This is our monthly break, which we have not had in a while.
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I had been a convert of little over a year before going to Finland. Sigh... What a waste.
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I believe he is a troll just playing with us. If I am wrong, then any one this ignorant and arrogant will not be an effective missionary. He will push any reasonable investigator out of joining Mormonism. He will hound 'in-actives' out of the church. He will drive his companions insane to the point they will join the growing list of those going home early. Active members will be so put-off
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"Fanny Alger, age 16, single Scholars disagree about whether Smith's relationship with Fanny Alger was a marriage or merely an affair. However, the LDS church cites Fanny as Smith's first plural wife, noting that the pair married in Kirtland, Ohio in the mid-1830s, when Smith would have been about 30 himself. Fanny lived in the Smiths' house with Emma, which caused much tension. Compton say
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This site was founded during Thanksgiving 18 years ago. It is primarily due to Susan I/S that we keep running. I hope to retire mid-2015 and will have more time to devote to updating and archiving. We were down for a bit today with a power outage here in Cleveland TN. Have a great Thanksgiving to all the US folks. To all the newbies - welcome. Eric
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Wife is sick. Went to the walk-in with her. Dropped her off back home and went to two pharmacies, bank and groceries. Hoping to watch a bit of the Packer's game and practice the clarinet for a concert in two weeks. A quiet day if she stops coughing so much :-)
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I am hitting retirement the middle of next year. Where do the years go. Sigh... I am fortunate that several of the firms I consult for want me to continue on a part time basis. The biggest issue in retirement, other than health, is having sufficient financial resources. Not having paid tithing the past 20 years has made it possible. I would be despondent to be at this point in my life kno
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When I founded this site 18 years ago I thought I was the only one to have these nightmares, Being a introvert made the experience painful and I left the mission feeling a complete failure. I have some archived threads on this topic. I am currently sitting at the Baltimore airport and will look those up when I get home. It will be nice to to sleep in my own bed for a couple of nights then on
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This great news. I am sitting at the Atlanta airport right now and this made my day. Hopefully more shelves will break.
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I met Blair at an early Exmo conference that was held in Las Vegas. We were a small group then. He had a great passion about helping folks out of Mormonism. I am so sorry for your loss and ours. Thanks for putting up the tribute site. Eric
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From: https://www.lds.org/topics/plural-marriage-in-kirtland-and-nauvoo?lang=eng "...Fragmentary evidence suggests that Joseph Smith acted on the angel’s first command by marrying a plural wife, Fanny Alger, in Kirtland, Ohio, in the mid-1830s. Several Latter-day Saints who had lived in Kirtland reported decades later that Joseph Smith had married Alger, who lived and worked in the Sm
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Is it possible to expect any less?
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It is a troll. Typical tactic. We will let you play with this troll for a bit.
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This is a troll. It is the same person who posted Mormon.org as the truth - Current Mormon. Typical Mormon tactic to lie and deceive. Since I am an admin and founder of this site I noticed the same IP address. Perhaps you can tell us why lying is good and a excellent way to promote Mormonism? We are tired of people like you. Not all Mormons lie like you. Some are decent people deceived
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Wow. From my vantage point this is significant. Would like to know more what he said.
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Yes. Our expenses have jumped this year. Need to find a better setup. Volume is also a huge factor.
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Volume has caused our ISP to modify our server setup. I am hoping this will make us more stable. That took a couple hours this afternoon
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Wow so sorry to hear that. He contributed a lot to help others
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This does create lack of credibility for us when such speculation is posted. A newbie will not realize this is not typical of the board. They will look at this as typical wild anti-Mormon tactics and go back to the corporation. Let's stick to facts and to our personal experiences.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/28/a-mormon-st-peter-s-in-rome.html Article on the new Rome Temple
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Just a quick question on the area. Where is a good place to rent an apartment if any one is familiar? Posting this question for someone who wishes it remain anonymous and will be working for the government. Thanks.
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My wife was cleaning out the closet last week and found our confirmation letter from 1994. Wow - 20 years. It has been good to be out. Congrats to you!!
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I posted this before. Years ago I was invited to a Finnish mission reunion organized by the wife of my first mission president. She wrote to me, "I know you are not a Mormon anymore, but I believe you are still a good person..." That was a great inducement to attend.
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This has been troubling for me as well. I have almost no elementary school memories. I know I went to a particular elementary school from K to 6, but have only 3 memories. One memory from 5th grade and two from sixth grade of short insignificant events. It is like I never existed - at least to me. My family never did anything. My dad, when he was home, just watched TV. My mom, a former b
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I am so sorry to hear that. You have been here a long time and have shared with many. I hope you can feel their kinds thoughts towards you at this time.
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We are in good shape and the $4000 we raised earlier this year should last us until Spring of 2015, if all goes well. When we have a serious DoS attack, it can be expensive. That is the reason organizations launch a denial of service attack because of the costs in resolving issues for the victim of the attack. It is dirty. Anyways here is an invoice I was just paying. 07/11/2014 CHAR
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I play in a community orchestra. When we have performances, we usually have from 55-60 people playing. Of that sixty, 3 are Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA). I was at the board meeting Monday night and I suggested we would be better off with a Friday night concert than on a Tuesday this fall. As you can guess, I was told I was inconsiderate of the SDA's. We have not had a Friday nor a Saturday
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