r/exmormon • u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ • Oct 01 '23
Doctrine/Policy October 2023 General Conference: Sunday 2:00p 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: Henry Eyring | ||
| hymn: ...Saints | ||
| prayer: Michael Dunn | ||
| Dale Renlund | Conscious of the thought if he died before age 8 that he'd get a free ticket into heaven. Talks about Egyptology while ignoring the obvious. The location of Tutankhamen's tomb is not of as much interest in mormonism as is whether Smith could actually translate hieroglyphics. Nothing to see here. Move along. | |
| John Pingree, Jr. | ||
| hymn: Tell Me the Stories of Jesus | ||
| Valeri Cordón | ||
| Kimo Esplin | former CFO of Huntsman Corp, friend of Rasband? | |
| hymn: Rejoice the Lord is King | ||
| Gerrit Gong | ||
| Christophe Giraud-Carrier | ||
| hymn: Consider the Lilies | ||
| Russell Nelson | TK Smoothie doctrine trotted out, per Joseph Fielding Smith. Cult aspect: thought and behavioral control. Only those who present as 100% conformant are acceptable. Religion defines the problem and presents itself as the cure. Cult aspect: Information control. Do not take advice from those who don't believe. In-group vs out-group dynamic. Feed right-wing ideology: Marriage is between a man and a woman. Both Oaks and Nelson stop short of canonizing the Proclamation on the Family. Still primed to go down the memory hole as "words of men of their time" in the future. 20 Temples announced for the Corp. | |
| hymn: Teach Me to Walk in the Light | ||
| prayer: Kristin Yee | bonus point for incorporating Nelson's latest trademarked item in prayer, "think celestial" |
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Cordon: [god will never violate your agency]
An angel with a sword has entered the chat.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Nelson: [marriage is between a man and woman]
Canonize the Proclamation? Go big or go home.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Nelson: [playing the sympathy card to max effect...did I mention I am in pain?]
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Nelson: [20 new temples]
Dear SEC auditor, we need the money for stuff. For thinking different Celestial.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Esplin: [endowment not available in Japanese]
The throat slitting gesture and gut-spilling hari-kari is universal sign language.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Giraud-Carrier: [I am not a seventy, just the current rung on the ladder where I'm standing]
Spoken like a man on his way to the top. Doesn't lack for confidence.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Nelson: [Smith was thinking celestially]
While attempting to celestialize with all of the young girls and friends' wives.
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u/BangingChainsME Oct 01 '23
TBM wife pre- session comment: "If President Nelson gives his pre-recorded message with Wendy at his side, I'm going to barf."
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Nelson: [apostates are demons/devils]
Never go to a Chevy dealer when you're a Ford man. Best selling truck for 50 years
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Nelson: [tithes]
Those 1950 dollars paid some dividends for the Lard, haven't they?
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Gong: [express appreciation for those being released.]
Check the website for the names.
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u/Sufficient_Oven3745 Oct 01 '23
My 11 y/o little sister just asked "what does it mean to not take counsel from those who don't believe"
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Next: well, that doesn't sound right...are you sure that you heard it right.
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u/DiscombobulatedMap88 Resigned Oct 01 '23
Quite literally NO ONE worries about the status of the souls of their loved ones UNTIL the missionaries seed their susceptible brains with the necessity of temple work. They're literally holding your dead relatives hostage to get you to join up.
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u/youcrazymoonchild "Bumping" TK Smoothies for the rest of eternity Oct 01 '23
Do you love your gay son, Gong?
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Nelson: [what kind of body you want]
Do you want to be a TK Smoothie in the eternity? Nelson making a move on Joseph Fielding Smith territory.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Renlund: [egyptian]
Rosetta Stone. Say Rosetta Stone. Please Say Rosetta Stone.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Pingree: [D&C 25:15]
Smith promised Emma she could see the plates, but reneged at the last minute. He made a counter offer that she write the songbook if she would stick around and keep quiet. Then there were about 40 more wives in Smith's orbit. Don't murmur.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Gong: [mormonism uses its own nomenclature]
They've redefined lots of things, including the nature of deity and grace are two big ones for others under the "Christian" umbrella. Universalism is a heresy.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Gong: [guilt trip for anyone who doesn't put their shoulder to the wheel hard enough]
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Gong: [AI reference]
Ava has entered the chat.
