Search found 1612 matches
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:56 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: The Happiness Letter - possibly the most damning evidence against polygamy?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9693
Re: The Happiness Letter - possibly the most damning evidence against polygamy?
I tried to find something about the letter from FAIR. I could find almost nothing except for a footnote in an article. If there's an article, it's well hidden, it appears. When I was young, I loved the usual quote when I found it in Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. When I found out the context...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:11 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Susan Easton Black Rips Benjamin Park a New One
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6755
Re: Susan Easton Black Rips Benjamin Park a New One
Please excuse me for stepping over the line into politics, but I think the analogy is appropriate. Church apologetics works kind of like the Trump administration. If you want to know who's telling the truth, and what Trump is really insecure about you just have to look at who he belittles and what ...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:03 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Secret Mormon Meetings of 1922
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14528
Re: Secret Mormon Meetings of 1922
And this rant brings us full circle back to the BH Roberts conundrum, correct? And why this episode of Mormon Stories was absolutely mesmerizing. I'm sure ol' Brigham Henry is quite the cautionary tale for these guys, about what happens to apostles who have the stones to confront the issues head on...
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:48 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Susan Easton Black Rips Benjamin Park a New One
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6755
Re: Susan Easton Black Rips Benjamin Park a New One
I cannot imagine higher praise for a book and author than to be dismissed by The Interpreter. I will have to get this book. When I was young, I attended a youth conference at BYU. We had our choice of breakout sessions for one period. I went to one by Susan Easton Black. On the bus home, one of our ...
- Wed Jul 08, 2020 6:01 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: My Interview with Brian Hauglid is Up!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 16067
Re: My Interview with Brian Hauglid is Up!
Wow, what a great interview, and it will require a second listen. The part I absolutely loved was that Brian went into the Gee/Interpreter hit piece on his/Jensen's volume of the JS papers. And the revelation that the church paid Gee for the hit piece, and then called him on the carpet for said hit...
- Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:33 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: My Interview with Brian Hauglid is Up!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 16067
Re: My Interview with Brian Hauglid is Up!
I wonder how many scholars are apostates-in-the-closet. I am sure that most of those working in church history and scripture for the church have subscriptions to Dialogue. If they don't, they are regularly getting articles from the library. The leadership is happy to villainize the intellectuals, bu...
- Sat Jun 27, 2020 6:56 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Grant Palmer's non-believing GA revealed
- Replies: 31
- Views: 16154
Re: Grant Palmer's non-believing GA revealed
Interesting. A lawsuit would have been fascinating. Probably no one would have been willing to go on record.
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:22 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: What’s the future of anti-Mormonism look like?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 19005
Re: What’s the future of anti-Mormonism look like?
We can see the switch in the type of apologetic that the church encourages. 30 years ago, it was a FARMS/FAIR-style, take-no-prisoners approach. That was all there was, at least all I was aware of. It reflected an insistence that we have the Truth. Anti-Mormons were the opposite, asserting that the ...
- Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:29 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: The Cataclysm Sentence
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4443
Re: The Cataclysm Sentence
Wash your hands before delivering a baby.
I think they'd figure out a lot if they start there.
I think they'd figure out a lot if they start there.
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:25 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Bendar Feels Attacked
- Replies: 37
- Views: 20788
Re: Bendar Feels Attacked
Yes, the church really needs to look at all the women who do not have a priesthood holding man in the home and realize that something important was being denied to a segment of the church and how denying that was cruel when blessing the sacrament over the phone or a dozen other ways to allow women ...
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:36 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: If I could ask them one question . . . Come Follow Me, Lesson 23
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3302
Re: If I could ask them one question . . . Come Follow Me, Lesson 23
With this limited kind of God it may not be possible to even ask about the problem of evil. Elohim is powerless one way or the other. He's just a guy like us but with more bling. The Book of Mormon makes me wonder if we are barking up the wrong tree altogether. It tells us that God, being so limite...
