https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1980/10/the-choice?lang=eng
"There was another jubilee box at our social. Each couple posed for a portrait, and we were given a page on which to write a message to go into it. The box will be closed at year’s end, to be opened in the year 2030."

I read the whole thing.

What I gather is Packer doesn't see in colors but only in black and white, right and wrong.

This is how he has been able to weather his own hypocrisy. So, I'm going to go out on a ledge and get me a revelation that Packer will be dead in 2030 when his capsule is opened. He already gave his advice so what his page contains will not be newsworthy.

But I wonder as I wander through the list of LDS Inc. authorities at the time and what they wrote. Will it even be applicable in 2030? LDS Inc. changes very slowly. GAs talking to future GAs 50 year in the future might not be that astonishing. That is unless in 1980 LDS Inc. was close to a zenith and in 16 years from today there are still only 15 million members and 100andsomething temples and Bednar will be heading a GA crew slowly sinking into obscurity?

2030 LDS will have been broken and bankrupt for many years with some of its executive management still serving time in a federal prison.

But The Lord's church is run by his most humble servants!
http://www.lds.org/ensign/1980/05/a-tribute-to-the-rank-and-file-of-the-church?lang=eng

To Him, its the little people who count the most! He will never let LDS Inc. go bankrupt morally that is!

Stats from the time of the 1980 capsule.
http://www.lds.org/ensign/1980/05/statistical-report-1979?lang=eng

That it will be gone forever!!!

The headquarters will move to Mexico. Mormons will regress and become more obscure, less known, and the same laughingstock in western pop culture. The conference center, church building, temples will act more as museums...

OR

The family definition will slowly change to include/accept lgbt. Coffee and tea will be acceptable to drink. More doctrinal and lifestyle changes to fit in to the western pop culture. More involvement with other Christian churches to look and maybe feel more Christian.

Receding membership internationally, but stable and possibly growing numbers in the corridor outside the heathen urban areas (2030 isn't that far off and the marathon level babymaking's not slowing down any time soon). More subtle changes to the BOM. The BOA will abandon the papyrus/facsimiles altogether and will just be seen as inspired revelation only--reduced to Joseph-Smith-translation-of-the-Bible-level in the cannon. No female priesthood. No gay acceptance, and the church's political involvement in gay rights issues will ebb and flow as always. Still lots and lots of white people in the 70s and above. A shortened church block. Polygamy will likely be decriminalized nationally and many members will splinter to practice it, forcing COLDS to ditch the official doctrine altogether or issue another declaration against it. Bursting temples in Tooele, Layton/Kaysville, southern Cache Valley, Eagle Mt area. But the McTemples will be functionally closed--open only a few days a month at most as the church pulls back its resources to the corridor. A large BYU campus in SLC to beef up voting numbers. TL,DR: Modest changes that follow current political, social, and institutional trends.

Drones will replace young men and women in the missionary field.

If the drone senses a negative response from a prospective convert, the drone will "wipe the dust from its mechanical feet" and will then launch a "charm offensive" against the unlucky person.

The drones will drop the 10th revised edition of the Book of Mormon at the doorsteps of possible converts. This super sanitized edition of the BOM will be a mere 27 pages after scrupulous redaction and editing by the Public Relations Department and Legal Services Division.

Salt Lake City will now be referred to as "Uchtdorfville." The official language of Utah will be German.

All descendants of Brigham Young will be sent to reeducation camps for "correction by forced labor." Taking a clue from Scientology they will be forced to scrub dumpsters with a toothbrush while singing "Let us All Press on."

Women will finally be permitted to wear pants to church, but only if they wear their temple garments over them.

However, women must still refrain from wearing the pants at home.

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Long after his death, Thomas S. Monson will be known to a younger generation as T. Monsty and his album, Widows I Knew, will top the charts. The album will be a collection of his talks intercut with techno music. His fans will be known as his Monsties and will wear denture grills and spray Shasta soda at each other during concerts.

I hadn't seen Packer in his younger days, even though he was an apostle when I was being forced to participate. I only remember his name.

He's a weird-looking thing, with his upside-down triangle head and poufy hair. Reminds me of a lizard, with the lip-licking. He's also extremely boring. Who's that snoozing on ETB's left?

Packer's head and personality remind me of a song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNT8SMlqLJA



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You will be surprised to see Packer ruling the church from a jar containing just his head, like Richard Nixon on Futurama.

Only senior citizens still clinging to the lie of the CK will be left. Wards will all be called branches and meet in member homes (had to sell the real estate). Not enough P-hood holders so the rule was changed to only ONE P-hood holder per branch.


Then it slowly fades away. Yay!

From the Church News, April 2030:

With the recent announcement of membership reaching the 25 million mark, the Church looks back at its tremendous success over the previous decade. No longer do several wards have to share a building, even in and around Salt Lake City. A new mission has been created to serve all of Europe, a reflection of the unparalleled success and maturity of the church in that region of the world. Over the last ten years, the Church constructed five additional temples in the Democratic Republic of Congo, three of them in the city of Lubumbashi alone.

Missionaries continue to go forth in huge numbers, with over 100,000 missionaries currently serving around the world, mostly in the Western and Sub-Saharan African Nations, in fulfillment of holy prophecy revealed in 2018. In 2020 there was only one mission in the Central African Republic; we are pleased to observe that in 2030 the church created a fifth mission in that country, and missionaries will return to the C.A.R. once the political-military violence subsides and the two temples in Bangui are a cleared of squatters and re-opened for monthly endowment sessions.

Due to the maturity and overwhelming growth of the Church in Germany, The Netherlands, and Scandinavia, the Church is pleased to announce that wards have been consolidated to no more than one per region, and missionaries are no longer even required to serve in those countries. We are pleased that this unprecedented growth no longer requires us to keep the Stockholm Temple in operation.

Those struggling with same-sex attraction have been welcomed into all areas of activity in the Church, and are not required to marry, attend the temple, or have a life partner. President Bednar has also recently announced that those of African descent, once not included in all the activities of the Church, are now so dear that they are no longer required to hold leadership positions of any kind.



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cludgie Wrote:
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> Those struggling with same-sex attraction have
> been welcomed into all areas of activity in the
> Church, and are not required to marry, attend the
> temple, or have a life partner.

Or have sex. But LDS Inc. still loves you as does their god.

Love this future news!

Maybe we can get Conan to do a skit, once a week, "In the year 2030" with only TSCC themes.