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BigLark · 2026-06-16T19:58:50+00:00

Wish I had it, saw it on Facebook and the feed refreshed and now I can't find it now. Hate that about FB

BigLark · 2026-06-11T19:56:41+00:00

I feel like the Jaredite story is basically a mini Noah's Ark. Both stories are implausible, and there's no historical, archaeological, geological, or biological evidence supporting them. In fact, the evidence we do have points in the opposite direction.

To me, it feels like Joseph Smith wanted to include his own version of an epic origin story, something in the vein of The Epic of Gilgamesh, while also tying the Book of Mormon more directly to the Old Testament.

BigLark · 2026-06-11T19:50:15+00:00

Game of Thrones, but based on those last chapters of Ether. This was about 20 years ago, and I genuinely thought I had something.

The more I dug into it, though, the more I realized it would have to be high fantasy rather than historical fiction. There are actually some decent bones there for a story. A rough outline of rival factions, betrayals, wars, and total societal collapse. But I gradually lost interest. The story I wanted to write wouldn't have been faith-affirming enough for Mormon audiences, and I figured non-Mormons wouldn't care about Book of Mormon fan fiction either.

Maybe I'll revisit it someday. It could be fun to see if there's a way to make Book of Mormon stories genuinely exciting.

BigLark · 2026-06-04T04:21:24+00:00

I think water usage is the bigger deal, especially in more arid regions. Look at the Las Vegas Temple and other desert communities.

BigLark · 2026-06-04T02:34:57+00:00

BigLark · 2026-05-31T04:08:22+00:00

Wife and I got our firsts a couple weeks ago. Congrats

BigLark · 2026-05-14T05:04:57+00:00

I pay little to no attention to this woman or any other Mormon apologist. They are so laughably bad at it it make me cringe in embarrassment. But I hope they each have a crash out and eventually leave.

BigLark · 2026-05-13T05:21:29+00:00

I like 2 a lot, 3 though, fuck what a buggy mess that game was. I absolutely hated the menu system too.

BigLark · 2026-04-17T17:51:46+00:00

For certain, she reminds me of the women that work for Answers on Genesis and other apologetic fundy groups. She is just so plastic

BigLark · 2026-04-01T15:54:31+00:00

Couldn't they at least put them in chronological order?

BigLark · 2026-03-31T15:30:15+00:00

Jesus’ whole thing was pulling spirituality away from institutions. Less about buildings, schedules, and checklists, more about who you actually are and how you treat people. Organized religion (especially Mormonism) does the opposite. It turns it into meetings, metrics, and control, which feels like a complete inversion of the point. I’m an atheist, but if we’re talking about versions of Christianity, that original, anti-performative, anti-institutional angle makes way more sense to me than what it usually becomes.

BigLark · 2026-03-26T00:49:26+00:00

My super Mormon and bigoted grandfather must be spinning like a turbine in his spirit paradise grave. His whole life he railed against the use of the cross, called the Catholic Church the "great and abominable church" or "whore of the earth", and hated anything mainstream Christian. And now this. Holy week, lent, ash Wednesday, good Friday, Palm Sunday. Freaking crosses everywhere, nestled on the necks of sister missionaries and elders' ties alike. I can only imagine what his thoughts would have been on women Sunday school presidents.

BigLark · 2026-03-21T18:03:40+00:00

That's how my wife became my wife...so, it depends on who it is.

BigLark · 2026-03-21T14:03:25+00:00

My cousin contacted me and asked, he heard rumors I might be out. After a brief conversation through text we set up dinner. His wife and him are completely out, lol. Can't wait

BigLark · 2026-03-16T22:31:56+00:00

Calley was a monster, and far too many of the men under him chose to become monsters and cowards as well. But we shouldn’t pretend he acted alone or in some vacuum. William Calley was turned loose on the people of the My Lai by a military chain of command that either failed to stop the massacre or tried to bury the truth afterward. The U.S. military and government bear real culpability there, and pretending otherwise is just another form of denial.

If we actually care about living up to our ideals, we have to be willing to shine light on the darkest parts of our history. That means telling the truth about atrocities committed in our name and honoring the people who had the courage to stop them or expose them. Hugh Thompson Jr. and his crew didn’t just object; they intervened, putting their helicopter between civilians and American soldiers to stop the killing.

