General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by BriansThoughtMirror » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:05 pm

I just caught some of Bednar's talk- I think he may be inadvertently encouraging a lot of "uncorrelated" learning and personal revelation.
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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by MoPag » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:05 pm

slavereeno wrote:
Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:03 pm
I bumped into a member of the ward last night who asked what I thought of the missionary change. Since I have not listened to much of conference I wasn't sure what they were talking about. They claimed the duration for boys is now a choice between 18 and 24 months. Was this actually announced, or are they just parroting a rumor?
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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by lostinmiddlemormonism » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:05 pm

slavereeno wrote:
Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:03 pm
I bumped into a member of the ward last night who asked what I thought of the missionary change. Since I have not listened to much of conference I wasn't sure what they were talking about. They claimed the duration for boys is now a choice between 18 and 24 months. Was this actually announced, or are they just parroting a rumor?
So far, rumor.

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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by crazyhamster » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:08 pm

What strikes me a lot about this is that, after all this time that I have been away from it, these talks are all exactly the same type of thing they were before I left. It's all rehash and basic stuff. "Don't talk about what happens in temples", is a talk that's been done innumerable times, and yet here we are. (Perhaps if it wasn't so secretive, er "sacred", this wouldn't be an issue.)

Also, having been away from hear these talks for years, I'm reminded very much that there definitely is a certain cadence to the way that most of them speak during conference. Maybe it's supposed to be kind of hypnotic? Who knows, but it's a weird affectation that only serves to distance them even more from the message that they are, or should be, trying to give.

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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by crazyhamster » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:08 pm

BriansThoughtMirror wrote:
Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:05 pm
I just caught some of Bednar's talk- I think he may be inadvertently encouraging a lot of "uncorrelated" learning and personal revelation.
That was my take, too!

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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by MoPag » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:09 pm

Kyle McKay
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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by AllieOop » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:09 pm

MoPag wrote:
Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:05 pm
No changes to missions. Still no coffee
I hope Pres. Nelson doesn't get all dramatic with any new announcements like he did when he announced the temple in Russia :roll:

It was like....drum roll....announcement....

Dramatic pause

And...Now let's hear the gasps and squeals of joy



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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by AdmiralHoldo » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:10 pm

+10 for encouraging REAL temple prep, including the "strange clothing" (his words). Even my TBM husband thinks we do a terrible job preparing young adults for the temple.

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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by MoPag » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:13 pm

+5 for talking about addiction
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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by Give-me-strength » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:16 pm

My believing husband just said “I love you guys and all...but” and turned off conference. :P not sure he was Listening much , but i was bored out of my mind and clear the was too.

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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by Anon70 » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:19 pm

McKay gets +5 from me for theatrical delivery. 🤣

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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by MoPag » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:20 pm

-100 No matter how TBM you are, no priesthood blessing will take away the pain of losing a child. They need to stop telling stories like this. It confuses and opens the unimaginably painful wounds of bereaved parents.
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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by MoPag » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:21 pm

Rasband
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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by Culper Jr. » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:22 pm

-100 Rasband for that patronizing voice and his general suck-upiness.

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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by AdmiralHoldo » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:24 pm

-5 for bragging about pioneer ancestors. (However, there's been less of that the last few years. Maybe the trend is finally dying.)


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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by lostinmiddlemormonism » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:25 pm

Why are we so warlike. Fortress, evil attackers, assaults, deflect, fortress, powerful, weapons.

All in one paragraph.

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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by MoPag » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:26 pm

FiveFingerMnemonic wrote:
Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:25 pm
Satan's gonna get ya! Boogie boogie boogie!
Whatever! :lol: we have Rusty on the watchtower! :lol: :lol:
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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by Hagoth » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:27 pm

Ooooh the boogeyman!
“The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.” -Mark Twain

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Re: General NOMfrence Sunday Afternoon!!!

Post by Red Ryder » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:27 pm

The joke's on us!

~said everyone who thought coffee would become legal.

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