It is true I have been extremely busy this month on the matter some have named the 'October Surprise'. Due to this it was impossible for me to attend the Exmo Conference which I dearly wanted to attend. Not just to speak but to meet the wonderful people like yourself, whom I have met on the boards. The obstacles I am facing were quite unexpected, have taken more time and attention and delayed the outcome. Some of those obstacles are 'political' and there have been attempts by highly influential Mormons to stop me.
This is the main, though not the only reason, for me having to bail out of the Conference.
Be assured, however, that I will survive and I will take the fight to them, regardless of what they try. Truth Will Prevail.
All these 'surprises' that never materialize. What is the surprise in that?
“If paying tithing means that you can’t pay for water or electricity, pay tithing. If paying tithing means that you can’t pay your rent, pay tithing. Even if paying tithing means that you don’t have enough money to feed your family, pay tithing." Ensign/2012/12
The only thing that will shut me up is their public confession that the church is not true, an offer to refund tithing to members or transfer their assets to a recognised, transparent charity or charities."
Peck's Dilemma: We are all inside a box. The instructions for getting out of the box are written on the outside of the box
Certainty is a confession of ignorance about our ability to be passionately mistaken. Valerie Tarico
"Others cannot endure their own littleness unless they can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level." ~ Ernest Becker "Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consolation for death." ~ Simone de Beauvoir
The only rational way to approach the Church is to assume the leadership believes it's true. It's too much work and not any worldly reward to serve in that capacity and not believe.
bcspace wrote:The only rational way to approach the Church is to assume the leadership believes it's true. It's too much work and not any worldly reward to serve in that capacity and not believe.
Traveling 1st class, giving speeches, and hiring ghost writers is hard work.
bcspace wrote:The only rational way to approach the Church is to assume the leadership believes it's true. It's too much work and not any worldly reward to serve in that capacity and not believe.
Traveling 1st class, giving speeches, and hiring ghost writers is hard work.
And being fawned over every time they enter a church building.
