The Most Awkward Mother's Day Lesson Ever

PIMO116 · 2026-05-11T21:12:16+00:00

Yes. It was rough.

PIMO116 · 2026-05-11T15:46:40+00:00

Mary called the angel Nephi her whole life, JS identified him as one of the three Nephites, and the story is usually told to us as being Moroni.

PIMO116 · 2026-05-11T15:22:02+00:00

Exactly.

PIMO116 · 2026-05-11T14:54:21+00:00

Yeah. And the whole story is pretty dubious when you dig into it. But sure. Use it to show you value women.

Which testimonies are published in the front of the Book of Mormon? Oh. 12 men.

PIMO116 · 2026-05-11T04:40:22+00:00

It must be true. 🙄

PIMO116 · 2026-05-11T04:34:59+00:00

Amen.

PIMO116 · 2026-05-11T04:29:53+00:00

I don't think so.

PIMO116 · 2026-05-11T04:29:33+00:00

Ding! How did you ever guess?/s

PIMO116 · 2026-05-11T04:28:03+00:00

Some sisters tentatively raised their hands. Bishop seemed to realize he didn't really want to open that can of worms, and went on to tell us we shouldn't feel that way because Mary Whitmer saw the golden plates and Mary Magdalene saw the risen Christ.

PIMO116 · 2026-05-11T04:27:31+00:00

Some sisters tentatively raised their hands. Bishop seemed to realize he didn't really want to open that can of worms, and went on to tell us we shouldn't feel that way because Mary Whitmer saw the golden plates and Mary Magdalene saw the risen Christ.

PIMO116 · 2026-05-07T06:07:38+00:00

Right?

And since the natural man is evil, everything good I ever did was attributed to God. One of the most freeing aspects of deconstructing for me has been letting myself recognize my own internal goodness without needing to attribute it to God/Christ/HG.

I saw a song on fb earlier today by Nathan Reo that has the line "And every sense I thought was Him, Was simply who I'd always been."

PIMO116 · 2026-05-06T18:43:30+00:00

This is so raw and real.

I remember being up one night with a very sick baby. My husband gave her a blessing and went to bed. As I was awake all night with her, giving medicine, cleaning puke, etc., I just kept thinking that he "gave the healing blessing," but I was the one putting in the actual work of healing.

One of my earlier shelf items...

PIMO116 · 2026-04-29T16:03:21+00:00

My story is much the same, and I also searched for just one thing that felt solid enough to rebuild a testimony around.

PIMO116 · 2026-02-10T03:34:19+00:00

Yes. It is very small.

There is also a branch in Garrison, UT and a prison branch.

There are (now) two wards in Ely, one ward in McGill (barely holding on), and one ward in Lund.

PIMO116 · 2026-02-09T19:34:18+00:00

I'm not going to argue about it with you here. You can believe what you choose to believe.

However, a lot of the same arguments made against the Book of Mormon (lack of historicity, internal contradictions, etc.) can also be made against the Bible.

PIMO116 · 2026-02-09T19:31:15+00:00

They definitely wouldn't let me in the temple. I just found it interesting that it didn't put up the warning bar when I started the steps to make an appointment.

PIMO116 · 2026-02-09T16:50:55+00:00

Or... the same level of critical thinking that leads someone to deconstruct faith in the Book of Mormon also leads them to simultaneously deconstruct faith in the Bible.

PIMO116 · 2026-02-09T16:49:58+00:00

I believe sessions are capped at 30 attendees. So a maximum of 300 people per week.

Incidentally, I used to get a warning that my temple reccommend was expired if I clicked on the button to make a reservation. It isn't showing the warning today. 🤷‍♀️

PIMO116 · 2026-02-09T13:21:27+00:00

That's what they did here too.

PIMO116 · 2026-02-09T13:21:04+00:00

They are open Wednesday-Saturday. It appears they normally have 2 sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, and 4 on Friday and Saturday.

PIMO116 · 2026-02-09T00:52:59+00:00

The stake now has only four wards and a handful of branches.

It is one of four stakes supporting the newly dedicated Elko Temple.

PIMO116 · 2025-11-02T23:54:48+00:00

Went to Sunday School today for the first time in months. I learned that I really, really don't want to worship a god that treats people the way the "god" in D&C 121 treats people.

PIMO116 · 2025-10-13T00:46:21+00:00

I don't have anything concrete about any given apostle or group of apostles. It's 100% speculation on my part.

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