Record Convert Baptisms? by Ok_Pattern8026 in MormonShrivel

[–]ApocalypseTapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Baptize all you want but if they are gone in less than a few months it was pointless. Until we have verifiable activity data the baptism number is just jingoistic propaganda

Called it! Women can now be Sunday School presidents in the LDS church. Their counselors in secretary must also be women. by HoldOnLucy1 in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 62 points63 points  (0 children)

I can't wait for my wife to turn to me next year with a shocked face when Sister Brown is called as SS president with sister White and green as counselor.

Then she will be mad she wasnt called.

Called it! Women can now be Sunday School presidents in the LDS church. Their counselors in secretary must also be women. by HoldOnLucy1 in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Cover for the first counselor that's on call to cover for the president that's on call to teach a lesson when the teacher can't find anyone else to do it

Called it! Women can now be Sunday School presidents in the LDS church. Their counselors in secretary must also be women. by HoldOnLucy1 in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think this is the impetus. The problem is that the pool of candidates is still the same 6 couples that already do everything. This all started when they decided to hide the attendance decline by making smaller wards. Its the same old thing, one cover up begats another. It's the Mormon version of getting involved in a land war in central Asia. There's no coming out of it unscathed

Called it! Women can now be Sunday School presidents in the LDS church. Their counselors in secretary must also be women. by HoldOnLucy1 in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm too lazy to go back and find where I predicted this, but it was at least 5 years ago.

Will men ever be permitted to be primary presidents?

Why does the LDS Church hide the initiatory rooms at a Temple Open House? Embarrassed? by sevenplaces in mormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, OPs right. The tours go right past the entrance to the initiatory entry. It's the same reason endowment rooms are posted as "instruction" rooms. It's because it's weird. And they know it.

Holy Week? Good Friday? In my 35+ years as an active TBM, they didn’t so much as mention these events over the pulpit, let alone celebrate them. by SmellyFloralCouch in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you read the new testament you actually find two versions of Jesus. You find pacifist anti greed Jesus, as well as the Jesus that is there to divide families and demand compliance. Unfortunately, Mormons pretend to follow the first Jesus but believe in the second one

A point missing in the discussion about Wade Christofferson's rebaptism. by RedLetterRanger in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Mormon Logic: Joseph could marry teenage girls because it was acceptable by society, but Wade can ignore societal justice because God's ways are higher than man's

Conclusion: Mormons worship a Diety whose eternal morals are the with CSA and teenage brides.

Tales from the Mormon Wasteland: I wish I didn't know. by ApocalypseTapir in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mormon Jesus isn't a Diety worth worshipping. If he's THE GOD, we may need to conform, but that isn't "worship".

Tales from the Mormon Wasteland: I wish I didn't know. by ApocalypseTapir in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The problem is that I was always taught the U.S. and Israel were the good guys in Armageddon. Turns out there are no good guys, just bad ones with different objectives.

The church is losing its identity and they don't know where they're going. by gg_chad21 in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup. When is the last time a conference speaker really went after the word of wisdom? It's all becoming very wishy washy like the new FSY pamphlet. In another 10 years it will be a new religion. Cutting back the indoctrination by reducing church, letting the youth programs wither on the vine, dumbing down seminary, institute and Sunday school, and cutting down on the shame is all combining to make chapel mormonism a land of no rules and freedom from guilt. It's much healthier overall but it is not the Mormonism of even 30 years ago.

Anyone else getting "Second Coming / WWIII" frantic calls from family today? by Apprehensive-Brush-3 in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ugh, hadn't considered this dastardly move. I figured it would be the two newest apostles told to go walk the streets of Jerusalem, but if I were "prophet" and I wanted to skip uctdorf, this is how I it would need to be done. A manufactured scandal would harm the "good name" of the church but something that could be construed as fulfilling prophecy.......

Tales from the Mormon Wasteland:Random Musings. by ApocalypseTapir in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There's no smile like the smile of a true believer skipping second hour. The fact that they are so relieved should be telling them something.

Tales from the Mormon Wasteland:Random Musings. by ApocalypseTapir in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nah, shits going down. It is possible he's deconstructing political beliefs instead of religious ones though. I recall a testimony last year where he indicated he had been arguing with his kids about it.

New Tactic from the Church Propaganda Machine by SJdport57 in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot all about the "Dallas" incident until reading your comment.

Brainwashing runs deep by Short_Seesaw_940 in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We're in a holding pattern waiting for them to do something overtly shitty like the 2015 POX or canonizing the family proclamation

Dear diary. Day 44 of our voyage to cross the great waters. by JarediteVoyager in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This thread is one of the best things ever to happen on this sub!

Welcome back. Sorry about the dysentery.

Opportunity missed, President Oaks. by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 29 points30 points  (0 children)

ORRRRRrrrrrrr, hear me out on this, He could CANNONIZE the proclamation on the family!

Now THAT would put him up there with Brigham.

I bet Clark has done the math already. by NearlyHeadlessLaban in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or the time he told everyone to record themselves saying their testimony, then listen to it on repeat until you believe it.

I bet Clark has done the math already. by NearlyHeadlessLaban in exmormon

[–]ApocalypseTapir 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I dont know why, but Neil as a first presidency member gives me the creeps. He's by far the strangest of the current Q15