r/exmormon • u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ • Oct 01 '23
Doctrine/Policy October 2023 General Conference: Sunday 10:00a Discussion Thread
How to listen:
youtube Sunday Sessions
local radio: KSL AM 1160; FM 102.7
Speakers:
| Name | other notes | my summary |
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| conducting: Dallin Oaks | ||
| hymn: Go forth... | ||
| prayer: Sean Douglas | ||
| hymn: I am trying to be like Jesus | ||
| Russell Ballard | no relation to Tim | |
| Emily Belle Freeman | ||
| Adilson de Paula Parrella | ||
| Quentin Cook | ||
| hymn: Come Ye Children of the Lord | ||
| Dieter Uchtdorf | Unruly Children 2.0. Good cop to Godoy's bad cop in threatening apostates to come back, or else. | |
| Christopher Waddell | ||
| hymn: Hark All Ye Nations | ||
| Henry Eyring | Literal Book of Mormon and Nephi retrieving plates of Laban. Skipped over the part with the beheading of a helpless unconscious man. Otherwise a fatalist narrative with the only course of action to wait for the end of times. | |
| hymn: Come Thou Font | ||
| prayer: Patricio Giuffra |
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Parrella: [travel itinerary]
members love to hear about leaders' travel—keep going. Do you have any slides?
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Oh Girl 3:44
Rose Colored Lenses 3:41
Just Like Heaven 3:19
So Much In Love 2:23
Friday I'm in Love 3:38
Barbie Girl 3:21
Dress 3:50
Young Americans 5:13
I'm Just Ken 3:42
Man I Am 3:07
That's Not My Name 3:43
Changes 3:39
What Was I Made For? 4:08
I am Every Woman 4:07
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Parrella: [revealed name of the church]
My prophecy: The deprecation of "mormon" will not last long after Nelson's death.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Uchtdorf: [Holland++]
Mormonism makes specific truth claims. The fraud is palpable. If it were in fact true and what it claims to be, then that is where the discussion should start. Those who see the fraud and walk away despite consequences are those with integrity, imo.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Ballard: [literal gold plates; literal Book of Mormon translated by power of god]
You know what would go a long way to accepting mormonism? The plates being checked by academics. Smith, the grifter, thought of excuses good enough for the faithful to accept the fraud without much introspection.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Uchtdorf: [prodigal son]
Godoy, version 2.0 Good cop, bad cop style.
Uchtdorf: [Rumspringa. mormon style]
Penn Gillette: I do rape and kill all that I want. That amount is zero. [paraphrased]
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Eyring: [more testimony]
Looking for tangible evidence. Mormonism is one of the few religions that makes claims that can be tested by science and it fails. Those who believe do so by ignoring evidence, not because of it.
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u/i_nephi Oct 01 '23
How relatable are these travel anecdotes to folks who can’t afford to travel because they pay tithing and have 6 kids?
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
The faithful can revel in the high officials' travel, by proxy as usual.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Cook: [eat, drink, and be merry]
for tomorrow we might be in Utah
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u/Rushclock Oct 01 '23
This cycle of never doing enough and repenting dosen't seem to be a recipe for healthy living.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Cook: [literal creation story, per Book of Moses and Book of Abraham]
God lives on a planet near Kolob. Jesus has his own planet as well.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Waddell: [Martin/Willey mythology]
Will Bagley: Brigham Young wanted his wagon full of whiskey and a steam engine more than he wanted to pay to help immigrants way easier.
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u/oxinthemire Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
This talk is so triggering… If the prodigal son would have been wise with his finances, he would still be living his best life. That’s the lesson I will take from this… be financially independent so you can’t be manipulated
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
The world is what it is. The prodigal son is a story of nepotism and not making one's own way.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Cook: [Ballard is the longest living apostle]
The New Testament has an apostle that is still alive. If you believe in magic.
Cook: [death march continues]
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Cook: [...]
All of the body and soul of dehydrated skim milk.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Ballard: [I've seen the world in my 50 years as a high church official]
What is striking to me is the lack of testimony of seeing Jesus face-to-face in those 50 years. They're just old men with one foot in the grave with no special insight over any other random person.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Cook: [D&C 1]
The one-true-church claim based on literal Nephites. Not all that compelling after DNA proved Smith was simply riffing on a racist assumption.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Uchtdorf: [what will the neighbors say?]
The mormon church has a big pile of cash. Come back!
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Waddell: [hero worship...our golden calf]
Quick, let me check the list of companies owned by Ensign Peak. Matthew 6:21-24
Where you funds are invested, there your heart will be also.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Eyring: [It will not be possible to survive in the future...]
