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Well, that was predictable. I will always appreciate Nemo's observations. Everyone knew where this was inevitably going to lead, so this does not strike me as particularly unexpected news. In cases such as his, there is probably an element of "suicide by police" to his strategy. He decided he would not budge, so he went knowingly to the gallows and placed his head on the executioner's block. His way of performing his part is to make sure it makes the LDS Church look as bad as possible all along the way.

I think I get it.

Here's my thing: people need to start their own churches if they really want the Mormon churches they think they were denied. That is, if they really sincerely want to belong to a Mormon church. It is possible, after all. If this is just about extricating as many others from the LDS Church as possible, then this performance does seem pretty effective at making that happen.
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Kishkumen wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:11 pm
people need to start their own churches if they really want the Mormon churches they think they were denied. That is, if they really sincerely want to belong to a Mormon church. It is possible, after all.
John Dehlin couldn’t even keep some multi-state annual Mormon conferences together without them dissolving into swinging and drug parties. I think starting your own religion might be a bit harder.
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No doubt, the shadow of Oaks was presiding over this court of love.

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drumdude wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:20 pm
John Dehlin couldn’t even keep some multi-state annual Mormon conferences together without them dissolving into swinging and drug parties. I think starting your own religion might be a bit harder.
LOL.

Yeah, that wasn't exactly a Mormon church formed on a religion that already exists. People start churches all the time. They don't necessarily need to start new religions to do so.
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Kishkumen wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2024 7:02 pm
drumdude wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:20 pm
John Dehlin couldn’t even keep some multi-state annual Mormon conferences together without them dissolving into swinging and drug parties. I think starting your own religion might be a bit harder.
LOL.

Yeah, that wasn't exactly a Mormon church formed on a religion that already exists. People start churches all the time. They don't necessarily need to start new religions to do so.
Fair enough. Although the type of Mormon church that I think Nemo would create is kind of already there in the form of the Community of Christ. As plenty have pointed out, once you remove the authoritarian glue that keeps people coming every Sunday, it begins to unravel and is hard to maintain.
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drumdude wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2024 7:34 pm
Fair enough. Although the type of Mormon church that I think Nemo would create is kind of already there in the form of the Community of Christ. As plenty have pointed out, once you remove the authoritarian glue that keeps people coming every Sunday, it begins to unravel and is hard to maintain.
Could be. Very few people actually try it, so it is hard to tell.
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This begs the question for followers of pop culture, will the baddies on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives get excommunicated? Can a Mormon publicly confess to swinging, drinking, and drugging keep their membership over someone decent like Nemo the Ex-Mormon?

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:48 pm
This begs the question for followers of pop culture, will the baddies on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives get excommunicated? Can a Mormon publicly confess to swinging, drinking, and drugging keep their membership over someone decent like Nemo the Ex-Mormon?

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