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Posted by: rutabaga ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 05:44PM

Granted, I don't have a ton of FB friends, but so far Zero ads on my feed.
This is shaping up to be another Million Mormons on FB. Only about 25,000 signed up.

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Posted by: safetynotguaranteed ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 06:30PM

I have seen nothing about this on my feed today. I'm FB friends with quite a few TBM's.

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Posted by: twistedsister ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 06:33PM

Same here. Nada.

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Posted by: WinksWinks ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 06:34PM

So far I have seen nothing unusual other than an uncle who never posts sharing a meme about a dead president's opinion of gawd.
I think at least a third of my FB friends are TBM relatives.

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Posted by: 8thgeneration ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 06:41PM

I have seen two book of mormon testimonies on my FB feed. I am quite surprised at the lack of response given the TBMness of my family and friends.

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Posted by: rutabaga ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 06:45PM

I got one invite out of the 25 or 30 mormon friends on my list.
And even she hasn't posted anything!

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Posted by: exodus ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 06:57PM

Haven't seen anything other than the expected daily faith-promoting quote from one particular TBM friend.

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Posted by: jpt ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 06:58PM

Maybe word is getting out to mormons that the BoM has some issues.

When I get mormon stuff from family, they get to hear my POV in return. I think there is more of that going on in these later latter days -- more people have access to contrary information.

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Posted by: lilburne ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 07:47PM

jpt,

I do exactly the same thing. I do it very politely, but I make use of each opportunity to discuss the issues and put them in the spotlight. It may not always persuade the TBM's but it reminds them of the issues, and it ensures they are there for any non members to see.

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Posted by: Helen Mar Kimball's Friend ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 07:03PM

Today one of my Facebook friends, who is a really great family man and mormon, shared on Facebook the link to 14 year old Helen Mar Kimball's journal account of marrying Joseph Smith. I need to ask him what he thinks about it. It's great because now all of his TBM friends and others can read wivesofjosephsmith.org at their leisure. Times are changing.

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Posted by: hello ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 07:06PM

Nothing on my page, from kids, DW or their friends.

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Posted by: scarecrowfromoz ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 07:33PM

No. One TBM who has posted today about things church related (from oldest to youngest) like:

1. Mormon Tabernacle Choir

2. Loving unlovable people

3. Place in hell for people that harm children and animals

4. Teach your children the 10 commandments

5. Porn is bad

6. Article about black holes from billions of years ago (comments on it by others say it doesn't prove the world isn't 6000 years old)

7. Modesty- which was a link to a blog saying don't chase people away because they don't dress "modest" for church.

8. Changing a friends life by introducing them to LDS church

9. Missionaries take light into a dark world

10. FB page to sustain TSM

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Posted by: Stray Mutt ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 08:45PM

I have a crapload of TBM relatives, many of them my FB friends, and it's just the usual stuff from them.

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Posted by: Phantom Shadow ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 08:57PM

Only Mormon related item on my FB is the reminder that Thursday is the Pioneer celebration for Exmos at the Hotel Utah saloon in San Francisco. Sadly, we can't be there this year.

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Posted by: CrispingPin ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 09:15PM

I have many TBM FB friends. Not only have I not seen a "flood," I haven't seen a drop.

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Posted by: moremany ( )
Date: July 22, 2014 11:37PM

It rained here today- but there was no flood.

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Posted by: checkingout ( )
Date: July 23, 2014 01:26AM

It was just like Noah's flood....it didn't happen.

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Posted by: msp ( )
Date: July 23, 2014 02:10AM

Nothing on my end either in the Canadian Morridor. Darn, I was almost looking forward to it!

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Posted by: thorn ( )
Date: July 23, 2014 03:36AM

Nothing here in Oz.

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Posted by: adamisfree2006 ( )
Date: July 23, 2014 09:02AM

I was about to lose my mind with the BoM lovefest on my FB feed! In particular my niece is notorious for this!

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Posted by: Anonymous User ( )
Date: July 23, 2014 09:42AM

Their testimonies have changed recently when President Newsroom informed them that the Book of Mormon wasn't actually translated from gold plates....now they're unclear about what to say about it.

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Posted by: Ex-CultMember ( )
Date: July 23, 2014 10:41AM

It almost sounds like a risky move to promote the BoM on FB these days. It opens them up to possible push back by some inactive, former or never Mormon who has information which challenges the authenticity of the BoM. And then that information is available for all your TBM friends to see.

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Posted by: Void K. Packer ( )
Date: July 23, 2014 01:24PM

Haven't heard of this "program" till I visited here. Seems to be a complete dud. Good thing for them, because, what could possibly go wrong? lol

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Posted by: rutabaga ( )
Date: July 23, 2014 01:38PM

After I actually looked at the invite, Flood FB on July 22 was initiated by my friend's local ward missionaries. So the lack of response isn't too surprising.
But all of your responses indicate an epic fail whenever its tried.

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