Forgotten Whoppers

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Rob4Hope wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2017 11:24 pm I don't know if its been mentioned yet, but I miss the 2 year food supply.

DANG!...I had mine almost done!,...then they changed it down to 3 months or something. I haven't heard it mentioned for a LONG time now. I guess its really gone.
The Year Supply seems to be only an LDS cultural item at this point. It is marginally supported at the ward level and can still be accomplished, but it does not get mentioned in conference any longer. Porn and apostasy are more pressing issues these days.
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20/20hind wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:31 pm We existed for ages with God and we knew his plan and accepted it. Then we are born and have a relatively very short time to prove ourselves. If i mess up and dont repent im sent away from god who is my dad, never to see him again. Then i continue to live forever.

That entire concept just does not resonate with me. In fact, if the concept is true, my dad is a jackass and i dont want to be around him anyway.
This. I keep trying to point this out to my TBM friend, but I get no where. He asked me "How sure are you that the church isn't true, because if you are wrong the cost will be high" I responded with the above (in essence) arguing with him is just a lot of wheel spinning though...
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RubinHighlander wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:43 pm LittleFactory.JPG
That guy in the front is super hot....hmmmm....super hot.
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Where does the "Cain is Bigfoot" story fit into all this?

There was a story that used to circulate around when I was in my 20s that just reeked of BS. The basic story goes as follows: Five guys serving in Korea used to get together for Sunday worship every week. One day they all wrote down all the elements the true church would have. Sometimes this comes with a list, we all know what these things are. Then they all parted ways when the war ended.

Decades later they all met up for a reunion, discovering every one of them having joined the one true church of their description.

I think after the third time I finally turned to someone in sacrament and told them I didn't believe a word of it. I was pleased to learn I wasn't alone. I think that was the first real clue that there were different stripes of members (it was soon after my conversion that I got shipped off to the Singles Ward).
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Mad Jax wrote:Where does the "Cain is Bigfoot" story fit into all this?

There was a story that used to circulate around when I was in my 20s that just reeked of BS. The basic story goes as follows: Five guys serving in Korea used to get together for Sunday worship every week. One day they all wrote down all the elements the true church would have. Sometimes this comes with a list, we all know what these things are. Then they all parted ways when the war ended.

Decades later they all met up for a reunion, discovering every one of them having joined the one true church of their description.

I think after the third time I finally turned to someone in sacrament and told them I didn't believe a word of it. I was pleased to learn I wasn't alone. I think that was the first real clue that there were different stripes of members (it was soon after my conversion that I got shipped off to the Singles Ward).
This also reminds me of the Korean war story about the utah national guard unit that got overrun by Chinese forces and not one person was killed. A modern day armies of helaman story.

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapte ... korea.html
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Dinosaurs never existed on this planet. The bones are only here because as god was creating the earth he used parts of other planets.

I had a seminary teacher who spewed nonsense to explain a 7000 year old earth
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1smartdodog wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:38 pm Dinosaurs never existed on this planet. The bones are only here because as god was creating the earth he used parts of other planets.

I had a seminary teacher who spewed nonsense to explain a 7000 year old earth
I have heard this one twice in the past couple of months. Once from a HS science teacher and another from a guy with a masters degree in materials engineering who claimed God was the ultimate recycler.
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moksha wrote: Sun Nov 12, 2017 12:35 pm Burger King of Orem, Utah once unveiled its LDS Whopper ... This Whopper is now largely forgotten.
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"The path to finding real truth is through your feelings."

Just ignore all the millions of other people who's feelings lead them to non-Mormon "truths". Also please ignore all of the teenage pregnancies and broken marriages that resulted from people following their feelings.
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notforprophet wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2018 7:09 am
moksha wrote: Sun Nov 12, 2017 12:35 pm Burger King of Orem, Utah once unveiled its LDS Whopper ... This Whopper is now largely forgotten.
Thank God
Sort of inevitable. Few remember the stone box where the first one was found, let alone its golden wrapper. Weighing in at nearly 3/4 lbs, it was hard to conceal and strained its take-home sack, not to mention all the neighborhood toughs who wanted to claim it as their own.
Good faith does not require evidence, but it also does not turn a blind eye to that evidence. Otherwise, it becomes misplaced faith.
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