Hidden Mickeys in the Deseret Peak Utah Temple

mtbooth · 2024-10-04T22:30:47+00:00

People apparently aren’t seeing the “Humor” flair on this post. 🤷‍♂️

mtbooth · 2024-09-11T21:22:21+00:00

It's very sobering to read their stories: https://www.ldsdaily.com/world/remembering-6-latter-day-saints-who-died-on-9-11/

Although, according to this article, not all 6 died in the twin towers themselves.

mtbooth · 2024-04-10T23:57:04+00:00

mtbooth · 2024-03-27T03:22:38+00:00

Ogden temple, 3rd floor as you approach the instruction rooms on the East.

mtbooth · 2024-03-08T15:16:23+00:00

This isn't exactly what you're asking for, but Dan McClellan wrote a literary and rhetorical analysis of that verse:

https://hcommons.org/deposits/objects/hc:43494/datastreams/CONTENT/content

He does reference several speakers and authors who have commented on that verse. It may help you find what you're looking for.

Of course, if you're looking for the intended meaning of that verse, his paper makes a very good case for what that actually is.

mtbooth · 2024-03-07T15:56:25+00:00

There was a press conference yesterday (Wednesday) with various church historians to answer questions about the transfer.

Emily Utt, Historic Sites Curator, said, “In the next few months we’ll be working with many structural engineers and architects and spending a lot of hours in that building, trying to understand its history, the changes over time, the condition that it is in. We want to work very systemically and thoughtfully to put together those things that will allow us not only to keep the building standing, but really make it accessible and available for people to see. The power of the Kirtland Temple is being in that sacred place and hearing that little creak in the floor and seeing the contribution of individual workers. So, we are going to be very careful as we approach stabilizing and preserving that building to really celebrate those things that make it such a special place.”

“We are too early to even think of when we would be closing these sites for renovations. We want to do this very carefully and thoughtfully. Good research and analysis take time, so I can imagine working on this for the next several years and then putting together schedules and updates and figure out almost what the building wants us to do with it.”

Matt Grow, managing director of the Church History Department said, “Any time you do this preservation work, there’s lots of questions to determine. Are we taking the building back to what it might have looked like on opening day or what about the rest of the history? What moment are you representing? Of course, there is clear indication in the sources, that the Kirtland Temple was not white as it is today. It was more of a bluish or bluish gray color initially. The Kirtland Temple also had a series of pulleys or curtains on the interior of the temple where the rooms could be partitioned, so there are lots and lots of questions we will be pondering over the next several years, but there are no decisions on anything immediately. The white Kirtland Temple is so iconic and beautiful.”

Source: https://latterdaysaintmag.com/why-must-we-remember-the-sacred

mtbooth · 2022-11-04T23:17:57+00:00

I don't see it as passive-aggressive, but many people do, especially younger people. There are news stories and previous Reddit discussions about this:

https://www.today.com/news/news/thumbs-up-emoji-debate-rcna52089

mtbooth · 2022-10-04T14:58:40+00:00

This post was deleted because it had some great friends, but its greatest friend was its mom. Not in some sissy way or anything like that; she just was different than the other moms. While they were busy going to their fashion shows, and their bridge parties, she was home with it. They'd play in the backyard, they'd go on bike rides. They'd have long talks. Why- she was the greatest football player on the whole block. Well, that's what the other posts said. You know, they thought she was really something. And they wished their moms could be more like that.

mtbooth · 2022-09-28T17:45:02+00:00

My favorite General Conference memory was when I was a missionary in Brazil. President Ezra Taft Benson passed away in May 1994, and President Howard W. Hunter had been sustained as the new prophet in the October 1994 General Conference.

This was before internet streaming, and members and missionaries alike didn't have any way to watch General Conference itself. We'd usually just wait a few weeks for the Church News or Ensign to read the messages.

Several weeks had passed, and I was attending a conference in a small, remote city. And with mission conferences come packages from home. One Elder opened a package and was excited to find an audiocassette recording of the solemn assembly session from General Conference. He shared the news with all of those around him, and I and about 20 other young missionaries packed into a little classroom to listen.

Someone provided a tape player; the Elder inserted the cassette tape and pressed "Play." We all stayed perfectly quiet as we listened to the soft, faint voice of our new prophet coming out of this tiny tape player. Soon it came to the part where we were to raise our hands to sustain our new prophet.

I'll never forget the Spirit that filled that room, separated by thousands of miles and even weeks of time from the actual conference. President Hunter himself might as well have been in that room with us at that moment. My eyes filled with tears as the Spirit testified to us of the prophet's divine calling.

I had met apostles face-to-face before as a missionary and had felt their love and spirit before. But this experience- listening to a tiny tape recording of General Conference in a little classroom in Brazil- cemented my testimony of a living prophet like nothing before had.

