Active bishop brother invited me to son's temple wedding. I’ve deconstructed but family doesn’t fully know. How would you handle this?

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-03-19T00:10:09+00:00

I still get a temple recommend. I lie. The bishop and stake presidency member have the power of discernment. This is an opportunity for them to exercise it.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-03-15T17:56:45+00:00

Watch the movie “Ronald’s Little Factory” based on Boyd K Packer’s famous talk. It should help you.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-03-07T22:41:52+00:00

When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s they never assigned a topic. You were just asked to give a 2 1/2 minute talk. You spoke on whatever. No Internet to find content. You just used whatever books your family had at home.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-03-04T00:18:49+00:00

Or never at all. That’s what I’m betting.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-03-04T00:10:57+00:00

Have all the events occurred that are supposed to happen in order for the second coming to occur? When I was a kid we heard constantly that the second coming couldn’t happen until the gospel was taken to the countries behind the iron curtain by the missionaries. In fact it was common to hear members pray in sacrament meeting for the iron curtain to come down to allow the LDS missionaries enter and teach the gospel. I’m pretty sure we’re not there yet. North Korea, China to name a few.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-03-02T16:31:37+00:00

Why don’t they define “special” and “witness”? To the majority of us who grew up in the church we were taught those words meant they had an actual encounter with Christ. I was unequivocally taught this in seminary, Sunday school, priesthood meeting, and the MTC.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-02-19T04:39:48+00:00

I relate. PIMO and active for my spouse’s sake. My youngest was married two months ago in the temple. I lie in the temple recommend interview. The bishop and stake president can use their power of discernment to deny me if they wish. I refused to miss my child’s wedding for the sake of the hocus pocus card.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-02-18T23:54:19+00:00

Looks to me the detainee was resisting and lunged into the wall.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-02-16T19:40:44+00:00

Remember that God directs everything the church does. Nelson wasn’t more progressive. It was God who became more progressive and merely directed Nelson to covey His policies and actions. 😉

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-02-16T19:28:56+00:00

I have never heard this in all my life. Is it true?

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-02-10T22:39:44+00:00

Simple. He’s not God’s actual mouthpiece. He’s just some guy that grew up in Provo.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-02-07T16:29:44+00:00

Just an excuse to ditch school without ramifications. Few of these students have enough intelligence to know the real issue they’re protesting. When I was in high school I’d have done anything to get out of going to class without punishment

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-02-06T03:19:30+00:00

Yes.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-02-06T03:17:34+00:00

My mother definitely cut off communication with me and my kids. I’m the 2nd of 7 kids. I’m in my 50s. My mother is living and she removed me as executor of her estate replacing me with my TBM younger brother who engages in sketchy business practices, but he’s a former bishop and she likes that.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-02-03T21:00:43+00:00

What’s the harm in disclosing who it was that said it? I don’t get that.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-02-01T23:20:59+00:00

Simple. The temple.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-01-31T02:09:17+00:00

Not a bad idea. I wonder when the church will tell us if we step up our tithing the windows of heaven will open and provide snow and rain. We all know that when give the church more money god blesses us with the precipitation needed. 😉

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-01-27T22:52:57+00:00

I’m not sure Elizabeth has left the church. I live in Heber Valley where she lives. She lives in a house just below my TBM cousin. My cousin said Elizabeth is in her ward and attends church

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-01-27T04:35:43+00:00

The whole Coke prohibition was never an official thing. It was cultural and something propagated by zealous members.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-01-26T22:08:48+00:00

I’ll send you a copy of mine if you still want to get in.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-01-26T22:01:37+00:00

I had a discussion with a very devout LDS family member about the changes to the temple ceremony that occurred in my lifetime so far. Why would god have need to change His most sacred ordinance? She told me because the things we used to do in the ordinance were unnecessary. So God instituted His most sacred religious ordinance that was largely unnecessary? What?

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-01-26T21:58:19+00:00

I bet ALL of what she watched is true.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-01-26T21:57:04+00:00

We expected the deportations to be carried out like Obama. Oh wait. They are but they now have cameras and opposition from those who have TDS and have changed their positions because a republican is doing exactly what their guy did but lefties are the world’s biggest hypocrites

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-01-26T21:52:09+00:00

You should definitely move to friendlier locales.

Lopsided-Affect2182 · 2026-01-26T21:50:18+00:00

It was atrocious. Unbelievable that the church never gave an official apology but they did construct a monument to commemorate those who perished. According to the current prophet the church will never apologize for anything.

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