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Moksha, that is brilliant!

A merry Christmas and a very cool Yule to all you guys! I may not post much nowadays, but I do keep following up to see what’s going on.

Congrats, lostintime! I’m glad to hear that it went pretty well, and I hope that things will only get better.

I’m still stopping by from time to time. It was a great work those that resurrected the board did. Yeah, even a marvellous work and a wonder.

I posted about this ages ago on the old board, but this reminds me one of these guys (Brent Williams) used to be the stake president here. He left to return to the US to deal with his “business interests”. https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/phoenix/press-releases/2013/father-and-son-convicted-of-oper...

What a great outcome! I hope that your relationship continues to grow through this.

Or is it better to leave as soon as possible, and hope that when the time comes eventually that things will have blown over? (Or will they?) It’s such an individual thing, it’s hard to come up with a definitive answer.

On 7/24/2018 at 6:18 PM, Jane_Doe said: And have you heard this reiterated by prophets in the last half century? One memo is not scripture. If it was right then, its right today. Meat doesn't cease to be meat just because the recipient couldn't chew it. Another response by the poster defending the ...

Sounds like you need to queue this up while you're driving to work!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2NH8Yinl8

Yeah, that talk is a real gem. That said, it was pretty much standard attitude in the branch I was in when I joined in the 80’s.

Was “self-inflicted purging” referring to masturbation specifically?

It sounds like something that's currently going on, but that they don't agree with. I'm thinking sex without garments. But I am inclined to agree with Moksha's "monogamy" answer!

Best wishes, Meilingkie! It sounds like it's been a tough time, but you sound like you're working through it okay.

All the best!

I'm so sorry to hear you're still going through stuff like this, RR. I hope you guys can make it work out. I know it's difficult because the church is not going to be the one to move on any issue. Please take care, my friend, and know my thoughts are with you!

I console myself with the knowledge that in a real way, the matter and energy that make up "me" at this moment have existed since the Big Bang, and will continue to exist in some form until the end of the Universe. For a time, they come together to give me consciousness. It's inevitable that the pat...

I’m so sorry to hear that, Sparky. My deepest condolences.

Only at the very first. Then, something kind of “clicked”, and I realized how that was all rather silly - that those things are so minor in the scheme of things how could they affect my eternal progress, if there is such a thing. I do sometimes feel anxious about feeling anxious, but that’s another ...

Sorry MM that it hurts so bad. I've been reflecting a lot lately on the hurt my wife has been feeling due to my disbelief and frankly I'm done tip toeing around it. I've done it for over 10 years now and have taken a back seat while the church interjects itself into my marriage, my children's lives...

Goodboy, your mom sounds kind of awesome. I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!

Don't you just hate it when McDonalds' sales staff go on a rant about so-called "NutraNazis" who have the effrontery to ask about the grams of fat? The clincher is when they seek to prove their point by declaring that the Quarter Pounder with Cheese is the truest in its class, then to drive their p...

Please accept my condolences, Achilles. I'll be keeping you in my thoughts today.

Mopag, my deepest condolences.