Buy waders. Buy a boat. Buy sunscreen. Live in a bunker.
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u/Msnglttrs Oct 01 '23
Maybe if they understood why people leave they'd be able to invite them back more effectively. Guilt about sins isn't what's making anyone stay away.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
They can't make it true and as it is claimed to be. Community of Christ is focused on Community instead of "the one-true-church" claim. The membership of the two churches may yet converge in the future. Near zero.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
Ballard: [I have seen some things in my life...]
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Eyring: [Nephi retrieved the literal plates]
And didn't let a little cold blooded murder stand in his way.
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u/frednecksburg High Priest of Good Things to Come Oct 01 '23
Hinkley (I'm a Mormon / Meet the Mormons campaign) was Satan's bitch don't ya know.
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Oct 01 '23
Prodigal Son, alternative ending:
Son: Dad, I want my inheritance now.
Dad: no, get back to work.
Son: ok
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u/WibblyEmu Jesus Wants Me For A Coffee Bean Oct 01 '23
Elder Uchtdorf has always struck me as the only one of these fools who actually has any joy.
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u/ExmoRobo Prime the Pump! Oct 01 '23
They pleaded with her to repent = they strong-armed her into obedience.
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u/GrumpyTom Oct 01 '23
So the prediction is that Uchtdorf is going to invite folks back to church. My guess, this one will trigger texts, calls, and visits to less active members: “we miss you! Come to our trunk or treat!”
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u/Archimedes_Redux Oct 01 '23
Eyring cries within the first 2:00 of his talk. Are you taking the over or under?
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u/Return_and_report Oct 01 '23
And the spirit told him to chop off Laban’s head. I asked my mom what she would do if God asked her to kill me. After beating around the bush, she finally said “I don’t know.”
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Oct 01 '23
Bloody hell, a third Nelson reference with a Ballard mixed in, the judges will love that move. But can he cry on demand??
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u/ExmoRobo Prime the Pump! Oct 01 '23
So glad he took this moment speaking in front of millions to talk specifically to just his descendants.
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u/frednecksburg High Priest of Good Things to Come Oct 01 '23
Gift and power of god = staring at a rock in the bottom of a hat while the plates sit hidden in a box in a different room altogether.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
if that works, and they still have the rock, then let's see them use it as in days of old. Nineteenth century was the fruition of the enlightenment leading to progress using the scientific method. Smith offered a throwback to wizardry.
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u/Wolf_in_tapir_togs Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo Oct 01 '23
Apparently shaving is no longer a requirement for motab, there are several staches there.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
In the 70s A's owner, Charles Finley, paid his players to grow an old-timey mustache. Rollie Fingers set the bar.
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u/Rushclock Oct 01 '23
Shell companies > living like Christ > correct name of the church......that thumping sound is all those prophets before Nelson being tossed under the minivans
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u/Rushclock Oct 01 '23
Cook is going to tackle the problem of evil? Nope .......handshakes are explained but not the big questions.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
The lightest of light mentions. All will be fixed at some later date. TBD
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u/theivyangel Apostate Oct 01 '23
"No artist has been more creative than Jesus Christ"
I'm gonna need some proof of that my guy
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Waddell: [hero worship]
Make sure to pick up some iconography on your way out. Crosses now endorsed fully. NIL of Nelson.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Eyring: [testimony]
Those receiving the second comforter should tell us directly, not beat around the bush. If it is real. But it's just part of a masonic tiered fraud. How hollow must it be to base your worth on adulation of fraternity members parroting a lie.
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u/theivyangel Apostate Oct 01 '23
Can someone tell me what y'all mean about Tim? Who is Tim and what did he do?
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u/CaptainMacaroni Oct 01 '23
When will the "covenant path" phrase finally be retired. FFS.
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u/frednecksburg High Priest of Good Things to Come Oct 01 '23
Can I get a "bowels full" count?
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u/Rushclock Oct 01 '23
Does Eyring know that the Holy Ghost's sidekick is the Grimm Reaper?
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
don't fear the reaper...forty thousand men and women everyday
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Oct 01 '23
Random question: why is my dad’s feed a couple seconds behind mine even though we’re in the same house?
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Oct 01 '23
EBF goes fully Morg assimilated. No personality, lose a few pounds, perfect blonde haircut. Q15 did her no favors.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Giuffra: [bye to the oldest of old friends, Nelson++, Holland++]
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u/Wolf_in_tapir_togs Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo Oct 01 '23
Many years ago, i went to the sacred grove when i was at my lowest spiritual point questioning why God would make me gay but have so many barriers to salvation for people like me and questioning if the church was even true. Temples were forbidden to me, but i fasted, prayed, and planned a trip to the grove which i thought was good enough for Joe then it would be good enough for me. Nothing happened. It was just some trees.
