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I'm just asking.... wondering I guess. Looking for clarification. Is it the "rejection" that you fear the most? Or is it that even though you feel your opinion or ideas are correct from your perspective, that you feel others might be unfairly trying to manipulate you into behaving the way they want ...

Let me describe my current existential dread. It has nothing to do with death, but belonging. I'm terrified. I'm afraid that everywhere I go, there will be a majority of people who think that something about how I think or act - which I put a hell of a lot of deep thought into - is not good enough ...

Alas and stealth, STOP MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ME. Goddamn it, you don't know what's in my heart and mind, but you keep pretending you do. Stop stereotyping me. Stop. Stop. STOP. I was going to make some more arguments in my defense, but anything I say will reinforce in your minds that I'm fragile ...

Women in charge: good, because... ? Men in charge: bad, because they dominate and enslave women I don't understand this perspective at all. It seems to assume women are incapable of dominating and enslaving men, or oppressing them in some way. Is that true? Do we know how egalitarian these ...

Women in charge: good, because... ? Men in charge: bad, because they dominate and enslave women I don't understand this perspective at all. It seems to assume women are incapable of dominating and enslaving men, or oppressing them in some way. Is that true? Do we know how egalitarian these ...

Also, I'm amazed at how many terrible things are a result of humans giving in to very old programming, at all levels of organization in society.

Has not some form of polygamy been around forever across many cultures? It is not remotely unique to mormonism. Maybe the eternal salvation part, but not the lifestyle in general. Biologically men want to have sex with more than one women. Its the best way to spread your genes. It promotes the ...

moksha wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:45 pm I am guessing they do not use masks at the MTC or if they do, they have to pen the symbols on the masks by themselves.

I laughed for 30 seconds solid, dear penguin.

It's December. Ignore the requested topics and give some floofy talk about Christmas. Make sure to mention that Christmas is a plagiarized "holiday" stolen from pagans; and that "real" members of tCOJCOL-dS should actually celebrate Christmas on April 6th. :lol: Thank the stars for ~23.5 degrees of ...

I think it's got to be more than legal liability. If it were only liability keeping the church from apologizing, it could still make some moves toward reconciliation. But it never does that. My condition for considering activity is that the church learn how to repent. I don't think it'll ever meet ...

Happy Thanksgiving. So many memories, holidays - missing those who are gone, missing those who moved away. Just immediate family this year, and phone calls. Is it just part of getting older, an ache inside through the holidays? I think so. The older we get, the more we lose. I'm grateful for the ...

Would “The Covenant Paths” be a good name for a NFL team in Utah? It may be a hard pill to swallow while sitting in the stadium on Sunday (fake Sabbath day stolen from Jews) and cheering, “Kick A$$ Covenant Paths”… If the latest MORmON Marketing Blurb™ were used as a name for the team, they would ha ...

Joseph did say this about sealings. March 11, 1844: "Joseph /W.W. Journal: Again the doctrine or sealing power of Elijah is as follows: if you have power to seal on earth & in heaven then we should be crafty. (changed to wise in HC:6, p. 253) The first thing you do go & seal on earth your sons ...

Also... What's the deal with "woke?" You know you're listening to a Fox News junkie when they angrily spout that word like it actually means something (Cardon Ellis). Can someone help me understand this better? It is obviously a derogative term that refers to people who are concerned about people ...

I'm American, my mission was in Scotland, and I live in England. In contrast to the Utah wards I've spent the most time in, wards here tend to have a staffing deficit. Like lost said, they tend to focus on what works, I think mostly because nobody has the spare time to show off how righteous they ...

It's also interesting to speculate on the exact mechanism of that separation. Presumably, if someone were to try to make an unsanctioned visit a family member they could not be threatened with physical harm. Is it just too far and you don't get a space bus ticket? Or is it another dimension you can ...

That's where they have to get creative. Imagine a mother wrangling 5 autistic kids at church. Even if greatly reduced trust in other people arising from abuse doesn't make it hard to get to church - see people, connect, have a social life (what I think of as spiritual needs), and learn doctrine ...

To be clear, here in England, her basic physical needs are already being taken care of. My suggestion was to creatively outsource services to meet her basic spiritual needs. Apparently, my apostate suggestion to consider some of the Lord's filthy lucre as available resources for meeting spiritual ...

Had an interesting conversation with my wife. She's in the RS presidency. A sister in the ward is divorced, an abuse survivor, and has 5 autistic kids (!!!). The RS presidency would love to help, but doesn't know how. I said, "I see this as a resourcing issue. What assets do you have? Not personnel ...

How to avoid the pitfalls of prooftexting.