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Fence Sitter wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 04, 2023 8:01 pm

Ask not what your prophet can do for you, ask what you can do for your prophet.

How deeply grateful I am that we of this Church do not rely on any man-made statement concerning the nature of Deity. Our knowledge comes directly from the personal experience of Joseph Smith, who, while yet a boy, spoke with God the Eternal Father and His Beloved Son, the Risen Lord. I remember wa...

Link to Part 1?

Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:53 pm

Wouldn’t being a heart surgeon give Russell M. Nelson some insight into immunology? It appears for the majority of posters on LDSFF that they’ve developed their own socio-political religion that trumps the Mormon one.

- Doc

You would think so. However, the man disbelieves in evolution.

It is one thing to say that consenting adults should be able to do as they please, but that is a different question than asking whether the organization to which you have pledged your obedience should hypothetically be able to reorder your marital choices according to its changing priorities, espec...

Can anyone imagine a Mormon woman asking the question, "What exactly Is Wrong with Polygamy anyway?".

With all due respect Kevin, your question seems to highlight either an unwillingness or inability to put yourself in other people's shoes.

Dr Moore wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:52 am

It’s a sign.

A chiasm.

I will admit that the church is a large organization and bishops are not trained to handle these sorts of difficult cases. Mistakes are bound to happen in such a large system. Unfortunately in these sort of cases, mistakes mean someone's life is completely destroyed. The church could turn this arou...

I've told my sons more than once that I consider it to be the greatest accomplishment of my life that I changed the course of a generation by making sure that they were not raised in a cult. Amen and ditto! - Doc Agreed! My 3 sons, and daughter's life trajectories are completely different than they...