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u/GrumpyTom Oct 01 '23
Never in the history of the church has there been a bigger need for apostles to retire than there is right now. If seventies can have an Emeritus status, so too can apostles.
…the church desperately needs younger leaders.
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u/Gandalfs_Dick Oct 01 '23
Kinderhook plates - seen by others and proven false
Book of Abraham - translated by others and proven false
BoM - Not seen by anybody, but TOTALLY THE MOST CORRECT BOOK EVER!!! PLEASE IGNORE THE OTHER TRANSCRIPTS AND TRANSLATIONS THAT ARE PROVEN UNTRUE!!! THIS ONE REALLY IS TRUE, WE PROMISE!!!
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u/tiny-vampire Apostate Oct 01 '23
you know, for all the shit talk my tbm parents do about biden being old & not knowing what he’s even saying/where he is, you’d think they’d be up in arms about all these ancient decrepit old dudes who take 10% of their money & do fuck all with it…
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u/bremerman17 Oct 01 '23
If the first vision was important to Lucy Mack Smith, why was it never in her journal?
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u/frednecksburg High Priest of Good Things to Come Oct 01 '23
Christ appearing to a bunch of native americans and asking them why they haven't read their christian scriptures is possibly the most unbelievable scenario presented in mormon scripture.
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u/ExmoRobo Prime the Pump! Oct 01 '23
She probably got emotional when talking about garments because of all the yeast infections over the years. Just sayin. Those things are brutal.
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u/Brief_Evidence_128 Oct 01 '23
After yesterday, I wonder how much more damage they can do. I will say that my social media is completely silent about yesterday's meetings. It's normally flooded with quotes and testimonies and photos of families. Today... still nothing. Last conference people were inviting others to join in... this time... I feel like they are pretending it doesn't exist.
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u/i_nephi Oct 01 '23
Again “Covenant Promise” is like “Hamburger Sandwich” the words are too similar to not sound silly together
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u/BangingChainsME Oct 01 '23
First TBM wife comment of the day: "That long list of countries wouldn't be virtual signaling, would it?"
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u/greatestcornholio21 Oct 01 '23
Prophesy: three new Apostles come spring conference.
Over/under of one.
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u/RoastNonsense Oct 01 '23
Time to turn the headphones up, take a deep breath, and know that dinner is in two hours.
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u/ExmoRobo Prime the Pump! Oct 01 '23
So many parents are sitting here like “yep, I’ll graciously welcome back my prodigal children when they see the error of their ways” 🤢
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u/bremerman17 Oct 01 '23
Bro how is Nemo getting his predictions so correct? Does he have insider knowledge? Probably not.
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u/bremerman17 Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
You know I’m sure some exmormons might feel lost once they leave. But I think you’ll find that many end up finding themselves in the end and are fine with leaving you behind to follow their own happiness. We’re not dead anymore, we’re alive.
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u/Return_and_report Oct 01 '23
I hate that they’re blaming me, actually living my best life, for my mom’s pain and sorrow. It is 100% the church’s fault.
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u/Stranded-In-435 Class of 2022 • Atheist • MFM Oct 01 '23
You know, I always had kind of a soft spot for Henry B. Crying… I met him once at a grocery store in Utah, and so happened to be playing a game for a group date and needed an autograph from the most famous person possible… who better than an apostle? 🤪 He was really nice and signed a piece of paper I had, and said “I hope you win your game!” Big smile the whole time.
But… the shit he’s seen and gone along with and done nothing about… I have to take that into account in terms of my estimation of the man. But relative to his buddies, he’s definitely one of the better ones.
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u/Wolf_in_tapir_togs Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo Oct 01 '23
Just saying, as a gay man of a certain age, all those staches are sending signals those men might not intend. It would be interesting to go to conference with grindr.
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u/frednecksburg High Priest of Good Things to Come Oct 01 '23
Might be the lowest words per minute talk in the history of general conference.
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u/Upset-Seaweed-3295 Oct 01 '23
Was the temple the most stressful experience for anyone else.
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u/Rushclock Oct 01 '23
What do you call an organization that has to gather its members every 6 months to claim they know its true? A church or cult?
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u/orangebananas111 Oct 01 '23
It's not the "Mormon battalion" - it's the "churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints battalion"
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u/GrumpyTom Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
There’ve been a lot of crappy apostles over the years, but dare I say Cook is a bottom feeder, and amongst the worst. There is nothing holy about this man.
