And if so, to whom does he reveal the details, in terms of who gets one and how much?
This notion just occurred to me: has ghawd ever explained himself?
Yeah, I know that when Jesus asked his dad, "Ouchies!! Hey! Why hast thou forsaken me? ...what's up with that?!", he got no answer, and Jesus covered for him, with the "...not my will, but they will be done..." part of the speech, or something along those lines.
How many post-1830 mormon prophets have ended up asking themselves, "What the hell's going on!!!"
I don't know that ghawd is all that 'mysterious'... He comes across more like a mediocre manager promoted into a job slot for which he is not prepared, but family ties require that as long as the bottom line isn't affected, everyone can pretend he's doing a great job.
Facts and observed results are not currently supportive of the 'truth' narrative of the mormon church. Thank Vishnu for 'Faith' being such a successful cultural imperative; where would Mormonism be without Faith?
elderolddog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank Vishnu for 'Faith' being such a > successful cultural imperative; where would > Mormonism be without Faith?
My guess is they'd be down at the river vishing for brook trout.
Roy G Biv Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If I was still Jonny the Smoke, I'd enjoy a visher > sweet cigar after work.
Haha, I caught you in a grammatical mistake. Let me fix that for you:
> If I vere still Jonny the Smoke, I'd enjoy a visher > sweet cigar after work.
Yeah, well I changed execrations to maledictions while you weren't looking.
And in any case, it's supposed to be "the smell of execrations in the morning." You should know that, young and lacking-in-confidence Harrison Ford wannabe!
Shouldn’t their stock portfolio be 100% highly profitable 100% of the time? You know, using that “prophet, seer, and revelator” person to further build up the kingdom?
They are investing as men not profits. But the fact that they are so successful in such trying times speaks volumes about their pretensions as prophets. Look at what the Old Testament prophets were about and compare them to LDS ones.
That pfizer stock is getting a real good return from their latest product launch. No lawsuits either.
I was never convinced that God needed this money. Most churches are guilty of using the same timeless plea to ask for financial assistance from their members despite the billions in the bank.
Catholics and mormons are good examples of this. Always asking for more in order to do "God'work."
Catholics beat out the mormons in charitable donations to actual causes and some not so great.