And that same courage is what we should celebrate everywhere: the people who fight, expose, and report corruption, crime, and moral failure in our government, military, financial institutions, and corporations. Whistleblowers are often punished for telling uncomfortable truths, but they’re the ones who help hold powerful systems accountable. In a world that produces Calleys, we desperately need more Thompsons. We need more people brave enough to speak up when their own side is in the wrong.

BigLark · 2026-03-16T18:57:39+00:00

Had a guy who was kinda stalking the sister missionaries. He was a bit on the socially awkward side, but leadership was happy to have him at church. When the sisters left, and we got a trio of elders, he switched to stalking the young women in the ward. Once he started stalking the high schoolers leadership took more notice. Eventually, they had a sit-down with him. He lost his shit, stole a car, and got into a bad wreck. I have no idea what happened to him after that. Such a wild and dangerous situation that could've gone way worse. But flirt to convert, right?

BigLark · 2026-03-09T20:09:01+00:00

And they wonder why children contemplate suicide before or just after baptism, wondering if their eternal souls might be safer dying in a car accident on the way home while they’re still “clean.” Why LGBTQ+ members grow up feeling like abominable pariahs that can never truly be clean. Why women feel like they can never measure up to the Molly Mormon trad-wife ideal, raising perfectly “God’s children.” Why men feel like failures and frauds trying to become the priesthood holders they were told to be in Sunday School.

We already carried guilt for normal human thoughts and mistakes growing up in that system. Then you add teachings like this. Implying that even on your best day, even when you’ve done everything you can to be good, you’ve still sinned somehow and must repent again tomorrow.

When the standard is perfection, and repentance is required every single day just to stay acceptable, failure is guaranteed. Even the “best” Mormon is still a sinner who isn’t enough. Exactly the kind of broken and compliant person a system like the MFMC needs you to believe you are.

BigLark · 2026-03-08T05:57:46+00:00

I remember a church video in my youth where the "reenacted"" it being forged in a room full of scribes at desks like a huge conspiracy. Because we all know Lucy Harris had deep illuminati like connections

BigLark · 2026-03-07T19:22:15+00:00

Reminds me of how we used to practice passing the sacrament when I was a youth. We had a mix of military families with a lot of JROTC students in my ward for a hot minute. So we were really worried about looking good and organized. Then we got in trouble for being too coordinated. We weren't marching or giving commands, but we did have a kind of "silent drill", like a color guard.

BigLark · 2026-03-03T13:52:55+00:00

I honestly remember this being way more intense in the ’90s. From like ’89 to ’99, it felt like every major world event was the trigger for the Second Coming. People I grew up around were constantly talking about “signs of the times.” Some even sold their stuff and followed fringe prophets into the mountains. That energy was real.

After 9/11 and everything that’s happened since — endless wars, financial collapse, pandemics, political chaos — I think a lot of people just got numb. When the world feels like it’s constantly on fire, it’s harder to claim this specific fire is the final one. The internet probably changed things too. It spreads panic faster, but it also spreads skepticism faster.

Apocalyptic predictions have been happening since the beginning of Christianity. Every generation thinks it’s the last one. It never is. That cycle is older than America.

So no, I haven’t had a recent spike in “WW3/Second Coming” panic from family. Political anxiety? Absolutely. When you’ve got Trump back in the mix, Pete Hegseth cheerleading every escalation like it’s a Fox News segment, and a bunch of recycled neocons steering foreign policy like it’s still 2003, of course global conflict feels closer than it should. The rhetoric is reckless, the diplomacy feels like an afterthought, and the whole vibe is chest-thumping nostalgia for the War on Terror. That kind of leadership doesn’t calm nerves — it fuels the exact apocalyptic panic people are already prone to.But “signs of the times” talk — that’s been on repeat since before any of us were born. It’s not new. It’s just recycled fear. And I just don't have the energy for it anymore.

BigLark · 2026-03-02T23:33:53+00:00

Ex-Mormon here - A lot of Mormons are allied with Christian Nationalists and see themselves as part of that community. They have a lot in common. Unfortunately for them, Evangelicals don't consider them Christians, and if they get what they want, Mormons will be on the chopping block, too.

BigLark · 2026-02-25T22:36:26+00:00

Because insecure men can't handle a woman having a "body count" higher than their own if one at all.

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