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- 15 Feb 2024, 10:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Native Americans/Nephites-Laminites
- Replies: 6
- Views: 193
Re: Native Americans/Nephites-Laminites
Welcome RPJR. A less popular way to try to solve the problem is to look at the BoM as midrash (an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures, attached to the biblical text. The earliest Midrashim come from the 2nd century AD, although much of their content is older). It can be inspired bibl...
- 15 Feb 2024, 10:04
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Seminary Curriculum
- Replies: 3
- Views: 133
Re: New Seminary Curriculum
I applaud this move. I personally have felt that the vast majority of our church lessons and meetings are designed to bolster belief in the church as an organization. If there could even be secondary things that were taught in these meetings then the calculus of "to attend or not attend" c...
- 15 Feb 2024, 09:59
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Testimony of Jesus Christ
- Replies: 7
- Views: 385
Re: Testimony of Jesus Christ
I believe in the power of belief. I love the idea of the creator of the universe condescended to be born as a helpless babe to live among us and to learn better how to help us in our weaknesses. I love that our God knew in advance the sacrifice and indignity that He would have to endure but that He ...
- 15 Feb 2024, 09:38
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I have a question...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 713
Re: I have a question...
I wonder: why doesn't the Church have a site similar to StayLDS.com? The church would never. It would be very difficult to control and flamers would likely come out of the woodwork. The questions might be innocent enough but the answers would either be Pollyanna and apologetic or too blunt and pote...
- 01 Feb 2024, 14:13
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I have a question...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 713
Re: I have a question...
I foresee StayLDS winding down. 1) Participation I think that the Covid shutdowns provided a break for many. I think that a good number of people that were on the margins were able to experience what life would be like without church and decided that option wasn't as scary as they might have thought...
- 01 Feb 2024, 12:43
- Forum: Spiritual Stuff
- Topic: Initiation into spirituality
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6553
Re: Initiation into spirituality
Where is that today? There was an article that compared new religion to volcano eruptions. http://forum.staylds.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4213&p=56759&hilit=lava+flow#p56759 The beginnings of the great religions were like the eruptions of a volcano. There was fire, there was heat, there ...
- 31 Jan 2024, 10:08
- Forum: Spiritual Stuff
- Topic: Initiation into spirituality
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6553
Re: Initiation into spirituality
Joseph was a radical. He rejected the established pathways of his day for accessing God and blazed his own trail into the "First Vision." The religious authorities saw this as blasphemy. Joseph is difficult to pin down. It feels like he was continually changing and reinventing. The church ...
- 21 Jan 2024, 17:35
- Forum: History and Doctrine Discussions
- Topic: Okay I'll say it, Polygamy
- Replies: 47
- Views: 15652
Re: Okay I'll say it, Polygamy
What would the church be like today if the practice of polygamy had continued to the present day? Would it be similar to what the FLDS church is going through? For example, the need to excommunicate the number of men & incorporate their families into the surviving families? Meaning the families...
- 18 Jan 2024, 16:20
- Forum: History and Doctrine Discussions
- Topic: Okay I'll say it, Polygamy
- Replies: 47
- Views: 15652
Re: Okay I'll say it, Polygamy
I think that Joseph Smith truly desired a connective social structure based on priesthood sealings - which may or may not have included wives for specific desires. Yes, JS is pretty enigmatic and difficult to pin down on these things. He kept on changing in ways that surprised and frustrated his ea...
- 15 Jan 2024, 11:44
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Support StayLDS!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19809
Re: Support StayLDS!
Update on our financial condition! Again, we have been supported financially by the same StayLDS member to the tune of $177.02. This means that StayLDS will continue at least until February 2025. Our expenses are not large but still too much to ask one person to shoulder. Any additional donations of...