Yup. In the name of the holy melchezidick priesthood even.

Didn't work.

Be sure to *tell* the blowhard TBM that it didn't work.
'Cause the name of the holy melchezidick priesthood doesn't mean squat.
That way maybe (though I doubt it) this tool won't pull that on other people.

Feedback is always important :)

Did you tell him he's supposed to use his magic powers for good not evil.

The chucklehead just gave you more reason to doubt. His priesthood command has no other effect than to make him appear foolish and ignorant.

There is one supremely honest and good way to lose your Doubts :) Its called "learn the truth". Then you won't have any doubts but you will have confidence. In fact the scriptures also say that the truth shall set you free :)

So how do we learn the truth? Well by doing some honest investigation and then some honest question-asking. Beware of the lazy people who call your questions "doubts". If you don't know the answers to the questions then thank goodness for the marvelous doctrine of "continuing revelation" so you can ask questions and those in authority above you are accountable to get you "continuing revelation" answers.

When you get answers without any runaround or manipulation games and you think "gosh what a super honest and transparent church & maybe it is true" then you are well on your way to being able to ponder/pray about the answers with a positive mindset :)

If you were to actually get the runaround then you know you are dealing with dishonest people and a really sick/dangerous institution. However that possibility is impossible to conceive in a true Church so thank goodness we got a living prophet who, along with his deputies, are responsible to try super hard to be completely honest with the membership :)

Kinda like in "The Exorcist" ?

Well, Heartless, what did you expect? It wasn't HIS fault it didn't work, nor the Melchizedek priesthood's fault--so it must be yours.

You must be a particularly hard case.

P

No, it was his fault. His melchezidick priesthood didn't have enough mojo. Did he have an impure thought? A skid mark on his magic undies?

What's to doubt? That Joe married other men's wives by sending them away on missions? That the BoA is a transparent fraud? That TSCC is a thought control cult? All of that is rock solid.

Yes, tell him. But turn it back on him. Say that his command failed because *he* wasn't righteous enough, *he* was unworthy, *he* didn't have enough faith. Suggest that his authority failed because he's hiding a porn addiction problem. And say it all in a loud voice in front of many ward members.

He'll never pull that stunt on you again.

Not only that, I think there's a fairly good chance your words would even be 100% right.

Nevin

I remember when i thought that power might be able to do something.

I command my Boner to arise! Sigh...where did I put that Cialis.

Sends BYU Boner 1 ton of Viagra.

It's so astonishing that people truly imagine that they have Special Priesthood Power. It's as if they lived in some kind of bubble and have never, ever, been out in the real world.

And the arrogance is stunning.

I'd have been torn between laughing in his face and telling him just how angry that kind of stupidity makes me.

I would guess that you don't really have any doubts left to lose.

did he raise his arm to the square ?

No. It was real odd.

He was blessing the food at a family dinner when all of a sudden he blurts out "in the name of the holy melchezidic priesthood which I hold I command all of those that have doubts to lose those doubts and know the only true church"

I am the only non church going family member at the dinner.

Then they wonder why I rarely go.