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I both read the transcript and listened to the talk. Then I listened to the podcast. I think both of them Bill and RFM are unnecessary loquacious but enjoyed the podcast and recommend it. It is interesting to see Nelson try to extricate himself from a mess of his own making. I am reminded of tar ...

We were always taught that the Book of Mormon is the keystone of the church, but right now I think the BoA has reluctantly taken that role. No, I think the keystone of the church always has been and will continue to be the prophet and his authority to tell you what you are going to believe. They ...

guys unless you believe in time travel or remote viewing this theory has certain insurmountable problems .Sidney and Joseph first meet in Dec 1830 months AFTER the B of M was published . Sidney lived in Pittsburgh PA for the bulk of his early life moving to Ohio in 1819 where he remained until 1822 ...

sorry temporary memory lapse . it is entitled Messages of the First Presidency by James Clark and it is 6 volumes. I will try to get the complete cite.

Does anyone have a good reference to where this 1949 First Presidency Statement is documented? I think I have seen the 1969 statement documented pretty well, but not the 1949. Assuming the 1949 statement actually happened, wouldn't it be surprising if the church attempted to get rid of any trace of ...

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I know what the current practice is . I have had 3 cousins who are or were GAs. They didn't pay tithing on their " modest living stipend " but did on outside sources of income ie investments,book royalties etc. My father in law who spent his life in church employment (working longer hours than GAs ...

The question I would put to this poor teacher is if tithing is so imoptant why dont General Authories pay it . That ,in my experience always sends them into full flight

Hey, do any of the fictional characters in the Book of Mormon have names that are parallels to the names of other fictional characters (like from the apocrypha, masonic rites, etc?), like the way Hyram Smith was originally named Hiram, after Hiram Abif? He was not named after that Hiram . You need ...

jfro. I recognize that you are simply repeating Bill Reel's stuff so please note that any harshness you may detect is aimed at him not you although you have spread this sophomoric argument so you at slightly guilty . The whole idea that the B of M is a fraud because names appearing in it bear ...

OK I will take a stab at it. He has one since he is or was a living soul (body and spirit united ) but in the same way we can refuse to connect with other aspects of our ourselves ( our feelings ,our intellect ,our empathy ) we can refuse to connect with that element within us which is eternal . Our ...

What was previously generally boring is now really boring. In my ward with 30 HP and 15 Elders the group which was too large to begin with has gone past the critical mass so that free discussion and sharing ideas is even more difficult. My brother in the South thinks it is a very bad decision and of ...

I absolutely agree with you. Seriously.Look at the 5th Lecture of Faith and you will see JS agrees with you also.As does Paul and Enoch.. In the unlikely event anyone is interested I can provide the scriptural evidence in support of your conclusion ps nice Audubon print. Yes, I would like to see ...

I absolutely agree with you. Seriously.Look at the 5th Lecture of Faith and you will see JS agrees with you also.As does Paul and Enoch.. In the unlikely event anyone is interested I can provide the scriptural evidence in support of your conclusion ps nice Audubon print.

McConkie publically humiliating George Pace at a BYU devotional

Interesting. Now that I think about it, it seems like the for the past 3 F&T meetings I've also noticed at least 1 person bringing up the pain they're experiencing because of a family member or friend who looked into anti-Mormon literature and has now left the church. This is interesting. The very ...

Your question does not cover all of the logical possibilities. For instance the old distinction between the gospel and the institutional church while rarely mentioned theses days is an important distinction for some . It is possible for one to be "true' and the other to be "false". i am reasonably ...

I dont know many of you have actually read the Late War and then compared it and its alleged similarites to the B of M . I have. I agree with the above posters. The only similarities are about what you would expect from two books ,both written in early modern English ( ie language current in early ...

Albert Carrington in additional to being a member of the 12 was President of the European Mission until reports of misconduct with new female convets reached Salt Lake . He was recalled and confessed his misconduct. However he considered it “a little folly in Zion “. Because while there was pen ...

Don’t worry it is bound to get worse. You have a guy (Nelson) who doesn’t believe that God loves us unconditionally and says so from the pulpit, God only loves us IF we jump through the correct hoopes. He is married to a woman ( Wendy who has the same name and is the same age as his daughters )who wr ...