Search found 128 matches

by crazyhamster
Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:12 pm
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: Bad movie night is the best night
Replies: 34
Views: 32121

Re: Bad movie night is the best night

I love this thread! Inspired by your bad movie night ideas, I searched on RiffTrax last night on Amazon Prime. One of my 12 yo twins is pretty sick w/ strep and needed cheering up. So I found “Birdemic” and checked a parent guide to make sure it wasn’t super inappropriate. (we only fwded through a ...
by crazyhamster
Sat Feb 16, 2019 5:31 pm
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: Oh the times they are a changin'
Replies: 9
Views: 5021

Re: Oh the times they are a changin'

Come to think of it, it really does make a lot more sense to swear on the constitution of the country your serving than to swear on an ancient middle eastern law book. For one thing, one of those two documents outlaws slavery while the other gives instruction for properly beating your slaves. I can...
by crazyhamster
Sat Feb 16, 2019 5:28 pm
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: Sci-Fi of Choice
Replies: 23
Views: 10931

Re: Sci-Fi of Choice

Just This Guy wrote:
Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:18 am
So a random poll to get to know people. What do you prefer:

Star Trek
Star Wars
Firefly
2001
Yes to all of those. I'm also a big "Stargate" TV franchise fan (all 3 shows) as well as my most recent favourite (but unfortunately cancelled by SYFY) Dark Matter.
by crazyhamster
Sat Feb 16, 2019 5:14 pm
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: Bad movie night is the best night
Replies: 34
Views: 32121

Re: Bad movie night is the best night

Oh, you're not digging deep enough. Some of my favourite worsts include ones like the ORIGINAL Fantastic Four movie from the 1990's (a tough find, but I think I watched it on YouTube). This was the one that never officially got released and was only made to maintain the production company's rights. ...
by crazyhamster
Sat Feb 16, 2019 5:04 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: What Would It Take to Keep You?
Replies: 18
Views: 6957

Re: What Would It Take to Keep You?

Doesn't matter what changes they make - they can't make the Church what it claims to be. Making a fraudulent, oppressive Church incrementally less oppressive doesn't change in the slightest its fraudulence. Short answer: nothing. The Church is a fraud - making it nicer shouldn't make me want to sta...
by crazyhamster
Sat Feb 16, 2019 5:00 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Transitional underwear
Replies: 21
Views: 10412

Re: Transitional underwear

These ones are sorta-kinda close. The big difference is they'd fit a lot better.

https://www.jockey.com/catalog/product/ ... dway-brief
by crazyhamster
Sat Feb 16, 2019 4:54 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Missionaries can call home weekly now
Replies: 27
Views: 12777

Re: Missionaries can call home weekly now

I don't think it was about long distance costs to a large extent. I was told when I went it was to help me focus on my mission. I really don't think it was primarily a cost savings measure - I think it was about keeping the minds of missionaries where they were at and not back at home. And I think ...
by crazyhamster
Wed Feb 13, 2019 12:54 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: To stand or not to stand
Replies: 15
Views: 7869

Re: To stand or not to stand

I agree totally with discussing it with your wife and taking her feelings into account, and that this is between you two only. If the ward is anything like mine was though, your participation WILL be taken as a sign that you have had a change of heart/seen the light and are either on your way back o...
by crazyhamster
Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:09 am
Forum: Staying Faithful
Topic: The Church needs a transcendent moment
Replies: 20
Views: 50695

Re: The Church needs a transcendent moment

I'm not sure what that transcendent moment would be, but I'm sadly confident that it would not be self-motivated. In the Dalai Lama's book "Beyond Religion", he said: “I do not agree that ethics requires grounding in religious concepts or faith. Instead, I firmly believe that ethics can also emerge ...
by crazyhamster
Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:46 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Nelson visit
Replies: 24
Views: 13476

Re: Nelson visit

Red Ryder wrote:
Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:50 am
She said she's seen the man get increased vigor...
*blinks* :shock:
by crazyhamster
Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:37 am
Forum: Support
Topic: I have an idea for NOM!
Replies: 28
Views: 11664

Re: I have an idea for NOM!

