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-500 for Uchtdorf or however many points it takes to ensure he goes negative. His talk will absolutely be weaponized. I'll have to read it later to see what you mean, but there seems to always be one talk per GenCon that is weaponized for the following months by certain people both online and in th...

Why even have the evening session if they can't even fill up the time? At some point it just seems silly to make families plan their evening around an hour of talks that don't provide anything that the earlier two sessions couldn't.

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Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:46 pm

Looks like Rusty and Jeff won't even be attending this one in person, might deflate potential drama even more me thinks.

Pretty sure Nelson hurt his back trying to take out Tim Ballard in the middle of the night by himself.

So basically the Saints books but focused on making Joseph Smith look awesome while citing the JSP?

I know these courts are supposed to be confidential, but with someone who is high profile, it's getting out. They also have to let the stake and ward leaders know, so there is no way people are not going to find out he was ex'd. I'll be interested to see if WHY he was ex'd will be revealed. And if ...

I just saw John posted it on Twitter as well... hmm.

Can you imagine if this goes through and paves the way for a class action, for those of us who don't have enough to retire but would if we got those donations back? I know it's only a slim chance that would happen, but I'm holding out some hope. That's the other predicament I think this puts the ch...

Of course, they are not concerned at all about the direct financial loss of $5 million. They suck that much out of their members every few minutes. What they fear is that Huntsman will win discovery. All the financial books would be open and their sins would be shouted from the rooftops. This is 10...

They just don't say anything of substance anymore, apart from obedience, shame for inadequate obedience, and leader adoration. Any actual information will always come through the newsroom with plenty of wiggle room for denial, removal or later modification. Yep - the last few times any real policy ...

My wishful thinking: 1. Garments are only required to be worn at the temple 2. Tithing should go to local charities that will actually use the money 3. An absolute smackdown of Tim Ballard to the point where there is nothing left to salvage My actual prediction: 1. A crap-ton of temples announced 2....

This is the first time that I expect absolutely nothing... which probably means they'll do something that makes headlines. But I expect they'll continue to play footsie with all sides of Mormonism while giving talks that some people think are denouncing DezNat types and DezNat types feel are a green...

Regardless, I’m convinced the BoM could have been engraved on the plates with the right tools. I just don’t believe they had the right tools at the time it was allegedly written. I'm not even sure you could because of what Hagoth said regarding the dimensions. I think apologists need to expand the ...

What's even crazier is to see apologists cite nonsense like the Prygi Tablets are proof of records on gold plates, not addressing that those three plates hold only TWO HUNDRED WORDS. In other words, the Book of Mormon would need like 1,000 plates just for the unsealed portion... It's so absurd that ...

Is the first truly recorded, detailed account of this visit from the 1838 history? I know there are allusions to spiritual visitors, but I cant remember this account being in any detail before that. Which of course is amazing given how backdated all of it is, not that members care... i just saw a lo...

If I could find a way to agitate people towards becoming more vocal about doing away with garments I would put some energy into it. They are the most unattractive clothing ever and the fact that the symbols are masonic should be the easiest sign that these are not from God. Now I have to think if th...

Man, I hope they don't just cluelessly gloss over this General Conference, but I fear the days of actually confronting real issues, not just boogeymen, are in the past. I fear the church has the same problem as the Republican party. The people at the top don't like the crazies but they need their n...

I used to roll up my waistband to keep them from handing below my shorts but I was reprimanded for "modifying" them contrary to my covenant. I would pull them up as high as I could Urkle-style to make sure they didn't hang out the bottom of shorts and it was so uncomfortable but I was terrified tha...

I hate garments so much... I've hated them since the moment I was told that I'd have to wear them for the rest of my life which no one told me until the days before going to the temple with my wife. She knew and she did not tell me which sucked, but I couldn't say anything because I thought that's j...

This podcast was an interesting one to me because it both resonates with me obviously being in a position where I feel like I'm disappointing in any areas connected to the church, but also frustrating because it's really difficult for me to be 'OK' disappointing others. I think that's a constant str...

I'm in - I'll listen tomorrow while everyone is at school and report back.