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by blazerb
Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:39 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Are you ready for Moroni Day?
Replies: 18
Views: 14009

Re: Are you ready for Moroni Day?

Tomorrow, Sept 21, marks the 200th anniversary of the day a treasure guardian spirit stood in a pillar of light as bright as the sun in the bedroom of five boys in an Upper State New York Cabin and spoke in the booming voice of an angel for hours on end, but failed to wake four of them up. Many mem...
by blazerb
Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:48 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Mormon Fragility
Replies: 0
Views: 8495

Mormon Fragility

I listened to one of the recent RFM podcasts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxEGz6FhYDQ . This podcast tells the tale of the hosts of the Mormonish podcast who were trying to attend a talk by Ronald Rasband at a Book of Mormon Central meeting, maybe a fundraiser. They were uninvited after a r...
by blazerb
Mon Sep 18, 2023 1:06 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What's the story with Tim Ballard?
Replies: 42
Views: 26059

Re: What's the story with Tim Ballard?

The organization led a bizarre, blundering attempted rescue on the Haiti-Dominican Republic border based on intelligence sourced from a Utah psychic medium. (The same psychic went on to work as an executive director for an OUR-backed group, an adoption grant organization called Children Need Famili...
by blazerb
Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:46 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Welcome to the Tuesday Podcast Club!
Replies: 33
Views: 20508

Re: Welcome to the Tuesday Podcast Club!

Anyone listen to the Adam Steed Mormon stories episode 1809? He was one of the kids abused in scouting and later had his live destroyed by Jodi Hildibrandt. Elder Hillam helped to cover up the abuse. Jodi became a counselor on the LDS family services approved counselor list. Anyone who doesn’t thin...
by blazerb
Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:41 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Selling Zion?
Replies: 8
Views: 12776

Re: Selling Zion?

Bingo! But the starship Nauvoo is just going to be used to destroy alien technology. We're not getting back to Kolob either. That was from one possible timeline. I suspect the Church will use Senior Missionaries to build the Starship Nauvoo and have it guarded by a legion of Stripling Warriors. The...
by blazerb
Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:39 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Past Stance Against Christianity
Replies: 10
Views: 8404

Re: Past Stance Against Christianity

I wish YouTube had a recording of the early temple film, wherein a (obviously catholic, great and abominable church representative) priest (with a bad perm hairdo) is hired ("I will pay you well") by Satan to preach to Adam and Eve. The early missionary lessons (at least up to the late 80's) also h...
by blazerb
Fri Sep 15, 2023 6:06 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Shunning by Decreee
Replies: 9
Views: 12143

Re: Shunning by Decreee

I've seen a couple of previous people who have received this letter from KM. I loved hearing RMN's take on the legality of the letter. The level of chutzpah needed to claim authority to declare who you may and may not contact is unbelievable. Is there no penalty for a lawyer making demands that are ...
by blazerb
Thu Sep 14, 2023 3:26 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Selling Zion?
Replies: 8
Views: 12776

Re: Selling Zion?

As long as Church Authorities realize that "return to Missouri" will never happen, there is no reason not to sell the land and make some wise investments in the Beijing Stock Market. The Starship Nauvoo taking the Corporation back to Kolob should be the main goal. Bingo! But the starship Nauvoo is ...
by blazerb
Thu Sep 14, 2023 4:38 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Welcome to the Tuesday Podcast Club!
Replies: 33
Views: 20508

Re: Welcome to the Tuesday Podcast Club!

Mayan_Elephant wrote:
Mon Sep 04, 2023 5:45 am
I recommend Ear Hustle, Season 1

https://www.earhustlesq.com/episodes/2017/6/14/cellies
I loved listening to this podcast, but it's hard for me to say why. I loved hearing these stories.
by blazerb
Thu Sep 07, 2023 10:49 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Welcome to the Tuesday Podcast Club!
Replies: 33
Views: 20508

Re: Welcome to the Tuesday Podcast Club!