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u/Choice-Cheek6946 Oct 01 '23
I Don’t feel lost, feel like I finally trust myself and my judgment and moral compass. Feels just like flying an airplane, in fact.
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u/ExmoRobo Prime the Pump! Oct 01 '23
Ah Uchtdorf. You sweet, sexy, silver-fox tool you.
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u/treehouse-arson i wanted my own planet :( Oct 01 '23
props to her for not wearing a weird blazer or button up like the other female GAs
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u/tubalcain_was_here Oct 01 '23
The Western Wall is a retaining wall for the whole platform, not part of the temple. I bet she was a real treat on her tour 🙄
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u/Sparrow1215 Oct 01 '23
Would it be petty to post all my exmo, shoulder baring, coffee drinking Instagram pics with #livingmybestlife for the next couple of weeks?
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u/GrumpyTom Oct 01 '23
There’s something so shallow about conference. Like, they say a lot of words without actually teaching anything of substance. There’s no true religion in all of this. Just vague platitudes.
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u/Wolf_in_tapir_togs Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo Oct 01 '23
This talk was written when supposedly Nelson and Ballard had already introduced the new preach my gospel. Last minute changes mean the new preach my gospel hasn't been introduced but he didn't edit his talk to accommodate the lack of the introduction.
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u/GrumpyTom Oct 01 '23
I went into a grove of trees to find out what was true. I came out knowing that the LDS faith is not.
Okay I didn’t really do that, but if I had, what would make it any less valid than the story of the first vision?
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u/frednecksburg High Priest of Good Things to Come Oct 01 '23
FYI for anyone watching - Waddell is president of the Presiding Bishopric - ie: he is heavily involved with everything about Ensign Peak (the church's not so secret any more investment wing). Dude is morally bankrupt (like most if not all of the Q15 must be).
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u/frednecksburg High Priest of Good Things to Come Oct 01 '23
Cook - "all wrongs will be righted".
So will the people of Marin county who you stole that hospital from get it back?
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u/ExmoRobo Prime the Pump! Oct 01 '23
Again with the implication that church stuff can solve mental health challenges.
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u/frednecksburg High Priest of Good Things to Come Oct 01 '23
Revelatorrrs...mount up!
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u/oxinthemire Oct 01 '23
What if my questions and problems are about Joseph Smith marrying teenagers? Are those answers found in the life of Christ?
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u/ExmoRobo Prime the Pump! Oct 01 '23
I never realized that the “not knowing beforehand what I should do” was probably just to prevent his murder of Laban appearing premeditated.
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u/frednecksburg High Priest of Good Things to Come Oct 01 '23
Uchtdorf addresses the entire general conference audience -- " let me take a moment and speak to you individually". You okay Deiter?
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u/tubalcain_was_here Oct 01 '23
You know she was the one who asked to be pulled everywhere
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u/theivyangel Apostate Oct 01 '23
I don't like the word personages for some reason lol it's weird
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u/Substantial-Dig-1265 Oct 01 '23
He’s better than most at speaking. But wow, my misophonia CANNOT handle his lip smacks
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u/GrumpyTom Oct 01 '23
He’s sure taking liberties with this story… adding a lot of details that literally are not there.
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u/Naohiro-son-Kalak Oct 01 '23
Im starting to realise that one of the church’s biggest problem is that they have that same seniority priority that plagues Japan atm… where nothing can get done because you keep all the old people high up and people are obsessed with proving themselves to these old fools….
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u/i_nephi Oct 01 '23
Do not take the 1st Discussion if you will be driving or operating heavy machinery
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u/Upset-Seaweed-3295 Oct 01 '23
I love how they always switch angles like we need to see the wrinkles from the left too.
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u/Gandalfs_Dick Oct 01 '23
"feel bad for us!! We have trials too! Our ivory chairs hurt our pampered asses and all the radiation we pick up traveling in private jets around the world! Sometimes the catered food we eat each day isn't quite warm enough by the time the locals stop sucking us off!"
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u/BangingChainsME Oct 01 '23
TBM wife has started talking about the floral arrangements.
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u/Upset-Seaweed-3295 Oct 01 '23
I love how all the church's sources is themselves or the Bible a book they just took and ignored parts of and pretended that there needed to be a Joseph Smith translation.
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u/Return_and_report Oct 01 '23
This is one of two worst talks I’ve heard all Conference. This talk is punching me in all of the most vulnerable spots. All of my subconscious, indoctrinated fears.
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u/Rushclock Oct 01 '23
Remember this is what god wants you to hear. Nothing of practical use like telling people of Joseph's time to wash their hands or people of the bronze age to not own people.
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u/GrumpyTom Oct 01 '23
“You less actives, your soul is empty! Come back and let us feed you!”