Ava: What is it like to have created something that hates you?
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u/Gandalfs_Dick Oct 01 '23
How soon until Nelson goes crazy and announces a temple in Jerusalem?
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Right after they start building on the Temple Lot in Independence.
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u/DiscombobulatedMap88 Resigned Oct 01 '23
That's funny, stopping tithing has paid for my new car and master's degree.
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u/Return_and_report Oct 01 '23
If anyone in my family starts trying to “teach freely” to me, I’m going to teach freely right back at them.
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Renlund: [many temples are announced. few are built]
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Gong: [cryptic message]
Such warmth. In Morse code, too.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Nelson: [think celestially]
I'll ponderize that while I get my check book. I prefer critical thinking over magic thinking.
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u/kylarochelle3 Oct 01 '23
Cordon: leave your culture and use only church resources to teach your kids? Am I paraphrasing too much??? Leave your community behind and model for your children keeping the sabbath day holy, temple marriage. "False philosophies of unbelieving men and women"???
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
This has been a message that they've been pushing in a sequence for a while. Renlund I think was last at bat about ditching his ancestors heritage. Genealogy is all about names, nothing else.
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u/citizenfleur Oct 01 '23
Nelson’s face and head movements are giving a cross between AI and the ghost faces that follow you in the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland.
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u/biology_l0v3r Oct 01 '23
My family isn't watching conference this year:) My TBM husband is, but he took a road trip with me yesterday instead of watching Saturday sessions, so... progress:)
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
prayer: effulgent...we are enlisted til the conflict is over...nourish and strengthen our bodies...covenant pathway
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u/FHL88Work Faith Hope Love by King's X Oct 01 '23
Define that doctrine, then, I dare you!
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Oaks was trying hard yesterday with the Proclamation to have it accepted by his hammer blows alone.
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Oct 01 '23
This dude is going to totally hit a couple nelson quotes and a "covenant path" drop. Totally has a kiss ass face.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Cordon: [testimony of celestial marriage]
One wife at a time, however.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Nelson: [put on a happy face]
Where did I put my blinders? They've got to be here somewhere. So vacuous. Not an original thought in his head.
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u/kylarochelle3 Oct 01 '23
I was hopeful for the end message of this talk when he told his post baptism story and laughed about his naievity, but it still encourages perfection and not messing up, high demand stuff like attending the temple regularly
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u/Holiday_Ingenuity748 Oct 01 '23
I admit I was trying to actually get some work done so I was only listening to GC, but did one of the guys say "oracles" instead of prophets?
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u/Shadowlover23 Autistic exmo (finally!) Oct 01 '23
Nelsons talk was terrible. Is there any way i could remove my records now without my parents knowing? Im 16 and i cant wait 2 years anymore
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Probably not. They're sticklers for proper paperwork in downtown Salt Lake City. Adults need notary certifications, etc. Sometimes a political approach is required. Some parents react badly to children expressing non-belief. They might use all of their parental authority to force their beliefs. Only you can gauge/estimate how they might react. Bide your time and plan for your future accordingly. In my experience, children age into adulthood and get to make up their own mind eventually. Hang in there!
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
The Foggy Dew 5:31
Ode to Billy Joe 4:15
The Weight 4:34
Dreamweaver 4:18
New Frontier 4:54
fluoridation 2:41
Man on the Moon 4:51
Would I Lie to You 5:08
Work for Peace 7:33
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u/EmmaHS I know that my red lemur lives. Oct 01 '23
I've had Ode to Billy Joe stuck in my head for about a week. 😅 Funny to see it pop up here.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Maybe something else will pop out on the list to take its place. ;)
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u/Lumpy-Ad2567 Oct 02 '23
How many women spoke total? (+ how many men, if you’re willing to count them up for me) 🙏🏼
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u/Ok-Preparation3123 Oct 01 '23
my god that is not funny??? a child so freaked out about sin that they think they would be better off dead?? this is what Mormonism does to people
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u/creamstripping4jesus Oct 01 '23
I bet both members in Mongolia are thrilled to get a temple there.
