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I think you got your wish. If it begins immediately, your prayers have been answered.græy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:39 amI was REALLY hoping that COVID-19 might temporarily put a stop to local meetings and get me out of this mess,
First thought, that is pretty much the entire planet worth of members minus Central/South America right? Second thought, please, PLEASE cancel all ward meetings!!
Hallelujah! That's it, miracles do happen. I'm callin' the missionaries to get re-babtized.Random wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:11 pmI think you got your wish. If it begins immediately, your prayers have been answered.græy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:39 amI was REALLY hoping that COVID-19 might temporarily put a stop to local meetings and get me out of this mess,
First thought, that is pretty much the entire planet worth of members minus Central/South America right? Second thought, please, PLEASE cancel all ward meetings!!
They'll probably mic up the "performers" and all the GA's and their families to get the laugh track.Just This Guy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:13 amIf I were a TBM watching this, I would at least want a laugh track of some sort. It would be REALLY weird and rather creepy to have them tell their jokes and have no audience reaction to it.
More likely a cough track like they did for Poleman.Just This Guy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:13 am If I were a TBM watching this, I would at least want a laugh track of some sort.
w2mz wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:35 am Thanks to Radio Free Mormon we know that RMN fancies spinning events to aggrandize himself (Africa attack) so my guess is that he will seize the opportunity to embellish his prophetic statement that this conference would be like none other to say that he DID know what was coming because the lard told him, but that he also was told to keep it quiet so as not to insight fear in the population. Prophetic dilemma solved, plus he reinforces his mantle in the minds of the sheep. Oh, and one of his minions will be sure to let everyone know that the surest way to defeat the corona virus is to continue sending money to the church.
What he should do is declare a year or tithing jubilee, and say tithing settlement is being ended immediately, that paying tithing is no longer required to go to the temple, and that after a year people should give money to the charity of their choice, or to the church if they want.
Edit to add: If Nelson really wants to get some positive PR with the world he could announce that the church is donating a few bucks to virus research, I mean if Bill and Melissa Gates can give 100 mil out of their own pocket, imagine what glowing praise Russ could heap upon himself if he shelled over the same amount or more. And it wouldn’t cost but fractions of pennies on the dollar. He needs to act fast to hasten the work!
Hooray for another monkey-paw wish come true! *happy dance*Random wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:11 pmI think you got your wish. If it begins immediately, your prayers have been answered.græy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:39 amI was REALLY hoping that COVID-19 might temporarily put a stop to local meetings and get me out of this mess,
First thought, that is pretty much the entire planet worth of members minus Central/South America right? Second thought, please, PLEASE cancel all ward meetings!!
I hope not. I've already had that conversation with a number of TBMs. If Nelson knew this was going to happen, but didn't warn anyone in any meaningful way, then he is as culpable as Trump.w2mz wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:35 am ...he will seize the opportunity to embellish his prophetic statement that this conference would be like none other to say that he DID know what was coming because the lard told him, but that he also was told to keep it quiet so as not to insight fear in the population. Prophetic dilemma solved, plus he reinforces his mantle in the minds of the sheep. Oh, and one of his minions will be sure to let everyone know that the surest way to defeat the corona virus is to continue sending money to the church.
There are five now. One from a cruise, one who was visiting Washington state, one who brought it from Europe, and two Jazz players. No indication of communal infection within the state. Hopefully the lock down will limit it to that but it seems like, until there's a vaccine, there will always be the chance of it dribbling in from outside.Random wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:09 pmThree people confirmed and now we're all gonna die.
Two of them were probably that couple who tested positive on a cruise, but never got sick. They were still quarantined until the blood tests came out negative. (Well, she went home, amid threats because people are crazy, but he was still quarantined last I heard.)
No indication of communal infection... Because next-to no-one is being tested, so there's that.Hagoth wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:02 amThere are five now. One from a cruise, one who was visiting Washington state, one who brought it from Europe, and two Jazz players. No indication of communal infection within the state. Hopefully the lock down will limit it to that but it seems like, until there's a vaccine, there will always be the chance of it dribbling in from outside.Random wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:09 pmThree people confirmed and now we're all gonna die.
Two of them were probably that couple who tested positive on a cruise, but never got sick. They were still quarantined until the blood tests came out negative. (Well, she went home, amid threats because people are crazy, but he was still quarantined last I heard.)
Just This Guy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:15 amHallelujah! That's it, miracles do happen. I'm callin' the missionaries to get re-babtized.
You forget that the one asking for the miracle isn't exactly on the side of "let's get baptized." More on the side of "I want it to go away."I was also thinking that they'd do a cough track like they did for Poelman. Even though everyone knows there's no audience, so there'd be no need to deceive (like they did with Brother P's new version of his talk), it would be pretty empty and weird to have total silence. No cough track, no laugh track, no mics next to the people in the stands so that their coughs and laughs can be recorded.Hagoth wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:06 amMore likely a cough track like they did for Poleman.Just This Guy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:13 am If I were a TBM watching this, I would at least want a laugh track of some sort.
Right. My financial planner just told me his doctor said he believes it's already spreading around the community, but without testing it's hard to say because most people have very mild symptoms. He says he's pretty sure his wife and several of his patients have already had it without serious consequences but he has no test to differentiate if from all of the other viral infections coming through his door (which typically don't get tested either). If that's true I guess we can expect another wave of panic when they do start testing at clinics and doctors offices.