I saw this on John Dehlin's Facebook page and searched to see if anyone had posted it here. I didn't see it so here you go: http://imgur.com/a/121jP
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- Tithing is necessary for salvation. - Families can only be together for eternity if they're sealed in the temple. - Works (keeping the commandments) are required for salvation. - We were sent to earth to obtain a body which is necessary in order to live with Heavenly Father again. --------------------------------------------------------------- Truths I Heard In My Christian Church Yesterda
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My Pastor spent two weeks talking about his church's plan for growth over the next two years. I was thinking to myself, "I bet he won't have a lot of opportunities to bring Christ into it." Wow! Was I wrong! Even his growth vision was centered on Christ. One of the main points he was driving home was that the number of people in his church, to him, was not a bragging point or someth
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Not sure if anyone posted this: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865589192/Ask-Angela-My-parents-left-the-church-my-siblings-are-furious.html?s_cid=Email-4 My answer would be, this is the way that cults teach us to treat people when they leave the cult.
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My PB tells me to follow a course of education. So, I went to school for six years and got my MBA. Guess what? I'm working an entry-level job making $10.50 an hour and I'm $80,000 in debt. I'm fed-up looking for work that would be commensuratewith my degree, so I'm going to become a truck driver instead. What a bunch of hooey!
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Just an interesting observation here. My Pastor met with my LDS wife a few days ago and my Pastor insisted that I be present during the meeting simply because he has a policy of never meeting alone with females. The LDS Bishop met with my 16 year-old daughter not too long ago, alone, in his office. Sure there were people in the office next to his, but this really bothered me to the point that I
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Watch Supernatural, they'll show you. :)
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Maybe it's the whole audience participation part of it.
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The last time I watched "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" I was still a TBM and I had to quit watching it because there were eerie similarities between it and the endowment, at least in my mind. I'm I just out in left-field on this one, or has anyone else noticed?
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Uctdorf because he's so charismatic and a good speaker. Sort of reminds me of someone else from his part of the world.
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+1
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+1
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Non-denominational Christian
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Your story has some similarities to my own. I am a man, I didn't get pregnant and I am married. But I had some abuse in my past that I felt guilty over that wasn't getting resolved through talking to priesthood leaders. They kept telling me that I had to do more reading scriptures, keep paying tithing, volunteering at DI, etc. It was making me crazy. One night, I was overwhelmed by it all an
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Yeah, this is a slippery slope. Before you know it, some dude might go around claming to be a prophet and claiming that an angel with a flaming swored commanded him to violate a 14 year-old. Whew, sure glad that hasn't happened... er... uh... nevermind.
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One more example of how the MORG is the epitome of integrity. (note sarcasm)
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Why is it that the Bishop has to have a secretary call you anyway? When my Pastor wants to talk to me, he just calls or texts messages me. My Pastor is Pastor over 800 active members, so where's the excuse that he's busy? Oh, that's right, my Pastor is professional clergy, that's what he does for a living - it's his job to care about his flock. Usually, my Pastor is just calling to ask me how
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To adopt 5 children and have 3 more of my own.
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I served in Brazil from 1990 to 1991. Our office missionaries had maids. I don't remember anyone having a cook. We were supposed to live on $150 a month, so it was quite cost prohibitive to have a maid or a cook. Sometimes we could find a member who would wash our clothes (usually by hand) for free or for a nominal fee. I washed my clothes by hand for the first 2 months of my mission. It to
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We were told we could only carry a Book of Mormon while tracting, no Bibles. The Christians had a heyday with this.
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One more example of MORmONS using the gift of discernment.
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This: http://youtu.be/K0p4_GGDbS0
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This is a quote from "Xenocide" by Orson Scott Card. It reeks of Mormonism: "When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regarless of evidence. Let it be clumsily told and you will still love the tale, if you love truth. Let it be the most obvious fabrication and you will still believe whatever truth is in it, because you cannot den
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I met Marvin J. Ashton on my mission, he was sort of a dink. Joseph Wirthlin and Mark E. Peterson were in my ward growing up. I saw them a couple of times, but never talked to them. Spencer W. Kimball was in my stake and I heard him talk at Stake Conference. Richard G. Scott also talked to us on my mission, but I never met him. I was friends with Russell Nelson's only son (also named Russell)
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They only danger of coffee is if I don't get it I may become grumpy.
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I had a teacher at University of Phoenix who told me that he spent a considerable amount of time removing traces of pornography from the computer of someone at the COB. They way he spoke, it sounded like it was someone high up. I'm not sure if it was a 70 or one of the big 15. He said he was pretty disgusted with it. This, of course, is all hearsay.
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LOL! I used to live in Eagle Mountain too. :) My daughter went to Rockwell.
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Ammon is also in the Bible. It's one of King David's sons.
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I also had a boss named Liahona. He goes by Al. I also have a niece named Cummorah.
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I went to school with a Nephi. He had a brother named Alma. I also went to school with a kid named Moroni. I went to school in Provo.
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