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by _The Mighty Builder
Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:05 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: An Alarming Trend with a Costly Outcome for Temple Building
Replies: 62
Views: 5204

Re: An Alarming Trend with a Costly Outcome for Temple Build

Now THIS is an interesting topic with implications far beyond temples. This is something I've been aware of and thinking about for a little while, based on impressions and a smattering of hard data, so I'm very interested to hear your account of one the 15 talking about it directly. I'd love to kno...
by _The Mighty Builder
Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:13 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: An Alarming Trend with a Costly Outcome for Temple Building
Replies: 62
Views: 5204

An Alarming Trend with a Costly Outcome for Temple Building

In one of those huh moments, I was sitting in a meeting attended by one of the Mormon Corporation's special 15. In a unsolicited statement those in attendance were given a small glimpse into an "alarming trend". The special one stated that though the Brethren are pleased with the continued...
by _The Mighty Builder
Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:52 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: It's Official Utah Crazy - Duh! It's Called Mormonism (link)
Replies: 8
Views: 700

Re: Duh! It's Called Mormonism (link)

Bazooka wrote:One man's mental illness is another man's God telling him to lop off someones head for some plates....


Don't forget "a drunk" someone's head for some plates. . . . . .
by _The Mighty Builder
Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:49 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Church loses European Court tax appeal.
Replies: 43
Views: 4067

Re: Church loses European Court tax appeal.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10675038/Mormon-Churchs-human-rights-complaint-rejected-by-European-judges.html European judges have rejected the Mormon Church’s human rights complaint against the British Government, forcing it to pay local property taxes on one of its English temples afte...
by _The Mighty Builder
Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:22 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: It's Official Utah Crazy - Duh! It's Called Mormonism (link)
Replies: 8
Views: 700

It's Official Utah Crazy - Duh! It's Called Mormonism (link)

m ROCKVILLE, Md. — Utah has the highest rate of mental illness in the nation, according to a new survey. About 22.4 percent of the adult population in Utah experienced a mental disorder in the past year, according to recently released statistics. Out of those people, 5.14 percent had a severe mental...
by _The Mighty Builder
Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:43 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Loss of Mormon Identity in Utah (link)
Replies: 5
Views: 461

Re: Loss of Mormon Identity in Utah (link)

Interesting. Of course, the Mormon presence varies across the state. Orem is not Price is not Park City. So, why don't the politics reflect this? Or do they? One Word - Caucuses. Utah is the last State in the Union that has binding caucuses. There is a petition for open Primaries but the Utah Legis...
by _The Mighty Builder
Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:19 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Loss of Mormon Identity in Utah (link)
Replies: 5
Views: 461

Loss of Mormon Identity in Utah (link)

m By the Numbers LDS Population in Utah Over Time 1990: 70.4 percent 1994: 69.5 percent 2004: 62.4 percent 2008: 60.7 percent 2007: 60.4 percent 2013: 60 percent A new survey found that 60 percent of Utahns identify as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a research econom...
by _The Mighty Builder
Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:58 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Religious Privilege Challenged in Washington State, Idaho
Replies: 3
Views: 341

Re: Religious Privilege Challenged in Washington State, Idah

There is a trend building the the US and Canada. GOOGLE GOD is showing all who desire the weirdness and corruptness of these "peculiar institutions" that use Religious pretext to hide from the IRS and State Tax Commissions. My personal belief. As a Religion you start with $0.00 in the bank...
by _The Mighty Builder
Sun Feb 09, 2014 5:31 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Local Young Adult Ward DECIMATED
Replies: 16
Views: 3282

Re: Local Young Adult Ward DECIMATED

Nope. Just looked in, got scared, and walked out. You know the very back row, the one next to the gray room divider? It was full, and the last two rows in the back were full, and all the rest of the rows were EMPTY. I could almost hear the Twilight Zone theme playing. I walked out...dazed and confu...
by _The Mighty Builder
Sun Feb 09, 2014 5:28 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: The Church is getting better with Honesty
Replies: 24
Views: 1983

Re: The Church is getting better with Honesty

So many negative arguments about the Church, whether they appear as a court summons from Great Britain or endless harangues on message boards, stem from the lack of complete honesty by the LDS Church. Well, the Church is making small strides (can't move a large group of people too fast without losi...