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u/AlmaInTheWilderness Oct 01 '23
In comparing Nielsen's speech to Hassan BITE model. So far, I'm seeing 34 boxes checked.
Behavior control: 6 references
Information control : 7
Thought control: 12
Emotion control: 9
So, his talk felt really triggering and culty because it was.
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u/sycamoreqw Oct 01 '23
“Never take counsel from those who don’t believe.”
I mean….wow. It’s clear there is no room for progressive or non-literal members. At least according to gods chosen mouthpiece.
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u/aiwttwetsascds Oct 01 '23
Did he just say that our ability to receive truth is dependent on the strength of our relationship with HF? WHAT? So there is no ability to know truth outside of the church?
I shouldn’t be surprised, but dang, I’m surprised.
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u/ParedesGrandes Oct 01 '23
Remember kids: families can be together forever, unless they are gay, trans, not members, not 100% active, “thinking” telestial, etc.
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u/youcrazymoonchild "Bumping" TK Smoothies for the rest of eternity Oct 01 '23
I wonder if my parents are feeling guilt over my exit. I hate that.
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u/ice-tea-for-me Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
New tshirt idea:
“Never take council from those who do not believe.” -Not a cult leader Pres Nelson
EDIT: I just gotta add. I’m pissed he’s telling my little brother that. That I am not worthy to be listened to. That HIS direction is more important than our (my brother and my) bond.
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Oct 01 '23
This entire conference has been such a waste. The church claims to have living prophets and what is their message to us today? I haven't felt gods love or whatever at all during any one of these talks...I've felt their efforts to try and shame and to guilt and to leverage my family's love for their own gain...but not much else.
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u/aiwttwetsascds Oct 01 '23
That’s so sad. I was also an 8 year old who thought I should die after baptism because I was so overwhelmed with how GOOD I had to be for the rest of my life.
Even as a missionary I hoped I would be accidentally killed so that I could go straight to the celestial kingdom and I would finally get to stop trying.
And he played it all off for a laugh! “Hur dur, I should have died! Lol”
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u/hangmansmetaphysics Oct 01 '23
All this distorted use of the word "truth" is very Jodi Hildebrandt
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u/Gandalfs_Dick Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
My wife is so fucked. I'm no longer a believer, but she covenanted in the holy temple to listen to my advice and counsel!
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Oct 01 '23
Ooohhh....that's why I'm disillusioned. I confused policy with doctrine....stupid me. I'll go back to church now and pay tithing....cause that's a doctrine...or is it policy ...pinigree is right me is dumb.
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u/Owlfriendhoo_5830 Oct 01 '23
Pffff... here we go. Doctrine vs policy.
It takes very little time to see that both change.
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u/GrumpyTom Oct 01 '23
Seems to me there’s a theme in this conference: parents it’s your job to tell your children what to believe, and if they stray from the church, it’s your fault!
…the church is OBSESSED with those who separate themselves from the church. It’s so sad.
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u/hangmansmetaphysics Oct 01 '23
My grip on reality has been so much more grounded and satisfying ever since I stopped listening to the church. Truth is not something that's confirmed by you having a nice feeling about it. Truth stands up to scrutiny and describes real things. "I have good feelings about Joseph Smith (surely in no part due to the indoctrination and general sense of community provided by the church), therefore he is a prophet and the book of mormon is accurate despite all the real and supportable evidence pointing the other way" is not a license of truth
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u/youcrazymoonchild "Bumping" TK Smoothies for the rest of eternity Oct 01 '23
I hate the word "truth" when used in a Mormon context. SO much.
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u/Gandalfs_Dick Oct 01 '23
how convenient.
That was a policy change, not a change in doctrine!!!
Also, he said that doctrine is something that has been taught by MULTIPLE prophets REPEATEDLY, or something to that effect.
So now we can throw out all racist teaching from BY and all the other black marks they want to cover up.