I love the idea!
by crazyhamster
Sun Feb 03, 2019 8:25 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Report on "Special" Stake Conference
Replies: 11
Views: 5299

Re: Report on "Special" Stake Conference

TLDR: It wasn't all that special. The church is growing! Anti-Mormon literature makes you feel dark and icky, the BoM makes you feel bright and happy. The main speakers were Elder & Sister LeGrand R. Curtis Jr. They were introduced after a few other talks and some music, with a reminder to the cong...
by crazyhamster
Wed Jan 30, 2019 5:34 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Does truth really matter?
Replies: 63
Views: 24921

Re: Does truth really matter?

I think this kind of question is why Carl Sagan said that science is more than a collection of facts (the "truth"), but a way of thinking. It's one that gives us a way to apply a set of standards to thinking which should weed out errors, biases and irrelevancies. This helps us figure out how the uni...
by crazyhamster
Tue Jan 15, 2019 5:49 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: LDS fireside this Sunday on "Navigating Doubts"
Replies: 57
Views: 24534

Re: LDS fireside this Sunday on "Navigating Doubts"

The whole thing falls apart once you realize the sense of danger is manufactured by the freaked-out, delusional people on the boat, and you can choose just to enjoy a swim in the calm water or wade ashore and stroll along the beach. Wait. There's a beach and a shore? Not only that, but if you stand...
by crazyhamster
Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:00 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The exodus from doctrine. An appeal for enjoyment.
Replies: 6
Views: 3066

Re: The exodus from doctrine. An appeal for enjoyment.

The problem is the top-down corporate-think that believes activities and goals which are better off left to grow organically can instead be regulated and enforced into a corporate mold. A bunch of friends getting together to help a less fortunate member of the congregation because they WANT to, are ...
by crazyhamster
Sun Jan 06, 2019 2:35 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Areas where science has forced the church to change their story/approach/whatever?
Replies: 42
Views: 17690

Re: Areas where science has forced the church to change their story/approach/whatever?

Does Joesph Fielding Smith’s quote that man would never go to the moon count? “We will never get a man into space. This earth is man's sphere and it was never intended that he should get away from it. The moon is a superior planet to the earth and it was never intended that man should go there. You...
by crazyhamster
Thu Jan 03, 2019 2:59 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Need Advice - Potential Visit from a Seventy
Replies: 44
Views: 18137

Re: Need Advice - Potential Visit from a Seventy

It sounds like your name just came up on a list of less active people and they’re doing it because they “have to”. I’d say if you want to go, go. But if you don’t, don’t bother. I personally don’t see the upside to it. They’re doing it because it’s their “duty”, and unless you’re going to get some k...
by crazyhamster
Thu Jan 03, 2019 6:55 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Ordained minister
Replies: 25
Views: 12965

Re: Ordained minister

Hey, now I'm a Dudeist Priest, too! That was so much easier than, you know, that other kind.

Does this now make me officially (more) apostate?
by crazyhamster
Thu Jan 03, 2019 6:28 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Struggling...A Lot
Replies: 29
Views: 13555

Re: Struggling...A Lot

First, I can tell you from having been there depression-wise, it WILL get better. Please don’t do anything drastic. Second, as soon as possible seek help, even if it is simply one of the crisis support lines. I’ll echo those above in encouraging you to also seek some therapy, both for yourself and ...
by crazyhamster
Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:20 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Struggling...A Lot
Replies: 29
Views: 13555

Re: Struggling...A Lot

First, I can tell you from having been there depression-wise, it WILL get better. Please don’t do anything drastic. Second, as soon as possible seek help, even if it is simply one of the crisis support lines. I’ll echo those above in encouraging you to also seek some therapy, both for yourself and w...