At some friends house for weekend. We are all watching conference on tv. No doctrine but get your act together in the theme.

> but get your
> act together
> is the theme.


OMFG! No wonder I felt compelled to write my 'audition' thread! Once again, the hand of fate has diddled me!

i am so disappointed and feel this is the worst conference ever, not to mention boring. considering all that is going on they are not telling us anything because they don't know anything. i think the whole thing was pre-recorded.

> I think the whole thing was pre-recorded.


Well, we are told that everything was pre-determined from before the fall of man, so, yeah, you're probably correct.



ETA: Note - The fall of man was actually before the Summer of '69. I know, it's confusing...



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The fall was in the summer of 1967, Jesus. 1969 was the only time in your life when you were late rather than premature.

Sounds like you really need different friends.

Sounds like typical MORmONism: nothing of substance, but you’re not good enough...


Btw, friends who want you to watch conference aren’t friends! ;)

TSCC offers nothing but criticism.

Did TSCC play the sound track of people coughing ?

Probably just a rerun of a previous conference. Who would know?

I guess the way to tell it's a rerun is if the camera pans out to a full crowd in the audience.



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Regardles of whether you agree on disagree there were a large number of thought provocking ideas put forth
Mostly I saw fear. The "get a recomend" talk was a hidden bid for the pay part of pay pray obey.
No I did not agree with most of the proposals put forth but we can better understand the concern that is prevalent in SLC over the exodus from the religion.
I listened to the talks because I wanted to get perspective on what the thinking is among the LDS leadership.
They are worried and I mean WORRIED over the number of members no longer associating eith the religion.

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> They are worried and I mean WORRIED over the
> number of members no longer associating eith the
> religion.

It's their own damn fault. They drove people away. They cut the social aspects of a community.

Then they have their hurtful policies: treatment of gays, endless obsession with pornography and masturbation, imposing youth interviews.

If anyone wants to worship, there's a gazillion other options without entangling obligations and guilt ladened threats. The mormon brand sucks.

messygoop Wrote:
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> thedesertrat1 Wrote:
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>
> > They are worried and I mean WORRIED over the
> > number of members no longer associating eith
> the
> > religion.
>
> It's their own damn fault. They drove people away.
> They cut the social aspects of a community.
>
> Then they have their hurtful policies: treatment
> of gays, endless obsession with pornography and
> masturbation, imposing youth interviews.
>
> If anyone wants to worship, there's a gazillion
> other options without entangling obligations and
> guilt ladened threats. The mormon brand sucks.
Yes we agree!

thedesertrat1 Wrote:
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> They are worried and I mean WORRIED over the
> number of members no longer associating eith the
> religion.

What gave you this impression? What did they say? Is tithing down? Fewer people trickling back to meetings? (now that they see how great Sunday mornings at home can be, not to mention free evenings through the week).

Like they would ever admit that tithing or membership was down.

I think it will be a couple of years before we can assess the fallout of LDS Inc being effectively shut down for 2020, but I also think they are well beyond WORRIED. They are in PANIC mode. They know this cannot be helping their cause, and it was already showing stress fractures (see for example: Rescue, Swedish)

> I think it will be a couple of years before we can
> assess the fallout of LDS Inc being effectively
> shut down for 2020

Agreed


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> but I also think they are well
> beyond WORRIED. They are in PANIC mode.

Agreed. The LDS church is a second long-standing institution that is in serious trouble because of COVID.

The floggings will continue until morale improves.

Will there be a new five year plan ?

Luckily my folks were inactive until I was about 12. Then conference played on the radio for days at a time. Easy to ignore. Go to my room and read science fiction.

I did attend a session once with my older sister. I preferred to go to the Tabernacle for Youth Symphonies with Maurice Abravanel. He was great, and far more spiritual.

Then one day I was an adult and conference meant a weekend of doing fun stuff without feeling guilty.

I read accounts of conference here and I always wonder: Are Exmos the only ones listening?

Have not watched one second of it. Forgot it was GC until 12:30 this afternoon