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by Roy
26 Mar 2024, 10:19
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Temple Transparency
Replies: 12
Views: 206

Re: Temple Transparency

I found a youtube video by John Hilton III that gives a really detailed step by step explanation of what first timers should expect. It is 100% faithful and he doesn't reveal any specific wording of the prayers or the blessings but there is so much that is open to discussion that we historically hav...
by Roy
22 Mar 2024, 09:57
Forum: Book & Media Reviews
Topic: Come Back Podcast
Replies: 8
Views: 347

Re: Come Back Podcast

I'm glad there's a wider spectrum of stories out there being shared. One thing that I struggle with is that those types of stories often imply that coming back it the correct or more righteous decision. That's not always true but it's completely understandable how believers would frame these kind o...
by Roy
21 Mar 2024, 15:01
Forum: Book & Media Reviews
Topic: Come Back Podcast
Replies: 8
Views: 347

Re: Come Back Podcast

I find it interesting to hear Elise's departure and return story. I too felt a spiritual response/heavenly answer in my moment of deep anguish. It was a feeling of deep peace, love, and acceptance and I trusted in it and I built upon it afterwards. In a way, we both got what we needed. I was grievin...
by Roy
21 Mar 2024, 14:35
Forum: Book & Media Reviews
Topic: Come Back Podcast
Replies: 8
Views: 347

Re: Come Back Podcast

I've finally gotten some time to listen to some of the podcasts. Several were of individuals that had left the church as children or teens and then rediscovered it later in life. This is a reminder for me that many (perhaps the majority) of the people that leave the church just have life changes tha...
by Roy
21 Mar 2024, 11:04
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Power vs Authority
Replies: 10
Views: 330

Re: Power vs Authority

I have been giving a lot of thought to the concept of "Be One" meaning "Be Co-Creators" instead of "Unity". If we are truly creating something, we can figure out how to interrupt each other safely and we can figure out how to problem-solve competing creation situations...
by Roy
21 Mar 2024, 10:54
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Recent instagram post about the authority of women in the church
Replies: 18
Views: 283

Re: Recent instagram post about the authority of women in the church

CONCLUSION: If you want to upend someone's reality, tell them you are explicitly rejecting a gender-based social expectation (while technically showing up to do what you have always done for different reasons). Yes, gender based social expectation goes far beyond what pronouns are used and our chur...
by Roy
20 Mar 2024, 15:19
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Power vs Authority
Replies: 10
Views: 330

Re: Power vs Authority

She wasn’t commenting on women’s lack of power and authority compared to men in the church but Mormon women’s power and authority compared to non-Mormon women’s power and authority. Yeah, I picked up on that too. When I was growing up in the 90's I was told that deacons in the LDS church held more ...
by Roy
20 Mar 2024, 14:49
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Recent instagram post about the authority of women in the church
Replies: 18
Views: 283

Re: Recent instagram post about the authority of women in the church

If we're going to dumb down exercising the priesthood to any time a member does what a leader asks them to do That's frustrating for me too. Especially when women are limited in the things that they can be asked to do to non-priesthood functions (things like teaching a Sunday School class that most...
by Roy
20 Mar 2024, 09:49
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Recent instagram post about the authority of women in the church
Replies: 18
Views: 283

Re: Recent instagram post about the authority of women in the church

I copied the quote into the recent power vs. authority thread. The good news is that this yet another example of a quote by church leaders saying that women have priesthood power (by virtue of the temple) and authority (by virtue of delegated assignments from those holding priesthood keys). I am hop...
by Roy
20 Mar 2024, 09:09
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Temple Transparency
Replies: 12
Views: 206

Re: Temple Transparency

There's also something about the human psyche that responds to knowing secret knowledge that others don't have (gnosis). Temple secrecy feeds into this. People feel more special after receiving the endowment because it's secret. Yes, I do think that there is a valid case for the gnosis angle. Even ...