This was the podcast I found most interesting this week. The moral of this story is that following some aspects of Mormonism can make your family dysfunctional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VXaNZ89Yhc&t=1s 8 Passengers Ruby Franke and "Therapist" Jodi Hildebrandt Arrested - The Mormon Angle Yea...
by blazerb
Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:55 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Please Sir, I Want Some More... Church
Replies: 15
Views: 7373

Re: Please Sir, I Want Some More... Church

Could be worse. Dad, I want: 1. More annoying little brothers and sisters to torture with endless pranks. 2. Extra school assignments to use as paper airplanes for aerial warfare. 3. A permanent bedtime extension, so they can stay up past the adults. 4. A secret passageway in the house for their "t...
by blazerb
Sat Sep 02, 2023 5:56 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Re-thinking re-dedicating floor for church lawyers
Replies: 4
Views: 12154

Re: Re-thinking re-dedicating florr for church lawyers

I think it was Ryan McKnight or someone else associated with Mormon Leaks who pointed out that the most important person in an organization is not necessarily the president or CEO. It's the person who is paid the most. That is the person with the skills that the organization cannot do without. I am ...
by blazerb
Fri Sep 01, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Another Utah man kills family
Replies: 12
Views: 8798

Re: Another Utah man kills family

Is it inappropriate to talk about the Ruby Franke situation here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/8-passengers-mom-arrested-alleged-child-abuse_n_64f10d9ce4b01033a828c6d7 I will state at the outset that this is clearly beyond any common Mormon behavior. I do think that the pressure to present a perfe...
by blazerb
Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:26 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: LDS approach to history.
Replies: 5
Views: 12255

Re: LDS approach to history.

Hermey wrote:
Thu Aug 31, 2023 7:23 am
blazerb wrote:
Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:32 am
Hagoth wrote:
Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:46 pm

It's not just THAT they're sprinkling, it's WHAT they're sprinkling:
https://youtu.be/VAAwjGKxxIs
Sometimes they fling it. It hits the fan. It's a real mess.
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I love this picture. Thank you. :)
by blazerb
Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:07 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Welcome to the Tuesday Podcast Club!
Replies: 33
Views: 20508

Re: Welcome to the Tuesday Podcast Club!

This was a podcast that I needed to hear. I'm a man, so the point of view is a little different. In any case, I'm also a people-pleaser. I need to get better at disappointing others and being ok with it. It was also painful to hear, because I know I am guilty of using my disappointment to manipulate...
by blazerb
Wed Aug 30, 2023 3:15 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Bednar dedication of the Smith home
Replies: 6
Views: 12160

Re: Bednar dedication of the Smith home

Have they marked the location of the barn where the "dirty, nasty, filthy affair" with Fanny Alger was witnessed by Emma? Do they know the location where Joseph decided to start an illegal bank? Do they note how Joseph snuck out of town at night to avoid prosecution? Oh, the faith-promoting stories ...
by blazerb
Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:32 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: LDS approach to history.
Replies: 5
Views: 12255

Re: LDS approach to history.

Hagoth wrote:
Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:46 pm
deacon blues wrote:
Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:26 am
... but many prefer to teach Church History by sprinkling. .
It's not just THAT they're sprinkling, it's WHAT they're sprinkling:
https://youtu.be/VAAwjGKxxIs
Sometimes they fling it. It hits the fan. It's a real mess.
by blazerb
Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:09 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Rethinking the Renlund's dented boat
Replies: 6
Views: 8027

Re: Rethinking the Renlund's dented boat

I'd add that you realize that the captain does have some excellent bottled water, not the best but pretty good. He gets some caviar. His kids aren't doing any work around the boat. They just go around telling the rest of us how important their father is. They get the good food, too.
by blazerb
Tue Aug 22, 2023 10:38 am
Forum: Support
Topic: The Brigham Wheel
Replies: 8
Views: 8157

Re: The Brigham Wheel

How about a "No Fun House" where someone takes 10% of your money and shushes you all the time you are walking around looking at pictures of Norse gods in native American garb.
by blazerb
Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:56 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: A Reasonable God?
Replies: 19
Views: 50667

Re: A Reasonable God?

Would a reasonable god send an angel commanding a man to take his ninth wife but not bother to tell him not to be racist? Would a reasonable god wake a man up in the middle of the night to tell him that god is offended by a nickname but not tell someone that honor code policies at BYU are putting yo...