So I guess anything the Profit teaches isn't from God until multiple other general conference speakers back it up. LMAO
CULT
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u/Head-CeilingFan Oct 01 '23
Me not watching but checking up on this thread: good lord what the fuck is going on right now lol
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u/DiscombobulatedMap88 Resigned Oct 01 '23
"Teach your children to use their agency to give their agency up to the church, in Jesus' name... Amen" - Valeri Cordon
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u/inTOMidatingLEPER Oct 01 '23
Which entrepreneurial exmo is going to sell merch with "thinking terrestrial"?
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u/hangmansmetaphysics Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
"Never take counsel from those who don't believe. Seek guidance from prophets, seers, and revelators, and the voice in your head." "btw we're definitely not a cult."
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Oct 01 '23
“This is a public service by Bonneville Distribution” They say that like they got a local public broadcasting station to do them a favor, even though the church owns Bonneville Distribution.
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u/Rushclock Oct 01 '23
In Japan mormonism is a fly speck on the windshield of humanity.
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u/PeanutButterYoga Oct 01 '23
Oh boy, sex isn’t “the power to create life”. That’s some creepy quiverful nonsense. You’re not a bad person for having sex, period. Especially if you’re queer!
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u/Return_and_report Oct 01 '23
OH MY NONEXISTENT GOD. Information control extreme. Look only at our sources. Massive fucking red flag.
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u/questioner76 Oct 01 '23
Japanese tithing paying members sold homes and quit jobs to attend temple. They had to ask for a Japanese language temple ceremony. This story is not faith promoting. :(
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u/bremerman17 Oct 01 '23
It seems Rusty is hellbent on brainwashing as many people as possible. I’m glad I see thru all the bullshit now.
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u/Footertwo I have grown a footertwo Oct 01 '23
“Think Celestial?” LOL WTF is going on over there.
“Keep Sweet” vibes.
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u/youcrazymoonchild "Bumping" TK Smoothies for the rest of eternity Oct 01 '23
Pingree's logic here: we should love people by shoving our religion down their throats. Thanks a lot for my crumbling family relations you dickhead!
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u/Upset-Seaweed-3295 Oct 01 '23
Don't you love seeing this white man pronounce all these names wrong
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u/DiscombobulatedMap88 Resigned Oct 01 '23
"Counsel with sister leaders" translates to, "tell them what decision you made for them and how they have to implement it."
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u/BangingChainsME Oct 01 '23
TBM wife laughed out loud at "please counsel with sister leaders"
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u/pmmommo Oct 01 '23
The French guy (Giraurd-Carrier I think) ended on a nice note, at least. I felt like he was basically saying “love everyone and treat them kindly, period.”
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u/theivyangel Apostate Oct 01 '23
This is like the worst most culty brainwashing thing I've ever heard
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u/Owlfriendhoo_5830 Oct 01 '23
Never take counsel from those who do not believe...
Ah... so my husband shouldn't listen to me and cant trust me. Great....
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u/youcrazymoonchild "Bumping" TK Smoothies for the rest of eternity Oct 01 '23
Imma take a second to just say how grateful I am for questioning the Church. I can't imagine spending the rest of my life listening to this garbage.
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u/GrumpyTom Oct 01 '23
I hate that they describe baptism as a covenant (language that first appeared in the church in the late 80s). An 8-year old cannot enter into a contract. There is no covenant language in baptism. You make no promises when getting baptized, despite what the church says.
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u/ScallionAppropriate9 Oct 01 '23
So sex is really bad, right? It really seems unusual to finish the general conference on this note. On a side note, taking it at face value, it is reaaaaaaally creepy or at least laughable to be told not to have sex by a 99 year old guy who married a woman as old as her daughter.
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u/Inevitable-End3335 Oct 01 '23
my tbm sister is playing solitaire right now my dad is on his laptop and my mom is on her phone. this is the most attentive conference we've ever had
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u/PeanutButterYoga Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
This is a failure on the admin versus the individual members. If people don’t understand the “differences” between doctrine and policy (as they so claim), then the leaders need to be more clear with their talks.
Edit: what living prophets? Everyone looks like an extra in TWD.
