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- 19 Nov 2023, 22:13
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Getting endowed - a bit anxious
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2574
Re: Getting endowed - a bit anxious
My advice, which I wish I had in the beginning, is to not take things too literally. These are symbolic (which a few people told me), but even more than that I believe this things that you actually do in the temple are meaningless. I used to try and find meaning in every little thing such as how man...
- 19 Nov 2023, 21:59
- Forum: Spiritual Stuff
- Topic: Richard Bushman's Three-Stage Model
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10933
Re: Richard Bushman's Three-Stage Model
I agree, many of these style podcasts are very long for the information recieved but at least the format is more conversational
- 06 Nov 2023, 19:48
- Forum: Spiritual Stuff
- Topic: Richard Bushman's Three-Stage Model
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10933
Re: Richard Bushman's Three-Stage Model
Another example is Polygamy. I have made it a personal project to collect justifications for polygamy from JS and his contemporaries. If I try to understand it from the perspective of why God would command it for such a short time when it appears to have been so harmful to the church and when the n...
- 06 Nov 2023, 19:25
- Forum: Support
- Topic: For those of you struggling with pornography
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3656
Re: For those of you struggling with pornography
This has been my experience as well PM.PazamaManX wrote: ↑03 Nov 2023, 12:30 ... Once you stop treating them like forbidden fruit, they lose a lot of their power.
I've read that article before, great insight.
- 06 Nov 2023, 19:14
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Too old for everything ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1269
Re: Too old for everything ?
Never too old for anything.
Welcome!
Welcome!
- 20 Oct 2023, 22:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How Should it be?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2701
Re: How Should it be?
Too authoritative. The bishop should take everything into account in his decision making/inspiration. Ive had bishop's that would completely ignore information because he was the head (and therefore was above outside influence), it actually kept him from receiving inspiration.
- 20 Sep 2023, 13:17
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What will your legacy be? Should we even care about the legacy we leave behind?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1813
Re: What will your legacy be? Should we even care about the legacy we leave behind?
We had these things called videos that were contained within plastic rectangles. When we wanted to watch a video, we had to go to the video store to rent the the plastic rectangle for a day. If we were late in returning the plastic rectangle, there would be a fine ... like an overdue library book. ...
- 12 Jan 2023, 18:02
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I had a heart attack: Reflections
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1040
Re: I had a heart attack: Reflections
Lol Roy! SD, glad you made it out okay. That is very scary something I think about a lot and I'm sure as our years increase. I think you have a good idea of where your testimony lies and I think I'm about in the same boat as you. I am still active but what I will and will not do in the church have c...
- 16 May 2022, 15:10
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the Outside Looking In
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1345
Re: From the Outside Looking In
... I think that if any ambitious individual were to say, "Hey, I have the time. Let me create and maintain a website for the ward." that their offer would quite possibly get declined. Getting permission for one unit of the church to do something unusual that the corporate church might no...
- 16 May 2022, 14:55
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: New but not new.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6038
Re: New but not new.
I think many members had the same feeling with how the BOM was portrayed as being translated and then finding out that there was a hat and stone involved.