In a talk from Elder Andersen a few weeks ago, he used the Damar Hamlin situation to talk about people's tendency to pray when in hard situations. I can't NOT think that the utility in bringing this all up was to further normalize what happened as a random incident and to steer everyone away from s...

Wholely Mother Trucker. That was a post. The worst of it isn't that the church seeks the praise of the world. It's not just wanting to avoid criticism or be accepted by the people in the Great and Spacious building. Because the people in the Great and Spacious building are not just dressing finely ...

I saw something posted somewhere recently that said something like: Why would you marry a woman, only to have her work for another man, and have your kids raised by another woman ? I thought that was pretty insightful. And today, that "woman" is very possibly a biological male dressing up...

I am wondering if this is a church wide unity push to get more people to comply with things that they normally wouldn't do to "take one for the team" and not be selfish. Am I on to something here? Anyone else seeing what I see and have examples? In the name of unity, will the selfish/inde...

I tend to agree that 8 is too young to get baptized. But then there’s this: D&C 68: 25 And again, inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and ...

Niemand wrote: ↑February 2nd, 2023, 12:49 pm When will Nelson challenge Pharaoh?

I feel that way too. Every testimony meeting I determine to go to the stand and tell it like it is. But I chicken out. I watch the same people climb the Rameumptum each month and repeat the same generic phrases almost verbatim, while I clock-watch until the whole tedious thing's over and the congre...

silverado wrote: ↑February 1st, 2023, 9:32 am "When we stand before the bar of God on Judgement Day, we will be asked how well we followed the prophets, especially the living ones of our day."

Recent talk in Sacrament meeting.

They are so idolized, they cant admit to any mistake. They have to swim only forward.

Wow - surreal

Some of this stuff coming out of the church makes me think that I need to get my family out ASAP, lest we risk getting sucked into some crazy stuff in the future, perhaps amid some greater societal crisis. I think it would be better to get completely independent before they roll out the next big we...

Interesting remarks from Renlund. He groups a variety of things into "missing the mark." 1. Prophet 2. Sacrament 3. Scriptures 4. Commandments "Elder Renlund warns against ‘spiritual hyperopia’ and ‘looking beyond the mark’: Jacob foresaw the people of Jerusalem in Christ’s time, cal...

Could it be that very soon church members are told to do something in particular as a way to force people to show their allegiance? Kind of like what happened with the push to get vaccinated and masked, but with some other new prophetic priority. It seems that some new initiatives the church is enc...

I think this says it best. “Prophets don’t come from the religious elite. They emerge from the margins, condemn the religious elite, and return to the margins when their job is done. Their title doesn’t make their words prophetic. Their words make their prophetic role uncomfortably clear. What prop...

" https://cdn.newspunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CDC-white-people-678x381.jpg.webp Footage has surfaced of a top Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official saying that the elites should “get rid of of all the whites in the United States” and replace them with immigrants to ...

Looks harmless - so why does it remind me of UN agenda
Lapel pin ??


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Will post pics when I figure out how!

Shall we rewrite the hymnbooks? "Our church's Love" "Nelson wants me for a Sunbeam" "I'm trying to be like Nelson" "Come Follow Me, the Church Said"... "Corporate Savior, Pilot Me" "Nelson Once of Humble Birth" "I Believe in Church &q...

I've been wondering what the story is, who is behind all these ads on tv, so I looked it up. I've seen two of those ads already tonight during the NFL playoff games. That's quite an expensive ad space. The article says they will be running an ad during the Superbowl as well. I just thought it was i...

Elder Hamilton said students must settle this important issue of an organized church deep in their hearts. He said, “The Savior Jesus Christ and the Church of Jesus Christ are inseparably joined together.” What is the scriptural justification for this? I can't think of any. The Church of the Firstb...

So, for all those who claim that our church does not teach infallibility.... Here's your proof that we do. Only if it's unanimous . . . Which then begs the question . . . how much real dissent is there at the top? How much real dissent can there be at the top? If everyone is licking the boots of Ne...

So, for all those who claim that our church does not teach infallibility.... Here's your proof that we do. Only if it's unanimous . . . Which then begs the question . . . how much real dissent is there at the top? How much real dissent can there be at the top? If everyone is licking the boots of Ne...

From the Church News article: He said he has heard others say the Prophet and Apostles can make mistakes and are simply human. While this can be true, Elder Hamilton reminded listeners that decisions which are made in Christ’s Church always require a unanimous vote. When the Prophet and Apostles sp...

An elderly widow in my ward wants to go to the Temple. But she is having trouble paying tithing. Too many medical expenses and not enough money. Someone suggested that she pay tithing and then ask the Church for assistance. It seems to me there should be a better answer. Do ya one better. My mother...

An elderly widow in my ward wants to go to the Temple. But she is having trouble paying tithing. Too many medical expenses and not enough money. Someone suggested that she pay tithing and then ask the Church for assistance. It seems to me there should be a better answer. Do ya one better. My mother...

What's the point in speaking with local leaders other than getting yourself kicked out? I have been asked this question more times than I can count. The simple answer is, "nothing may change that you can see, but in every case that I show the Lord I will do my very best to follow Him, the rela...

Yeah, just imagine if a year from now it becomes common knowledge that the vax was deadly. It's common knowledge now. Go over to the "Recovery from Mormonism" board and they're all talking about how wonderful it is. They continually to stories about terrible idiotic "antivaxxers"...

Imagine how Elizabeth Smart felt after being kidnapped, raped many, many times, finally found, and the church treated her like a used can of tomatoes, and just when she is getting back to normal, she finds out her dad thinks he is a girl. That is a messed up set of circumstances. This behavior shou...