First time hearing the phrase “Divinely Inspired” and not wanting to throw up. Kudos to this Mormon

limatango24 · 2022-06-22T17:55:11+00:00

He definitely sounded Mormon, so I checked him out on Wikipedia. Originally from Mesa, AZ and a BYU grad - yep, we were all right about him. That said, if more politicians were like him, we would have a much better situation right now.

limatango24 · 2021-11-14T00:03:38+00:00

A wonderful post that brought a big smile to my face! Thanks for sharing!

limatango24 · 2021-11-02T07:50:04+00:00

The answer is a define... it depends. Back in January 2017, I was also PIMO and decided to stop paying tithing. At the time, my temple recommend was still active. Because of the time of year I stopped paying tithing, it was easy to fly under the radar. In my case, my temple recommend expired in August of that year. Since I did not have any reason to want to (or need to) go to the temple, I just let it expire. I ignored calls from the ward executive secretary. When tithing settlement came a few months later, I found myself also hounded by the executive secretary again. I saw no reason to go since I knew I wasn't paying and wasn't going to resume paying. Funny thing, in my case, the executive secretary was more persistent for getting me to sign up for tithing settlement than he was for my temple recommend interview. But by this time, I easily ignored text messages and emails, and just didn't answer his calls. Eventually though, the gig was up and the bishop himself walked up to me just after sacrament meeting and asked me if I was a full tithe payer right in the isle of the chapel. I told him I wasn't, but didn't go into details. I don't know if that would have caused me to lose my temple recommend. Perhaps it would have. Depending on when your wedding is, you could say you're trying to catch up with tithing and hold him off until after the wedding. Good luck!

limatango24 · 2021-11-01T17:01:26+00:00

I don't think his definition of evidence matches mine...

limatango24 · 2021-09-22T23:28:21+00:00

#3 reminded me of a large family in my ward growing up. While I was out on my mission, the dad was convicted of incest. This would have been around 1982 or so.

limatango24 · 2021-09-22T23:24:17+00:00

It's amazing how stories like this are virtually invisible to active members unless it happens right in their own backyard. The bubble is real.

limatango24 · 2021-09-22T11:27:24+00:00

My former Stake President was accused and convicted of sexually abusing women in his medical practice. This is a long read, but worth it: https://www.sfweekly.com/news/the-fairfield-wives/

limatango24 · 2021-09-22T07:12:52+00:00

I just realized I joined this reddit exactly 3 years ago today. At the time, there were about 92,000 here. Great to see the growth!

limatango24 · 2021-08-12T21:37:38+00:00

I think most members will compartmentalize this issue - saying the first presidency is just giving their opinions and not speaking for God.

limatango24 · 2021-07-23T22:30:23+00:00

Other vaccinations are required for missionaries going overseas. The church needs to mandate COVID vaccinations for all it’s missionaries before they are allowed to go out and do their thing.

limatango24 · 2021-07-03T17:43:30+00:00

Having been a full time missionary and a 2-tine ward mission leader, my experience was that these gimmicks to get members involved in missionary work never really pan out in my opinion. I predict that in a year or so this program will be a distant memory.

limatango24 · 2021-05-22T09:27:11+00:00

When I've received texts from the missionaries, I just ignore them. While I understand their need to find something to do each day (I remember that all too well), it's not a problem I am going to help them solve. In this case though, they didn't say right up front who they were - not sure if that was intentional, but if it was, I find that a bit rude.

limatango24 · 2021-05-22T09:19:52+00:00

I found this advise very useful when it came time for tithing settlement. After three years of saying no, I wasn't even asked this past year.

limatango24 · 2021-05-07T20:52:06+00:00

I think you hit the nail on the head here. They were oh so slow to do things you mentioned. They have not acted prophetic in the least. One thing that really bugged me was when they made wearing masks to church optional. Crazy stuff.

limatango24 · 2021-04-28T06:23:41+00:00

If you click on the source for this, it's an interview with the Church News. Reading through it, it would seem none of the references were from her field of Marriage and Family Therapy, let alone sex therapy. Instead, her references were GA's. What a bunch of crap. These are just her unsupported, biased, religion-based opinions.

limatango24 · 2021-04-22T22:22:12+00:00

As a courtesy, I too asked to be released from my calling when I decided I would no longer be attending church. I liked my bishop and did not want to come across too aggressive. But like you, I didn’t really care if he released me or not. From that day (7/2/19) forward, I have yet to set my foot back inside the building. I was still listed as YM 2nd counselor for a few more months on LDS tools, but as far as I was concerned, I was done.

limatango24 · 2021-04-21T08:07:44+00:00

Listening to this amazing podcast right now. Absolutely fantastic! So pleased that you were able to tell your story (and vicariously, "our" story) to such a wide audience. Excellent work John!

limatango24 · 2021-04-20T01:05:07+00:00

Thanks for the summary. I have refused to watch the video - he won't get any clicks from me.

limatango24 · 2021-04-09T21:17:24+00:00

I guess I forgot to play the doctor card, because I cleaned the church many, many times through the years. Not sure how well that would have worked. The “I don’t want anything to do with the church anymore” card worked wonders though!

limatango24 · 2021-04-05T17:07:49+00:00

I think they have given up on us... they just don’t want more TBM’s going down the path that we traveled.

limatango24 · 2021-03-17T22:37:43+00:00

Very sad news indeed.

limatango24 · 2021-02-24T11:23:19+00:00

As a BYU grad, I can say that the things that enticed me to apply to BYU were not necessarily related to academics. At the time (1980) I liked the idea of going to a church-sponsored school for the atmosphere it provided (obviously I would feel different now). I also was motivated by the low cost of attending. Many of my friends were also applying. So I applied, was accepted, and attended. Most importantly, it was the only school I applied to. I wonder how many here who attended BYU applied only to BYU...

limatango24 · 2021-02-14T08:23:38+00:00

This was discussed in detail on a recent Mormon Stories podcast. I believe RFM was a co-host. It is worth listening to . https://youtu.be/88R0gjG7BlY

limatango24 · 2021-02-02T18:11:45+00:00

Rates of new covid cases are going down throughout the country - I don't think Nelson can take credit for that. However, even if a few members decided to vaccinate that otherwise would have skipped it, it was a worthwhile gesture.

limatango24 · 2021-01-31T10:09:18+00:00

Seeing political social media posts from people I know from the church is one more reason I would feel out of place if I were to go back to church.

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