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:30 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: A fun quiz for you and your favorite TBM's
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8171
Re: A fun quiz for you and your favorite TBM's
1. Knock! Knock! (Door Opens) Hello, my name is Elder Jones, and this is my companion Elder Shumway, and we are missionaries from... Oh, my goodness! You two must be very hot and tired. Here, let me get you some water. 2. The name of the leader of our church is... How nice. I don't believe in organ...
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:52 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Lex de Azevedo on Mormon Stories
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11227
Re: Lex de Azevedo on Mormon Stories
Mormons don't have the first clue what great art is, all LDS-related art is shallow, phony, and puerile. Give me one example of a play, song, painting, sculpture, book, (or religion, for that matter) that is targeted at the LDS market that isn't. Except Arnold Friberg paintings. Those are awesome. ...
- Sun May 31, 2020 7:21 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Lex de Azevedo on Mormon Stories
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11227
Re: Lex de Azevedo on Mormon Stories
Kind of a tangent, but here is a deleted scene from the movie version of Saturday's Warrior, for anyone who has not seen it and might find it interesting: https://youtu.be/Jp86mQX127M I wondered why this song was not in the movie. Saturday's Warrior was one of the records our family listened to whe...
- Sun May 31, 2020 7:50 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: The Archaeology of Ancient Holy of Holies Used Weed for Their Rituals
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4653
Re: The Archaeology of Ancient Holy of Holies Used Weed for Their Rituals
Unless, as some scholars believe, the Israelites' kaneh-bosm is the same cane-like plant that was burned in the other temples, which these days goes by a similar name: cannabis. Add to that the Old Testament's emphasis on burning things like frankincense and myrrh, both of which are psychoactive su...
- Sat May 30, 2020 10:13 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: The Archaeology of Ancient Holy of Holies Used Weed for Their Rituals
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4653
Re: The Archaeology of Ancient Holy of Holies Used Weed for Their Rituals
Here is my best apologetic attempt. This is not the temple at Jerusalem, the only authorized temple in Israel at the time. These are apostate worshipers who did not have access to the true spirit, so they had to simulate spiritual experiences with psychoactive drugs. The true priests would have had ...
- Wed May 27, 2020 7:45 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Hans and Brigitta Mattson, 2nd and 3rd Witnesses for the 2nd Anointing
- Replies: 61
- Views: 34909
Re: Hans and Brigitta Mattson, 2nd and 3rd Witnesses for the 2nd Anointing
The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that the intention of the Second Anointing is that the ONLY way a man can get to the top-god level is as a member of the super-anointing club. Sure, you can get to one of the lower levels of the CK by living a near-perfect life, but that special 3rd...
- Wed May 27, 2020 4:31 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Hans and Brigitta Mattson, 2nd and 3rd Witnesses for the 2nd Anointing
- Replies: 61
- Views: 34909
Re: Hans and Brigitta Mattson, 2nd and 3rd Witnesses for the 2nd Anointing
http://www.ldsendowment.org/ Only the first portion of the second anointing--the anointing itself--can be performed vicariously for the dead. ' That's a new one to me. Again, I wonder what percentage of Second-anointed dead folks are in the bloodline of GAs. I would love for my parents to have this...
- Fri May 22, 2020 8:26 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Whats your favorite mormon koan?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5377
Re: Whats your favorite mormon koan?
If Russell M. Nelson speaks to an empty conference center, does he make a sound?
- Fri May 22, 2020 5:07 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Church wants more Christ-centered artwork in buildings
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11513
Re: Church wants more Christ-centered artwork in buildings
The most recent Mormon Land podcast dealt with this. You can listen here: https://www.sltrib.com/podcasts/mormonland/ I guess what bothers me is that the "approved" artwork is so limited. It's like McDonald's or a Target. The church wants to establish a brand. The way to do that is to make sure that...