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by Old-Timer
11 Mar 2024, 22:17
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: LDS purchase of Kirtland Temple
Replies: 18
Views: 316

Re: LDS purchase of Kirtland Temple

I know someone with a little bit of inside information about this purchase. They said the Church “overpaid” explicitly to help stabilize the Community of Christ’s financial situation and agreed to keep it open as a historical site primarily to keep it open to the Community of Christ members, specifi...
by Old-Timer
11 Mar 2024, 22:10
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Last Airbender (Netflix)
Replies: 7
Views: 219

Re: The Last Airbender (Netflix)

We now are saying endowed women have Priesthood power, just not administrative Priesthood authority, so I can see more evolution in the future framed sincerely within continuing revelation.
by Old-Timer
11 Mar 2024, 22:04
Forum: Support
Topic: Callings you've had or might have or will never have in your life.
Replies: 19
Views: 329

Re: Callings you've had or might have or will never have in your life.

The best calling I have had: Gospel Doctrine Teacher (since I can tailor the lessons to address issues and still stay true to the material) or Youth Sunday School Teacher (since I can teach pure Gospel concepts early enough to make a difference) or High Council (since I can teach without much other...
by Old-Timer
25 Feb 2024, 22:01
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Child Baptism in a Few Years
Replies: 20
Views: 1204

Re: Child Baptism in a Few Years

Thanks for sharing this with us. It is good to smile for other people. 🙂
by Old-Timer
14 Feb 2024, 18:01
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Seminary Curriculum
Replies: 3
Views: 135

New Seminary Curriculum

The Church has announced a new Seminary curriculum starting this fall that includes lots of practical life skills, including material about emotional resilience. It addresses common mental health issues and skills to help manage them. From a friend in the field, it is not meant to take the place of ...
by Old-Timer
13 Feb 2024, 12:20
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Testimony of Jesus Christ
Replies: 7
Views: 386

Re: Testimony of Jesus Christ

What DarkJedi said.

I am open to differing possibilities, and my main “issue” is how some views are so radically different (and even opposed to) the actual ministry and teachings we have recorded as being from Jesus, of Nazareth.
by Old-Timer
13 Feb 2024, 12:18
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Native Americans/Nephites-Laminites
Replies: 6
Views: 193

Re: Native Americans/Nephites-Laminites

A “faithful” and reasonable answer would be what PazamaManX said - and it fits the actual wording in the Book of Mormon (including the demographic population statements). (The Lamanites greatly outnumbering the Nephites in a relatively short time and being darker-skinned fits joining an indigenous p...
by Old-Timer
13 Feb 2024, 12:12
Forum: Support
Topic: What exactly is a "testimony" anyway?
Replies: 8
Views: 3881

Re: What exactly is a "testimony" anyway?

Technically, a testimony is a statement of something you feel so strongly about that you would state it with full sincerity under oath, and perjury only applies to knowingly untrue testimony. So, religious testimonies are statements of sincere religious belief. I like that definition, since it doesn...
by Old-Timer
13 Feb 2024, 12:06
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Charges against stake president
Replies: 7
Views: 520

Re: Charges against stake president

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/consCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&ttl=23&div=0&chpt=63&sctn=11&subsctn=1 This seems clear that there is a priest-penitent exception. I am guessing that a Stake President is not considered a “member of the clergy” who would hear a confession a...
by Old-Timer
04 Feb 2024, 17:26
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How common is regretting having served a mission?
Replies: 11
Views: 1487

Re: How common is regretting having served a mission?

I have known and spoken with hundreds of people who served missions. They range all over the spectrum in their feelings about it - from amazing to okay to bad to worst Church experience ever. I know some whose missions drove them away from the Church and others who still look back at it as the spiri...