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by nibbler
Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: NOMference Sunday afternoon Fall 2023
Replies: 75
Views: 17165

Re: NOMference Sunday afternoon Fall 2023

And, they have to have a gospel purpose. They can’t just be for social interaction. -613 I just felt like it needed a weird number, because it is a weird belief that socialization for itself has no purpose. Socialization is the gospel. It's a point leaders don't get. They're more concerned about sa...
by nibbler
Sun Oct 01, 2023 1:55 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: NOMference Sunday afternoon Fall 2023
Replies: 75
Views: 17165

Re: NOMference Sunday afternoon Fall 2023

Resurrecting the don't say no to callings. -100

I mean, if people turn down a calling, maybe honor that or... gasp... ask them why or what their wishes are. Don't start up with the obligation garbage.

Have more activities. +50
"At little or no cost" -50
by nibbler
Sun Oct 01, 2023 10:18 am
Forum: Support
Topic: NOMference Sunday morning Fall 2023
Replies: 71
Views: 15634

Re: NOMference Sunday morning Fall 2023

I'm beyond it but his talk will hurt a lot of people.
by nibbler
Sun Oct 01, 2023 10:15 am
Forum: Support
Topic: NOMference Sunday morning Fall 2023
Replies: 71
Views: 15634

Re: NOMference Sunday morning Fall 2023

-500 for Uchtdorf or however many points it takes to ensure he goes negative. His talk will absolutely be weaponized.
by nibbler
Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:45 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Are you ready for Moroni Day?
Replies: 18
Views: 13935

Re: Are you ready for Moroni Day?

Linked wrote:
Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:46 am
My favorite Moroni Day tradition is putting on brown-face and watching the Moroni's Lament music video, by "I Heard Him Come" writer Jeff Goodrich.
Someone should do a Jan 6th montage with that song. Captain Moroni's Lament.
by nibbler
Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:43 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Are you ready for Moroni Day?
Replies: 18
Views: 13935

Re: Are you ready for Moroni Day?

What are our favorite Moroni Day traditions and foods? https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/5dbccf65-e657-49e1-a0fb-8fbc8e9a4094/d3gb9i1-68559fae-3632-43f4-980c-4204622fa9a0.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhM...
by nibbler
Wed Aug 30, 2023 3:34 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Bednar dedication of the Smith home
Replies: 6
Views: 12121

Re: Bednar dedication of the Smith home

This home was a place where they obeyed the commands that the Lord recently had given to parents: to teach their children the gospel and bring them up in light and truth.
Jesus didn't tell parents to do that until he told Joseph Smith.

Was it also the house where the Lord revealed sliced bread?
by nibbler
Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:01 am
Forum: Support
Topic: What did you learn in the temple today, honey?
Replies: 33
Views: 15000

Re: What did you learn in the temple today, honey?

I wish I could remember a few specifics. It's been about 10 years since I've done an endowment session and the memories fade. The insights I had were never anything amazing. At first learning something each time meant I got a little farther with memorizing the presentation at the veil. After that it...
by nibbler
Mon Aug 28, 2023 12:41 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: What did you learn in the temple today, honey?
Replies: 33
Views: 15000

Re: What did you learn in the temple today, honey?

As a full believer it never felt like I was making things up, it felt like I was discovering the deep hidden meanings buried in things where the meaning was there all along just waiting for me to discover it. Reflecting back I can say that the ordinances in the temple have little intrinsic meaning. ...
by nibbler
Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: Support
Topic: What did you learn in the temple today, honey?
Replies: 33
Views: 15000

Re: What did you learn in the temple today, honey?

I'm a convert, so I wasn't bone-weary of the Sunday School lessons by the time I went to the temple for my endowments. Sure, it was just a retelling of everything you hear during Sunday School, but it didn't elicit the, "not this again" reaction that it would elicit from me today. I 110% bought into...
by nibbler
Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:09 am
Forum: Support
Topic: What did you learn in the temple today, honey?
Replies: 33
Views: 15000

Re: What did you learn in the temple today, honey?

I'll start off with a tangent. What is the policy for when a person is eligible to receive their endowment and is that policy different for men and women? Back in the day when I received my endowment, women generally couldn't receive their endowment unless they were getting married or serving a miss...
by nibbler
Mon Aug 28, 2023 4:45 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Returning Missionary Procedures
Replies: 28
Views: 12926

Re: Returning Missionary Procedures

I only made it about 12 seconds into the ETB video. I got what I needed out of it before the lights in the background dimmed. I know there are other videos of general conference during that era that do a better job of showing it but that video was another reminder that there was more individuality b...
by nibbler
Mon Aug 21, 2023 7:38 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: A Reasonable God?
Replies: 19
Views: 50585

Re: A Reasonable God?

He rationalized that God was just waiting for the time when the (99.9%) white membership would accept black people into full fellowship- any earlier and many white people would have left the Church over the acceptance of black people. And yet people that use that argument seldom like it when you ex...
by nibbler
Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:51 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Returning Missionary Procedures
Replies: 28
Views: 12926

Re: Returning Missionary Procedures

I have never heard of that.

I don't know the procedures for such things but I would have thought that if a missionary had done something that required a "church court" that they would have been sent home for the council to be held in their home stake.
by nibbler
Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:42 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The Cost of a Janitor
Replies: 28
Views: 13291

Re: The Cost of a Janitor

One hundred and one billion. That's why we don't have them yet.
by nibbler
Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:11 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: How inspired was Paul from a Mormon perspective?
Replies: 6
Views: 6852

Re: How inspired was Paul from a Mormon perspective?

Grace/faith vs. obedience/works is a debate that's been raging for much longer than Mormonism has been a thing. There's an acknowledgement that Christ's atonement is vital, it's impossible to be saved without the grace of that act, but also a built-in response to a logical conclusion; if we're saved...
by nibbler
Sun Jul 16, 2023 2:55 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: After 10+ years inactive, I decided to return for good
Replies: 27
Views: 12998

Re: After 10+ years inactive, I decided to return for good

Honestly, I dread the idea of being on my death bed, having denied God because I got doubtful about church money, controversies, contradictions, church history, while denying all the good blessings I had received as a believer. Maybe denying god is closer to not getting upset by financial misdeeds,...
by nibbler
Thu Jul 06, 2023 1:55 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: We do not feel that we’re obligated to fill in that box.
Replies: 11
Views: 1624

Re: We do not feel that we’re obligated to fill in that box.

It was simply meant to communicate that we do not feel that we’re obligated to fill in that box.
If that's the case then presumably they would have left the box empty. They didn't. They wrote a misleading number in that box.
by nibbler
Thu Jul 06, 2023 1:53 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Decline of Mormonism in USA
Replies: 7
Views: 824

Re: Decline of Mormonism in USA

The article brings this point up; the GOP has a Mormon problem and the Mormons have GOP problem. It's tough to feel any sense of belonging with my church community when the line between politics and religion are nonexistent. Not only do you have to contend with the constant loyalty tests to church, ...
by nibbler
Thu Jul 06, 2023 1:08 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: After 10+ years inactive, I decided to return for good
Replies: 27
Views: 12998

Re: After 10+ years inactive, I decided to return for good

I'll echo others, I'm glad you found your niche. I began to see very good people. I began to see beauty in the missionaries, and other faithful members and I realize that those ARE good people. In the outside world, I often ran into a lot of crap, crappy people, backstabbers, liars, and even stupid....