TheDuke wrote: ↑January 28th, 2023, 10:39 am

Reluctant Watchman wrote: ↑January 27th, 2023, 6:59 pm

TheDuke wrote: ↑January 27th, 2023, 6:30 pm The church does not, nor never has taught that 10% of your income is tithing.

You still sticking with that story?

yes.

By allowing millions of members to continue paying like that, that is exactly what they’re teaching.

As a bishop, I had a blind convert who lived on about $750 per month. After all of her expenses were paid (she was completely reliant on the government for income), she had about $20 left per month. I told her that tithing paid on that $20 was all that was expected. I very well may have been wrong ...

Tithing should be paid on increase. So she pays on what's left after her medical bills. If there's nothing left she pays nothing but can still in effect claim to be a tithe payer. That makes sense, but I don't think that is what she was taught (she is a newish member). Do you know any scriptures th...

Tithing should be paid on increase. So she pays on what's left after her medical bills. If there's nothing left she pays nothing but can still in effect claim to be a tithe payer. That makes sense, but I don't think that is what she was taught (she is a newish member). Do you know any scriptures th...

And how do you know he’s talking to the church when he uses the word “Gentiles”?

Verse 29 accuses them of priestcrafts in the middle of a string of verses listing their crimes.

Secular organizations don’t operate in priestcrafts.

This is an interesting question posed by a friend of mine while discussing "transgenderism" - My friend believes that you should validate a person in their own beliefs even if they are "outside the truth" in his view. On the other hand, I believe that it's harmful to validate a ...

It started before Jesus had died. With what event and persons? Jesus repeatedly condemned certain tendencies in his sermons, so it is obvious it was already happening then. I see this early on in his three year mission. Jesus periodically corrected his apostles too. Judas Iscariot was an obvious ap...

I am not the smartest person when it comes to world affairs and politics and have only begun learning things since the covid debacle began. So at the risk of sounding stupid, can someone explain what the council on foreign relations is and why it would be considered a bad thing for someone to be a ...

Ferrisbueller wrote: ↑January 24th, 2023, 11:21 am UctDorf’s democratic donation was from a blind trust.

You think that he didn't know where $12000-ish dollars were going? That's pure silliness. They were going to the abortionist party of the good US of A. Tithing money, even.

It is the same Church you and I grew up in. It's Jesus Christ's Church. Some men have defiled it and some in the past have made it great. Regardless it is still Christ's Church. You know what you know to be true, stick with it. The Priesthood is still there and the authority to to preform ordinance...

You should find and study all the official apologies from the church to learn what must happen before they issue one. Let us know how it goes. I cant remember ever seeing or hearing of one. And you won't. Recall that Dallin H Oaks stated that the church doesn't apologize. You know, like repentance....

How dare the Church find areas of common ground and then unite with a group bigger than itself to take care of babies, children and refugees!!!! Shocking, I tell you!!! This is exactly as Jesus Christ would do in this day and age. You guys need to stop pretending that you are on an island. No Jesus...

Each eclipse passed through 7 cities named "Salem" which means "Peace" ... That's interesting. I didn't even know we had 7 cities by that name in this country. I think the SHTF after the second eclipse in April 2024. This nearly 7 year period of time must certainly be a sign tha...

2024 marks the end of a 7 year space between 2 solar eclipses that cross paths near Jackson County Missouri - crossing over the New Madrid fault line, which last had a major shakeup when Joseph Smith was 6 yrs old. https://www.crystalwind.ca/eureka-amazing/cosmic-stargate-portal/cosmic-events-journ...

If you think hearts are failing because of the vaccines as well as because of the difficulties of the world, you ain't seen nuthin' yet ...

Prophet. Not infallible, is our premise. I'm just curious if that's how the parents of the 16 year old who read that FP letter and then had him take the immunization and then die within 48 hours should feel about the "prophets, seers, and revelators". Now repeat this situation thousands o...

CaptainM wrote: ↑January 14th, 2023, 4:16 pm This might be interesting IF the earth was a spinning globe

Yeah! Isaiah was a loon!

I wonder how the Romney's feel about the First Presidency's letter to everyone regarding the "godsend" "safe and effective" vaccine? I wonder if they could answer question #4 in their temple recommend interviews in the affirmative: "Do you sustain the members of the First P...

They gave good solid council. People are not dropping like flies like posters on this forum make it out to be. Actively trying to persuade people to not get vaccinated is dangerous. MRNA jabs are not "vaccination". That is a post hoc redefinition of the term. I have had a number of vaccin...

Maybe the clot shot was the fiery serpent and anyone who took that instead of relying on Christ needs to look up and be healed. Although in this analogy, Moses wasn’t telling anyone to go get bit by a serpent. Just a thought. Or covid is just another event now in history. Those who got shots won’t ...

I wonder how the Romney's feel about the First Presidency's letter to everyone regarding the "godsend" "safe and effective" vaccine? I wonder if they could answer question #4 in their temple recommend interviews in the affirmative: "Do you sustain the members of the First Pr...

I imagine that what I should expect to hear from a true servant would be something to this effect: Please do not ever put me on a pedestal. I am just an imperfect man and I am subject to sin and error as are all of us. I promise to do my best to follow the Spirit and do the will of the Lord, but I ...

If you read the Book of Mormon and try to really analyze what its message is (especially the words of the resurrected Savior Himself), it isn't telling us in the last days to "cling to the prophet", to treat as celebrities the apostles, to "follow the covenant path", to attend t...

If you read the Book of Mormon and try to really analyze what its message is (especially the words of the resurrected Savior Himself), it isn't telling us in the last days to "cling to the prophet", to treat as celebrities the apostles, to "follow the covenant path", to attend th...

Short answer: No. Long answer: The Lord will not hold you accountable for the decisions of leaders about how to spend the Lord's money. The payer paid in good faith, the leaders decided things in bad faith. All the punishment goes towards the leaders that act in bad faith. Even if you feel they abu...