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Have you noticed that church leaders always know what Satan is up to and what he wants you to do? They seem to get it wrong about God a lot of the time (e.g. curse of Cain, policy change, Holland's Wrong Roads...) but they seem pretty certain about Satan. If I believed in the devil I think I would ...

Growing up my dad used to say, “church attendance does not equal righteousness. But Mormons think it does.”

I love that you own your Sunday choices and protect yourself and your family. Yay for boundaries!!!

I count 13 articles in the October Ensign, with "pornography" in the title (at least for the online edition in the app). That seems like a high number of articles even compared to prior obsessiveness on the issue. Preview of this next conference's theme? Yes and UGH. I find it interesting that the ...

So, there is really proof of some of that stuff. Real chiseled into rock proof. Gee, that tree Goddess the Bible is so nasty about? That was God’s wife. The Hebrews were pagan. (According to modern definitions of pagan) Hey, even Encyclopedia Judica (or something like that) totally blew my mind. Th...

I haven't seen this You Tube video interview up yet, here on these message boards I mean, but think it is interesting to note that Givens is turning to the LDS Egyptologists and getting more and more involved with the Book of Abraham and the Papyri. I have made a couple comments on the video as has...

I’ve heard a couple rumors about giving women more roles in witnessing but then they’ll give several talks reminding us not to overstep. Bummed that the WOW probably won’t change after the recent updates. I’m betting for lots of Nelson worship, lots of proclamation is scripture/revelation, and lots ...

Boobs don’t exist for others’ appreciation and perhaps if we quit only seeing them as sexual and instead as natural or functional we wouldn’t be expecting them to be perfect. America has a long way to go on these issues.

Listened yesterday on my commute and one of the points made that really hit home was that Nelson is putting the decision making/responsibility/future blame on the bishops. This means the policy (which still exists) will be inconsistently and unfairly applied across the church but that the first pres...

I’ve been a hiring manager for a while and I see lots of resumes with lots of volunteer experience listed. Lots of peace corps and mission trips and leadership in non profits. I try to view the Mormon experience as I do the other but I admit to not wanting to work with Mormons. Every active Mormon I...

Dude, (or should I say Dudette?) why are you up so late? :D On a scale of 1-10, 1 being full bore religious and 10 being completely humanist, I am a 5, but that could change by tomorrow. Heck, when I read your post it moves me to a 6 or 7. :ugeek: Haha it wasn’t even bedtime here...the time differe...

At this point in our lives, DW and I feel grouped out, meaning we don't really have a group or wish to be part of one. I get that. Maybe I mis-worded this. After being so aligned/affiliated with Mormonism, what is the philosophy or life skills/practice that resonate most now? I see a focus in many ...

Years ago my DH and I took a course at the local college. At the beginning of the class they asked us to divide up into 7 or 8 loosely defined “groups”. We were told to choose the one that most closely aligned with our perspectives, beliefs, lives, or whichever group resonated with us the most. I ca...

On the exponent this week a woman shared a “confirmed leak” about upcoming changes to baptisms and temple sealings. Sounds like the wimmin folk might be given the authority to witness. Holding a baby during a blessing cannot be far behind! What’s really sad to me is that this does nothing for those ...

Thanks for your kind words, all - and thanks for reminding me that the message delivered was more important than my rather impotent rage. I never considered the abuse/critical thinking angle, so thank you all for pointing that out. I think my remaining days will be spent helping people not only fin...

Watching the same boring documentary over and over.

Skipped church today with the whole fam!! Was amazing. Didn’t miss a thing, I’m sure.

I have been surprised by the number of TBMs that roll their eyes about RMN. I've seen a little bit of that, more mostly I've seen people gush about what an amazing force of revelation he is, as evidenced by such earthshaking proclamations as shorter meetings and slightly less sexist language in the...

I was told that there are some foreign countries that will only allow missionaries to preach publicly that have completed a seminary training program before they can be religious ministers in their country. Don’t know if that’s true or not, but does make some sense. This is what we were told when o...

I have been surprised by the number of TBMs that roll their eyes about RMN. There are, of course, those that are adoring but I’ve heard a lot of critical comments about his sexism and his new policies (especially the name of the church). I waffle between hoping he lasts a long time and keeps annoyin...

I found her story heartbreaking. To continue to attend faithfully all these years and still be found “unworthy”. A comment I read today that resonated with me: This adds to my observation that the current prophet absolutely cannot handle criticism (or anything he takes as criticism) especially if th...

Might have been a shorter list to identify what they should have an opinion on.

10. Diet. Sugar is ok but coffee isn’t? Let the doctors/nutritionists be the experts.