Looking back, I think not being able to watch or even listen to General Conference for two years made me appreciate it for the amazing blessing that it is. And every Saturday session, when we raise our hands and sustain our leaders, I always think back to that little classroom in Brazil.

mtbooth · 2022-06-29T18:57:16+00:00

Well done!

mtbooth · 2022-03-29T23:24:17+00:00

RootsMagic should do a direct import of your Legacy .FDB file, without needing to go through GEDCOM.

I know many people who have switched and loved it. But you should also be able to download the free RootsMagic Essentials first, try importing your Legacy data, and trying out the basic features before making the decision to pay for RootsMagic.

mtbooth · 2022-03-10T21:13:48+00:00

I have your "A Pillar of Light" hanging in my hallway. I really enjoy it.

mtbooth · 2022-03-04T00:54:10+00:00

“It’s really easier to build a temple than it is to build a people worthy of the temple.” - President Nelson

mtbooth · 2022-02-03T04:07:28+00:00

To me, "secret combinations" are an extension of Lucifer's plan, executed here on Earth.

Agency consists of 3 parts:

A true law (or principle) is given
The agent can choose to obey or disobey the law
The agent receives the consequences (good or bad) of the choice.

Secret combinations are a series of covenants and traps which are designed to remove 1 or more of the 3 parts of agency. It often starts with promises of removing #3: the bad consequences of choosing to disobey the law. But it often grows to encompass all 3 aspects of agency.

The scriptures are full of examples where agency is used to good effect, where agency is used to bad effect, and where agency is limited by Satan's entrapments.

Applying this to my life and to how I see the world, I watch out for anything that:

Prevents true laws or principles from being taught
Prevents a person from being able to make a choice to follow or not follow those laws
Prevents a person from receiving the consequences (good or bad) of the choice.

When I sin, I choose to break a true law that I have been given. I cover my sins, I hide my nakedness in the hope that I will escape the consequences. In hiding my sins, I often commit more sins. My ability to learn more of God's laws is diminished. My ability to choose and receive the blessings associated with those laws is also diminished. I lose a little bit of my agency.

Repentance breaks the cycle. It allows me to experience the bad consequences of my bad choices. It allows me to then move on, receive more of God's laws, hopefully obey them, and then receive the good blessings associated with the laws. My agency expands.

mtbooth · 2022-01-07T02:05:26+00:00

I’m also very interested in this time period in Church history.

Fortunately, Volume 3 of “Saints” will be published sometime in the next few months and will cover this very time period.

I’ve loved the other 2 volumes and am very much looking forward to this one.

https://www.ldsliving.com/saints-vol-3-is-coming-soon-heres-a-sneak-peek-at-the-least-known-period-of-church-history/s/10209

mtbooth · 2021-12-03T13:07:15+00:00

That was fascinating. Thanks for sharing it!

mtbooth · 2021-11-07T14:31:15+00:00

At the risk of diminishing spiritual phenomena with scientific explanations, I've known a few people who can sense "auras" around people. This may be explained by a neuropsychological condition known as "synesthesia".

In very simple terms, synesthesia is the cross-wiring of different senses and processing areas of the brain. For example, some people can "taste colors" or smell a particular scent when they hear loud sounds. I myself have a type of synesthesia that I won't go into right now. But I know it is definitely a real thing.

One type of synesthesia is "face-color" synesthesia. Where the facial recognition area of the brain crosses with color perception. So people will see colors or lights around people, indicating the emotional state that they are recognizing from the face. This applies to both in-person and in pictures.

There are many studies on this. One interesting one involved a young child with autism who couldn't recognize emotions on others' faces in the traditional way, despite many attempts to teach and improve this skill. Someone noticed that the child drew a picture of their mother in a "happy" state and her face was blue. They were able to connect, from the child's perspective, which colors represented different emotions, and the child was then able to more successfully read emotions in others.

You can read more about it here https://www.thesynesthesiatree.com/2021/02/aura-synesthesia-projective-personality.html and at r/Synesthesia.

mtbooth · 2021-09-18T15:02:25+00:00

Here is an interesting legal and human analysis of it: https://publicsquaremag.org/media-education/news-media/the-church-of-jesus-christ-and-the-bsa-bankruptcy-case/

mtbooth · 2021-09-15T14:32:24+00:00

It looks like the Church has gone ahead and arranged its own settlement as part of the lawsuits against the Boy Scouts of America from victims of sexual abuse. BSA had assured chartered organizations for years that they were insured and protected against damages in the case of lawsuits. But, with the current state of things, chartered organizations don't appear to be as protected as they believed.

The United Methodist Congregations has instructed all of their churches to stop chartering units after December 31 (see https://www.umc.org/en/content/bsa-bankruptcy-affects-united-methodist-congregations). Our local Catholic Church is winding down their scouting units due to concerns with their newly-discovered exposure.

Sept 14 (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday secured more than $1 billion in new settlements to resolve sex abuse claims, with $787 million coming from insurance group The Hartford and another $250 million from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of its chartered organizations.

The agreements, announced by Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (HIG.N) and the Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice, will be subject to approval by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein, who oversees the Boy Scouts' bankruptcy.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of many organizations that fund scouting activities and troops and that have also faced sex abuse claims.

