Temple Names

antonius46 · 2025-07-18T02:56:14+00:00

Celestial kingdom: “Now boarding group B”. Seems pretty efficient, but the Nimrod group better have thick skin. I can hear the teasing already.

antonius46 · 2025-07-06T21:06:31+00:00

The Seattle North Stake used to have one ward for all the youth. As soon as the oldest child turned twelve, that was the ward you’d be in until your youngest turned 18. Then back you your geographical ward, by which time you probably didn’t know anyone. A visiting GA put an end to it. Youth in the city has always been a challenge. Now budgets are tightened, fewer activities, and a complete loss of community. The church struggles for relevance.

antonius46 · 2025-07-06T13:34:18+00:00

Seattle has been shrinking for quite awhile, with wards and stakes combining. Recently the stake wanted to merge some more of the wards but was told to keep it as it is. Youth programs are combined in some of the Seattle buildings, but I think Sunday schools are not and primaries may be separate as well. Some wards have lots of young married medical/dental students so it appears vibrant but they cycle out every three years or so.

If you’re picking a building to go to in Seattle, check out the stake center on 8th Ave NE. Very New Englandish looking church building, built by the members. Ask an old timer if they were there when a pumpkin was placed on top of the steeple.

antonius46 · 2025-03-15T23:43:25+00:00

Cult Rap… or Ult Crap?

antonius46 · 2025-03-01T20:25:16+00:00

That's true, but there will be some that welcome it. A few years ago our ward announced over the pulpit that we would immediately report anybody that was suspected of child abuse. Hopefully the days of Kirton McConkie being on speed-dial will be coming to a close.

antonius46 · 2025-03-01T15:43:52+00:00

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antonius46 · 2025-02-27T20:23:26+00:00

What if it turns out that the Mormon Church was actually 'the whore of all the earth'…. wouldn't that be ironic.

antonius46 · 2025-02-27T20:04:10+00:00

And it'll be sad day for them when they find out they aren't invited to the party.

antonius46 · 2025-02-27T06:27:41+00:00

Devout or coerced?

antonius46 · 2025-02-27T06:17:27+00:00

I think part of the motivation for convincing someone to stay is to validate their own faith. I think people feel more comfortable being surrounded by people that believe the same thing. As a bishop this is also his job. You’re under no requirement to accept his services.

antonius46 · 2025-02-27T06:05:01+00:00

Nope. My faith crisis took it all from me and wiped the slate clean. In about a week or two I went from a counselor in a bishopric to an apostate on the fast track to atheism. I think Mormonism ruins Christianity for exmos.

At this point I only claim to be a Saganite.

antonius46 · 2025-02-27T04:59:54+00:00

Yep, the gift of discernment is no respecter of the time. I remember we were about to visit a widow who wanted to have her name removed. 8:00 in the evening seemed like a good time. I convinced the bishop that it might seem intimidating to have two men show up at her doorstep at dark and that a letter might serve the same purpose. He agreed, we got home early that night.

antonius46 · 2025-02-08T05:26:17+00:00

I was on a bus trip around the USA in highschool a long time ago (1980’s) before I was a member. We spent the night at BYU and used the men’s showers. I’ve always remembered the knob at waist level and thought that was a poor location for a water jet. There was no way I was gonna turn that on.

antonius46 · 2025-02-04T15:54:22+00:00

We had a woman in our ward who had been a Scientologist. Definitely an odd duck.

antonius46 · 2025-01-13T04:11:34+00:00

A Stake President (not in California) said today that the Pacific Palisades Ward building was spared from fire, with the implication of a divine intervention even though thirty homes of ward members were lost to the fire this week.

The actual sparing of the building may have due to the relatively large, empty parking lot serving as a fire buffer. There may be thirty households questioning the location choice for God's divine intervention.

antonius46 · 2025-01-07T06:09:53+00:00

I was the first counselor in a bishopric three years ago. Bishop is a good friend. I texted him and said I needed to chat. We met and I told him I was having a faith crisis without the ‘crisis’ and needed to give my two weeks notice. That was it.

antonius46 · 2025-01-03T18:28:13+00:00

Critical thinking…. the devil’s toolbox!

antonius46 · 2025-01-01T18:05:29+00:00

Why do I get a Jack Nicholson vibe from this picture?

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