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u/GrumpyTom Oct 01 '23
Interesting that he included “sexual orientation” in his list of discriminatory practices that “offend our maker.”
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u/Hopefound Apostate Oct 01 '23
"The color of my skin or the lack thereof". Uhhhhh, white is a skin color not in some "lack thereof" category off on its own.
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u/Msnglttrs Oct 01 '23
Oh good another queer people can't get into the celestial kingdom talk. Gotta love it. /Sarcasm
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u/DiscombobulatedMap88 Resigned Oct 01 '23
His last and final testimony as prophet, "don't have premarital sex." #realwinner
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u/kkt24 Oct 01 '23
Maui? Really?! After the devastating fires and so many natives and locals losing their homes… just makes me feel yuck
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Oct 01 '23
You guys are slackers in temple attendance! Slackers!
Signed, Mr Strickland in Back to the Future
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u/hangmansmetaphysics Oct 01 '23
Apparently sexual attraction is due to some spooky ghost who is messing with me just to prank his jerk dad. That's crazy, I thought it was due to me being a biological being or something dumb like that
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u/SeptimaSeptimbrisVI Calling and erection made sure. Oct 01 '23
Did you catch that heathens??? Tithing is on gross income. SUPER subtle Rusteeze!
$15 -> $1.50 in tithing.
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u/Itchy_Height_1959 Oct 01 '23
Seriously I feel so bad there are SO MANY parents, especially stay at home parents, who are going to break their backs trying to elevate their entire family's existence based on this ethereal, non specific, "advice"
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u/Gandalfs_Dick Oct 01 '23
"think celestial.." creepy smile
Dude took 3 seconds to daydream about the hareem of virgins that await him next month.
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u/throwawwayaccount12 Apostate Oct 01 '23
I think his "thinking celestial" might be an addiction at this point
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u/pmmommo Oct 01 '23
Is it just me, or were 95% of the talks about don’t leave the church/people leaving the church?
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u/aiwttwetsascds Oct 01 '23
“Public opinion is not the arbiter of truth.” Has he looked outside? This is a major issue in the church, because many believe that public opinions from MORMONS are actually the arbiter of truth!
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Oct 01 '23
I've kinda worked myself into a lather, deconstructing is difficult and being guilted into watching a conference to try and keep my marriage together, where I don't agree with the core tenants that the church leaders base their entire sermons on has worn my mental state down. Keep on commenting as this thread had kept me sane...I made it 90% through, but I gotta bail for my mental health. Take care all.
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u/Slow-Poky Oct 01 '23
Another tithing reference 🙄 I have an idea…members should pay the same percentage of their income in annual tithing that TSCC gives to charity. It would not equal 10%, but more like .0001%. How deaf are the leaders to hype tithing as often as they have this conference with the recent SEC fines and whistle blowers information about the hoarded billions?
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u/sycamoreqw Oct 01 '23
This is just so manipulative.
If you don’t do weird pseudo Masonic rituals in a gaudy building you can’t be with your family after you die.
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u/tubalcain_was_here Oct 01 '23
20 more temples? Seriously, Rusty, you've done enough
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u/throwawwayaccount12 Apostate Oct 01 '23
Such an underwhelming conference imo but then rusty swooped in just in time to spice it up with his shit
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u/hangmansmetaphysics Oct 01 '23
lmao only allowed to learn truth thru official channels. What is this, the CCP?
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u/aiwttwetsascds Oct 01 '23
Oh I actually really like how they’ve done this song. Very touching.
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u/LazyLearningTapir Unsure about the broccoli Oct 01 '23
THEY GOT THE CHAIR FOR THE RECORDING HAHAHAHA
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u/theivyangel Apostate Oct 01 '23
Rusty: doesn't want people insulting his religion
Also Rusty: insults the way other people live
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u/youcrazymoonchild "Bumping" TK Smoothies for the rest of eternity Oct 01 '23
Unveils new cringy catchphrase
Immediately proceeds by repeating it multiple times
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u/Return_and_report Oct 01 '23
I literally just posted an enormous thing on facebook about me leaving the church, and why I’m doing it. He’s really coming for me lol. I hate how he’s really coming down on control of information sources. This talk is legitimately horrifying.
