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Posted by: Elder Berry ( )
Date: May 15, 2020 07:18PM


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Posted by: Lot's Wife ( )
Date: May 15, 2020 07:25PM

The government moved most of the people in that village to a nearby housing complex, more's the pity.

There are about 30 people left up there.

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Posted by: Elder Berry ( )
Date: May 18, 2020 08:37AM

Would you want to live up there? I've thought about it a lot. A nice ashram up there would be nice to visit. An LDS Temple there makes sense. Get exercise and effect in your temple "worship."

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Posted by: thedesertrat1 ( )
Date: May 15, 2020 08:07PM

Of Course!!

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Posted by: Perdition ( )
Date: May 18, 2020 09:36AM

China must be a major, prize target for the LDS machine now that Europe and North America appear to offer little in the way of converts/cash flow.I doubt that many Chinese will have much awareness of the Church's problematic history and questionable theology and they perhaps have no access to Cantonese or Mandarin counter-Mormon information. Fawn Brodie, Dan Vogel or the Tanners are probably unknown in those parts which is just what the Church wants. The only problem for the Church is that the Chinese Communist Party is unlikely to allow much, if any, missionary work or allow stakes to form...

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Posted by: logged out today ( )
Date: May 18, 2020 11:11AM

Asian countries are poor fits for an American church. Utah culture simply doesn't translate well in that area of the world. And Chinese history predates the time when mormons say Noah's flood really happened. So that won't go over well either.

Missionary: "Jesus visited America!"
Chinese Person: "Who cares? Go away."

Now that the US is publicly blaming and shaming China for the virus, bilateral relations are in deep freeze for the foreseeable future. Considering China's geopolitical ambitions, we can reasonably expect a protracted cold war. China will not be a viable mormon target for a long time.

In addition, the wealthy Chinese upper class (those whose tithing the church lusts after) have been sending their children to American universities for years. Their command of English is often superior to that of the average lockdown protestor. Educated Chinese citizens will have no problems discovering the truth about TSCC.

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Posted by: Elder Berry ( )
Date: May 18, 2020 06:19PM

The Mormon Church has never seriously courted the rich and famous. They always look for diamonds in the rough and preach their prosperity gospel to them like gold teeth for the temple.

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Posted by: macaRomney ( )
Date: May 18, 2020 07:26PM

It looks like a lot of fun unless your scared of heights... (like me)

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Posted by: Elder Berry ( )
Date: May 19, 2020 06:50PM

I'd like to vacation there. Their view would take your breath away.

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Posted by: schrodingerscat ( )
Date: May 18, 2020 08:11PM

As long as their only food isn't raw bat soup and pangolin stew.

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Posted by: Elder Berry ( )
Date: May 19, 2020 06:49PM

Well, there is also the gravity kills aspect but I never get it right, is it physical laws or Mother Nature who is God again?

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