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This is a bit of a change in topic but in the same vein. Is God to be feared or loved? Vengeful or compassionate? Active or passive? 6 years ago, my BIL passed away in a tragic series of events. Long story short, he overdosed on prescription drugs. Recently, My MIL, FIL, SIL and niece were visiting...

I'm a lackadaisical scout leader. I am hoping to throw the towel in early. Our charter has about 12 boys from 12-18 years old. None of them are interested. I have nobody who helps me with scouts. No scout committee. No assistant. I'm too busy to do much on weekends with the boys. I'm pretty much ch...

I have heard that TSM and other in church leadership were convince Romney was going to win in 2012, to the point where they believed they had a prophecy/revelation about it. They were supposedly shocked when he wasn’t elected. I guess my point is, a retired firefighter is probably more likely to hea...

Is there anyway to listen without breaking my two year Facebook fast?

Methinks at this point that RMN referring to "The Gathering of Israel" simply means: Missionary Work. It's just a fancy way of saying: WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO PAY TITHING! I agree but like with all things LDS, the meanings of words and phrases change considerably as time goes by. At one point the ga...

The gathering of Israel What does even mean anymore? Now, I get that the so-called gathering of Israel is one key component to usher in the 2nd coming, but why does it even matter anymore? Roughly 4,000 years ago an extended family moves further away from each other (and since they took a social me...

Can spirits pay tithing? I don’t think they really care about those.

This is a great article by Lester Bush. It was in Dialogue Journal and was written before the change in 1978. Supposedly it had a big influence on SWK's decision to make the change. It's long but well worth the read. Lots and lots of information. https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sb...

https://www.inquisitr.com/4912504/study-right-wing-authoritarianism-accounts-for-correlation-between-religion-and-lack-of-intellectual-humility/ I like this quote: In other words, to be intellectually humble means to recognize that you might be wrong about what you believe. It seems the more religio...

I've wasted a few hours reading these. It's funny what the OT lesson manuals skip in SS & seminary.

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Here's a good one. I had misspelled Neil L. Andersen's name as Anders o n, and GoogleDoc's spellchecker caught it. It's a pretty impressive checker. I have noticed in lecture classes that when the professor says the name of an obscure Mayan or Aztec god I just have to take a wild guess at it and Go...

Can't tell you how many times I have heard, "We don't need to worry about running out of resources because God planned enough for man until the second coming." I generally maintain myself within their logic and retort that faith without works is dead and God will let natural consequences follow for...

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Polynesian cultural center: a Polynesian looking sister is needed....


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At least it didn't say lamanite. It's a start, I suppose.

I just hope they half-ass it as much as they half-ass every thing else. If they don't leave me the hell alone like the HTs I'll be pissed.

Imagine you're an 18 year old kid who bishop is delaying your mission for masturbating or looking at boobies. Then you hear about this guy. How can the church possibly punish horny kids for being horny kids while this guy walks? The best theory out there is that this Bishop guy got his second anoin...

[/quote] Interesting. The prefrontal cortex is where we deal with complexity, the thinking part of the brain. It could make sense I think, that if a fundamentalist religious culture limits development of the prefrontal cortex, that person's speech patterns might be altered. Due to the alteration in ...

Imagine you're an 18 year old kid who's bishop is delaying your mission for masturbating or looking at boobies.

Then you hear about this guy.

How can the church possibly punish horny kids for being horny kids while this guy walks?

I can't help but wonder if there here is also the possibility that some people have a genetic/cerebrophysiological (I think I just invented that word) propensity for religiosity. I guess that's what scrupulosity is. If there is a genetic component, it seems likely that people who are attracted to f...

I'm going to ponderize how happy I am doing something other than watch GC.

No.

Source: I've seen it with my spiritual eyes. So much godly foreskin.