NOM

I listened to a bit of the podcast but not most. As I contemplate on the topic, my thoughts turn to the men who call themselves prophets, seers, and revelators. They are all older men. Most have served for many years. What is it that these men want more than anything? To leave a legacy of their gre...

Thanks for the replies. I find it interesting that other Christians expect me to run to put the Bible higher than I did before, because you know, that's actually "God's word." And honestly talking to an evangelical about the bible is just about the worst. I always expected to remain "Christian" but...

He just needs to call it So Called Mormon Discussions.

Wonder how much of our tithing money went into paying for that ruling. They lost in court several times, so the only way I can see that they would win is greasing someone's palm.

When some more healing time passes, she will probably realize there is no loss because that jerk is not CK material to begin with. And in Mormon doctrine, if he isn't going to CK, then she would be assigned to someone else. But I really think that should be worded that she gets to choose someone els...

I think the terms "liberal" and "conservative" are symptoms of a false thought continuum. I think they are fragile constructs which shatter when first principles are used to build more complex logical constructs. Neither of them fit within either classical philosophies such as stoicism or Aristotel...

you bring up a couple of issues, one being why leaving Mormonism tends to make people more liberal in their political views, and the other about transgender as a mental illness. So, first, the political thing. When psychologists study conservatives, they find a cluster of traits. They value loyalty,...

One thing I don't get with Mr. Norton is his obsession with Mitt Romney. I think it's very brash and unethical to single out someone like Romney and film him in the temple; Mike's reasoning for singling out Romney is that Mike doesn't want the POTUS, the "Ruler Of The Free World" to be someone who'...

And your family isn't horrified and angry, and telling you you will go to hell when you get bored with NOM and drop out.

One other thing - I have a friend whose husband has this same calling. He also got a promotion at work which requires a of of travel. She takes care of the family all weekend while he does church stuff. She takes care of the children all week while he's out of town. She recently had to get a babysi...

LittleFactory.JPG Yeah. That is one whopper that is too big to eat. When my daughter first came out to us, I happened to mention it to the bishop because DH was not taking it as well as hoped. He gave me that piece of crap, but said, "for what it is worth, I am supposed to give this to parents with...

Sometimes when someone is talking about their right to free speech, what they really want is consequence free free speech. For example, the church after prop 8 in California was complaining about they had a right to free speech to speak out against gay marriage. But no one had stopped the church fro...

Like Linked, there goes my posting holiday. This one bugs me. The last two callings Sis M has received, they didn't bother informing me either. It's annoying, regardless of the reason why. Is it because I'M the one who'll say no? It's just inconvenient to meet with two of us? They don't want to bot...

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...

I know this is following the tangent, but the church had me as a. Hold convinced that my parents divorcing was the worst thing that could happen. I was seriously ready to commit suicide if that was what it took to end the abuse without telling and causing my parents to divorce. I think when the chur...

According to some things I have read by Brigham Young, women are not judged by the same standard. Women being by nature more childlike than men are judged more like those who die before 8. All it takes for a woman to make it to the CK, is for some righteous priesthood holder to want her. Free ticket...

Hatch, Lee call on Alabama's Roy Moore to drop his Senate bid if underage sexual allegations are true I'm glad that Lee and Hatch think the allegations are disturbing and that he should resign. Although, the qualifier that the allegations be true is garbage. Maybe we should send a copy of the churc...

I have read James Fowler's Stages of Faith and going through it again. I looked up Don Bradley, FAIR has an interview with him and two others (Janet Eyring, Maxine Hanks) that had returned to the church. In my mind they didn't at all go back to a stage 3 belief. They have adopted a stage 5 nuanced ...

WOW :shock: WTF? Who does that? That is so crazy/creepy! I don't mean to poke on either of you here, but when I read Enoch's story, I thought it sounded fairly normal.... .... maybe I'm just weird. Or maybe just from the American West... I am from the American West, and I think it is *strange* beha...

There will be better attendance on first Sunday. People will attend to keep from being the subject of discussion. So at least one week will be well attended.

Okay-Best. Prank. Ever. You know how sometimes during GC talks they will show random pictures? Please someone hack into the conference center control room and put this up during his next talk!!! :lol: :lol: That would certainly cause some excitement. I learned in conference that Elder Bednar has so...