According to “Doctrinal Watchdog” Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church, a Texas megachurch received 4.4 million dollars in Covid Relief Funds through the government’s Paycheck Protection Program. These funds came from SBA-backed loans that were intended to help businesses keep their workforce employed during the COVID-19 crisis. This money was given in the form of a forgivable loan (didn
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Just curious. Discounted because TSCC isn't credible or the post isn't credible? And if the "Post" may I ask why so?
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“Living Truths From The Book of Mormon” [1970 Official Church S.S. Manual]: The Jaredites The Jaredites embarked on the last phase of their journey aboard eight small vessels built under specific instructions of the Lord. (Eth. 2:16.) For nearly a year (Eth. 6:11) the ships were blown toward the promised land by heavy winds. Their arrival on the western hemisphere marked the fi
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I use to post on this site regularly, but haven't posted much the last year or so. When I did a search of "all dates" under the username "Kolobot" which I thought was Jeremy's username, nothing came up. My search was for the "Recovery Board" only. Was I mistaken on his "username," has he changed it or have all his threads, posts, etc. been deleted.
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Birth of a legend So where does this idea that "the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior" come from, and does it hold any water? Perusing psychology texts, it appears that the principle has circulated for decades. But as it gained traction, some boiled it down into a simpler, one-size-fits-all mantra. So, for example, the 2003 Complete Idiot's Guide to Psychology cla
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Your point is well taken. I should have said, "....the historical Mormon claim that the gold plates were translated by Joseph Smith solely with the Urim and Thummim, with one caveat. An approximately 185 year old photo minus however many years after 1830, the year the church was organized, before TSCC incorporated the Urim & Thummim part of their narrative into their story.
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Some of us are old enough to remember this little speck of Soviet Communist history, some not. During Joseph Stalin's reign he'd have photos taken of himself with a comrade/ally, etc. Later, those exact same photos would reappear but without that comrade/ally, etc. in the photo and no one would ever hear of that person again. The thought struck me that these Stalin era doctored photos
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Sometimes referred to as, "Mormon Male Entitlement Syndrome."
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Interesting. According to the wikipedia story on "Lingchi," this form of torture involved actual dismemberment of limbs, rather than small cuts, so the victim usually died within 24 hours. Although not a physical pain, these GA con men must be experiencing considerable mental pain as they most likely are receiving a daily "cut" of bad news. And deservedly so.
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I noticed that this website, ldschurchtemples.com, has yet to combine the two wards that merged together. I suspect they'll soon be updating those "5 wards" to just four in the near future.
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On November 24 I reported that two wards in the Eastridge Stake, the Chevy Chase and Eastridge wards, were combined because neither had enough active members any longer to support a ward on its own. Since then, I discovered that the Eastridge Ward is down to as few as 10 couples for their Sacrament meetings. Also, I checked Cumorah.com and it's actually the Salt Lake South Cottonwood Stake
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My brother-in-law said it was 25 below yesterday where he's at in Wise River, MT. However, he's beem known to exaggerate, but he is up in the mountains hunting for elk.
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Specifically in Salt Lake County and preferrably an attorney who actually specializes in Chapter 7 Bankruptcies. Thanks in advance for all thoughtful responses.
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Both wards, up to now, have been meeting in the Eastridge Stake Center.
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Just found out the Eastridge Stake in SLC has been reconfigured because of dwindling membership numbers. Two wards in the Eastridge Stake, the Chevy Chase and Eastridge wards, were combined because neither had enough active members any longer to support a ward on its own. That is all, carry on.
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But what was so great about life in the 1950s? I suspect few on this website can remember the heartbreak that polio brought to so many families, mine included, in the 1950s. I still remember the incredible excitement everyone experienced with the announcement that Jonas Salk and his team had discovered the first effective vaccine to prevent polio. Mine and hundreds of other child
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So called GA: "Stay in the boat?" Mormon: Are you freakin crazy? I don't care if you are a GA, when a boat is taking on this much water and about to sink, I've have to be a complete idiot to "stay in the boat."
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Coppola black label cabernet sauvignon 2011, YUMMMMM.
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I'm not recommending this group because I'm really not familiar with them. Doris Hanson, an escaped polygamist, does exactly what you're talking about with her "Shield and Refuge Ministry." However, keep in mind it's a "Christ-centered outreach to those seeking freedom from Mormon Fundamentalism and Polygamy." So take into account she probably proselytizes the
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Some excerpts from Lesson 24 of the 2008 Nursery Manual (18 Month to Two Year Old Babies): *Doctrinal Instruction: "Explain that to follow the prophet means to do the things he tells us to do." *Pictures: Show the picture of Joseph Smith... Have the children pretend to read the scriptures, and invite them to say, "Follow the prophet." Hand the picture to another child
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For the past year and a half I have been archiving as many "Men can become Gods" statements as possible, from church sources, from 1970 to current. Currently, I have archived more than 150 such statements. However, I've noticed something interesting, a reverse correlation. As you progress from 1970 onward, I noticed there were progressively less such statements from one decade to
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BYU Football, Bronco Mendenhall and their fans can kiss it goodbye to their dreams of being invited to join the Big Boys of the Big 5 Conferences. Seriously, what Big 5 Conference would risk the outrage they'd incur if they invited the homophobic BYU/Mormon Church and its new "Gay Policy" Baggage. They have doomed themselves to their current independent status, that they h
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The answers to the following questions will be helpful for a manuscript I'm working on pertaining to the impossibility of the MGT or Mesoamerican Geography Theory. Is the Joseph Smith History, at the end of the Pearl of Great Price, 1) considered an official part of the Pearl of Great Price (or an unrelated add on), and more importantly 2) is the Joseph Smith History considered sc
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What you resist, persists. Let go of all self loathing. The more emotional mental whippings you administer on yourself, the more ingrained any undesirable thoughts will become.
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I've recently discovered it's possible for me to install a "Cobra Dash Cam" recording device, on my dash or in front of the rear view mirror, similar to the ones used by the police. I've also recently discovered and installed the Bambuser recording app on my cell phone. Supposedly it sends any video you record on your cell phone to "THE CLOUD," whatever that means, f
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The following excerpt, lifted from a website that shall go unmentioned, was taken from the blog story of some "Formons." ~ Hugh Nibley, Approaching Zion. The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Vol 9. "The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence on proper dress and grooming, their careful observan
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True, but as for the Hill Cumorah location TSCC still proclaims it is in N.Y. state to this day in its periodicals, just not by GAs any longer. It makes me wonder if the reason for this is to distance the GAs from future legal ramifications as individuals.
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BTW, after Sorensen's 1984 Ensign two part talk on the possibility of a Mesoamerican setting for the BoM, very few GAs refer to the Hill Cumorah as being in N.Y. state. Between 1970 and 1984 I have discovered numerous such statements from GAs in church periodicals declaring the Hill Cumorah is in N.Y. Also, there are numerous statements in church periodicals between 1984 and 2015 de
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I realize this thread will only have slight interest and even then to a very limited group of people, perhaps less than even I realize. However, that being said, I wanted to share just one sentence from a talk given by Apostle Hales in 2003. I personally found it interesting because in all my research of church periodicals, from 1970 to present, it's the first time I discovered the Hil
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