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- Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:51 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Letters to the Slackers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6348
Re: Letters to the Slackers
I have gotten far to cavalier about Sunday "worship." I have basically ghosted the church, and I think its gotten us noticed. Damn.
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:48 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Public Perception and Church Image
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4659
Re: Public Perception and Church Image
my list
1. Dismantle the organization entirely, liquidate all the assets, give all the money to charities that actually do good stuff with it.
1. Dismantle the organization entirely, liquidate all the assets, give all the money to charities that actually do good stuff with it.
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:40 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Does anyone have a NHM explainer handy by chance?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8342
Re: Does anyone have a NHM explainer handy by chance?
There's no such thing as a bulls-eye — that's not how scholarship works. The Book of Mormon is fully consistent with its composition timeframe, c. 1829-30. The anachronisms make an ancient origin impossible. So "NHM" has zero explanatory value. One of the Books of the Bible is "Nahum" — the Bible i...
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:34 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Has your definition of right and wrong changed?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6156
Re: Has your definition of right and wrong changed?
My ethics and politics have definitely changed quite a bit. Not necessarily switching sides on everything but seeing a lot more gray areas, and general absurdity about the arguments surround issues of politics and ethics.
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:27 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: "Radical Orthodoxy"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3650
Re: "Radical Orthodoxy"
There seems to be more thrashing about on the apologetic side of things than I have seen in the past. Is the pandemic hurting the numbers that badly?
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:24 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Kwaku, FAIRMomon, and terminating Dehlin
- Replies: 88
- Views: 30121
Re: Kwaku, FAIRMomon, and terminating Dehlin
It seems to me that they are loosing enough in the 15-30 age bracket that they are willing to sacrifice anybody who might find this objectionable.
Is this a "Hail Mary" to try to stem the tide?
Is this a "Hail Mary" to try to stem the tide?
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:14 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: The fall and rise of Brother Jake
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3918
Re: The fall and rise of Brother Jake
Ok Time for the quiz.
Brother Jake's recover is evidence of the tender mercies of ___________.
a. God
b. Cthulhu
c. Flying Spaghetti Monster
d. Russel's Teapot
e. Skilled medical professionals and Modern Medicine
f. All of the above
Brother Jake's recover is evidence of the tender mercies of ___________.
a. God
b. Cthulhu
c. Flying Spaghetti Monster
d. Russel's Teapot
e. Skilled medical professionals and Modern Medicine
f. All of the above
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:51 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Raising a heathen child.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2290
Re: Raising a heathen child.
LOL, this was great.
- Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:03 pm
- Forum: Mixed Faith Relationships
- Topic: I have passed the garment hurdle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 28274
Re: I have passed the garment hurdle
Nicely done. I should have had more discussion before trying to ditch mine.
- Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:36 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Undie Apocalypse
- Replies: 26
- Views: 13787
Re: Undie Apocalypse
After wearing garments for 26 years and discovering the truth, I could wear a dirty dish towel down there and it would feel 'effing amazing!
- Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:31 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Ward Council is Closed (Minded)
- Replies: 69
- Views: 39966
Re: Ward Council is Closed (Minded)
With my DW, being vulnerable and talking about my insecurities, pain and anxiety about the church stuff was far more effective than actually talking about the church stuff. I can see how this might back-fire though, if this is perceived as "loosing the spirit" then the response may cement into one o...
- Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:27 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Ward Council is Closed (Minded)
- Replies: 69
- Views: 39966
Re: Ward Council is Closed (Minded)
With women this fear is a little worse because not only do they lose the man they love, they get “assigned” to somebody else. This fear of finding themselves the 33rd wife of John Doe who is a total stranger to them is horrifying. Damn. As a male in the church, I never thought about how upsetting t...
- Wed Jul 08, 2020 11:57 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: An integrity crisis?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8716
Re: An integrity crisis?
This is a tough issue. One of the nice things about being in the position we are here is that we recognize that there is no one-shoe-fits-all answer anymore. What may work for one family does not work for another. I was put in a pickle about a year ago. Some of my family knew I was out and some did ...
- Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:18 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Grant Palmer's non-believing GA revealed
- Replies: 31
- Views: 16302
Re: Grant Palmer's non-believing GA revealed
I am not sure what to think here. I don't always agree with JD, or how he approaches things, but his stuff has been helpful to me along the way. I can see how this gives his critics ammunition. Certainly as a therapist this is not cool. It also discourages future high level leaders from talking to a...
Re: Changes
Some philosopher that I truly do not remember said that the problem with metaphysics is that there is no laboratory for testing those statements. It's like when a family friend warned me about my Lesbian daughter marrying her girlfriend. "What are the consequences? She can still come to my house an...
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 12:46 pm
- Forum: Gatherings, Events, and Announcements
- Topic: Elder Holland
- Replies: 10
- Views: 36948
Re: Elder Holland
“I would have looked anywhere and everywhere to find someone authorized to say to me and my beloved Patricia that our marriage in such a setting was sealed for time and all eternity, never to hear or have imposed on us the haunting curse ‘until death do you part.’” Soooo, like being a black Mormon ...
Re: Changes
Oh and I guess there is a special place in Hell for me because I have "corrupted" my family. There's also a special place in Heaven for helping your family come to a better understanding of reality. The only people condemning you to Hell are those who are adamantly certain of their conclusions. Yes...
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 12:35 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Bendar Feels Attacked
- Replies: 37
- Views: 21356
Re: Changes
Oh and I guess there is a special place in Hell for me because I have "corrupted" my family.