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by Jeffret
Fri Oct 27, 2023 6:08 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Doomsday family from Arizona
Replies: 12
Views: 1334

Re: Doomsday family from Arizona

This is probably yet another Thom Harrison / "Visions of Glory" connection.
by Jeffret
Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Thom Harrison and "Visions of Glory"
Replies: 64
Views: 27382

Re: Thom Harrison and "Visions of Glory"

The panel's discussion about the dangers of scrupulosity and the division into good and evil people and spirits reminded me of another pernicious Mormon book. Grant Von Harrison's "Drawing on the Powers of Heaven" was passed around BYU and the mission long ago, back in my day. It doesn't rise to the...
by Jeffret
Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:03 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Thom Harrison and "Visions of Glory"
Replies: 64
Views: 27382

Thom Harrison and "Visions of Glory"

I keep thinking that there must be some limit to the amount of creepiness and weirdness from Tim Ballard (the founder of OUR, Operation Underground Rescue, and subject of "The Sound of Freedom"), but I keep being surprised as more and more layers are peeled off. Most recently I've been learning that...
by Jeffret
Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:13 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Fight The New Drug
Replies: 138
Views: 84015

Re: Fight The New Drug

(Note 3: Oh, and John and guests also call out FtND for their harmful practices.)
by Jeffret
Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:33 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Fight The New Drug
Replies: 138
Views: 84015

Re: Fight The New Drug

How about, instead of focusing so much time and energy on this issue (not to mention the pink elephant), which may have negative repercussions, perhaps, but we haven't really been able to pin it down and has been around since the beginning of time, we instead focus on much more serious issues with d...
by Jeffret
Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:18 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Has Tim Ballard Been Excommunicated?
Replies: 30
Views: 13687

Re: Has Tim Ballard Been Excommunicated?

Lynn Packer was interviewed on Youtube by Bill Reel and RFM last night. I'm watching it now and it's very interesting so far. Packer has done an amazing job investigating Tim Ballard and those involved with him. He's been reporting on this for years. Here's the link for anyone interesting in watchi...
by Jeffret
Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:34 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What's the story with Tim Ballard?
Replies: 42
Views: 25860

Re: What's the story with Tim Ballard?

I think this goes much deeper than we now know. It'll be interesting to see if Ballard flips on the church leaders and exposes how much they really were involved. I don't know. My suspicion is that Church leaders, and Elder Ballard, really weren't all that involved. Ballard liked to drop names abou...
by Jeffret
Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:18 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What's the story with Tim Ballard?
Replies: 42
Views: 25860

Re: What's the story with Tim Ballard?

Moutsos and Rex are both adamant that a lot more bad stuff is yet to come out. And will.
by Jeffret
Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:15 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What's the story with Tim Ballard?
Replies: 42
Views: 25860

Re: What's the story with Tim Ballard?

I hate to go on Rumble and I don't feel much better about Moutsos, but I did watch some of his video. He's taking some heat from some of his right-wing compatriots on his new stance with OUR, who are deciding he's sold out to the woke mob since he longer supports Ballard in everything he does. But, ...
by Jeffret
Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What's the story with Tim Ballard?
Replies: 42
Views: 25860

Re: What's the story with Tim Ballard?

Zelph on the Shelf has some good episodes on the topic also.
by Jeffret
Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:36 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: What's the story with Tim Ballard?
Replies: 42
Views: 25860

Re: What's the story with Tim Ballard?

This twitter account is posting some interesting (and disturbing) info about victims who are stepping forward with statements: https://twitter.com/realericmoutsos/status/1705551631788773519 That's Eric Moutsos. He's a right-wing Utah activist. Very right-wing. The sort of person that would be incli...
by Jeffret
Fri Jul 07, 2023 6:29 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Decline of Mormonism in USA
Replies: 7
Views: 824

Re: Decline of Mormonism in USA

I don't know if you've heard Mormon Stories interview with the sitting bishop in Mexico (I think there's a new one after he finally left). The census there requires people to declare a religion. I can't remember the actual statistics, but the number of Mexican people who self-identify as LDS/Mormon...
by Jeffret
Wed Jul 05, 2023 9:22 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Decline of Mormonism in USA
Replies: 7
Views: 824

Decline of Mormonism in USA

From time to time I still come across various statistics about the decline of religion in the USA. I'm always interested to see the changes, and particularly when it relates to Mormonism I like to post it here in case anyone else is interested. In the Washington Post article Opinion: The GOP has a g...
by Jeffret
Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:15 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: NOMference Sunday Afternoon Spring 2023!!
Replies: 63
Views: 4282

Re: NOMference Sunday Afternoon Spring 2023!!

More temples...lots more temples. They're like Walmarts now. Mormonism: The Walmart version of salvation, only more expensive. Cheap religion at a high price. Years ago when one of my kids was a teen and still participating in some Mormon social activities I had to drive her to a dance at a Mormon ...
by Jeffret
Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:48 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: PRRI 2022 Census of American Religion
Replies: 9
Views: 996

Re: PRRI 2022 Census of American Religion

Depending on if the survey is done by telephone or some other method, it could skew badly toward older people because younger ones are better at blocking unknown callers or spam. Skewing toward an older population would get more who identify as Mormon, because more of the older generation still bel...
by Jeffret
Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:10 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: PRRI 2022 Census of American Religion
Replies: 9
Views: 996

Re: PRRI 2022 Census of American Religion

moksha wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:16 pm
Maybe lost Mormons have been found.
The lost 10 tribes?
by Jeffret
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:10 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Youth activities
Replies: 13
Views: 1380

Re: Youth activities

Thanks for the thorough explanation, græy. That sounds like a lot of work for the adults running all of that, especially the amount of work foisted onto the bishop. Doesn't seem like a very good delegation model. I imagine the intent was to focus more of the bishop's attention on the youth, in order...
by Jeffret
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:02 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: PRRI 2022 Census of American Religion
Replies: 9
Views: 996

Re: PRRI 2022 Census of American Religion

The slight Mormon bounce from 1% to 1.5% could be explained by other religions losing members faster, or Mormons living longer. It's possible, though I doubt it. The Church counts members they have lost track of until they would have been 110 years old, which clearly skews their numbers beyond real...
by Jeffret
Fri Mar 24, 2023 8:38 am
Forum: Support
Topic: New Utah Flag
Replies: 14
Views: 1136

Re: New Utah Flag

The U.S. Flag Code states, "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free." This is one of the things that really annoys me about right-wing "patriots", how they proclaim their allegi...
by Jeffret
Fri Mar 24, 2023 8:22 am
Forum: Support
Topic: New Utah Flag
Replies: 14
Views: 1136

Re: New Utah Flag

The furor of the very idea of changing the flag is basic conservatism -- Someone is suggesting to change something that I've never ever thought of before. This is an assault on everything I've ever stood for. It's just these "others" trying to ruin everything for the rest of us. It's even worse when...