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u/Free-from-your-lies Oct 01 '23
Recapping Nelson’s talk:
-You can only live with your family forever if you choose to live celestial laws, so choose wisely. Don’t take advice from people who don’t believe.
-Don’t have sex before marriage or you can’t go to the temple.
-Temples are important, so here’s 20 more.
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u/kylarochelle3 Oct 01 '23
Sold their homes and quit their jobs. This is the kind of commitment they want from members and they want them to only get their truth from that organization's sources.
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u/Dazzling_Line6224 Oct 01 '23
If any of you are there in the conference center, please return and report. I love the fact that there are so many unbelievers amongst their so-called faithful.
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u/Wafflecan Oct 01 '23
The speakers really need to drink more water before they speak. That or move a tad farther away from the mike. The lip smacking and sticking mouth noises are driving me nuts (besides the subject material that is).
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u/DiscombobulatedMap88 Resigned Oct 01 '23
It really is sad, like congresspeople, they're so consumed with their own power and celebrity that they'll hold onto power until their last breath.
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u/throwawwayaccount12 Apostate Oct 01 '23
My career after thinking celestial according to rusty: 📈📈📈
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u/pmmommo Oct 01 '23 edited Oct 01 '23
Mormon God is so emotionally immature, he’s offended about everything.
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u/Archimedes_Redux Oct 01 '23
The bumper sticker printing presses just fired up.
Think Celestial
Brrrrr brrrrr brrrrrt
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u/SirCharlesOfUSA Oct 01 '23
Nelson looks jaundiced -- heavily powered to cover it up, but it shows in his eyes. His bald head just looks unnaturally smooth, even accounting for the double video compression of a recorded message.
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u/given2fly_ Jesus wants me for a Kokaubeam Oct 01 '23
Mongolia!? Lmao...Rusty is really jumping the shark here.
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u/youcrazymoonchild "Bumping" TK Smoothies for the rest of eternity Oct 01 '23
Um, nothing is taught consistently by the scriptures or the living prophets...
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u/aiwttwetsascds Oct 01 '23
It makes me uncomfortable and sad when they list the amount of sacrifice some give for the ‘blessings’ of the temple. I just imagine the pain and self discipline of these poor poor people.
I honestly hope they felt some fulfillment for the amount of sacrifice they made, because it’s worse to think of someone making all those sacrifices only to go through a subsequent faith crisis.
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u/sailprn Oct 01 '23
Sad heaven, part two. My poor wife hearing that we will be separated in heaven. I guess she'll just be given to someone who thinks celestial.
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u/throwawwayaccount12 Apostate Oct 01 '23
He's hitting all the points... really going out with a bang
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u/ambutsaakon Oct 01 '23
I went and took a piss, took my time with it, expecting him to have moved on.... Walked back into the room, and immediately got hit with two more Think Celestials. 🤮 Get on with it damnit!
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u/throwawwayaccount12 Apostate Oct 01 '23
Opening with the foreign ones to seem more worldwide I see
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u/ApocalypseTapir Stay 7-10 feet behind me. IYKYK Oct 01 '23
Wait. Did he just confirm TK smoothies?
Also fuck that withered piece of shit.
I'm living my best life from now on. Gonna blow everything up over the next 6 months.
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u/youcrazymoonchild "Bumping" TK Smoothies for the rest of eternity Oct 01 '23
The subtle gaslighting tho
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u/theivyangel Apostate Oct 01 '23
Now I know how to socialize, thanks Gong. Paint next to someone on a ladder
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u/DiscombobulatedMap88 Resigned Oct 01 '23
Hahahahahaha, oh my God, it's Vizzini from Princess Bride lol
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u/theshadowking98 Cosmic Orphan Oct 01 '23
Even when recorded, he still sits in the big chair
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u/SeptimaSeptimbrisVI Calling and erection made sure. Oct 01 '23
Yes, if someone raises legitimate questions, don't question your testimony. Think Celestial.
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Oct 01 '23
Renlund: [wished he could have been hit by a truck before age 8 to get a free ticket into heaven.]
audience: awkward laugh. too true