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by Just This Guy
Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:15 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What's up with the "countenance" concept?
Replies: 24
Views: 4660

Re: What's up with the "countenance" concept?

The general appearance of a person’s face, which often reflects spiritual attitude and state of mind. (LDS.org) [emphasis added] From dictionary.com COUNTENANCE noun 1. appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance. 2. the face; visage. https://www.dictionary.com/brow...
by Just This Guy
Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:16 am
Forum: Support
Topic: New Apostle
Replies: 10
Views: 2226

Re: New Apostle

They've probably already submitted some names for K&M to thoroughly vet. If there's a conflict between who the prophet wants and who passes the background checks, who wins? Who calls an apostle in the modern church, the sitting prophet or the lawyers? Not vetting the candidate is the worst decision...
by Just This Guy
Wed Nov 08, 2023 6:55 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Fight The New Drug
Replies: 138
Views: 83982

Re: Fight The New Drug

One thing that has come up with all the investigation to Tim Ballard is that the people who created the "Fight the New Drug" campaign were big supporters of the "Visions of Glory" book and author. The are documented connections between the founds of FtNG and people Like Tim Ballard, Lori Daybell, Jo...
by Just This Guy
Mon Nov 06, 2023 6:46 am
Forum: Support
Topic: 36 new missions created - why?
Replies: 16
Views: 3071

Re: 36 new missions created - why?

Jeffret wrote:
Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:39 am
More opportunities to call mission presidents?

I have to be super cynical, but are there going to be a bunch of family members of Mormon royalty or lower level leaders that are facing legal trouble that are going to get called to foreign missions?
by Just This Guy
Sat Nov 04, 2023 3:20 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What's up with the "countenance" concept?
Replies: 24
Views: 4660

Re: What's up with the "countenance" concept?

Do you guys remember any GAs that got excommunicated? What they looked like while active versus after their excommunication? I was thinking about George P. Lee for example: https://thirdhour.org/forums/uploads/monthly_2017_08/dlme.png.632770957928c4d58a84c75fb40fb364.png Does the countenance really...
by Just This Guy
Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:49 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What's up with the "countenance" concept?
Replies: 24
Views: 4660

Re: What's up with the "countenance" concept?

How much of judging "countenance" is just a matter of cherry picking photos to fit a narrative? In the case of George P. Lee provided, you have a obviously staged portrait shot. Staging isn't a bad thing here, just a photo shoot where they set it up to get a good photo. Then you have a candid photo ...
by Just This Guy
Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:44 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Fight The New Drug
Replies: 138
Views: 83982

Re: Fight The New Drug

Maybe I am missing something or maybe something is getting lost in translation. But these recent posts by Bonfire make no sense to me. They don't even seam like something written by a TBM. It comes across more like AI generated nonsense than a coherent point about anything. Please correct me if I am...
by Just This Guy
Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:27 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: How many plates?
Replies: 9
Views: 7000

Re: How many plates?

So what was on the sealed portion? The Book of Mormon itself and official church sources all agree that the sealed portion consisted of the 24 plates of Ether ( https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2011/10/to-the-point/what-is-the-sealed-portion-of-the-book-of-mormon-and-will-we-ever-k...
by Just This Guy
Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:54 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Who was Absalom?
Replies: 13
Views: 6195

Re: Who was Tamar? Who was Amnon?

Bonfire wrote:
Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:37 pm
Do you know about what happened to Tamar or Amnon?
Why should we care?
by Just This Guy
Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:36 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Great Surprise--National Geographic
Replies: 7
Views: 5293

Re: Great Surprise--National Geographic

In 2021, Radio Free Mormon interviewed geneticist Dr. Simon Southernton. Dr. Southernton is the guy who first did the DNA research that found the BOM had no link to middle eastern DNA. This is a very detailed look at the science of DNA and exactly why the BOM has no DNA evidence. Big shout out to Dr...
by Just This Guy
Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:23 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Martin Harris- why did Jos. Smith trust him with the 116 pages?
Replies: 10
Views: 5536

Re: Martin Harris- why did Jos. Smith trust him with the 116 pages?

The simplest explanation is that the idea of the small plates were created after the loss of the 116 pages as a way for JSjr to replace the lost work of the 116 pages, but not have to recreate them word for word which he would be incapable of doing. In a way, it is a surprisingly effective literary ...
by Just This Guy
Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Martin Harris- why did Jos. Smith trust him with the 116 pages?
Replies: 10
Views: 5536

Re: Martin Harris- why did Jos. Smith trust him with the 116 pages?

The LDS Discussion website and the podcast gives a very detailed dive into the 116 lost pages and the issue with the story.

https://www.ldsdiscussions.com/116pages
https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast/l ... scussions/
by Just This Guy
Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:22 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: O.T. Prophets who messed up.
Replies: 26
Views: 8966

Re: O.T. Prophets who messed up.

It seems to me that Moses is a fictional account. There is no supporting evidence. All of the stories of the patriarchs were compiled much later than they supposedly happened, and It makes sense to me that the authors took the various oral mythologized myths and legends of the founders of the vario...
by Just This Guy
Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:56 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Counter Attack: Think Celestial = Think Polygamy!
Replies: 15
Views: 7922

Re: Counter Attack: Think Celestial = Think Polygamy!

Could planet K2-18-B possibly be Kolob? The data for the atmospheric composition seem promising. More data will take about a year to analyze, but in the meantime, we could be sending them pinpoint high-frequency broadcasts of Music and the Spoken Word , as well as quotes from Russell M. Nelson. Thi...
by Just This Guy
Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Daughter on records of church never baptized
Replies: 6
Views: 6236

Re: Daughter on records of church never baptized

Supposedly church policy is that if a child is blessed, but not baptized, they will be dropped from membership records when they turn 18. No idea of that is actually enforced or not.
by Just This Guy
Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:52 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Another Mormon Stake President arrested for abuse of a child
Replies: 10
Views: 11237

Re: Another Mormon Stake President arrested for abuse of a child

Back when it was announced that my stake president and 1st councilor were being sued as part of a suit about their actions to enable and protect a known child molester, DW was vocal about her support of the victims and their families, partially because she knew one of the sets of parents very well. ...
by Just This Guy
Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:04 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Garments always hanging out and it drives me nuts
Replies: 21
Views: 19119

Re: Garments always hanging out and it drives me nuts

Anyway flash forward and we're now many years into the mixed faith marriage stuff and every day I have to see her garments hanging out of her clothes. They're always out on top and then hang below her shorts sometimes and definitely out a bit when sitting or laying down... we all know how often thi...
by Just This Guy
Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:41 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What's the story with Tim Ballard?
Replies: 42
Views: 25860

What's the story with Tim Ballard?

I'm seeing a bunch of stuff about Tim Ballard. I gather that LDSinc is tying to attack him. But for what? Who is Tim Ballard and why is he on the Mormon hit list?

I'm missing something here.
by Just This Guy
Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:42 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Shunning by Decreee
Replies: 9
Views: 12114

Re: Shunning by Decreee

I listened to some over lunch today, so I gt through most of the episode. I wonder how much is ego and how much is poor decisions that have blown up in the face of leadership. My FIL used to be a bishop and he readily admitted that he got exactly on exactly 2 things for his training as a bishop. "Ja...
by Just This Guy
Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:26 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Shunning by Decreee
Replies: 9
Views: 12114

Re: Shunning by Decreee

I am in the middle of this podcast. I just got to the part of the letter from K&M. WTF???

I have to wait until I drive home from work to finish this episode. May be a good thing since that episode was getting the blood boiling a bit. This is messed up so far.