YSA Face 2 Face with Oaks and Ballard

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YSA Face 2 Face with Oaks and Ballard

Post by Red Ryder » Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:14 am

It appears the apostles are continuing to do face to face broadcasts. On November 19th, Elder Oaks and Elder Ballard will do a broadcast and are asking for questions.

https://www.lds.org/broadcasts/face-to- ... d?lang=eng

Reading the questions and comments paints a fairly accurate picture of the issues the church is facing today. It's too bad the apostles don't address the real questions asked but rather present the same old message. It's apparent the church is disconnected from the YSA demographic and it doesn't take a RID rocket scientist to understand why they are leaving the church.

Here's the main issues I noticed:

1. Inability to get a date, go on a date, or lack of desire to date.

2. I have same sex attraction. How do I cope with this within the church?

3. Porn addiction. How soon should I ask my date if they are addicted to porn?

4. Anxiety and depression.

5. How do you choose a career choice, plan for the future, help with my lack of direction?

6. Will I have a chance to marry in the next life since I don't think I will in this life?

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Re: YSA Face 2 Face with Oaks and Ballard

Post by FiveFingerMnemonic » Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:53 am

This question will never make the cut:

"As I've gained life experience throughout my 20s I've seen more and more instances of times when men abuse their priesthood responsibilities. I feel like often in the Church we think that domestic abuse and violence is less prevalent than it really is and that perhaps it's something that happens to "other people" and not to those around us in our wards and families. I feel reasonably confident that bishops who advise women (or men) to stay in abusive relationships aren't intentionally trying to encourage these people to stay in unsafe situations, but at the same time it makes me question whether counsel they give on other subjects might be equally uninformed. What recommendations do you have for reconciling human fallibility and divine counsel?"

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Re: YSA Face 2 Face with Oaks and Ballard

Post by MoPag » Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:20 pm

Wow Scott T has a good one:
I feel like church has become an repetitive and uneventful spiritual experience. You can blame me personally all you want by saying I am not preparing myself to listen to the still small voice, only I feel like a person will go insane for hearing the same thing over and over. In what way is our prophet and twelve apostles truly receiving revelation? I don't feel they are any more. Everything is so sugar coated and not inspiring. I miss the apostles who spoke of revelatory things like, heaven, life after death, spiritual testimonials of their visions. Our prophets and apostles rarely speak of dreams and visions. Why is it that we no longer hear about modern visions?
This one was another good one:
As I've gained life experience throughout my 20s I've seen more and more instances of times when men abuse their priesthood responsibilities. I feel like often in the Church we think that domestic abuse and violence is less prevalent than it really is and that perhaps it's something that happens to "other people" and not to those around us in our wards and families. I feel reasonably confident that bishops who advise women (or men) to stay in abusive relationships aren't intentionally trying to encourage these people to stay in unsafe situations, but at the same time it makes me question whether counsel they give on other subjects might be equally uninformed. What recommendations do you have for reconciling human fallibility and divine counsel?
I somehow doubt these questions will be selected though.
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believing in old men’s lies...--Ezra Pound

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Re: YSA Face 2 Face with Oaks and Ballard

Post by MoPag » Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:24 pm

FiveFingerMnemonic wrote:
Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:53 am
This question will never make the cut:

"As I've gained life experience throughout my 20s I've seen more and more instances of times when men abuse their priesthood responsibilities. I feel like often in the Church we think that domestic abuse and violence is less prevalent than it really is and that perhaps it's something that happens to "other people" and not to those around us in our wards and families. I feel reasonably confident that bishops who advise women (or men) to stay in abusive relationships aren't intentionally trying to encourage these people to stay in unsafe situations, but at the same time it makes me question whether counsel they give on other subjects might be equally uninformed. What recommendations do you have for reconciling human fallibility and divine counsel?"
Oh I didn't see yours before I posted. :) This one needs to be address though. There are so many women, myself included, in my Post-MO women's FB group who were told to stay in abusive marriages. It's mind boggling.
...walked eye-deep in hell
believing in old men’s lies...--Ezra Pound

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