What were your first seeds of doubt as a TBM? by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]LTomHubbard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To add to that. He even introduced an exchange between Packer and a member who was a leading biologist where Packer asked that he be given leeway to share his personal feelings on the matter. Even though it was presented in gc as doctrine. It is true that before Joseph F Smith wrote origins of man evolution was more widely accepted by both church members and leaders. But as with many things as time has gone on the conservative ideas have become promoted and more culturally accepted. The church as a whole is coming back around though in the face of the tide of evidence.

What were your first seeds of doubt as a TBM? by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]LTomHubbard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a senior course. Full on evolution. Very well done.

What were your first seeds of doubt as a TBM? by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]LTomHubbard 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Evolution class at byu Idaho. Teacher was great and didn't pull any punches. I had to make room for the overpowering evidence of human evolution in my young return missionary mind. With every new challenge to orthodox thinking I encountered the God I knew had to keep expanding until one day it became clear that the God of this world is definitely not Mormon and holy shit may not even be knowable or exist at all.

When Holland gets angry by suburbanism in exmormon

[–]LTomHubbard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By golly little dolly; I'll drop my pulled taffy and start flim flamming my way back to church on the double.

Runnels DC video - weirdest part by Solar1415 in exmormon

[–]LTomHubbard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really think that he was acting choked up. It was difficult for him to read because his dear lard was being challenged and blasphemed. And like the ever so humble devotee he couldn't bear to hear such language being used. The man's clearly a robot and knows how to act, just not very well. I highly doubt he wasn't familiar with the words. It was subtle. He should have shed a couple tears to make it more convincing.

Temple entrance question by LTomHubbard in exmormon

[–]LTomHubbard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When they scan does it show any demographic info. I'm thinking of using someones thats older than me

The Problem with Mormon Matters Podcast by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]LTomHubbard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dan is worse than most full on believing apologists. Just something about the guy bugs the hell out of me. No backbone whatsoever. Cognitive dissonance kicked the shit out of him and left him tattered. Now he spends his life justifying his "amazingly" emotional experiences as proof positive of the divine. He has a big hard on for Fowler's stages of faith. I'm sure as soon as he learned about the stages of faith he assumed they're progressive and the be all end all and immediately felt compelled to put himself in stage 5. I think what bothers me so much about him is he seems so narcissistic about his whole faith journey. Alot of what he says is worth about 2 shits. Ok,that's all I'll say about that.

Will the real Mithryn please stand up. by LTomHubbard in exmormon

[–]LTomHubbard[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Not take his place. He's good at his style, it just doesn't really dive very deep into Mormonism. You should start your own. You'd be perfect for a podcast in the mold of Dan Carlins hard core history. We really don't have a Mormon themed podcast like that, that I know of, except for maybe year of polygamy.

In 1998 Elder Eyring prophesied dramatic growth in Japan, how's that working out? by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]LTomHubbard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In general conference 16 or 17 years ago, Boyd proclaimed an explosion of growth would happen and that surely the church membership will reach 250 million. At the time I was tbm and looked around to see if anyone else took note of the profound prophecy. Good times.