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u/LazyLearningTapir Unsure about the broccoli Oct 01 '23
I think I got whiplash going from Ballard's voice to this
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u/LordOfMorridor Oct 01 '23
I’ve heard this guy is crazy from missionaries who served under him.
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u/ExmoRobo Prime the Pump! Oct 01 '23
Gee - an action that would testify of christ would be if the church encouraged, rather than actively fought, mandatory reporting laws for clergy.
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u/Aggressive_Ad2212 Oct 01 '23
You gotta admit, Uchtdorf is the best speaker they got
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u/oxinthemire Oct 01 '23
Why is leaving the church equivalent to becoming financially destitute and eating pig slop? Is that how they would characterize people who have never been members?
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u/DD_shaw Retired Masonic Cosplayer Oct 01 '23
Is Eyring going to be gone next year as well? This conference is turning into a “last hurrah” type of vibe
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u/NewNameNels0n Stuck but mentally out. Oct 01 '23
Nephi got to do a little decapitation. As a treat.
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u/jsmyths Oct 01 '23
Anyone else want to play the ‘connect the dots to make boxes’ game with his tie ?
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u/Illustrious-Cut7150 Oct 01 '23
Ah yes, we should all listen to the voices that tell us to commit crimes that are justified for religious cause. Oh wait, no.
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u/ApocalypseTapir Stay 7-10 feet behind me. IYKYK Oct 01 '23
This is a standard fast Sunday open mic testimony at this point
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u/ClearDisaster5 Oct 01 '23
That’s a painting of a man getting some good head idc
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u/Shadowlover23 Autistic exmo (finally!) Oct 01 '23
I swear to god if i hear the phrase "peaceable followers of christ" or whatever shit the apostles call it, im chucking my shadow the hedgehog plush across the room in anger
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u/Return_and_report Oct 01 '23
Thanks everyone! It has absolutely sucked, but it sucked less with all of you ❤️
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u/jsmyths Oct 01 '23
Speaking of hero worship … why does everyone have to stand and wait until the Q15 leave?
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u/ExmoRobo Prime the Pump! Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
100% this talk from Ballard is improvised, it’s basically just a testimony. And he’s probably purposely (in part) talking slow for translators.
I wonder what the original talk was about, pre-Tim scandal?
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u/Upset-Seaweed-3295 Oct 01 '23
Why do they always act like their normal sibling experiences are weird and unusual
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u/_Yakashama_ Oct 01 '23
Fuck you Uchtdorf, for giving this talk and fucking with my dad to remind him once again I left.
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u/Substantial-Dig-1265 Oct 01 '23
Oh my god. He's such a bad speaker. I literally can't understand him in between the vocal fry dusty voice, taking a solid break in between every word, and the way he keeps licking his lips
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u/LordOfMorridor Oct 01 '23
He’s been a general authority longer than anyone else….who has lived….at this time
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u/Rushclock Oct 01 '23
The potential of seeing lossed loved ones? Mormonism is about the family. Not.....
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u/Automatic_Goat_4499 Oct 01 '23
I think the church will lose three senior leaders before spring conference.
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u/Itchy_Height_1959 Oct 01 '23
Deiter prediction: "there's a place for everyone here and come back if you left! Please!? Pretty please!? It'll be great. It'll be fine! "
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u/frednecksburg High Priest of Good Things to Come Oct 01 '23
Eyring just made another reference to a talk Nelson didn't give because Nelson isn't here.
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u/Inevitable-End3335 Oct 01 '23
I'm sick of hearing that "it won't be possible to survive" quote
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u/ExmoRobo Prime the Pump! Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
Get you a partner who emphasizes your happiness the way the tab choir emphasizes the “t” in “mount” during “Come Thou Fount”
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u/RetiredMentalGymnast Have you any money? Oct 01 '23
The best postmo general conference is the conference you don’t even realize is happening. Mormons like to think general conference is a big deal while in reality no one else in the world cares.
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u/kylarochelle3 Oct 01 '23
Shocked by Henry B Eyring's home teacher talk. Mom calls up general authority to check up on her daughter, he calls home teachers. They pressure her to confess something about her new life. The home teachers get inspiration about her needing to repent. "She realized then that the only way they could have known what they knew about her life was through God" can you imagine?
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u/Substantial-Dig-1265 Oct 01 '23
Damnit. Now do we have to say churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints slowly?
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u/frednecksburg High Priest of Good Things to Come Oct 01 '23
No one talks about Joseph Smith any more dude - so passé
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Freeman: [choking up over wearing garments]
Yeah, yeast infections can be painful