NOM

Good morning my friends. I avoided GC as long as I could. But sadly, it found me all the same.

I think this was about right for me too. When I first read the post I thought around 20 hours was about right. I was the transient bishop too, and that didn't add too much time to the regular schedule. But it was 20 hours I didn't have for my family, trying to make money, or further my career. Stil...

Strictly speaking, a revelation could be described as anything that reveals a previously unconsidered, unobserved, or unrecognized thought or idea. Which is certainly not something that could be said of anything that goes on in LDS meetings. ... A leadership meeting about doing better at ministerin...

I get what you're saying, and I 100% agree that the church enacts concerted efforts to water down the miraculous to make our everyday lives seem "blessed" by our church activity. That said, I'm going to play the Devil's (church's :lol: ) advocate for a sec. Strictly speaking, a revelation could be d...

In a dream-world I would resign along with my wife and family. But that is so far removed from reality that I just put resignation on my anti-church shelf and tell myself its so I don't make my mom cry. ... and that makes me cry.

Red Ryder wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:57 pm

OK, I spent a day researching and put the list together.

Loose Translation:
When convenient to apologetics

Tight Translation:
When convenient to apologetics

All in a hard day's work!

The most well-read Mormons have at least read Rough Stone Rolling. I don't recall any TBM's who seem to have read it. :shock: Missionaries surprised me at my house the other day when I was the only one home. They saw RSR on my bookshelf and asked about it. One said he wanted to read it when he got ...

A lot of the BoM apologetics try to deal with the given topic by citing either loose or tight translation methods. Has anyone created a list of the various BoM problems and compared how often they cite tight vs loose translation? I was thinking the same thing. It would be interesting to see a compi...

I wanted to add that my friend who is currently the transient Bishop for our stake is significantly busier on random nights. I could see him hitting close to 40 hours on a bad week.

Is the Bishop really spending 40 hours a week doing church work? I may not be a typical bishop, but here's my schedule for the past year.... Sundays: 6 ~ 10 hours depending meetings, phone calls, interviews, and visits Mondays: off Tuesdays: 2-4 hours (including prep, giving rides, and cleanup) YM/...

I'm so excited for you guys! Its got to feel so great to be building a common ground in this space again. You and Sister R are now my official and yet unannounced heroes, and I hope to one day follow in your footsteps.

Hagoth wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:30 am

Let's put our heads together and start The Church of Nothing (the only true church)

I'm in!

Link to the podcast? I’m about to go into a meeting but want to come back to this post later. Its Mormon Expression episode 158 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82OGE3MjU5OC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/ZTQzODAzYWItOTc1My00ZmExLThhODMtZWQxNjVlMzMyNDgy?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYC...

I was recently listening to an old Mormon Expression podcast where the group discusses D&C 19. Specifically versus 6-12... 6 Nevertheless, it is not written that there shall be no end to this torment, but it is written endless torment. 7 Again, it is written eternal damnation; wherefore it is more e...

Cnsl1 wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 20, 2022 12:01 am

Jfro18 you've done an amazing job with this and it's enjoyable to watch/ listen. I've learned a thing or two, and I thought I knew just about everything about this stuff. Thank you.

Ditto. Thank you for all of this, Jfro18!

I'm on the 0% tithing plan. Great plan. Highly recommend. I'm also on the 0% plan. Still waiting for the SP to notice and kick me out err... release me from my calling. That said, we have committed substantial $ to helping certain individuals and families in our ward/area directly. So I feel okay w...

This is anecdotal, but tithing has not significantly changed in our non-Utah ward. Removing actual numbers here is a chart of the last 4 years... The 2022 number is a projection based on the past 6 months. https://i.imgur.com/yX4NWx3.png edit: Interesting to note that probably 85-90% of the total ti...

Cnsl1 wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 20, 2022 12:01 am

Jfro18 you've done an amazing job with this and it's enjoyable to watch/ listen. I've learned a thing or two, and I thought I knew just about everything about this stuff. Thank you.

Ditto. Great job! Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Saw this floating around r/mapporn. https://i.imgur.com/iszQY1F.png I have been a bishop for slightly over a year now. In all that time I have had 1, one, single, solitary man ask to meet with me because he needed someone to talk to. It actually turned out to be a very brief, but good, conversation ...

Man, I've been out of the loop for a while here. This is great, Red! Congratulations to Sister Ryder for gaining a new understanding! Congratulations to you for gaining some more common ground with her! I hope things continue to progress and work out the best for both of you! edit: That was a lot of...