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This reminds me of the out group homogeneity effect, or the tendency to view members of the "other" group as more similar than they really are. Our political climate has also become extremely polemic--more so than I've ever seen--and the out group homogeneity effect is alive and thriving in both cam...

I think it was probably something that had bothered Nelson for many years, and he'd probably given talks about it prior to his address in.. what was it '95? By then, through repeating the dictum multiple times, he'd gained confidence/spiritual confirmation sufficient to wield his apostle wand and wa...

But his wife was even saltier. Good one! LOL That story about Lot just proves that the bible was definitely written by narcissistic men. Thanks and... yeah I believe you're right. Right from the start, Adam is too obedient to eat of the fruit of that tree, but that Eve.... Of course, she was the sm...

Lot had already offered his daughters up to rapists to save some strangers from sodomy. The rapists declined, as I remember, because they were mostly same sex rapists. Still, Lot wasn't any winning any dad of the year awards. He seemed like a bad dude. But his wife was even saltier.

Thank you very much, Hagoth. Also, I apologize for messing up the quotations. This is incredibly interesting research. I do remember now the study examining mostly returned missionaries. The similarities and yet clear differences in religiousity and spirituality resounds loudly with me, and supports...

Hagoth, please don't tease with tantalizing tidbits of neuropsych research without giving sources where we can find such succulent morsels. Oh my great God of wonder, research that suggests that the opposite of religious thinking is spirituality? I am aware of studies looking at brain areas that act...

When people leave, it naturally opens up other behavioral options they may have not previously considered. Most people, anyway. Very very few leave so they can participate in the other behavioral options without being encumbered with guilt or whatever, but the vast majority who leave do so through ...

And yet in church today I heard a talk about gathering Israel. I kid you not. Today. No mention of the Hamas attack on Israel in church. Not even in a prayer. Just how we gotta get the work of gathering Israel. Can we not see the how stupid that sounds? Especially right now. Especially when what we ...

wtfluff wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:24 pm

Is an "angel with a drawn sword" similar/comparable to the Holy the Ghost?

I always thought the angel with the drawn sword was Wholly Shit.

I'm not trying to be funny or anything, but has there been a single talk yet this conference that doesn't quote Rusty? Is this a new requirement? If you are going to speak in conference you better find away to include Rusty in the talk. Sheesh! Not that I typically read an email from the ward EQ Pr...

MoPag wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:34 am

His name is Daines. really good talk.

Could it be Jim McMahon's ex in law?

Exercise
Lots of plants
Grass fed beef
Fish
Some whole grains
Beer
Margaritas
Small doses of THC/CBD candy
Dark chocolate
Lots of water

I feel for ya'll. Been there, worn that. So glad my wife and I no longer wear them. She will still wear them to church at times, and when I go, I will usually wear at least the top garm, as it's relatively comfortable under a long sleeve white shirt. Nothing special to me, just a while t shirt that ...

But, was anyone else ever confused about what exactly the "token" was? In a masonic ritual, a token must be performed by two people. So the sign is the little micro-dance you do with the positions of you arms and hands (bent to the square, cupped...) and the token is the actual handshake. Oh yeah! ...

It's been years since I've done a session. Still... I think I can remember the first and second tokens of the Aaronic Priesthood, and the first and second tokens of the Melchizedek Priesthood with their accompanying names and signs. But, was anyone else ever confused about what exactly the "token" w...

I remember feeling very surprised by the preacher dude the first time I went through the temple, and was happy when he was taken out of subsequent temple videos. It seemed very clear to me that the preacher represented ALL the other Protestant Christian sects and that Satan was behind it all, and th...

I remember being a bit startled that Satan in the live session wore a black suit. I just wasn't used to anyone wearing anything but white in the temple. The one live session I attended was pretty fun because it was different. But it was also kinda weird; when you take the same lines and you remove t...

I learned a lot in the temple. The first time through, I learned that it was a bit underwhelming and weird. I didn't learn anything new, really, except my new name and that pregnancy was painful for women because Eve ate the fruit first, but the second time I learned that Eve was the smarter one aft...

Not to take away from Alas's sound advice, but if you want to do something bad enough you will do it, and deal with the consequences. You want to try beer but don't want to do it behind her back. So you bring it up, she recoils. She asks you never to do it. You don't. Is your marriage really better?...

Good lord... The folks I was referring to, and I do know some, are inching their way out of the church because they, if I understand their position correctly, feel the current leadership is too liberal in some areas and are becoming more "mainstream" and tolerant while the constitution begins to han...