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The Maloufs touched me. The church is chasing away it's best minds in the interest of keeping the most loyal. It's a bad recipe for the future.

Glenlivet 12, single malt. Yes, I went from dabbling in beer to scotch on rocks in 6 months.

I really love NOM. I also like using the F word on Reddit, so with NOMs absence I have developed a new Reddit habit. But I would always get a smile seeing old names from NOM.

I'll add on about Ballard's talk. He seems to be the go-to guy for apostasy now, with his Good Ship Zion mentions, his CES fireside and his latest (and worst) "where will you go"? I'm not the first to draw the analogy to an abusive spouse, but "where will you go" is evidence that they are desperate ...

Great to get NOM back! What did you all think about conference? I hope Oliver will do his analysis of conference talks again. They were very insightful last conference! (Also, I wanted to be the first to post on the Doctrinal Discussion topic) Hey John, your picture reminds me of a line from Ray La...

I attended a Mormon funeral on Friday - and we ate very yummy funeral potatoes.

Like our friend from across the pond, RSR helped me deal with Joseph's imperfections for a while. I actually dug in with a sense of "realistic Joseph".

I love you guys, and reddit ain't the same. It's fun and I can swear more, but NOM is home.