For procreation, not passion Spencer W. Kimball, The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, pp. 311-312 "Sex is for procreation and expression of love. It is the destiny of men and women to join together to make eternal family units. In the context of lawful marriage, the intimacy of sexual relations is right and divinely approved. There is nothing unholy or degrading about sexuality in itself
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1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:13, 18 Now the body is not for fornication, but for the
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I was a temple officiator. This topic came up in a meeting with the temple president. He said it was to prevent theft. Bad people can come into the temple if they lie getting their recommend, but they will be judged for their actions.
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Brazil, 1978. A deal was made with the Brazilian embassy in Paraguay and Argentina to expedite tourist visas for missionaries. There was a lot of money paid under the table. We would fly to Paraguay or Argentina every three months for two days (paid by us of course) airfare, hotel, meals, etc. Brazil had (has?) a national religion and proselytizing was illegal. We were all there as tourists.
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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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I am the CPA. I am also knowledgeable in Social Security benefits and guardianship within Social Security. I have written to him and am waiting for a response. I will let you know if I hear from him.
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http://www.exmormon.org/file9.htm
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Prophet Lorenzo R. Snow, Unchangeable Love of God, Sunday, September 18, 1898; Teachings of Lorenzo Snow p. 5 "That exalted position was made manifest to me at a very early day. I had a direct revelation of this. It was most perfect and complete. If there ever was a thing revealed to man perfectly, clearly, so that there could be no doubt or dubiety, this was revealed to me, and it came in
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The Ensign is a good way to know the problems the Mormon Church is facing. In the latest issue, the First Presidency message was "The Blessings of Tithing." This has been a regular topic recently - tithing revenue is dropping. There are two articles about adult singles. It is a group that is leaving in great numbers. It has become a concern to the big 15. There are several a
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Talk to the All-Church Coordinating Council BY Elder Boyd K. Packer May 18, 1993 These two excerpts are from a talk by Boyd K Packer: The next quotation is from a woman who is hurting, and perhaps wonders if anyone but the feminists care about her problems: "I'm upset that I was always advised to go back and try harder only to get abused more. I need some comfort, I need solace,
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B. H. Roberts, Defense of the Faith and the Saints, vol. 2, p. 270 If none but Gods will be permitted to multiply immortal children, it follows that each God must have one or more wives. God, the father of our spirits, became the father of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh. The fleshy body of Jesus required a mother as well as a father. Therefore, the father and mother of Jesus accord
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Bruce C. Hafen, “Your Longing for Family Joy,” Ensign, Oct. 2003, page 28 “Touch not their unclean things. Too many Latter-day Saints today somehow believe they can stand with one hand touching the walls of the temple while the other hand fondles the unclean things of the world. We can’t do that. As Alma said, “Touch not their unclean things” (Alma 5:57). I plead with you, put both h
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Brazil January 1978 - 1980 Brazil is very mixed as far as race. In addition to the person you were indoctrinating you would look at other family members to see if they looked black or had black features. One complicating problem was that Brazilians from Northern Brazil were often as dark as the Blacks. We did not teach anyone who we could identify as having any Black heritage. If we found s
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This was reported by Ezra Booth, a member of the party in a letter to Mr. Partridge on September 20, 1831. Quotes from the letter follow: >No accident, however, befel them, until Joseph, in the afternoon of the third day, assumed the direction of affairs on board that canoe, which, with other matters of difference, together with Oliver's curse, increased the irritation of the crew, who, in
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Read Freakonomics. The author uses economic models to show the dropping crime rate is closely related to legalized abortions. Fewer unwanted children that would otherwise end up on the street some day. He makes a very strong argument for the relationship.
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My use of Facebook is limited. My wife and I coach and coordinate a field hockey program at a middle school. We have found that Facebook is the best way to communicate with the girls. We have changes to practices, upcoming events, information on clinics and camps, and photo albums of games. Facebook and mass texting are the two most efficient means of communication with girls and parents.
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Ten tribes to be restored from space Wandle Mace, Journal, 1809-1890, pp. 38-39, original in library of Brigham Young University. I have many times been pondering upon a subject and seemed to come to a standstill, not knowing how to gain further information relating to it, when upon going to meeting on the sabbath, the key would be touched by Joseph and the subject would be so plain I wondere
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Something my ex-inlaws said continually was "I done it" the murdered the English language, especially the tenses of the verbs. They are an old Utah family with ties to royalty. It made them sound really ignernt.
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I am using Book of Mormonisms as a secondary source to find what I can't locate any other way. There is a lot of source material available. Any headings that are similar will be different. I had close to 100 pages of my own at an 11 pitch typeface. There is a lot of duplication between sources. I recommend your book and Unsaintly Saints which has been released on Kindle.
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I was in Brazil during the temple opening and was called to be an officiator. The Mormon Church was trying to save money and bought a bunch of white jump suits for baptisms. These were thin and flimsy, and much to the chagrin of the temple presidency and the Mormon Church they became transparent when wet (much like a cheap thin, wet white tee shirt). The men doing the baptisms started wearing
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Anything you want to send would be great. In battling on boards, finding what I needed, when I needed it was always a problem. When I started this, I didn't realize the scope. I have already spent a few hours on this. I will review the quotes and get the additional information.
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I am working on a topical guide for the apostate. I have about half of the topics addresses and have about 140 pages of quotes, cataloged by topic. subtopic and quote. I would like those who are interested to take a look. I have drawn on my own work, the work on MormonThink, The Book of Mormonisms, Deconstructor's site, as well as a number of other sites. If you have a few minutes, please
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“Talk about polygamy! There is no true philosopher on the face of the earth but what will admit that such a system, properly carried out according to the order of heaven, is far superior to monogamy for the raising of healthy, robust children!” (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, v. 13, p. 317) The polygamy of God and Jesus was also taught Orson Hyde Journal of Discourses v2 p81 &q
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The Kabbalists were 12-13th century Jewish mystics from France and Spain who drew from the Midrash, Book of Enoch, writings of the Essenes, and several different middle eastern groups including the Zoasters, Egyptians and Greeks with a lot of Gnosticism thrown in. (Guide to the Zohar, Green) One of the things that Kabbalism did was try to explain the different faces or emanations of God that
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From "The Book of Mormonisms" Compiled by Jim Stark and D. Kuhn (Partial list on this subject) Angel Says Indians are Descendants of Abraham Joseph Smith, The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, p. 74 ...he said unto me I am a messenger sent from God, be faithful and keep his commandments in all things, he told me of a sacred record which was written on plates of gold, I saw in th
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After resigning and telling my family I was a filthy apostate, I didn't see the need to stay hidden. Because I am posting with IRL information, I found out I knew Charley from years ago and a couple of people I have worked with asked me if I was the Jim Huston posting on this board.
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Smithsonian - a great magazine
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In the book "Breaking the Mormon Code" by Matthew A. Paulson, the author goes through the dishonesty of Mormon apologists in a number of papers and books. Specifically he shows the misquotes and inaccuracies in "Offenders for a Word" by Daniel C Peterson and Stephen D Ricks. In "Offenders for a Word" Peterson misquotes Justin Martyr. Irenaeus, Tertullian, Cleme
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There are only three acceptable reasons for someone leaving the Mormon Church: 1) Someone said or did something to offend you. You are not willing to accept that it was the individual, not the Mormon Church that caused the offense. Your fault - 2) You are weak and sinned and are unwilling to repent, or you left so you could sin without consequences. Your fault - 3) You never were real
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