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Was it Elder Cook who said that the only way to gain a testimony was in the sharing of it? I believe it's true that if you repeat something long and often enough, you start to feel more of a veracity in the thing you're spouting. It doesn't really matter if it's true. You keep saying it's true so it...

Wait, we can pay to sterilize rednecks in West Virginia? Is there a go fund me for that? I don't think we'd have a shortage of people lining up to help, but the rednecks in West Virginia might have something to say about that. I don't think you'd want to threaten to sterilize the hillbillies, though...

Imagine it.. a capella hymns that don't stay on tune. Little kids running all over the place. Teenagers talking. Babies crying. 1st counselor in the bishopric running to Circle K for sacrament bread because deacon Trevor's mom didn't remind him to bring the loaf to church.

I would love to see the women of the church get together for a Lysistrata kind of moment. Either withholding sex, like in the play, or just refusing to show up on Sunday until things change, either would be equally devastating to the patriarchy. I love it! "A Sunday without the Sisters" Sounds like...

I started watching the podcast on this. I'm really really grateful this book didn't come out when I was in my early 20s. I might have bought a bit of that kool-aid. Why? Because I was special, by God. My patriarchal blessing confirmed it. I might even be a big player during the resurrection process....

There is something to be said regarding countenances. When a person sins their behavior changes, or rather their spirit that moves them was distracted elsewhere since the last time you observed them so they are not interacting with you on the same conscious level. I think most would at least kinda ...

I could be wrong (couldn't we all at anytime and anywhere) and I don't remember the source (getting more suspect by the minute), but a guy in my ward has a sister who's best friend was on a mission with Elder McConkie's granddaughter... No, sorry, I waxed ridiculous. Cut that last part. I don't reme...

On the Stay LDS forum there is some thread about nuancing the temple rec questions so that you're not lying but also getting the questions right enough to get the golden ticket. I can't remember all the ideas, but I do remember thinking of a lot of that on my own whilst I was in faith crisis but sti...

I'll weigh in to the divergent thread. I became active at about 13 years old, so may have missed some of the early programming. I've never encountered any church lesson, in EQ or anywhere else, that suggested to me in any way to punish my wife. All of the lessons regarding wife were along the lines ...

I don't follow political shit closely, but I thought for sure Trump called for the heads of those who opposed him during all that Jan 6th debacle that played out for us on national television. Now, "called for their heads" is maybe not the right description and I don't remember the exact words he us...

Bonfire wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:55 pm

What does thrusting a sickle mean to you?

I don't know, but it doesn't sound like something you should be doing at church.

What was Joseph thinking when he talked about a marvelous work about to come forth?

Don't go thrusting your sickle at ward functions, Bonfire. You might get arrested.

While I'm not a fan of everything Dehlin says and does, he certainly has had guests who are clearly still Mormon. Rod Meldrum, for one. Patrick Mason for another. While Rod and Dr Mason seem very far apart in their views, they're both clearly card carrying priesthood holders. Second, no one, left/ r...

I'm not sure about my countenance, but I'm a better guy... without the church. I'm a happier guy... without the church. But I understand that others may need the church for happiness or comfort. I feel it's more about neurology and maybe personality than spirituality. People who are more open to new...

Amen, Angel.

Have they announced a Queen Creek temple yet? I suppose that's next.

Distressing and weird for sure, and I feel like I know maybe a dozen or so folks from my neck of the desert who are less than a half standard deviation away from receiving a vision to pack their family into a bunker or trek to Idaho or Missouri, and maybe the only thing keeping them from falling hea...

Then there's the story of the man who confessed to his bishop about viewing porn and when the bishop asked for more information was told that the porn was a cosmo magazine. And with my very own ears I heard a stake president say that viewing porn was akin to adultry. He said it was the SAME THING. H...

And I totally agree with Hagoth. It's about creating false dichotomies.

Politicians and religious leaders seem to be pretty good at it.

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...