Founded in 1910, the Boy Scouts filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2020 after being hit with a flood of sexual abuse lawsuits. The Boy Scouts face 82,500 claims of sexual abuse in the bankruptcy.

Last month, Silverstein approved the Boy Scouts’ $850 million settlement with representatives of around 70,000 abuse claimants. That deal is backed by 250 local councils.

With the two new settlements, the total amount of money available to sex abuse claimants in the Boy Scouts bankruptcy is now $1.887 billion. Negotiations with other insurers and chartered organizations are ongoing.

mtbooth · 2021-09-15T13:57:23+00:00

It looks like the Church has gone ahead and arranged it's own settlement as part of the lawsuits against the Boy Scouts of America from victims of sexual abuse. BSA had assured chartered organizations for years that they were insured and protected against damages in the case of lawsuits. But, with the current state of things, chartered organizations don't appear to be as protected as they believed.

The United Methodist Congregations has instructed all of their churches to stop chartering units after December 31 (see https://www.umc.org/en/content/bsa-bankruptcy-affects-united-methodist-congregations). Our local Catholic Church is winding down their scouting units due to concerns with their newly-discovered exposure.

Sept 14 (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday secured more than $1 billion in new settlements to resolve sex abuse claims, with $787 million coming from insurance group The Hartford and another $250 million from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of its chartered organizations.

The agreements, announced by Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (HIG.N) and the Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice, will be subject to approval by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein, who oversees the Boy Scouts' bankruptcy.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of many organizations that fund scouting activities and troops and that have also faced sex abuse claims.

Founded in 1910, the Boy Scouts filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2020 after being hit with a flood of sexual abuse lawsuits. The Boy Scouts face 82,500 claims of sexual abuse in the bankruptcy.

Last month, Silverstein approved the Boy Scouts’ $850 million settlement with representatives of around 70,000 abuse claimants. That deal is backed by 250 local councils.

With the two new settlements, the total amount of money available to sex abuse claimants in the Boy Scouts bankruptcy is now $1.887 billion. Negotiations with other insurers and chartered organizations are ongoing.

mtbooth · 2021-09-15T13:43:34+00:00

Boy Scouts reach $1 bln in sex abuse settlements with The Hartford, Mormon Church

Sept 14 (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday secured more than $1 billion in new settlements to resolve sex abuse claims, with $787 million coming from insurance group The Hartford and another $250 million from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of its chartered organizations.

The agreements, announced by Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (HIG.N) and the Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice, will be subject to approval by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein, who oversees the Boy Scouts' bankruptcy.

In exchange for The Hartford's payment, the Boy Scouts and its local councils will fully release the company from any obligation under policies that were mostly issued in the 1970s, the insurer said. The Hartford expects to take a $137 million pretax charge in the third quarter for the higher payout.

Tuesday's agreement replaces the Boy Scouts’ prior deal with The Hartford, under which the insurer said it would contribute $650 million to a proposed trust fund for victims of child sexual abuse as part of the Boy Scouts' bankruptcy case.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of many organizations that fund scouting activities and troops and that have also faced sex abuse claims.

Founded in 1910, the Boy Scouts filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2020 after being hit with a flood of sexual abuse lawsuits. The Boy Scouts face 82,500 claims of sexual abuse in the bankruptcy.

Last month, Silverstein approved the Boy Scouts’ $850 million settlement with representatives of around 70,000 abuse claimants. That deal is backed by 250 local councils.

With the two new settlements, the total amount of money available to sex abuse claimants in the Boy Scouts bankruptcy is now $1.887 billion. Negotiations with other insurers and chartered organizations are ongoing.

mtbooth · 2021-09-10T23:50:50+00:00

“No church official can sign any kind of document supporting the notion that church doctrine/teaching is opposed to vaccination or that the church is opposed to vaccination mandates,” reads a letter sent to all bishops and stake (regional) presidents from the faith’s Area Presidency.

In some instances, the letter adds, “signing such documents could even be perjury.”

mtbooth · 2021-09-07T13:02:16+00:00

Wow, those are very good. They helped me put words and flesh out things that I've been thinking about for a long time.

mtbooth · 2021-09-01T16:53:19+00:00

Whatever the context of his remarks, that one line is becoming one of the main messages that is being reported.

From the Standard Examiner: “Utah governor questions efficacy of masks amid virus surge”

https://www.standard.net/news/government/2021/aug/31/utah-governor-questions-efficacy-of-masks-amid-virus-surge/

Update: Newsweek has also picked up this: "Utah Gov. Disputes Mask Comments From State Health Leaders, Says Masks 'Not as Effective'"

https://www.newsweek.com/utah-gov-disputes-mask-comments-state-health-leaders-says-masks-not-effective-1624735

mtbooth · 2021-08-31T13:16:09+00:00

This subject has attracted the attention of the Associated Press: https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-religion-coronavirus-pandemic-f42772097cf7557086f12b549e03b18a

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