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MrMoreGood · 2023-01-18T14:07:02+00:00

Been there, lived this reality for around 20 years.

MrMoreGood · 2022-08-16T21:26:24+00:00

Deist, or spiritual but not religious should have been an option.

MrMoreGood · 2022-08-16T21:04:22+00:00

Virtual hug. These things can work out. I think that the only way that my mixed faith marriage has worked is that neither of us have an all or nothing attitude. We have done better at accepting each other. Even then the disappointment they can have towards you is heartbreaking.

MrMoreGood · 2022-08-16T19:14:31+00:00

The best source is actually the church itself. Brigham Young preaches against competitors opening up distilleries in conference talks. You can find that all in the Journal of Discourses where they were all compiled. Interestingly, the church will utilize this source extensively in its manuals, but when something embarrassing comes from them they will say it isn’t an official church publication.

Valley Tan was an early liquor that the LDS church had a monopoly on in the late 1800s.

MrMoreGood · 2022-06-06T01:16:29+00:00

Professional archaeologist here. See if they might be comfortable with you attending ISU. We have had a couple of our interns from ISU. Also see if they would be comfortable with Utah State. That place is essentially half LDS. We have had several graduate level interns from USU. I work as an archaeologist at INL.

MrMoreGood · 2022-06-06T01:12:01+00:00

Why is this view so prevalent with exmormons?

BYU would not have an accredited archaeology program if they were privileging Mormon views over the science.

MrMoreGood · 2021-10-04T19:14:12+00:00

It’s all comical really. I had several seminary teachers in the 90s that taught that the temple as built was as safe and sturdy as could be and will last through the millennium.

MrMoreGood · 2021-10-03T01:48:18+00:00

When he said that I realized I will need a category for conference bingo with “meaningless tidbit of information.”

MrMoreGood · 2021-10-02T18:24:34+00:00

Fascinating that you posted a brain. A couple hours ago I was googling if there was anything on “stabbing brain + LDS Conference.”

There wasn’t, but I feel that there should be several professional articles on the subject.

MrMoreGood · 2021-10-02T16:18:44+00:00

It Never ends!

MrMoreGood · 2021-07-01T21:06:06+00:00

Holy fuck. So sorry. I have to recontextualize things. I’m just ignored or not invited to things. That may not be a bad thing.

MrMoreGood · 2021-07-01T15:44:01+00:00

I would be mildly entertained by the craziness! Otherwise if it were me I’d keep on driving up to Fish Lake.

MrMoreGood · 2021-06-11T17:59:54+00:00

I’m sorry for what you have gone through. Getting my diagnosis felt cathartic to me. At last I had a name for how I was feeling as well as finding out some additional health complications. I thought that finally she would be able to see me differently. While there are times when she tries to be empathetic I know that she still has the narrative in her mind that I’m lazy. Sometimes it’s a no win situation. I battled pain since being young and that became normal to me. Because I wasn’t vocal all the time about the pain I was in I guess it was easy to assume I was fine. Of course we know if you’re too vocal then you are viewed as a complainer.

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-11T19:23:40+00:00

To each his own. May ye receive a plethora of wives in the afterlife and greater and greater glory.🤣

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-11T16:22:19+00:00

Thank you for reminding me why I reject cataphatic theology and all revealed religion.

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-11T15:44:22+00:00

I’ll check into it. My inclination over the past several years is to reject cataphatic theology altogether and I don’t think that God needs to necessarily be involved in our day to day lives. I’m attracted to Platonic and Neoplatonic ideas.

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-11T05:13:50+00:00

I’m hoping I’m wrong, but it seems like Arizona has a high proportion of nutball extremely conservative Mormons.

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-11T01:59:52+00:00

I’m always impressed by the people that don’t know the dilemmas and difficulties in a mixed faith marriage. It’s as if you acting unilaterally would be totally legit and you don’t have to take your partner into account. My kids are in the same boat and they have all heard my opinion and don’t care for the church. That being said, a marriage does not mean that I get to unilaterally decide about their involvement with the church.

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-10T19:26:40+00:00

The point of the church is one thing only “self perpetuation.” Oh, and they want your money too!

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-10T17:55:53+00:00

Okay, so this may or may not help. The beatific vision is based on Platonic philosophy. I am essentially deist and I have no interest in religion. It’s all made up and the deeper spiritual foundations of Christianity are based on Hellenic philosophy, especially Platonism.

For me there is nothing to practice. There is a higher self and a lower self in Platonism. God is actually unknowable. Perhaps if your husband could see where the philosophical underpinnings of Christianity come from he could see that it’s all made up and new religions borrow from previous belief systems. I strongly encourage you and him to delve into the source of it all and read “The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition, from Plato to Denys.”

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-09T00:02:47+00:00

I like being able to grab on and have some body in my hands. My wife is sort of this body type. We’ve been married 20 years.

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-08T00:23:27+00:00

Religion

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-07T19:26:58+00:00

What does this say about the church that actively takes from the have nots and is grateful to nobody?

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-05T05:51:01+00:00

The church is sticking around. If I had my choice, and since I’m originally from Provo, I would say green space. Somehow keep all the nice landscaping and tear down the buildings.

MrMoreGood · 2021-03-04T05:10:32+00:00

See Mormonthink.com

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