>Would you go? NO! >Should I go? No! >To be honest, I want someone to validate my feelings, and >tell me that it’s all right to not attend my neighbor's Mormon >funeral It is DEFINITELY alright not to go. As stillanon pointed out above, she chose to cut you out of her life, not the other way around. "Love" is conditional in TSCC. They "love&q
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Great posts, BoJ and LW. Re. his reasons, I hope he’s not gonna be able to profit from book writing or interviews. Something tells me that we’re gonna be seeing this guy on Netflix.
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+1
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Nothing in the Mormon canon can hold a candle to King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. And no one in Mormondom has impacted the world like he did. In fact, the change in ‘78 can probably be credited to some extent to King’s impact on society.
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Yes, I think it’s important to keep getting the word out for exactly those two groups: those who consider joining, to spare them the heartache, and those who already belong, to extricate them from it. Being mormon comes at a high cost, financially and emotionally.
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His irrelevance is assured.
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NationalPrayerDay Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That 100 bil leak was really something, wasn't it? Yep, and there's bound to be more.
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It boggles my mind too, Rubicon, that TSCC now admits what members used to staunchly deny! I spent 3 years in the Army in the 80's, and for a while I had a Mormon roommate and a Jewish roommate. We had some interesting discussions. TBM guy presumed to know all about our religions but mainly denied anything and everything about Mormonism. Always wearing the mandatory smile. Apparently I pr
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Perhaps there’s a statute of limitations on fraud of this type.
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Also, isn't Hinckley on record as saying something like "their christ is not our christ," or something like that? (I'm going from memory, which is dangerous). Anyway, if the Christ upon which each -ian is based is different, then it would make sense that they are different.
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Sure, but my point was that my TBM brother did a major flip-flop without skipping an intellectual beat: First he wants the right to define who's a Mormon, to deflect my commentary about Mormons, and then later he wants the right to claim that he's not a Mormon, to deflect my commentary about Mormons. First: "those people you're criticizing are not Mormon, like me, so you're not criticizin
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Done & Done Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When an > apology is about the apologist being "the bigger > person" it's worse than what they were apologizing > for in the first place. I know exactly what you mean! They don't apologize because they feel bad. They do it because they're "supposed to." And when they do, you're
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^^^ this ^^^ Easter offends no christians. Protestants and Catholics (big and small c), Orthodox or not, liturgical or not, denominational or not, etc. No matter which subgroup of Christian you look at, they all celebrate Easter. The crucifixion and resurrection are bedrock tenets of christian faith.
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Years ago, if I pointed out things about the FLDS or similar groups, my TBM brother would say, "THEY aren't Mormons." And I'd say, "to me, anyone who uses the BoM is Mormon". Now, when I point out things about the FLDS or similar groups, my TBM brother will say, "WE aren't Mormons." And I say, "to me, anyone who uses the BoM is Mormon".
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“Each hymn in the new ‘Hymns — For Home and Church’ book is accompanied by an explanation of the hymn’s history” So, “historically” these were all written by apostates and/or those with the curse of Cain! But now we’ll expropriate them.
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I’ve watched the first 2 or 3 episodes, and I agree with all the comments above that TSCC is portrayed way too lightly in terms of both atrocities and culpability. On a positive note, the storyline pegged Brigham Young as a pedophile and polygamist within the first 30 minutes of episode 1.
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Probably there's nothing special about anyone's individual ceremony because there isn't anything special about anyone...you're marrying the church, not each other.
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That may be it. From posts here I knew he'd passed a week or so earlier, so I didn't think that was it, but perhaps the funeral happening "raised" them in some of the algorithms. FB has probably linked me to "Mormons" somehow, but not discerned that I'm "anti." The algorithm isn't completely wacky. I mean, I am of a certain age, do like "oldies," d
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You can "snooze" or block posters, but not by the posts' topic. In the past I'd see "posts like this," but I don't see that now. Each of these comes from a different person or page, e.g. Oldies, 70's music, Hits from the 70's, etc. If I block one, Osmond posts will still keep coming from others. In fact, it reminds me of the run up to the election: I'd get a GOP text,
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Since yesterday, the main feed in my FB account is being bombarded with Osmond posts. I don't think I've done anything to show interest in the Osmonds, so I'm surprised FB's algorithms are directing this at me. Anyone else seeing it?
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> Ignore what they say. Watch what they do. ^^^ this ^^^
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I'm not surprised that a group like this would surface. As TSCC mainstreams, reforms, whitewashes old teachings, etc, people obviously notice, and some will resent the changes. Others will also believe that they know the "truth," and cling to it, in spite of TSCC's public statements. TSCC actually has a legacy of this sort of thing: making publicly acceptable claims while behaving d
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+1
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/11/uk/archbishop-of-canterbury-justin-welby-resign-intl-latam/index.html
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My daughters enjoyed it. Apparently it’s compelling enough on its own that they did not even comment on the Mormon connection.
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My daughters are out to see it with friends this evening. I'm anxious to hear what they think.
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Yeah, I was gonna ask: which time?
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“And there, the rich man or the poor are all the same. To dress identically represents that.”
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I can see forty-somethings divorcing for the opportunity to “upgrade” as RM’s when they get back.
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> The faith’s nonprofit farm investment company has made a spate > of similarly large purchases since 2018, solidifying it as a > key player in the U.S. farm sector and a leading landowner in > several states “Nonprofit” farming must pay pretty well! We already knew they were the largest landowner in Florida, but it sounds like it’s true in more states than that.
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