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While reform is needed, it still have to go through the guys at the top and the current ones are as set in their harmful ways as ever. So I won't not get excited to see any change until for a very long time. At least until the current group of bigoted old men kick the bucket. Just a quick count and...

Is anyone else ever put off by all the leaders from Bishop to SP and above who all seem like pompous asses because they have soooo much education and are smarter than everyone else ??I mean really I was never able to afford a great education got what I could an associate degree in criminal justice ...

John Dehlin noted that new apostle Kearon effectively rebuked that crazy Mormon idea that victims are guilty of being victimized. He said that perhaps Kearon can bring some much-needed reform to Mormonism. A lot was said about Updorf bring needed reform to the church as well. However, he was as muc...

The more you look at this, the more weirdness you find.

Multiple people with extra legs, several with no legs. A woman in the upper left who is an amputee. Guy in the bottom right who is grabbing the naked chest of the woman next to him.

Soo many malformed legs...

wtfluff wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:14 pm

Called and ordained Dec 7 2023.

But he doesn't get sustained until April 2024.

Putting the cart before the horse eh CEO Rusty?

Considering he didn't wait until conference to put himself in the top seat, even though it is required in the D&C...

Not surprised.

The math says - there is a problem with this model. Basically, the minimum required to create a ward is less than the minimum required to staff a ward. It is hard to fathom what has happened to lower the standard to this level. Wards in the midwest will go without executive secretaries or SS presid...

I wish I could say that the kid then quickly advanced in the preisthood but of course the bishop was a little more hard nosed. I told the bishop I'd never ask kids specifically about masturbation. It's not in the questions. Why does he even do it? I was told by a close family member and friend who ...

Wait, we can pay to sterilize rednecks in West Virginia? Is there a go fund me for that? I don't think we'd have a shortage of people lining up to help, but the rednecks in West Virginia might have something to say about that. I don't think you'd want to threaten to sterilize the hillbillies, thoug...

I just stayed in nursery with the kids and didn't go to their oh so very important meeting. It was about porn. For a few years every special meeting, particularly the priesthood-only ones were about porn. They just couldn't get enough of it. One thing I have found in life is that typically,the loud...

Or the reverse order. Imagine this. A prophet dies but leaves behind a revelation from God Almighty that calls for a radical change like this, something he believed the church really needs but was afraid to pull it off in his own lifetime. And it's worded as a hard-core, honest to God, no bones abo...

One thing to keep in mind is that globally birth rates are declining. The UN is guessing that total population will plateau mid to late this century. Overall population growth is projected to peak around 9.7 B. And it will likely start declining early in the early 2100's. https://www.un.org/en/acade...

The general appearance of a person’s face, which often reflects spiritual attitude and state of mind. (LDS.org) [emphasis added] From dictionary.com COUNTENANCE noun 1. appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance. 2. the face; visage. https://www.dictionary.com/brow...

They've probably already submitted some names for K&M to thoroughly vet. If there's a conflict between who the prophet wants and who passes the background checks, who wins? Who calls an apostle in the modern church, the sitting prophet or the lawyers? Not vetting the candidate is the worst decision...

One thing that has come up with all the investigation to Tim Ballard is that the people who created the "Fight the New Drug" campaign were big supporters of the "Visions of Glory" book and author. The are documented connections between the founds of FtNG and people Like Tim Ballard, Lori Daybell, Jo...

Jeffret wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:39 am

More opportunities to call mission presidents?

I have to be super cynical, but are there going to be a bunch of family members of Mormon royalty or lower level leaders that are facing legal trouble that are going to get called to foreign missions?

Do you guys remember any GAs that got excommunicated? What they looked like while active versus after their excommunication? I was thinking about George P. Lee for example: https://thirdhour.org/forums/uploads/monthly_2017_08/dlme.png.632770957928c4d58a84c75fb40fb364.png Does the countenance really...

How much of judging "countenance" is just a matter of cherry picking photos to fit a narrative? In the case of George P. Lee provided, you have a obviously staged portrait shot. Staging isn't a bad thing here, just a photo shoot where they set it up to get a good photo. Then you have a candid photo ...

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 am...

So what was on the sealed portion? The Book of Mormon itself and official church sources all agree that the sealed portion consisted of the 24 plates of Ether ( https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2011/10/to-the-point/what-is-the-sealed-portion-of-the-book-of-mormon-and-will-we-ever-k...

Bonfire wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:37 pm

Do you know about what happened to Tamar or Amnon?

Why should we care?