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by Just This Guy
Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:23 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Martin Harris- why did Jos. Smith trust him with the 116 pages?
Replies: 10
Views: 5582

Re: Martin Harris- why did Jos. Smith trust him with the 116 pages?

The simplest explanation is that the idea of the small plates were created after the loss of the 116 pages as a way for JSjr to replace the lost work of the 116 pages, but not have to recreate them word for word which he would be incapable of doing. In a way, it is a surprisingly effective literary ...
by Just This Guy
Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Martin Harris- why did Jos. Smith trust him with the 116 pages?
Replies: 10
Views: 5582

Re: Martin Harris- why did Jos. Smith trust him with the 116 pages?

The LDS Discussion website and the podcast gives a very detailed dive into the 116 lost pages and the issue with the story.

https://www.ldsdiscussions.com/116pages
https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast/l ... scussions/
by Just This Guy
Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:22 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: O.T. Prophets who messed up.
Replies: 26
Views: 9026

Re: O.T. Prophets who messed up.

It seems to me that Moses is a fictional account. There is no supporting evidence. All of the stories of the patriarchs were compiled much later than they supposedly happened, and It makes sense to me that the authors took the various oral mythologized myths and legends of the founders of the vario...
by Just This Guy
Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:56 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Counter Attack: Think Celestial = Think Polygamy!
Replies: 15
Views: 8152

Re: Counter Attack: Think Celestial = Think Polygamy!

Could planet K2-18-B possibly be Kolob? The data for the atmospheric composition seem promising. More data will take about a year to analyze, but in the meantime, we could be sending them pinpoint high-frequency broadcasts of Music and the Spoken Word , as well as quotes from Russell M. Nelson. Thi...
by Just This Guy
Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Daughter on records of church never baptized
Replies: 6
Views: 6260

Re: Daughter on records of church never baptized

Supposedly church policy is that if a child is blessed, but not baptized, they will be dropped from membership records when they turn 18. No idea of that is actually enforced or not.
by Just This Guy
Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:52 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Another Mormon Stake President arrested for abuse of a child
Replies: 10
Views: 11285

Re: Another Mormon Stake President arrested for abuse of a child

Back when it was announced that my stake president and 1st councilor were being sued as part of a suit about their actions to enable and protect a known child molester, DW was vocal about her support of the victims and their families, partially because she knew one of the sets of parents very well. ...
by Just This Guy
Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:04 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Garments always hanging out and it drives me nuts
Replies: 21
Views: 19192

Re: Garments always hanging out and it drives me nuts

Anyway flash forward and we're now many years into the mixed faith marriage stuff and every day I have to see her garments hanging out of her clothes. They're always out on top and then hang below her shorts sometimes and definitely out a bit when sitting or laying down... we all know how often thi...
by Just This Guy
Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:41 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What's the story with Tim Ballard?
Replies: 42
Views: 25968

What's the story with Tim Ballard?

I'm seeing a bunch of stuff about Tim Ballard. I gather that LDSinc is tying to attack him. But for what? Who is Tim Ballard and why is he on the Mormon hit list?

I'm missing something here.
by Just This Guy
Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:42 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Shunning by Decreee
Replies: 9
Views: 12141

Re: Shunning by Decreee

I listened to some over lunch today, so I gt through most of the episode. I wonder how much is ego and how much is poor decisions that have blown up in the face of leadership. My FIL used to be a bishop and he readily admitted that he got exactly on exactly 2 things for his training as a bishop. "Ja...
by Just This Guy
Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:26 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Shunning by Decreee
Replies: 9
Views: 12141

Re: Shunning by Decreee

I am in the middle of this podcast. I just got to the part of the letter from K&M. WTF???

I have to wait until I drive home from work to finish this episode. May be a good thing since that episode was getting the blood boiling a bit. This is messed up so far.
by Just This Guy
Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:59 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Please Sir, I Want Some More... Church
Replies: 15
Views: 7372

Re: Please Sir, I Want Some More... Church

... He mentioned that his church friend had asked my son if he was coming to church Sunday, and that it would be good if he did. ... If you want to blow some minds, come up with a non-church activity on a Sunday, invite "church friend" and tell him "it would be good" if he attended with your son. A...
by Just This Guy
Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:36 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Please Sir, I Want Some More... Church
Replies: 15
Views: 7372

Re: Please Sir, I Want Some More... Church

What does your son really want here? It sounds like your son wants to go to church to see his friends and right now church is where they meet. Can you encourage him to meet his friends outside of church? An after school or a Saturday activity?
by Just This Guy
Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:17 am
Forum: Support
Topic: What did you learn in the temple today, honey?
Replies: 33
Views: 15085

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

nibbler wrote:
Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:36 am
In one of my last visits I learned it's painful sitting on top of so much MST3K gold and not being able to whisper it to the person sitting next to you.

Okay, when will you take one of NewNameNoah's temple Videos and do a Rifftrax to it? That would be AMAZING!
by Just This Guy
Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:59 am
Forum: Support
Topic: What did you learn in the temple today, honey?
Replies: 33
Views: 15085

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

*I can't and won't try to speak on what Initiatory is like for women. I just know I hated it. Did you get the celestial wiener grab too? …and to think that was a normal part of the initiatory until 2005??? Like why in the world would anyone keep going and doing this on their own free will???????? I...
by Just This Guy
Fri Aug 25, 2023 5:51 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Rethinking the Renlund's dented boat
Replies: 6
Views: 8014

Re: Rethinking the Renlund's dented boat

To further grow the revised analogy, when you are brought onboard, you are shown to some of the guest rooms and are amazed by how nice they look. They have windows, but always have the curtains pulled closed. Once you agree to stay and take the time to really explore the ship you find that you were ...
by Just This Guy
Fri Aug 25, 2023 5:26 am
Forum: Support
Topic: What did you learn in the temple today, honey?
Replies: 33
Views: 15085

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

One thing that stood out to be when I first got my endowment in 2000 pre-mission, was just how much of a let down it was. It is hyped to such extent about how amazing it all was and i came out thinking that I had pretty much heard everything already and there was very little that was actually new. O...
by Just This Guy
Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:47 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Returning Missionary Procedures
Replies: 28
Views: 12997

Re: Returning Missionary Procedures

When i got home, I had to report to the stake president. Before he released me, he asked if a church court had been held for me while on the mission. I truthfully answered, "no." He told me that was a standard question that he had to ask all returning missionaries. May I ask how long ago this was? ...
by Just This Guy
Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: THANK YOU OHIO
Replies: 7
Views: 12861

Re: THANK YOU OHIO

I try to avoid politics, but this is one that fascinates me. Back in 2009-2010 when the ACA (Affordable Care Act)* was being pushed through Washington, one of the big rallying cries from conservatives was that the law would allow for government to have too much control over a person's health care. T...
by Just This Guy
Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:00 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Returning Missionary Procedures
Replies: 28
Views: 12997

Re: Returning Missionary Procedures

I returned in 2002. I wasn't asked that at all.
by Just This Guy
Sun Aug 06, 2023 9:10 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: The Cost of a Janitor
Replies: 28
Views: 13344

Re: The Cost of a Janitor

Where I work, when Covid hit, they hired a local janitorial company to clean and sanitize the office, bathrooms and breaks rooms. It was the most practical way to comply with state and company requirements and still keep the factory running. One thing they found is that everyone appreciated having c...