but... Your baby will turn out just fine. :lol: How can the baby possibly be fine without the dad publicly committing him/her to a lifetime of church service, a mission, temple marriage, and lots of grandkids? I don't know if the kid can function without a...

Now think about that for a minute. He went directly from being an associate professor of political science to the president of a university? You can't tell me that was unrelated to who his father is. The LDS Church is a gravy train for the families of high-ranking Church leaders, and we're the schm...

Another big issue for me the first go round was that I totally did NOT see, hear, feel, touch, or smell any spirits, ghosts, ghouls, angels, or phantasms of any sort. I did not get a feeling that I was being thanked for my service, or that there was even a miniscule amount supernatural awareness of ...

Ha ha. Click bait! More like Temple questions that are small time, but funny. Were locks and keys on Temple lockers weird for anyone else? When I went through as a youth, I was shocked to see locks. I mean, as part of getting an admission ticket, didn't everyone commit to being super honest? And cou...

While Joseph's actions might not be sanctioned by any normative social or religious mores, it must be remembered that Joseph was acting under the orders of the Angel Libido (Moroni's second cousin by marriage). Despite getting off to a bumpy start, the LDS Church has millions of members and is prob...

Thoroughly enjoying my now daily afternoon Earl Gray Green Tea. It's crazy to think that I used to believe that this stuff is bad for me and a sin to drink.

Ok everybody, repeat after me. "I'd like to bear my testimony, I know the Church is TRUE, we only teach TRUE things, and we always seek out TRUTH."

Hosted our first REAL Super Bowl Party with some friends on Sunday. That night I had several beers (XX and Stone IPA), and I made Mojito's. It was a ton of fun, and I was even able to hold back to urge to participate in domestic violence! (Come on, did anyone else get the youth lesson on Super Bowl...

Hosted our first REAL Super Bowl Party with some friends on Sunday. That night I had several beers (XX and Stone IPA), and I made Mojito's. It was a ton of fun, and I was even able to hold back to urge to participate in domestic violence! (Come on, did anyone else get the youth lesson on Super Bowl ...

I'm sure that a case could be made that some of the Western states would not have the same population as they do now since so many cities were started by Mormon refugees. Questions like this though remind of the Simpsons episode where Homer time travels to the pre-historic past, kicks a rock, comes ...

Sorry, man, you are the kind of teacher the Church desperately needs - for its own good. That sucks. I never took Elder Ballard at his word. He doesn't really want the hard stuff discussed freely and fully. He wants it mentioned in a way that makes the members think it is all hunky-dory and there's...

Did you know that out in the real world people drop off meals when a child is born or people are sick? This is one that we worried about when we were stepping into the unknown. Do other communities take care of each other like the Mormon's do? For us, we've noticed that the answer is often yes. The...