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It is easy for those of us sitting on the sidelines of her life to insist she should be okay being married to a non-believer, but as much as it sucks to voice this thought, if she's never going to be happy unless she's married to a believer it isn't fair to expect her to commit to a life of unhappi...

You have to sign into your LDS account to ask questions - how is it some of them are from “Anonymous Users”? Is there an “anonymous” option once you sign in? You can register for an account as a "friend." Not sure if you'll be able to ask a question on that page w/o a membership # tied to the accou...

“When you go to the devil’s side and start getting information on blogs...and neglect the scriptures... you’re going to lose your membership in the kingdom of god.” Ballard What a steaming pile of s*** (the statement, that is). I generally like to give the brethren the benefit of the doubt because I...

After a few weeks, I wondered what the point was in me being there? It was ruining Sat. Sun. and Mon. for the whole family as I would dread it on Sat, it would make me mad to hear stuff I didn't like on Sunday, and I would still be at a simmer on Monday. Same experience! And it's great being on the...

Highly doubt Dan Reynolds. Public scrutiny would be too high, and it appears that the COB is approaching PR very seriously these days.

What was the tipping point, do you think, for Bill? Calling Jeff Holland a liar?

I reached out to Chelsea months ago when I was navigating my faith crisis, and she was extremely kind, open, and gave me great recommendations on managing the issue with my DW. At the time I was likely on the same ground as her husband, and my DW was in her faith camp. Glad the church published this...

Nothing opens the heavens quite like the combination of increased purity, exact obedience, earnest seeking, daily feasting on the words of Christ in the Book of Mormon, and regular time committed to temple and family history work. "Exact obedience." This idea is certain to induce shame and anxiety ...

Didn’t Dehlin or was it Jeremy Runnells that had to sign something stating they wouldn’t record? If I recall they were told to sign or else they would proceed in their absence. Putting integrity aside, what would happen if Bill signed such statement but went ahead and recorded it anyway? Could the ...

I feel like I am required to be enthusiastic for the divine genius of minor organization changes like ministering teaching and combining the priesthood quorums. It's like being excited for a small child that scribbles a stick figure version of their family for you. "Yes, dear child, we are so proud...

I found this piece because I was looking for information on "revelation" and "hallucination," motivated by what Hassan told Dehlin in the interview about cults. If anyone has any respectable sources on the extent to which spiritual revelation might often be hallucination I'd love to see it. The 12 p...

Just read an interesting academic piece by Rodney Stark. He presents a normative outline of how otherwise sane/rational individuals receive what they presume to be revelation. I know this may be offensive to some here, but I agree with many of the points he makes. While I believe I've had a at least...

Hagoth wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 05, 2018 3:54 pm

I get it from a rock in a hat.

It has become increasingly evident that Joseph Smith borrowed a lot of "original" Mormon doctrine from other sources. Examples include Josephus, Jasher, Thomas Dick’s Philosophy of a Future State , Thomas Taylor’s The Six Books of Proclus on the Theology of Plato , Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary, G...

Hagoth wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:46 am

Is all of this just coincidental?

Fascinating Hagoth. Thank you for sharing. What is equally mysterious to me is how the heck you come across this stuff...

But seriously, these are gems of information that you just don't stumble upon. Do you read a lot of this stuff in your free time?

jfro18 wrote: ↑

Sun May 13, 2018 10:25 am

Thanks all - I'm going to try and get this formatted much cleaner this week and maybe see if I can get it tossed up on a website or something so it can look a lot nicer/more organized.

jfro18 - did this ever go anywhere? Would love to see the product if you were able to get it done.

Congratulations on the steps you've taken, I know well how hard those can be. If you don't mind sharing, how have the responses been so far? So far so good. My DW has sensed some awkwardness between her and some of her TBM friends who now know. I think we've handled it in a delicate enough way that...

The Letter: Hope this email finds everyone well, although admittedly, I know you may not find yourselves feeling well after further reading. I’m sure most of you know at this point, so we felt it would be best to be open and let you all know where we are with the church. One of my colleagues is a de...

I posted a little rant on this Support thread a while ago. Thank you to everyone who gave me advice. My wife and I decided to take a break from the church about a month ago - letting leadership know (released from callings, etc.) and now telling close friends and family. It was really hard to go thr...

As Bill Reel is, John Dehlin once was. As John Dehlin is, Bill Reel may become. :lol: :lol: :lol: Great podcast episode Consiglieri! It would be entertaining to see any apologists' retorts. On another note, how are you doing with MormonCorp these days, if you don't mind sharing? I'm curious if the ...

Sidney Rigdon left fewer because he had all of his papers burned as a part of his will after death but some still remain. That in and of itself has always seemed suspicious to me. Palerider - do you have a cite for the claim of SR having much of his work destroyed? I'm really interested into lookin...