Biographies
The Most Striking Thing about All the New Essays...
Tal Bachman Jul 2014
It is striking how the new essays so consistently concede what "anti-Mormons" (otherwise known as "people who tell the truth") have been saying for decades. As a close read, and a bit of thinking, will confirm, the essays essentially concede that Mormonism cannot be what it claims.
The signs of the times
Keith Vaught Jul 2014
I grew up in the Mormon church during the 60s and 70s. One of the big gospel topics used to be the second coming, which our local leaders and teachers frequently claimed would happen around the year 2000. How many of you remember these "signs of the times" that were taught in classrooms and from the pulpit?
I sometimes read RfM posters who worry about *our cause.*
Cheryl Jul 2014
I don't have a cause. Do you? Does RfM have a unified cause we must all follow? I don't think so.
UK TV programme "Meet the Mormons" just finished . Not good for TSCC....
copolt Jul 2014
New Elder Field begins his mission, says his farewells, goes to Preston mission centre etc.
The new elder is Elder Field and is seen saying farewell to family going to the MTC and meeting his companion and getting his digs.
Why I Lost My Testimony (a Response to Timid, Testimony-Losing Trolls) ...
steve benson Jul 2014
Cowardly posters with deep inner personal doubts about the "truth" claims of the Mormon Church on occasion come to this board under false pretenses (including sneaking in under my own name because they're too chicken and insecure to actually reveal their own).
So, let's set the record straight.
Why I Lost My Testimony (a Response to Timid, Testimony-Losing Trolls) ...
steve benson Jul 2014
Cowardly posters with deep inner personal doubts about the "truth" claims of the Mormon Church on occasion come to this board under false pretenses (including sneaking in under my own name because they're too chicken and insecure to actually reveal their own).
So, let's set the record straight.
When did you REALLY start questioning?
Elder Berry Jul 2014
So discounting shelving at what age did you start suspecting LDS Inc. wasn't a good truth speaker for your reality?
Book of Abraham essay unleashed
Argonaut Jul 2014
https://www.lds.org/topics/translation-and-historicity-of-the-book-of-ab...
fudley
Re: Book of Abraham essay unleashed
" The relationship between those fragments and the text we have today is largely a matter of conjecture."
What a clucking joke.
ladell
Re: Book of Abraham essay unleashed
Surprise, facts be damned, the church is still true.
Your Servant's Review of Miracle of Forgiveness
Olman may 2014
Reading a book is like an interaction with a person. I have been around my wife for 33 years and have grown steadily in depth of respect and fondness. I never tire of being around her.
The First Vision Essay is Dishonest
Sarony May 2014
The First Vision essay by the church is fundamentally dishonest because it omits two official, published accounts.
http://www.lds.org/topics/first-vision- ... s?lang=eng
These two accounts are by Oliver Cowdery in 1835 and Brigham Young in 1855.
Cowdery's account covers three critical elements that, taken together, are contrary to the 1838 version.
The Mormon Church: A "Dirty Nast Filthy Affair"
Lori C May 2014
The Mormon Church: A "Dirty Nasty Filthy Affair"
In 1833 Joseph and Emma Smith and an adopted daughter named Fanny Alger. According to Ann Eliza Web, "“Mrs. Smith had an adopted daughter, a very pretty, pleasing young girl, about seventeen years old. She was extremely fond of her; no mother could be more devoted, and their affection for each other was a constant object of remark, so absorbing and genuine did it seem”
My Social Anxiety nightmare in the church.
Anon 4 this May 2014
For people with social anxiety Mormonism is so impossible. First off there is the forced testimony meetings growing up where everyone is expected to say something during mutual testimony meetings. I remember the first time I was asked to speak in sacrament meeting I hoped I would get hit by a bus before the dreaded day. I HATED interviews with anyone especially the bishop.
Thoughts on Bruce R. McConkie
64monkey May 2014
I just got done reading some quotes form Bruce R. and my conclusion is he was truly just a racist. Hardly a man called of a loving God into a so called true church.
The Devil Made Me Restore It: Joseph Smith, the Magic Talisman Man . . .
steve benson May 2014
. . . Goes to His Reward with an Occultic Jupiter Talisman in His Pocket.
Let's review the sources on Smith's sorcery:
Unholy Cow, and How!--How the Mormon Church Created the Cowdery Myth ...
steve benson May 2014
--Oliver Cowdery: Supposedly Devoted Follower of Mormonism--Who Died with a Decidedly Anti-Mormon Side--
**From Partner and Producer, to Hated and Excommunicated
How Young Women are Selected for the Temple Square Mission
Changed Man May 2014
It's been awhile since I posted, but I'm still lurking. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to share this glimpse into the selection process for visitors-center missionaries, from a somewhat distant relative of mine who recently went through the process. FYI, she is very pretty.
The missionary surge is officially a bust...
MJ
44% more missionaries, 4% more conversions.
SO many missionaries coming home early
need to no May 2014
I would like to ask all of you about it from a place it will be seen; am just extremely curious, is this is the new trend overall? This past year I have been shocked at how many of the missionaries have come home early since the lowering of the age for leaving a year ago.
Expert Ex-Mormon
runtu May 2014
Yes, I am an expert in how to leave the church and do it the wrong way. A little background: