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I'm gonna take the over here. My guess is that people that are willing to publicly stake out an apologist position like he has here will stick to it for a longer period of time.

harmony wrote:
What events specifically is she referring to?

The article didn't say specifically. Take your pick, I suppose. Marriage, children, a patriarchal blessing promise perhaps.

Sister Bednar spoke of having the ears to hear the word of the Lord, the eyes to see His plan, the feet to follow His path, and the heart to understand the gift of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. “Many young adults become disillusioned, disheartened, and discouraged because events they thought would...

Elder Bednar shared the words of the young husband from his journal: “Having faith is not necessarily knowing that God would heal me, but that He could heal me. I had to believe that He could, and then whether it happened was up to Him. As I allowed those two ideas to coexist in my life, focused fa...

In the bigger picture, it is clear that followers of Joseph Smith have sought to deify his memory since the time he was alive, often against his wishes and counsel. Often against his stated wishes and counsel. Sometimes people say one thing, but mean another. After all it was "his words shall ...

1) The original title was "Dubious 'Mormon' Stories that John Dehlin Tells to Me". I don't care for the title, simply because I don't like titles that include a person's name in them. I don't know if it was going to be changed for publication or not. I don't care for the title because it'...

Whether or not you consider the church a cult depends on how you define the term. Broadly defined, the church is a cult but so is every other religion. Narrowly defined, the church escapes the cult definition for some people. Because of this, I think it is more productive to consider whether the chu...

We thank thee, O God, for President Newsroom. http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-cautions-against-speculation-on-scouting-decision You inspired me. I added a second verse on another recent newsroom subject just for fun. We thank the O God for a newsroom To guide us in these latter days We...

I can't take credit for creating this analogy and hopefully I'm not butchering it. I saw it long ago on FLAK and thought it was an excellent illustration of how the church operates. Here goes: Behind this blue box is a letter of the alphabet. http://s12.postimage.org/f7eudzxot/Screen_Shot_2013_02_06...

Darth J wrote:David A. Bednar, December 2006 Ensign

promptly and quietly obey the counsel of the prophet in all things and at all times.

No matter what words he uses, the message is the same:

Shut up and do exactly as you as you are told, right now and forevermore.