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by nibbler
Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:09 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Temple attendance, temple recommend, temple, temple temple!
Replies: 21
Views: 2070

Re: Temple attendance, temple recommend, temple, temple temple!

Unfortunately, I think 2023 will be the year of "covenant path", "ordinances", "temple", etc. At least our area that is the decided focus for the year. Even our SP warned us that it was likely going to get a bit repetitive because they want the ordinance/covenant/temple message to be proclaimed as ...
by nibbler
Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:28 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Church paying $5 Million SEC fine
Replies: 64
Views: 5734

Re: Church paying $5 Million SEC fine

Here's the church's response: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-issues-statement-on-sec-settlement TLDR: We relied on legal counsel, regret the mistakes we made, and the matter is closed. They should probably run a comb through that official response before officially respondi...
by nibbler
Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:32 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Church paying $5 Million SEC fine
Replies: 64
Views: 5734

Re: Church paying $5 Million SEC fine

5 million. That's rough.

Better slash ward budgets.
by nibbler
Fri Feb 10, 2023 1:02 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?
Replies: 37
Views: 3211

Re: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?

One is that the session is now about 12-15 minutes longer than it used to be. Ugh. I heard that the change before this one cut down on the average endowment time commitment because they when from "robe, derobe, rerobe" to just "robe" and they did away with some of the, do this, okay I'll do it, hey...
by nibbler
Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?
Replies: 37
Views: 3211

Re: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?

Is the whole thing a slide show? Wasn't the 2019 change a slideshow into at the start of the endowment and then live action film after that? Did the whole thing go the power point route or am I miss understanding this? I haven't done an endowment session since the change but my understanding is tha...
by nibbler
Wed Feb 08, 2023 12:48 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?
Replies: 37
Views: 3211

Re: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?

AllieOop wrote:
Wed Feb 08, 2023 12:18 pm
nibbler wrote:
Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:50 am
They're still doing a slideshow?
When did it become just a slideshow? I wasn't aware of that!
The internet says it was Jan 1, 2019.
by nibbler
Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:50 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?
Replies: 37
Views: 3211

Re: Anyone want to discuss the changes to the temple?

Frequent mentions of symbolic - probably because so many orthodox members in the past dutifully interpreted things literally and that's caused some issues. "Wait, how did Peter, James, and John have a body?" I think most everyone that went through the temple during the literal interpretation period ...
by nibbler
Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:57 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Can there be an Alma?
Replies: 9
Views: 907

Re: Can there be an Alma?

But one day, his lighted pen started to work and he repented and became the prophet of the lord. When Nelson repented did god make anyone higher than him on the org chart die off a little quicker to secure Nelson being called as prophet? If I were a senior apostle I'd be encouraging my peers to sin...
by nibbler
Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:37 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Noah and the Flood
Replies: 19
Views: 1566

Re: Noah and the Flood

Have you ever been in a rainstorm? A really, really bad rain storm? One where you can't see to drive? One where you are soaked to the skin before you make it 15 feet from the door? That is a rain storm that is delivering .5" per hour. A big hurricane might be able to deliver an inch an hour. Mount ...
by nibbler
Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:17 am
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: Non-Christian checklist
Replies: 18
Views: 1697

Re: Non-Christian checklist

Do you have to succeed at them or does an attempt count? Like if you tried telepathy but it never quite worked out.

Asking for a friend.
by nibbler
Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:04 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true
Replies: 23
Views: 1809

Re: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true

They can't see that if someone prays over them or gives them a "blessing" and they are comforted by that blessing, it might simply be because (as you state) God loves them. Not because the "blessing giver" has the "priesthood". I think it's because of the faith that they have that they're getting a...
by nibbler
Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:50 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true
Replies: 23
Views: 1809

Re: Thoughts on priesthood blessings and feeling the spirit meaning the church is true

Up front I'll say that I find that some things just don't need an explanation. If the church is true to you in some way, why second guess it? Now to contradict myself. It's not too surprising that thought popped into your head. We hear that connection being made at church so much. I really want to e...
by nibbler
Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:52 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Don't care anymore
Replies: 24
Views: 3053

Re: Don't care anymore

♩ Well you can tell everyone I'm a unruly child
That I wanted to sin, that my parties are wild
I don't care anymore ♫
by nibbler
Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:29 am
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Tithing settlement....or whatever they call it now.
Replies: 21
Views: 2467

Re: Tithing settlement....or whatever they call it now.

Hagoth wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 7:28 am
If the creator of the universe, and all of the gold and diamonds in it, was in charge of this church he would have all the money he needs.
God managed to create the entire world before I cut him a check for $3.50. Imagine what he can do with my $3.50.
by nibbler
Wed Jan 11, 2023 1:14 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Tithing settlement....or whatever they call it now.
Replies: 21
Views: 2467

Re: Tithing settlement....or whatever they call it now.

4. If the Lord didn't want me to spend it, why did the Lord give it to me?

5. The Lord takes out my 10% pre-salary. If I didn't pay my tithing, my employer would have paid me $40K per year but since I pay all my tithing pre-salary, I only make about $36K per year.
by nibbler
Wed Jan 11, 2023 8:14 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Woman riles up Sarasota Springs Priesthood
Replies: 6
Views: 1024

Re: Woman riles up Sarasota Springs Priesthood

"Elders will be boys"

That's a new one.
by nibbler
Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Authority of the Apostleship
Replies: 5
Views: 786

Re: Authority of the Apostleship

Maybe to do with priesthood offices? There's the office of Apostle in the MP but there is no office of Prophet, so maybe apostolic blessings are more related to the PH office than the calling of the person that gives it? Could be like a patriarchal blessing, you have to be ordained to the office of ...
by nibbler
Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:08 pm
Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
Topic: Changes I have seen. Does anyone agree?
Replies: 17
Views: 2013

Re: Changes I have seen. Does anyone agree?

The thing that I've noticed is how they "dumb down" things. Started with having the whole world suffer through Gospel Essentials in Sunday School, which is when I stopped attending Sunday School. For crying out loud- many of us have taught that class, some many times. To get it spoon fed to us like...
by nibbler
Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:16 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Slippery slope data
Replies: 22
Views: 6598

Re: Slippery slope data

Sacrament attendance 11% drop, endowed members with TR 20% drop, PH attendance 14% drop, RS attendance 27% drop. I can imagine tithing has dropped similarly. That's quite a lot, like too much to simply ignore a lot. I think more and more people are finding less and less value in the experience. The...
by nibbler
Fri Jan 06, 2023 5:55 am
Forum: The Coffee Shop
Topic: Dieter Uchtdorfs coffee pot
Replies: 15
Views: 1514

Re: Dieter Uchtdorfs coffee pot

He should probably consider moving to a milk jug to avoid the appearance of evil.