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We will know when Oaks says the church apologizes for all its terrible deeds.

I stopped attending the annual shakedown a few years back. This was one of my big shelf items. I got tired of the audacity of the church to make people declare they have paid the multi-billion dollar corporation 10% of their earnings. It feels like a mafia shakedown.

There has been a really enlightening video showing what was left out of the church videos.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Nxbpgk/

This was absolutely amazing. Well performed. I don’t know how she memorized 2+ hours of content like that.
The same faith questions she went through, I have gone through.

That you must obey and sacrifice for some guy in Salt Lake City because he has a direct hotline to God. That's the one right there - the unquestioned obedience is to me the most harmful because IMO it leads to all of those other issues mentioned above. I’ve been thing about this for a few days and I ...

This seems like a sign of severe narcissism.

This is a big slap in the face to the family. Dick move for sure.

wtfluff wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 2:52 pm "The Church is True™"

Yes, especially since nobody really knows what it means….it can mean anything.

I can see where this is headed with the temporary commandments Oaks is teeing up. He will get rid of coffee and tea from the WoW. The church will then create a new coffee company called Deseret Brew. The church will modify one of the small classrooms in each church house to be a small storefront ...

I can see where this is headed with the temporary commandments Oaks is teeing up. He will get rid of coffee and tea from the WoW. The church will then create a new coffee company called Deseret Brew. The church will modify one of the small classrooms in each church house to be a small storefront ...

I have a few:
- Blacks and priesthood/ temple ban
- Lamanite Placement Program
- Abuse Hotline is to help the victim
- If you have to choose between feeding your children or paying tithing, pay your tithing.

I've been looking forward to this one and plan to watch it later this week with a (still fully active) friend. Glad to hear it's worth seeing. Please let us know how your active friend reacts to the movie. I know this type of movie is right in the NOM and Ex Mormon wheelhouse. But I am very ...

This was a great article. It seems to not be specific for one type of religion but rather for people of all religions who lose faith.

2bizE: Mm-hmm

Guess how many species of animals Noah loaded on the Ark?

Imagine how Mormonism would be if it dropped the worthiness crap and $Billions spent on necromancy and instead focused on making the lives of all humans better…

It looks like my ward and a neighboring ward are combining, in addition to my stake and a neighboring stake combining. Attendance has been pretty sparse since covid, so this is an overdue change. This is in Salt Lake County. I'm not looking forward to a bunch of new faces who may not know to just ...

Is the beard thing for bishoprics a cultural tradition? Or is there a call out in the Bishops guide that says they can’t have a beard?

This appears to be hitting the TBMs as hard as the Covid pandemic. Boomers have been complaining since the church went to the two piece garment set. Gen X has joined the Boomers in suggesting how slutty the new shoulder porn garments look. Millennials and Gen Z don’t care what others think. The new d ...

This is a fascinating survey, and offers so many angles to view religion in the United States. For me it was fascinating to view the median age of the various religious groups. I was surprised that LDS median age went from 44 to 42. This is the opposite of what I'm seeing in the Salt Lake Valley ...