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This was a gratifying podcast. It was comforting to hear from someone who saw the problems without just heading for the exit. I have complete sympathy for people that do walk out the door. I'm still someone who is on the inside while arousing less suspicion than Brother Bleakley. I am enjoying the u...

It almost feels right now like the Russians are in charge, and the cyber attack is kind of sealing the deal. I hope that somebody somewhere can get a handle on things soon. The good news is that the United States does have similar cyber attack groups. The bad news is also that the United States doe...

This is as good of a place as any for this post. I won't pretend that I understand how the politics is working with this appointment. It would be presumed that this could be overturned barely a month from now. I work with a team that manages SolarWinds and I also use SolarWinds to monitor some encry...

I saw your login name show up on the new registrations and could hardly believe that you had returned. Welcome back.

The hope for some kind of apology and emotional closure is an emotional scar that probably last the longest in a faith transition. The belief system and institution that caused the problem truly does not believe that you are owed anything for your change of spiritual loyalty. There will be no dramat...

A few issues I’m still working through: Assisted suicide Abortion Genome therapies Legalized drugs Legalized sex work My best "shoot from the hip" answer to these items would come down to decriminalization, counselling, and legal restrictions based on the real world effects of engaging in these act...

Joseph Smith Didn't Understand How Language Works and it Shows: Prt. 3 Nahom There are more, but this is a fairly recent summary of one of the problems encountered by a non-LDS linguist looking over the explanations for NHM. In short, there are 5 different ways to pronounce the "H" in NHM if you ar...

I Heard that you consider yourself to be part of a ward together. Can you tell me more about that? Do you ever meet by zoom? It would be really fun to have a testimony meeting with you all, so we could get to know each other. The idea of us being a "ward" is a bit overstated. It's mostly that the L...

That "insider" claimed that Rusty is finally gonna promote/endorse face coverings. Promoting face coverings is on the leaderboard of "most disappointing things a prophet could say." This is not out of mask skepticism. It's out of rolling my eyes about how this would have been a lot more impactful 8...

Maybe sew the temple garment marks into the mask. That could convince the skeptics that having double temple protection would help.

That's a pretty good list. Is there anything that you definitively don't believe. I'm not trying to mock you. Your beliefs are really broad and I was only curious if you maintain some opposition to any specific beliefs.

Bible stories are fables whether or not they actually happened. This is much like the hagiography of the founders of the United States. I'm a huge fan of America and being an American. 90% of my family was here during the revolution. However, I am fully aware of the mistakes and errors of the founde...

Let me offer one contrary, yet boring option where the members kind of shrug and just go with it. Losing the doctrine of insular exclusivity would probably be a net negative where many of their liberal supporters drop from activity, but cultural inertia might simply keep the bulk of believers in the...

Really? So, right after he died, all the truths he laid down and the work he did...it got corrupted and destroyed almost immediately? He might as well have never come, then. Right, it's only the LDS church that makes any claims to a Great Apostasy. A number of early Protestants mention apostasy of ...

Spouseman was in a conversation with an active TBM lady week and they volunteered the thought that, "the church is really a mess right now. Their aggressive stance against everything LGBT, women, and race is just spiraling into crazy." We can all hope that things calm down in a few weeks. I'm hopin...

I’ve been contemplating divorce more and more, and she knows this. I feel as though the only things keeping me from doing it are the fear of hurting her and the kids…and the fear I have of being alone and starting over. I attach myself to other people’s feelings and feel hurt and pain at just those...

None of my prepared lectures came out of my mouth when I found the opportunity. It was a simple, "I'm not Mormon anymore. Because it's not true. It's a cult." Her response was, "I don't want to hear anymore. I can't take any more bad news today." That was the second week of August; we have acted li...

My questions right now are poking at the puzzle pieces regarding • the Great Apostasy and the Restoration and the logical contradictions inherent in that The Great Apostasy is the problematic subject with the fewest apologetic defenses. Joseph Smith's status as Prophet depends critically on having ...

It has long amused me that the LDS church and FairMormon have spent endless talking and writing about weaker and weaker explanations that always end in "god doing some magic" to fix the problems. If Joseph Smith had simply had them cross in a regular boat then windows, and "holes in the top and bott...

I'm not angry anymore but there is no one in my life I can talk to. As stated, my younger brother is an RM. My family is heavily and devoutly involved with the church. They would take my family from me if I told them what I truly feel. It would destroy lives if I actually convinced anybody of the t...