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- Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:47 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Church Attacks Diversity - But That's What Racist White Organizations Do
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3425
Re: Church Attacks Diversity - But That's What Racist White Organizations Do
And in a win for white supremacists all throughout the Church, President Oaks attacks diversity, and the Church News amplifies his clueless white guy rhetoric: https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-08-08/during-his-first-trpresident-oaks-single-adult-conference-absolute-truth-2217...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:51 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Jfro, I have another project idea for you.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5701
Re: Jfro, I have another project idea for you.
These are the books I wish every member today would see because they were off the reservation at the time but are just completely insane today. Being off the reservation at the time would make any comparison to current doctrine easy to dismiss as a strawman. You would have to be careful with framin...
- Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:37 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: More Conference Sessions added
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8712
Re: More Conference Sessions added
Those in charge have been monitoring your wishes and are pleased to announce the following: PROVO - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is pleased to announce to the NOM board the following speakers for the Saturday Conference. Following a prayer and a selection by the BYU Glee Club, Si...
- Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:29 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: “We really want buttery soft fabric”
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10125
Re: “We really want buttery soft fabric”
Yeah, when they "legally" can be put on just about any garment, that really undermines their position about the approval process. Just about any garment, you say? I know of a lady named Victoria who has some interesting secrets. I'm sure those secrets would function just fine in military use. We've...
- Sun Jul 25, 2021 5:40 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Nelson's Spiral of Death
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3946
Re: Nelson's Spiral of Death
There are really only two options when you take into account all of the Nelson stories that have turned out to be demonstrably untrue: 1) Russell M. Nelson is a bald-faced liar 2) Russell M. Nelson is delusional Either option disqualifies him from being a trustworthy and competent leader. I have a ...
- Tue Jun 29, 2021 7:23 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: faith transition dilemmas
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5315
Re: faith transition dilemmas
You won't know whether you have to choose between self-respect and others' respect until you come out to the child who is getting married. It sounds like if you put off that conversation, you will be forced to choose. FWIW, the possibility of being excluded from my children's weddings because I can'...
- Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:19 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Can a woman actually make it to the CK?'
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5355
Re: Can a woman actually make it to the CK?'
So now that the church tries to back away from the reason the whole temple endowment and marriage thing was created, they're still stuck with a pile of uncomfortable baggage that members have to wade through. Such as the word "hearken" I guess. My wife and I have talked about this. She thinks of "h...
- Tue Jun 22, 2021 2:29 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Jesus and Satan Brothers Doctrine
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5485
Re: Jesus and Satan Brothers Doctrine
As long as we're talking about where Mormons and Christians get it wrong, Old Testament angels would have looked more like this: https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/assyrian-winged-genie-2-weston-westmoreland.jpg So... a six-winged British barrister robot bird. Very...
- Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:33 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Saturday evening General Conference is canceled
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8012
Re: Saturday evening General Conference is canceled
I knew a person once who believed that Jebus would return during a Saturday evening stake meeting because that’s where the true believers will be. When, in reality, it's the last place he'd be likely to show up. Look for him at the homeless camp on Rio Grande. I wrote the following a few years ago ...
- Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:39 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Truman Madsen and the JS Tapes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4702
Re: Truman Madsen and the JS Tapes
I can't help but wonder about Truman. I am also looking back at myself. In my own mind, when I was a TBM, I couldn't understand how others could disbelieve. Now that I'm on the outside, I can't understand how people like Truman can believe. I've given myself whiplash as I've been swung to a new ext...
- Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:08 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Saturday evening General Conference is canceled
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8012
Re: Saturday evening General Conference is canceled
Each of the Q15 must speak at least once. Each of the First Presidency must speak at least twice. (Unless completely incapacitated.) Those are the rules. I don't know whether there are rules for other GAs. If they're not intentional about how they allocate talks, there will be fewer female speakers ...
- Mon Jun 07, 2021 12:10 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Pray for Rain in Utah
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4566
- Thu May 27, 2021 1:19 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Garments and Temple recommend interview
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13256
Re: Garments and Temple recommend interview
Wasn't that one of the chief things over which Jesus got pissy with the Pharisees? Outward expressions of inward commitments. When you go that route it doesn't take very long for people to start judging inward commitments by someone's ability to display outward expressions. Ha! Isn’t that the whole...
- Wed May 26, 2021 12:21 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Jesus and Satan Brothers Doctrine
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5485
- Mon May 24, 2021 12:33 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Gay Mormon student sent death threats after being labelled ‘anti-Christ’ by professor
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2393
Re: Gay Mormon student sent death threats after being labelled ‘anti-Christ’ by professor
It was Hank Smith. Isn't he the new John Bytheway?
- Sun May 16, 2021 5:20 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Forced Turning Point
- Replies: 156
- Views: 49475
Re: Forced Turning Point
Maybe a counterpoint to the oh-so-serious Jesus in all the Mormon artwork: https://www.art4god.com/store/joy-to-the-world
- Sat May 15, 2021 7:56 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Radio West - Doubt
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3245
Re: Radio West - Doubt
I started listening to this, but haven’t finished. Is doubt among other churches or other groups as pervasive and critically viewed as in Mormonism? I know it is among Jehovah's Witnesses. I suspect it is in any fundamentalist group; i.e. those in which a person's worth is tied to their belief in t...
- Sat May 15, 2021 2:10 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: I Learned How to Judge as a Mormon
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3506
Re: I Learned How to Judge as a Mormon
I think the church teaches members to judge themselves first and foremost, and that for most members, all other judgment flows from that. When I let go of judging myself - when I realized I was terrible at it, and the commandment to "judge not" applied just as easily to self-judgment - I largely sto...
- Wed May 12, 2021 4:57 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Keys To Sexuality
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6406
Re: Keys To Sexuality
That meme is creepy to me. It would lead to the logical conclusion that Jesus is a voyeur... Jesus and your ancestors... Joseph Smith on the spirits of the just: Enveloped in flaming fire, they are not far from us, and know and understand our thoughts, feelings and motions, and are often pained the...
- Fri May 07, 2021 3:44 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Keys To Sexuality
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6406
Re: Keys To Sexuality
Apparently this meme is 7 years old, but it's new to me and seems to apply here. Just replace Jesus' face with whoever is trying to control your sexuality. Mom, is that you? https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/020/852/forgot_to_ask_thumb.png I could imagine President Nelson's face on i...