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Once again, the church had a duty to report because their knowledge of abuse came from victims telling their parents, not confession. But the church seems like it thinks it is easier to repent for the perpetrator if they are not punished by the law. So, they talk to the perp, telling him to repent ...

This is one of the Sunday School lessons that I never got to give. :shock: ;) for the sake of discussion try to answer as a TBM, but if you can't, any response is appreciated. When did you earn God's love? Apologies? All you gotta say is: When did you earn MORmON god's love. It's easy to answer ...

I didn’t even realize it was this weekend until my husband said something about it.

Better yet, learn the symbolism behind the rainbow flag. Each color means something to the community.

I think this was just plain dumb what the state legislature did. I am a supporter of LGBTQ people. To be transparent, I was not a fan of gays commandeering the rainbow. I used to have a rainbow air freshener on my rear view mirror and so there was that problem. I recommend LGBTQ do another takeover ...

The more time you spend trying to prove to others that you are correct, the more likely that you are wrong.

Church that sends out missionaries, more likely wrong.
Trump throwing his weight around to prove he is strong, most likely weak.

moksha wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2025 2:27 pm What do you think of Trump's plan to take over Gaza and push all the Palestinians out?

Proof there is no God or he would have been struck by lightening by now. Sure, set up a $$$resort on the rubble of a war zone where the bodies haven’t even been dug out.

Yeah, but the ISSUE is worth billyuns and billyuns in political capital. That's the real issue. Personally, I wouldn't want my daughter wrestling against a boy, but if she really wants to I won't stop her. Sports are just an escape from reality anyway, until they're not. :roll: I hope this post ...

I am not quite as cynical as Nibbler. I just think this is a case of wanting to bully just to see if they get away with it. Throwing their weight around just to prove they can sort of thing with no “evil plan” behind it. On second thought, maybe that’s worse than nibbler’s theory of having some purpo ...

It is my country, right or wrong because when it is wrong, I can openly disagree and vote against them. Well, at least before Trump I could. Now it could cost me my job or social security. But I have hope of it going back to a democracy. But the church has always been different. I can be punished ...

I have ranted before about how the church claims zero tolerance for abuse, and then sends a known teen molester to girls camp with a pickup load of equipment and leaves him totally unsupervised while he is there, and when a girl who is a neighbor says, “I want to ride home with brother molester.” ...

One super righteous Elder to preside, one wife to change the bulb, and thirty-eight sister-wives to be barefoot and in the kitchen. I was thinking along the lines of 17 million. One to change the lightbulb, and 16,999,999 to claim that the bulb was never changed. I thought it would take 2, but the ...

How many wives does God have. Just one. She is monogamous.

Are the deniers offering the rationale that Joseph was a serial adulterer rather than a polygamist as Alas suggested? No, they just pretend he wasn’t caught with his pants down by his wife in the barn. They ignore Oliver Cowdry accusing him of adultery. They totally ignore the whole Fanny Alger s ...

Fascinating insights, Alas! So, as the medical officer in the company she told the male leaders to order the women to shorten their skirts to knee length. The brethren were scandalized, but did as their medical officer told them. Only time the brethren had to order the women to be “immodest” ...

My FIL/MIL served a three summer mission tour in the Deseret Land & Livestock Mission. They bought an RV trailer and each summer pulled it up to Wyoming and lived in it. Their mission was to lead and support the weekly youth treks. They drove golf cart/side by side vehicles around. Cleaning porta ...

We forgot it was even Sunday and went for a drive around Bear Lake. Stopped at East beach state park, and had a picnic. Weather was perfect. Mid 70s, clear sky except for a tiny bit of smoke from a wildfire in California. Lake a pretty turquoise. Much better than church.

I also wanted to note that by limiting honorable excuses to not serve to poor health or disability, that implies that all other reasons for not serving are dishonorable. While LDSinc. may say that health and disability are honorable reasons to not go, reality is a different matter. I know several ...

And if Brigham concocted this complicated plot f getting all kinds of women to swear under oath that they married and had sex with Joseph, why oh why not make it more believable by having Joseph actually obey the rules set forth in D&C? But no, the “plot” is so full of unbelievable holes with actual ...

I was reading the new Matt Harris book Second Class Saints, and it made me think about how the Church, and the concept of three heavens makes a segregated society. I'm reminded of Jesus's Parable of the Sowers, where all the workers are paid equally. the statement the last shall be first also comes ...