They are billed as "riveting talks by remarkable people;" and I have found this to be true.
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What welcome news!
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because money they have made by investing your tithing money is YOUR lost interest income gone into THEIR coffers.
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...please explain how they released the presiding Bishopric.
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We'll look forward to it.
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I was always taught that “sustaining” was NOT voting because the relevant calling (or budget) was already issued/decided. “Sustaining” merely meant indicating your willingness to *support* the decision (the calling, the budget, etc.) which Heavenly Father (through church leaders) *already* had made. If the speaker used the term "voting," he was deliberately misleading Ne
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…and exposer of posthumous baptisms of famous Nevermos, divorced Mormons frequently are sealed back together posthumously, EVEN when the man was an abusive husband when the wife was alive!!! Shocking… but what else is new, when it comes to the cult? So as you consider how you are going to respond to the request (and other posters have brought up many good points to consider,) keep in min
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I wish! It would have saved a load of heartache!
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Every time the leaders increase control with a new directive, SOME members say “Enough!” and leave. These are invariably the church’s most intelligent and/or educated members as suggested by the demographics in John Dehlin’s study ex-Mormons. (See below) There is an ever-widening crack in the dike of the LDS church. It is only a matter of time until it busts open! ***** Dehlin’
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We know too well how greedy the church leaders are! Of course, had you said "12%" (as "Freeman" suggested) some of us might have been fooled.
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Luv, Your local RS Presidency Gone Insane
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Love the idea!
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It must have taken a great deal of courage and determination for you to have reached where you are now with all this. Thank you for posting!
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They can fool the sheeple, but they can't fool the Nevermo public!
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“There is compelling evidence that the Mormon church leaders knowingly and willfully misrepresent the historical truth of their origins and of the church for the purpose of deceiving their members into a state of mind that renders them exploitable.”
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Interviewer: “As a matter of historical fact, was Joseph Smith being convicted of being a con man in 1826?” Holland: “I have no idea.” Say WHAT? Holland did his masters thesis at BYU on the BoM. He would have studied Mormon history extensively. And he “had no idea” about this fact, well known to exmos? LIAR, LIAR, LIAR! Holland forgets that the public audience is not lim
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Sorrowfully, many on this board are rape and sexual abuse survivors. Talking about what happened is a necessary step toward healing. The first person we tell (in your case, your friend, a year after the rape) is usually the hardest one to tell. The fact that you are able to post this account of your experience, even anonymously (as is appropriate,) is a good sign that you
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One purpose for Dehlin's study is so that "Mormons can come to understand that the reasons for people losing their faiths are legitimate. Hopefully the church will stop punishing people for (leaving for) legitimate reasons.” The leaders have ALWAYS known why people leave: because the members discover the truth about the church’s history, doctrine, and practices. Duh! To counteract t
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I only wish the sheeple could know about this as well.
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Additionally, insecurity in one's beliefs may be masked by arrogance, as in the case of Mormons.
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THAT IS NOT TRIVIA! "DNA," please start a thread on this topic!
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Why not? They believe whatever the leaders tell them!
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... esp. as it comes to coercing people into arbitrary relationships against their will is sign enough of the very falsity of this execrable excuse for a church!" Yes, it is. And that is the cold, bitter truth about the Mormon so-called "family" church!
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The article quotes Mitt's cousin Park Romney: "'There's compelling evidence that the Mormon Church leaders knowingly and wilfully misrepresent the historical truth of their origins and of the Church for the purpose of deceiving their members into a state of mind that renders them exploitable,' says Park."
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When the sight of your fiance made you sick, your family dismissed it as mere “pre-wedding jitters”? How deeply in denial can a family get! But after all, let nothing interfere with the almost-reached, coveted goal of having a temple-married daughter! Just a couple more days and DD and new SIL will be sealed for eternity, and all will be well! It can take years for Mormon young women
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