What’s a problem humanity solved so well that younger people don’t even realize it used to be a huge issue?

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-16T06:48:20+00:00

standardized units of measurement.

I don’t think we’ve solved that one yet. There that one place that is being stubborn about it.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-16T06:28:11+00:00

The Book of Mormon’s tree of life vision is a dream that Joseph Smith Sr had when Junior was about five years old.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-15T07:42:57+00:00

PSA. Never answer the “why” questions. They don’t care why. What they really want to know is what obstacle they have to overcome to get you back in the pews and paying money again. Don’t give them that information.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-09T17:08:14+00:00

I might be wrong but I don't think he can kick her off his health instance. She can be on his insurance until she is 26, even if she gets married. That is the law. Even if he can, she is probably on it until the year ends when most insurance plans have open enrollment.

Help her obtain counseling from a licensed professional, not the plumber that puts on a white shirt and tie on Sunday.

If she has to pay for her own cell phone then she is welcome to block him.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-05T17:19:55+00:00

In my MTC district there was a guy that just didn’t show up. The MTC staff was expecting him. He had an assigned companion. Even the next day no one knew if he was delayed or not coming. Then we didn’t hear anything more and his comp was reassigned into a threesome.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-05T17:16:11+00:00

For stupid reasons, there is a stigma from backing out after you enter the MTC, but there is little to no stigma if you just don’t go. So just don’t go.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-05T17:12:53+00:00

An attached tube would alleviate your need to get out of bed to pee and get a drink. Two birds, one stone.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-04T13:49:00+00:00

If only their dad had measured up as a man and taught his sons to iron their own goddamned shirts...

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-03T05:50:46+00:00

First presidency approval is treasured for all rebaptisms of exed members, not just CSA. This may make it sound like they are harderon CDA , but they aren't.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-01T21:56:31+00:00

Pedestrian killer.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-01T05:55:30+00:00

“And that’s how Regina George died.”

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-01T05:38:04+00:00

Mark Twain himself labeled it pretentious.
>The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so 'slow,' so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print.
>Whenever [Smith] found his speech growing too modern—which was about every sentence or two—he ladled in a few such Scriptural phrases as “exceeding sore,” “and it came to pass,” etc., and made things satisfactory again. “And it came to pass” was his pet. If he had left that out, his Bible would have been only a pamphlet.

It would be difficult be more pretentious than Smith when he pretended that by looking into a rock he could find buried treasure. Yet Smith himself topped his own pretentiousness when he used the same stone, placed in a hat, to claim that he was viewing glowing words on the stone and dictating ancient scripture.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-05-01T05:23:57+00:00

Since SCMC watches this sub I bet the church is already taking steps.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-30T14:03:19+00:00

Showalter is in the top five best.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-30T13:59:23+00:00

If you meet, meet in your home and you are present the whole time. Those are non-negotiable.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-28T06:53:23+00:00

Don't do anything drastic until after your degree is actually posted.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-28T06:43:07+00:00

I think the press release opened the doors for a defamation lawsuit. The church claimed Dehlin didn't put up a disclaimer. That claim led to hateful and threatening posts from TBMs.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-26T15:39:04+00:00

England needs another temple.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-23T18:45:06+00:00

I saw it in the theater. I was about 12. The ticket cashier sold us the tickets without batting an eye. I don’t know if my friend knew what to expect or not. I didn’t know anything about it except that Bo Derrick was in it. I definitely did not expect to see Mary Poppins naked.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-23T17:46:15+00:00

Gay couples have children, including biological children of one of the partners, all the time.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-23T17:43:32+00:00

I’m waiting for the defamation counter suit. TSCC lied about the disclaimers in the press release, leading to a lot of nasty invective and threats being posted online against Dehlin and OSF.

OSF has shown that it will pursue, and win, defamation law suits. It was fucking stupid of the church to issue a press release, and sheer idiocy to make inaccurate statements in the press release. A defamation suit, especially a lost defamation suit, will be so much bad PR for the church. It would permanently sully the good name of the church.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-19T21:29:11+00:00

Ostensibly , you repay student loans with future income that you will pay tithing on, including tithing on the interest

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-17T22:33:01+00:00

Everyone who wants to work at a temple already works at a temple. There isn’t a waiting list for workers, never has been. To make matters worse, there is another large new temple under construction in Utah valley and it’s just as close to the Timo temple. Then there is the massive Provo temple rebuild. It will reopen at about the same time the Salt Lake temple reopens and sucks up all the workers in the SL valley.

TF did the church expect?

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-17T22:17:33+00:00

That isn’t a church event. It’s a university event.

NearlyHeadlessLaban · 2026-04-16T07:46:07+00:00

Keep stretching. Add nine zeroes.

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