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Does anyone know of any information out there from LDS or non-LDS historians who know how Smith was really dictating the Book of Mormon out of his hat? Obviously, he wasn't seeing special characters appearing on his magic rock and so this begs the question... was he reading from something in print t...

How anyone who is aware of the truth about who Joseph Smith really was can sing 'Praise to the Man' without vomiting is a mystery to me??? Even more troubling is how the church (FP & Q of the 12) can honestly and seriously be preparing a huge Joseph Smith bash event for spring conference to commemor...

Well, I eventually agreed to meet with our Bishop today about it and it was a total non-event... he simply asked if we were full tithe-payers, I said yep and that was that. Meeting was less than 5 minutes. But that is all a Bishop is supposed to do as there should be no questioning, shaming, pressur...

Hermy nailed it. Extortion is one word that he might have skillfully woven into the fabric of what he said. Yeah, it is unconscionable to me how the church not only uses a big percentage of its donations for investing into interest bearing accounts for several years for massive development projects...

I know you've already stated that you are going to attend #8, but I'm still going to vote that you do this: Send an email stating full. How the bishop handles that could give you an inkling as to how he's going to handle things. In the case of him questioning 7 months missing, "my" reply would be: ...

You’re over thinking this. You don’t owe the bishop anything. Until you’re ready to leave just keep your mouth shut. Nowhere does it say you have to pay the full year’s tithes by tithing settlement. Nowhere does it say you have to pay monthly. Just pay your tithes according to the dictates of your ...

Thanks for the replies everyone. It was a text message I got from the Exec. Sec'y and I already said next Sunday would work. What I'm trying to avoid is the Bishop finding out that I'm having major issues with the church right now and not paying our 10% anymore because it resembles a very wealthy Ba...

I've got a little conundrum and was hoping for some advice. Back in March I began donating 10% of our discretionary income to local homeless shelters and food banks instead of to the church since I had become quite disenchanted with how it operates financially in terms of real estate, land and offic...

This sounds eerily similar to what they did back in 1984 when Ron Poelman gave an address which basically shot down any notion that the brethren are infallible where the hierarchy of the church had him re-do his address from the pulpit with key elements taken out so that his remarks were more in lin...

Can someone point me to where it was revealed that LDS inc has 32b in stock market? I knew about billions in assets being speculated, but not that it seems to be confirmed. I want to share with my husband. We have been watching the Bill Gates documentaries (3 pt) on Netflix and I want him to see wh...

Hagoth wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 10, 2019 8:16 pm

In this country all you have to do is stuck "church" in your name. It worked for Scientology.

True.

Here's my question... each temple costs an average of about $150 million... 150 times 37 = $5.6 billion... why would this real estate corporation masquerading as a religion drop almost $6 billion for 37 temples so members of a trademark can go and practice Freemasonry? Could they be willing to coug...

Especially with the temples in the Mormon heavy area, I wonder how much of the decision to put them in is less about meeting member needs, but more about either a cushy construction gig for a certain company with backhanded ties to LDSInc. or as 'gift' to certain members in the area who then get in...

Here's my question... each temple costs an average of about $150 million... 150 times 37 = $5.6 billion... why would this real estate corporation masquerading as a religion drop almost $6 billion for 37 temples so members of a trademark can go and practice Freemasonry? Could they be willing to cough...

Didn't see this on here. Saturday night, during the women's session, they announced a new temple to be built in Orem Utah. This was very braking news. So new that the City of Orem put out a statement that they had no idea that one was in the works and not been contacted about it yet, so they had no...

Didn't see this on here. Saturday night, during the women's session, they announced a new temple to be built in Orem Utah. This was very braking news. So new that the City of Orem put out a statement that they had no idea that one was in the works and not been contacted about it yet, so they had no...

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/10 ... atter-day/

*yawn*

I am hoping they will announce they are refunding all the tithing I paid. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk This. The church' hierarchy know its foundational claims are fictitious and were started by a con man, yet, continue to not only expect 10% of each members' income in tithing, they knowingly...

General conference has been nothing but a glorified sacrament meeting without the sacrament for decades now and one giant bowl of pap! It's become a colossal waste of time.

Take this with a grain of salt or for what it's worth, but my daughter's Father in Law was recently told by his Bishop (a friend of his) not to get too comfortable in his new calling as EQP because the church is purging several organizations and auxiliaries and is going to begin placing an even grea...