charity wrote:There was an article in the New Era within the last year. It quoted Elder Eyring describing the process. The assigned apostle goes into a room with a computer and a sheaf of missionary application, and one by one gets inspiration as exactly where that missionary should go. He said something aobut how the strength of the witness would be startling except for the fact that it happens over and over again.
I had a friend who was a twin. According to him, they put their papers in together and, I can't remember exactly where they were sent, but it was something like Tacoma and Tahiti. REALLY close together in the phoneitcal order.
I'm confused Scotty, why would phonetics have anything to do with it? At best, I could see them arranging missions in spelling order (which wouldn't work for this case because they put state/country first and then city). Could you elaborate the implications of your comment for me since I'm apparently missing the point.
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charity wrote:There was an article in the New Era within the last year. It quoted Elder Eyring describing the process. The assigned apostle goes into a room with a computer and a sheaf of missionary application, and one by one gets inspiration as exactly where that missionary should go. He said something aobut how the strength of the witness would be startling except for the fact that it happens over and over again.
I had a friend who was a twin. According to him, they put their papers in together and, I can't remember exactly where they were sent, but it was something like Tacoma and Tahiti. REALLY close together in the phoneitcal order.
I'm confused Scotty, why would phonetics have anything to do with it? At best, I could see them arranging missions in spelling order (which wouldn't work for this case because they put state/country first and then city). Could you elaborate the implications of your comment for me since I'm apparently missing the point.
Yeah, sorry, phonetics was the wrong word there. It was by alphabetical order.
Possibly just a coincidence. I don't know.
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I just wanted to add to something that you said because Moniker seems to be interested in details right now.
This is why the Nauvoo Expositor was such a big deal, it was going to blow the lid off the secret and tell the general membership of the church. Joseph and the other leaders had been vigorously denying the practice or theory of polygamy, and didn't want it exposed. So Joseph ordered it destroyed, starting the chain of events that led to his death.
He had the printing press itself destroyed.
Please be accurate. The Nauvoo City Council ordered the press destroyed.
Charity, please understand the issue and facts before you post!
The Nauvoo Charter required a 30 day notice before taking any action which it found a nuisance. This was a strict requirement under the very Charter it used as the defense it claimed for the actions taken. Smith and the council never gave the Expositor the required 30 day notice that was required under the Charter making the action taken illegal under any order.
Everything about the actions of Smith and the council were illegal.
Learn a little bit of the topics you want to claim knowledge of before looking like a fool!
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charity wrote:I actually prefer to listen to someone who has some actual knowledge of the process, rather than someone who hasn't a clue.
No, you prefer to listen to someone who has an answer that more closely approximates your own imaginings. You could be listening to a General Authority of the LDS Church who is bending the truth in characterizing the process, and someone else who has worked in the relevant church department but is no longer active and is telling the truth, and you'd still buy the former's story, and not the latter's.
Darn tootin'. I'll take Elder Eyring's word any day.
No, you prefer to listen to someone who has an answer that more closely approximates your own imaginings. You could be listening to a General Authority of the LDS Church who is bending the truth in characterizing the process, and someone else who has worked in the relevant church department but is no longer active and is telling the truth, and you'd still buy the former's story, and not the latter's.
Funny how you make the assumption that it is only the exmormons who ever tell the truth. One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small hana.
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No, you prefer to listen to someone who has an answer that more closely approximates your own imaginings. You could be listening to a General Authority of the LDS Church who is bending the truth in characterizing the process, and someone else who has worked in the relevant church department but is no longer active and is telling the truth, and you'd still buy the former's story, and not the latter's.
Funny how you make the assumption that it is only the exmormons who ever tell the truth. One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small hana.
Strawman alert.
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charity wrote:I actually prefer to listen to someone who has some actual knowledge of the process, rather than someone who hasn't a clue.
No, you prefer to listen to someone who has an answer that more closely approximates your own imaginings. You could be listening to a General Authority of the LDS Church who is bending the truth in characterizing the process, and someone else who has worked in the relevant church department but is no longer active and is telling the truth, and you'd still buy the former's story, and not the latter's.
Darn tootin'. I'll take Elder Eyring's word any day.
charity wrote:I actually prefer to listen to someone who has some actual knowledge of the process, rather than someone who hasn't a clue.
No, you prefer to listen to someone who has an answer that more closely approximates your own imaginings. You could be listening to a General Authority of the LDS Church who is bending the truth in characterizing the process, and someone else who has worked in the relevant church department but is no longer active and is telling the truth, and you'd still buy the former's story, and not the latter's.
Darn tootin'. I'll take Elder Eyring's word any day.
