NOM

I think this just falls into false traditions of forefathers. All other Christian sects focus on Easter so we won't. You would think this is their time to shine - Quoting from D&C all the time, "That he lives, for we saw him". I think this i why they don't think focus on Easter too much. Don't pay ...

GoodBoy wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:59 pm

NOM makes me realize it is them that are crazy, not me. And that this is a big world, and Mormonism is a teeny tiny part of it, even if it fills up most of my life.

I feel the same way.

In a discussion with my dad over not watching conference, I mentioned that I participated in an online forum of the "less than faithful" variety. He said, "an internet forum? " The subtext was that Internet forums are a den of iniquity. He told me, "why would you expend effort on that but not on con...

This is something that has bothered me too for the last few months. It seems the church has evolved to accept Lucifer's plan rather than Christ's. You know the plan of no agency, everyone must obey and everyone makes the trip back to Narnia to be with the father. Not much different that current dog...

This why the forum here is so important. We all need to be understood, and no one can understand like someone who has been there. You are right, what she is comparing is apples and oranges. I have met up with people on this forum twice, and both times I have felt an instant understanding even though...

Norway. 04-06. Per malm was president.

Lets add twerking to the ym/yw curriculum and we have a recipe for success!

That really stinks. My family has been doing a slow burn but it seems to be picking up steam. It's no fun. There is no manual for how to navigate this. Only just to show love as much as you would like to receive it.

FiveFingerMnemonic wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:24 am

I think this is also why all the hot girls get called to temple square

They gotta have something to look at on the way to work...

Reading through dialogue journals I came across an interesting article that I thought would be amusing to read. https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V47N01_19.pdf Manly Virtue: Defining Male Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century Mormonism by Russell Stevenson. On page 6...

Reading through dialogue journals I came across an interesting article that I thought would be amusing to read. https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V47N01_19.pdf Manly Virtue: Defining Male Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century Mormonism by Russell Stevenson. On page 6...

I really struggle with the make the world a better place thing. I told myself I would give tithing money to better places or to fast offerings. I haven't. I have just pocketed that money and it has felt damn good to do so. I guess I am a selfish asshole too.

God gave us a brain to use. He doesn't expect it back when it comes to religion. Feel free to use it as it applies to the wow.

Palerider wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:25 pm

Emower wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:52 pm

He was not an apostle at the time so it doesn't count.

And yet he got that teaching from somewhere didn't he.........

The moon people! They probably watched it happen then told him about it!

I don't feel bad for any of the q12. They know what they are doing at that point and they know where life is headed. I don't feel bad for the 1st quorum of the 70 either because they probably just hope to make it to the big time someday. It's the lesser quorums and area authorities I feel bad for. T...

I love this analogy! Another big moment for me was the realization that the choice of either staying in the boat or giving myself over to the storm is a false dichotomy. Once I had taken that big step, and realized I was standing in calm knee-deep water, I saw that there was no storm, just a bunch ...

Jeffrey Holland, 1975, describing how the continents were separated at the time of Noah, specifically for the purpose of keeping the Americas uninhabited: “Such a special place needed now to be kept apart from other regions, free from the indiscriminate traveler as well as the soldier of fortune. T...

I have to agree that it would not thrive. It would be popular with a fairly specific group of fundamentalist type people, but it wouldn't have much draw. It doesn't have a whole lot of draw for me right now. Any draw it does have is related to me having grown up in it.

Emower you are a good person! I am glad you had these conversations. They feel great, don't they?! It really does come down to the social/family. After all that is how the good lord will build the eternities. Who needs atoms or even legos when you can use the family unit as the eternal building blo...

Had anyone else noticed the trend in the Mormon leaks documents where the authorities advocate for leaders to take a slow approach to discipline and then say "the members may resign their membership?" I have read that in several of the documents. It's almost as if they just hope the problem will go ...