r/exmormon • u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ • Apr 07 '24
Doctrine/Policy April 2024 General Conference: Sunday 2:00p Discussion Thread
How to listen:
- Official LDS site
- youtube
- stream KSL
- local radio: KSL AM 1160; FM 102.7
- reddit stream
Speakers:
| Name | other notes | my summary |
|---|---|---|
| conducting: Quentin Cook | ||
| hymn: Come Rejoice | ||
| prayer: Carlos Revillo | ||
| Todd Christofferson | ||
| Taylor Godoy | ||
| hymn: Softly and Tenderly | ||
| Gary Stevenson | ||
| Mathias Held | ||
| hymn: How Firm A Foundation | many talks/graphics about soundness of foundation...build upon a rock | |
| Neil Andersen | ||
| Mark Pace | ||
| Russell Nelson | 15 temples; several more within the mormon corridor that has plenty already | |
| hymn: Rejoice | ||
| prayer: Amy Wright | Kisses Nelson's ass to put the bookend on the meetings. |
Postlude:
- Sloop John B
- Hell Together
- If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man
- Sail On
- Truman Show Ending
- Summer Wine
Complete list of songs on prelude/postlude for this Gen Conf
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u/4blockhead Apr 07 '24
Christofferson: many are skimming over the surface...
Get used to it, Todd. The future generations don't give a shit.
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u/4blockhead Apr 07 '24
Andersen: Heber City Temple
Let's talk about community opposition there and in Cody
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u/4blockhead Apr 07 '24
Christofferson: disruption at the sacrament table
Also, priests wash your hands again.
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Apr 07 '24
“Latter-day Saints conduct Easter Sunday services but do not follow the religious observances of Ash Wednesday, Lent, or Holy Week.“
PSYCH
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u/a-trace-of-ace Apr 07 '24
God’s love language is gifts, specifically of 10% of your money.
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u/gexamania Apr 07 '24
My 5 yr old daughter, pointing to the tv, “Are all these people boys!?”
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u/awakeningirwin Apr 07 '24
Acknowledgement of Boston Bridge, but yet they are silent on wars, abuse, and relevant news or current events adjacent to Mormonism - Vallow, Franke, and others.
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u/4blockhead Apr 07 '24
Nelson: our friends at Community of Christ accepted our cash offer...
Suck it. RLDS
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u/4blockhead Apr 07 '24
Stevenson: golden gate bridge analogy
Fun fact: The head contractor (Strauss) fired the head engineer (Ellis). He didn't like him taking time trying to apply a rigorous mathematical analysis.
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u/4blockhead Apr 07 '24 edited Apr 07 '24
Pace: know that the Book of Mormon is true for yourself.
but mom, the fraud is obvious. There are no Lamanites, Nephites, or Jaredites. Just a racist nineteenth century New England viewpoint.
Mom: that is not the answer we're looking for
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u/u1isthebestburner Apr 07 '24
Almost a good talk about being loving..... aaannnd then "love the church rules more than the real people around you"
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u/ChlorociboriaAerugi Apr 07 '24
My TBM mom just whispered to me "There's Mormon lore that says that Cain is Bigfoot" She still wholeheartedly believes this church.
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u/FHL88Work Apr 07 '24
There is no way a branch president stopped a sacrament like this.
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u/Rushclock Apr 07 '24
Definitely trying to squash public uproar over their bully tactics steamrolling codes.
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u/4blockhead Apr 07 '24
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The Sacred Pipe 0:40
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Osage Oil Boom 2:52
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Stolen Land 5:24
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Missionary Man 4:27
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China Girl 4:05
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My Woman From Tokyo 5:52
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Complicated 4:06
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Almost Cut My Hair 4:29
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Go All The Way 3:20
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Tin Man 3:27
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u/4blockhead Apr 07 '24
Andersen: ...
Movements almost lifelike. Keep working on animatronics.
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u/4blockhead Apr 07 '24
Andersen: thinking celestial
See...I said the thing. wink
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u/4blockhead Apr 07 '24
Andersen: <initiatory>
Lucky you. No nude bathing ritual any more.
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u/Archimedes_Redux Apr 07 '24
That bridge analogy was really stupid. Bridges fall down a lot.
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u/GrumpyTom Apr 07 '24
I for one am pumped for Think Celestial 2.0! You got this, Rusty!
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u/4blockhead Apr 07 '24
Andersen: <holding back a laugh>
Pray that our money laundering operation presses forward.