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by RubinHighlander
Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:05 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: More Evidence Against BOM
Replies: 18
Views: 13658

Re: More Evidence Against BOM

Here's a 12,000 year old camp site right here behind the Zion Curtain: http://westerndigs.org/12000-year-old-camp-found-in-utah-may-have-experts-adjusting-their-theories-archaeologist-says/ And yet, we still have not found the stash of millions of swords, breastplates, etc. around 600BC... So glad I...
by RubinHighlander
Sun Apr 02, 2017 3:13 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Conference Report and Analysis
Replies: 92
Views: 59666

Re: Conference Report and Analysis

In case you missed it - here it is in 60 seconds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5WBx4QO94k
by RubinHighlander
Thu Mar 30, 2017 4:16 pm
Forum: Mixed Faith Relationships
Topic: Suggestions???
Replies: 10
Views: 7136

Re: Suggestions???

It's not easy, especially if they have no complaints. However, there might be something on their shelves that might come up once in a while and you might carefully play off of that. Stay away from throwing facts at them. Humans are very emotional creatures, especially with religion and politics. Her...
by RubinHighlander
Thu Mar 30, 2017 4:06 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Life
Replies: 4
Views: 2587

Re: Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Life

I don't agree with the beer comic, but I've had the same problem with wine; I just can't seem to make it work for me, even though I keep trying.

This is also an interesting tale of leaving:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xqCkx6WQBE

He was pretty close to becoming a priest.
by RubinHighlander
Thu Mar 30, 2017 4:02 pm
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: MiniVan Recomendations
Replies: 21
Views: 14885

Re: MiniVan Recomendations

Use consumer reports to get their recommendation on used and new vans, check the repair/reliability records on there in the price range you are looking for and make a list of those years, makes and models you think will work best for your fam and budget. Then go shopping on KSL Cars. I had a Chrysle...
by RubinHighlander
Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:58 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: General NOMfrence
Replies: 37
Views: 21014

Re: General NOMfrence

Wow, these are all so awesome!

With the new stupid alcohol laws just passed in Utah, I wonder there will be a talk on the WoW?

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by RubinHighlander
Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:44 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Social Media and Conference
Replies: 12
Views: 8595

Re: Social Media and Conference

This is one of the reason I left FB about five years ago. I was a stake clerk and the SP was telling us all we needed to be putting our inspirational crap and testimonies on our social media pages. I soon noticed them adding FB pages and friending me. My account was primarily photography, but with a...
by RubinHighlander
Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:24 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: You know what my problem is?
Replies: 16
Views: 8276

Re: You know what my problem is?

http://i.imgur.com/xBBDbJ4.png "If these people do not live up to all these promises made in this temple on this day, they will be, in my power!" I raise my hand to the square, turn my hand with the back facing toward all that BS and make the sign of the one fingered true symbol of my current feeli...
by RubinHighlander
Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:15 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: BoM
Replies: 70
Views: 46943

Re: BoM

I love this analogy! Another big moment for me was the realization that the choice of either staying in the boat or giving myself over to the storm is a false dichotomy. Once I had taken that big step, and realized I was standing in calm knee-deep water, I saw that there was no storm, just a bunch o...
by RubinHighlander
Sun Mar 26, 2017 11:37 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What calling does someone like me get?
Replies: 21
Views: 12803

Re: What calling does someone like me get?

Stick to the temporal related callings: - Librarian - Technology Specialist - Auditor (requires a TR) - Assistant to the Regional Chalkboard Eraser Manager Teaching little kids is pretty mundane, just ignore the lesson manual and teach them Jesus stories...and try to sneak in a little bit on critica...
by RubinHighlander
Sun Mar 26, 2017 11:01 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: BoM
Replies: 70
Views: 46943

Re: BoM

... if the BoM is fraudulent then perhaps so was my 36 years of my life. That is why it's so impossible at my current stage to 100% accept the fraudulent theory. I want to desperately believe some part of it is divine/sacred/holy/inspired. I stood on the pulpit many times and defended the BOM. When...
by RubinHighlander
Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:03 pm
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: Deaths of Despair
Replies: 2
Views: 2390

Deaths of Despair

This is a very discouraging but interesting trend in the US - This study shows the middle-aged white people mortality rate is in decline. This is a stark contrast in the US to the rest of the world and other races. In 2015, when researchers Anne Case and Angus Deaton discovered that death rates had ...
by RubinHighlander
Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:31 pm
Forum: Staying Faithful
Topic: Your Scriptures
Replies: 20
Views: 14215

Re: Your Scriptures

I'm not on Instagram, but I looked at your public page. You are an amazing photographer! I especially loved the red rock photos. Thank you so much! If there is a God, he/she/iam is out there in Nature and not in any man-made institution or building, at least for me. I can attest to this because I'v...
by RubinHighlander
Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:27 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Good Day
Replies: 10
Views: 6914

Re: Good Day

Thanks for the intro and welcome to an awesome forum! You mentioned something that really touched an old nerve for me. The local level mucking about with melded families, cancellation of sealing, adoptions, etc. This was a big item on my shelf, but it got pushed to the side for all the other crap th...
by RubinHighlander
Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:30 pm
Forum: Staying Faithful
Topic: Your Scriptures
Replies: 20
Views: 14215

Re: Your Scriptures

Give It Time wrote:
Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:31 pm
I like the idea of adding philosophy, but also mental health and science. Also, some of your pictures I'm sure would be nice.
If you are on Instagram, look me up: WasatchMaxiumus

https://www.instagram.com/wasatchmaximus/
by RubinHighlander
Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:24 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Debating with Pious Bias - Methods or Madness?
Replies: 7
Views: 5571

Re: Debating with Pious Bias - Methods or Madness?

...if it goes badly, let us know so we can be there to protect you from the kind of kidnapping and wrongful imprisonment the wise people of Ammon perpetrated against Korihor :) Thanks Zack! Glad you got my back! Often times, it's what your "not saying" that speaks the loudest! Love the list Red Ryd...
by RubinHighlander
Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:25 pm
Forum: Staying Faithful
Topic: Your Scriptures
Replies: 20
Views: 14215

Re: Your Scriptures

Cool idea! For the past couple of years I've filled the gap of prayer and scriptures with getting outdoors, both in the mountains and deserts of Utah. Is my cameras shoot time lapse I have time to just sit and exists, clear my mind, think about the universe or whatever. I've filled the study gap wit...
by RubinHighlander
Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:11 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Debating with Pious Bias - Methods or Madness?
Replies: 7
Views: 5571

Re: Debating with Pious Bias - Methods or Madness?

There's a couple of videos I've been watching that I thought might help as I think about and study the process by which one becomes indoctrinated and how they might get out. This one is a good one that shows how hard facts and questions do not change somebodies religious views: https://www.youtube.c...
by RubinHighlander
Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:05 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Debating with Pious Bias - Methods or Madness?
Replies: 7
Views: 5571

Debating with Pious Bias - Methods or Madness?

Bare with me for a moment as I lay some foundational content in order to best get the feedback I seek for this situation. Bottom line up front: I'd like some ideas from the forum as to methods that might be used to carefully navigate a conversation with a TBM, one that is full-on drinking the koolai...
by RubinHighlander
Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:32 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Voting Opposed
Replies: 64
Views: 40586

Re: Voting Opposed

Red Ryder wrote:
Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:12 pm
I prefer the absentee ballet. Vote with your feet and get the hell out of there! The vote process only accepts "YES".
Up vote for this one!