Instead of dumbing down the doctrine, they could get rid of correlation. They could allow members to teach gospel principles from any source they see fit to use, and just kind of let the diversity ride while trimming back the outliers. Kind of like letting a bush grow, but not grow wild. And also give wards more control over their budgets. Those two things would fix a lot. Hopefully, no GA wil
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No selfies allowed.
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"My daughter hasn't been able to carry a baby full term and she is 39 now" My DW had the same problem. It was because her blood type was RH negative and mine was RH positive. None of the fertility doctors told us that. What did they go to school for? Anyway, make sure blood types are compatible.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aMShwAnph8k What if you're the helpmate you're looking for. I know a well-off TBM who married a TBM woman in the temple after his wife died of a stroke. She cleaned him out and her mama drama is making him miserable. Yikes. Be happy with what you don't have.
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"BYU graduate" That's accreditation for you.
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Did it occur to her that she herself may have been demonically possessed? Like maybe after the second or third murder?
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Exmo credo: "To thine own self be true"
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https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/archbishop-vigano-bergoglio-will-answer-to-god-for-usurping-the-throne-of-peter
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"Lori Vallow Daybell doomsday cult mom found guilty of conspiring to murder fourth husband" The LDS Church is a doomsday cult. Lori was just ahead of the curve.
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Can I pay less tithing if I sustain ChatGPT as prophet, seer, and revelator?
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It's good to be Simon. Bednar takes his role in Simon Says very seriously.
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Yet he has so many enablers who are happy to pretend the emperor has clothes. Maybe this is the natural dynamic of the church. Asking members to sacrifice is part of the doctrine. Anyone who asks for your moral autonomy, including the ability to share other wisdom traditions with the ward, is trying to control you. Bednar is not an outlier, they are all control freaks. He is at least honest ab
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Russell M Nelson
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Donny: Are these the Nazis, Walter? Walter Sobchak: No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of.
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The countdown has begun. Pope Francis will be Mormon in a year.
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But it's just around the corner, so pay your tithing so you don't burn.
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So Christ revealing himself to Yoda on Dagobah doesn't count?
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I'm picturing a couple of Nephite warriors giving him the bum's rush.
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You can get a plush blanket here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1652055539/shroud-of-turin-holy-face-of-jesus-holy
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Maybe callings are so hard to fill that they need something that fits a skeleton crew.
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Never judge a book by its cover?
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"sunday school talks are supposed to stay away from speculation" Speculation about things that are totally made up. If you can't speculate about fiction, they have no idea how their religion works and have no hope of fixing it.
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What if the Easter Bunny died for our sins but they changed it to Jesus so as not to upset the kiddies?
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But what if it _sounds_ truthy? The church is all about the feels. JS and BY knew that well, Maybe the church stopped doing that after seeing how cringey BY's sweeping statements turned out to be. Suppose 95% of everything you "know" to be true is actually false? What does it matter that your religion is part of the 95%? Furthermore, what if the deep archetypes taught by your reli
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"The downside of that is being treated as a second class member even though I toe the line on TR questions." Alienation from Mormons is bad?
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I have to hand it to Joseph Smith for being a great cult leader. He really could make people believe anything because he believed it himself. Kind of like Jim Jones but with a mob to show him the door before he got his followers killed. The modern church makes no grand proclamations. Maybe the Proclamation on the Family, which was basically "Support the gays and God will get you".
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"Hangry and ambivalent. Very human and very torn with the power of a god in his backpack." He could have pulled a Snickers out of that backpack instead of taking it out on the tree.
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According to records, the date of supposed First Vision is the year before the Smith family moved onto their farm. But why let facts get in the way of a good story? You can visit the "Sacred Grove", which is a re-creation since nobody knows where the place actually was. Missionaries will bear their testimonies about the sacred event, which appears to have sprung from Joe's imaginatio
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"Fantasy Land" was already taken.
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I wonder if church leaders see leprechauns in the temple. Maybe leprechauns advise Ensign Peak in exchange for gold. Those pots don't fill themselves. That seems more plausible (but not by much) than Jesus meeting up with GAs in the Celestial Room.
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