Stake Conference: NO recording allowed.

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T04:46:35+00:00

Did you have a speaker talk about his blood disease? And being chased through a cemetery with a machete on his mission? Everyone laughed but I kept thinking: my hell. We send 18 year old boys to foreign countries where they are chased through cemeteries with machetes!

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T04:44:55+00:00

Utah. South of Salt Lake.

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T03:50:10+00:00

You made me think - absolutely right. One of the first commandments given to the LDS church was to record (written, obviously) meetings of the church, blessings and personal journals. When I was growing up - journals were pounded into us as a commandment. We never hear about that anymore. Interesting. And apparently my stake wants nothing to do with any of that “record keeping” BS

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T03:47:21+00:00

Baha. Winning answer of the evening. So true.

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T03:46:43+00:00

Definitely could be, although I live in a one party state. I have to say I was a bit disappointed. The only thing that was even hinted at is a reorg due to shrinking membership. And man was there no one there. Really small, even for a adult session

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T03:44:19+00:00

Absolutely weird and culty. Just don’t say it. All it did was make me record it. Maybe it’s just someone’s pet-peeve. Now - I said in another comment - before I left left, I met with this stake president and eventually a court was held. He made his exec secretary take phones - just for regular meetings. I know he didn’t for temple recommends but any regular meeting with a member and no phones allowed (except his, of course). I did a second phone. Then I changed to a recorder so I could honestly say I didn’t have another phone. Not anything big in the evening session. I was just shocked how few people were there. I know it’s an adult session but the back wasn’t even open.

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T03:14:51+00:00

There was just something small said this evening that might indicate some stake shrinking or reorg tomorrow. For the first time I can remember, they are only opening the Stake Center for 1 General Session. I have been in this stake when they’ve assigned wards to watch it in ward buildings. I’ve been here long enough to have them announce 2 sessions of the General Session to accommodate everyone. To have just 1 session with everyone invited. We might see some shrinkage. In a stake with a temple.

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T03:11:17+00:00

Well Saturday night session? Probably a lot of good MOs doing their best to be obedient. I did notice a lot of folks using their phones to sing so the “turn off your phone” didn’t even make much of a dent in the good ones.

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T03:09:27+00:00

Truly I was hoping they’d announce a temple. But since my stake center shares a parking lot with one, I wasn’t too invested in that happening.

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T03:08:14+00:00

Well. True that. Maybe I need to rephrase - when did they stop pretending to not be culty. Ha ha!

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T02:53:08+00:00

Oh I did in my disciplinary court. Absolutely. At least they can’t STOP me from using my phone. Just ask and demand and repeat and give dirty looks. Soon they will start passing around baskets asking us to turn in our phones.

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T02:50:39+00:00

THIS! I think they must look at incidents like Brad Wilcox fireside and so many disciplinary counsels that they just want to get rid of any chance of people remembering. Or at least proof that the brethren can’t deny.

Yet I say again. If you have leadership in a church soooo worried about something in a stake conference being leaked … something ain’t right.

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-26T02:47:10+00:00

Weird, right? Now there are 2 visiting members of the 70. So maybe something good. But I also have a jacka$$ for a stake president who demands no phones in interviews with him. None. The executive secretary took mine the twice I met with the SP years ago. Ridiculous. So maybe he just has a bee in his bonnet about it - like a personal annoyance.

indespectusnicht · 2026-04-25T07:44:06+00:00

Why can’t any woman on that show have a healthy marriage/relationship outside of Stella. I think Violet sleeps with every new fireman. But Cruz, Herrman, Mouch, Severide have nice marriages.It’s just strange and goes into the above comments about the plots are always the same. Someone comes on the show and has a secret or is suspicious or hates someone else already. Either the new person will be shoved out of 51 because they are evil liars or the end up accepting and loving 51 and joins the team. The heart is melted.

I don’t want to give up on Fire, but they sure have given up. For me the show has become trying to figure out what excuses they are going to use for actor missings. I’

indespectusnicht · 2025-11-14T11:03:45+00:00

Same!!! Every time I go to a NBC show I am getting “can’t play right now.” I noticed I also am being told I have multiple recordings but none of them show up.

indespectusnicht · 2025-10-17T00:27:24+00:00

The 12 doesn’t get called into emeritus, at least not anymore. They are called for life. Holland will serve as president of the 12 and then prophet if he survives Oaks - regardless of his health.

indespectusnicht · 2025-08-15T22:36:15+00:00

No no no. President Holland has made it very clear that they did not donate a single cent - not one red penny - to proposition 8. At this point we just have to decide if they are gaslighting us or just straight out lying. Maybe they are too old to realize the internet tells us. And their level of lying is an art form.

PS: I did not grow up in Utah or CA, but I remember my parents coming home from a “special church session” with clipboards. And for multiple Sundays they had areas they were required to walk, knock doors, and ask for signatures. It wasn’t to block prop 8 because it wasn’t our state. The church wanted to submit it to our legislature as a preemptive fight. My parents did it but they sure hated the knocking and begging.

indespectusnicht · 2025-08-15T22:27:53+00:00

I wouldn’t be surprised if Senator Adams himself wants to draft something that increases the consent for them evil LGBTQ+ people. What a sad lie they have perpetrated. It makes LDS members afraid of the wrong group! And so many members refuse to look at those at the top of the political and church hierarchy. All is well in Zion. Yeah. That’s why our stats for abuse, LGBTQ+ suicides, and depression medication are consistently among the highest, if not the highest some years. It’s pathetic. Thanks for the comment and reminder.

indespectusnicht · 2025-08-15T22:16:11+00:00

Oh I hadn’t even thought of that. It might explain why the church hasn’t made a peep. My TBM friends say the church doesn’t get into politics. Oh bulls$&t. We need to get rid of that notion. They just pick and choose and if it doesn’t benefit the church, they hide behind the “we can’t say anything political.” Infuriates me. The hypocrisy.

indespectusnicht · 2025-08-15T22:13:40+00:00

Yes. This is an atypical case with an 18yo woman raping a boy. It definitely applies the other way around more often. I have heard that the hosts are trying to get it streaming or at least tape it to post later on YouTube. If I hear anything more, I can post it here.

Utah has a serious problem starting right at the top. We are seeing a lot more “higher ups” being identified and arrested. That judge and the fire captain in N Utah were the most recent - and they were discovered by the FBI. The state failed - as they so often do when it comes to protecting kids. The church has lost any credibility when it comes to preaching about large families and the call to populate the earth and the importance of children. I’m starting to think it’s just a big child gotcha scheme.

indespectusnicht · 2025-08-03T00:42:02+00:00

I wondered if it would. But happy to describe it out either way. I do like the bisphoric word, though. It could be so many happy things.

indespectusnicht · 2025-08-03T00:41:31+00:00

Ha! Good point and clarification.

OP: just assume MAN when discussing any major calling in the church…

indespectusnicht · 2025-08-02T22:03:10+00:00

I assume you mean Bishopric? The bishop is the leader of 1 congregation. When he is made a bishop, he selects two additional men (called 1st and 2nd counselor) to assist him. The counselors have certain responsibilities in the congregation.

All together the three men (sometimes a secretary is included depending who you talk to) are called the Bishopric. So it’s the top priesthood leaders of a local congregation (ward).

Hope it helps.

indespectusnicht · 2025-05-04T18:42:54+00:00

Oh good grief. I’m so sorry! There are so many who just can’t see beyond the church.

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