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For the members, temples are the physical manifestation of where their money goes. If you remove a new Temples programme you then have members wondering where their money goes, and there isn't a good answer. But the Church only wants to give the impression of spending huge dollops of money on these...

....and I'd like to hear the story of Carter's next relationship. Or, for comparisons sake, I'd like to hear the story of all her break-ups, and see if she learned anything from each of them.

I'm reminded of this from a Joseph Smith speech (Oct. 15, 1843): "....set our women to work, and stop their spinning street yarns and talking about spiritual wives."

One easy way to simplify the Gospel message would be to forget about temples and read the New Testament more-- oops, that's two ways.

This is the paradox that will continually face the Church. If they present the complete, balanced, unvarnished truth, they will lose more people than if they leave out a little here, and embellish a little there. So, in the desire to do good and/or build the kingdom they compromise their honesty and...

I read Chapter 43 of the new history- "Saints: Standard of Truth" and I felt that the fact that the footnotes (#5, 12-18) referred so frequently to one source- "Nauvoo Conspiracy" by Cummings regarding the supposed conspiracy by William Law to take Joseph's life, to be suspect. T...

If Mormon God could tell someone to murder for religious reasons (Laban) why couldn't he tell the prophet to lie constantly? This is a rhetorical question, right? Boyd (not all truth is useful) Packer is a good of example of "The Church comes before anything: even God." This is what bugs ...

I have heard it said that a church should be the most honest place in town, even if it isn't the happiest. I have found out that L.D.S. church buildings are not the most honest place in town. Many people wear a facade in church and in the temple. Just ask Mark Hofmann, or countless others I could na...

#3 looks like a laptop to me.

In my sixty odd years of acquaintance with the church, the CoJCoLDS brands gets reemphasized about every ten to fifteen years.