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Just listen to conference talks. When they talk about obeying God or following the teaching of Jesus they are often substituting those names when they really mean "church." Bruce McConkie even said members should NOT try to have a direct personal relationship with Jesus. That's just for important ...

Joseph Smith lost the 116 pages because he so desperately needed Martin's $3000 that he risked the entire project, even after God told him TWICE not to do it. Then God had to dictate an entire section of the D&C (Section 19) to try to scare/woo Martin into coughing up the money. He even appealed to ...

[Bednar/Soaking meme] Wikipedia has a very informative article about soaking, including illustrations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soaking_(sexual_practice) There is also a historical precedent, regarding Apostle Albert Carrington: In 1885, one of the LDS Church's top leaders, 73-year-old apostle ...

moksha wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2024 7:53 pm A recreation of Joseph on top of Fanny performing the First Sealing would spur museum attendance.

Animatronics?

He probably didn't want to talk about it any more because it was a failed financial exploit. I can't think of any instances of him teaching from it. The only thing I remember Joseph saying about the BoM in that time period was to scold members for not reading it.

... Greenland would not stand a chance against the US military. Greenland is a territory of Denmark. Denmark is a member of NATO. The US is obligated to repel all threats to the sovereignty and autonomy of any NATO country. We would find ourselves in a war against not only our closest allies, but ...

One big problem with apologetics is that the tools apologists use work equally well for just about any belief system. Apologists from any two religions with mutually disharmonious claims would call out apologist from the other group using the same tactics they themselves are using; an LDS apologist ...

One of the miracles of the Jaredite voyage that generally gets overlooked is how they all washed up on the same beach at the same time after a year of being blown around by raging storms.

My favorite New Years mental experiment: Imagine you are a Jaredite. On January first you seal yourself into your barge, along with your family, livestock, barrels of live fish, hives of bees, food and water for a year (for humans and animals), and all the seeds, tools, etc. you will need to restart ...

A reunion sounds great!

And, while we're at it, a happy New Year!

Why have no Modern-day Saints stepped forward with the revised story of Lamanites from Siberia? Nope, but that seems like an obvious next step. I guess the closest thing is the Gospel Topics DNA essay mentions the remains of a "Paleo-Eskimo" in Alaska that date to the time of the Jaredites, which ...

wtfluff wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 5:16 pm May the sunlight shine a tiny bit longer each day!

I have faith that it will... up to a certain point.

Spaghetti Monster bless us, every one!

There is a bit of a fuss lately about a lesson on lds.org that is directed to young children. It concerns polygamy. Any thoughts? See: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-stories-2025/44-plural-marriage?lang=eng I would hope even a Sunbeam would be wise enough to ...

Congratulations! The church wants your time and money. It's very freeing to put a stake in the ground for those things and declare that they will get no more from you. ... or telling me "it's great to see you, brother sparky!" when they've made no actual effort to get to know me. Boy, I remember ...

Wow. Great to hear from you again!

Correct answer: when Outer Darkness freezes over.

Here's another. Substituting the words "God" and "we/us" for "Church." Listen to just about any conference talk by one of the Q15. Every time they tell you what God wants you to do, or needs you to do, you can do that little word switch to make their statement more accurate. They obviously have ...