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Lesbians just ignored in a lot of this. Yeah, that's interesting. No preisthood, not such a big deal. It's an aspect of patriarchy, which is certainly abundant in Mormonism. It's hard to say exactly why, but there are certainly some forces driving it. There have never been as much effort in ...

I'm wondering if there is a connection to Thom Harrison here. We have seen that Harrison has some sort of influence with the church in recommending therapists, and we have seen that his preferred therapists appear to be oriented around the Visions of Glory movement. Also, Owen seemed to be doing a ...

As a EQP Secretary it was always annoying to track down numbers for reporting. Once I realized everyone was either lying or not answering the phone, I just looked at the average for the year and maintained that for the reporting. It was much easier than spending numerous hours and reporting 14% and ...

I have zero faith or even belief that such beings exist, ... What about the hope that a beneficent universal superbeing exists? With an emphasis on the beneficent part, that idea really appeals to me. Also, the concept of an afterlife where you can see friends and loved ones again would be great ...

Clearly, there were also other Church leaders with at least some connection to Tim's schemes and the efforts to spread "the gospel". They had some awareness of it and some support, at least tacit. The Church supported Tim's work, up until it became a liability. Thanks to Glenn Beck we now also know ...

The last few years I was involved with the Church, I just declined to have anything to do with Home Teaching. I had already been putting off Home Teachers wanting to visit us, because we were really busy, which we were. I just stopped doing anything more with it. I was annoyed that they just assign ...

Totally understandable. Avraham has had friends in high places, which always makes a big difference, especially in an organization like the Church. He's been supporting the Church's end-times theology. Lavina committed a sin worse than murder -- questioning the patriarchy. And being a woman. What ...

Dehlin has a fresh video about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVtkI5UBWJk

And an Salt Lake Tribute article about the Sean Reyes connection here: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/11/03/ ... es-denies/

The latest case: 75 Year Old Baptist School Teacher Gets Ten Years For Child Sex

And the tally: First one this month. 233rd so far in 2023.

Let's not forget MRB's history of fraud going all the way back to 1962: https://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1962/dig072462.pdf It goes back earlier than that. In the video that AllieOop posted previously, Lynn Packer meticulously details to Bill Reel and RFM Russell Ballard's long history of fraudulent ...

More opportunities to call mission presidents?

Voluntary organization is not government since there is no monopoly on violence. So is it the case that everyone gets to be equally violent, then? (Perhaps more seriously, or less) Is this proposal for a voluntary organization somehow related to libertarian principles? Or ... how does it relate to ...

To balance the haves with the have-nots I would explain that supporting the homeless provides greater security, the revenue returns dividends, having a third-party handle court or corrections responsibilities engenders peace at home, or publishing forums, reddit, news, or edutainment encourages ...

Joe doesn't keep it organized so it's hard to find all of them -- it's a running tally. Here's the latest case he shared: https://www.joemygod.com/2023/10/florida-prison-chaplain-arrested-in-child-sex-sting/ He keeps the tally on Twitter (which I'm not very fond of, especially after Musk took it ...

I finished the second episode and I continue to be dazed by how broad Thom Harrison's influence is across the entire spectrum of fringe Mormonism, including Rod Meldrum and the Heartland BoM people, and disturbed by how respected he and his followers are as therapists. One of the panelists ...

There is something to be said regarding countenances. When a person sins their behavior changes, or rather their spirit that moves them was distracted elsewhere since the last time you observed them so they are not interacting with you on the same conscious level. This concept, or something very ...

One observation I would like to make, that was not commented on, is that many of Thom Harrison's visions seem to be deeply grounded in the teachings of Joseph Fielding Smith. Several of the excerpts they played were built upon JFS's theology and fleshed out by Harrison, often in very dark and ...

And what is amazing, is that some of the people who commit the worst sexual excesses, are closely associated with churches, i.e., Jimmy Swaggert, or Jim Bakker, or a number of Catholic priests, or Jerry Falwell and wife. Or the prophet Joseph, who appears to have been a man of strong sexual ...

Maybe I am missing something or maybe something is getting lost in translation. But these recent posts by Bonfire make no sense to me. They don't even seam like something written by a TBM. It comes across more like AI generated nonsense than a coherent point about anything. Please correct me if I ...