tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223497504999189608.post6617802018275423104..comments2023-07-20T05:18:17.630-07:00Comments on Mormon Disclosures: The Lord is HasteningDavid Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09357179418131851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223497504999189608.post-11283937605287046902013-11-08T13:22:37.962-08:002013-11-08T13:22:37.962-08:00I hear what you are saying and I don’t doubt that ...I hear what you are saying and I don’t doubt that a lot, if not all of what you report has genuine merit (i.e., it’s the truth). That being said, the LDS church will always survive because a large contingent of its active membership will ‘allow’ (for lack of a better way to put it) the church to continually re-invent itself. The church in this regard is monolithic and will always be around just like the Roman Catholic church is still going strong in spite of it’s dastardly, tarnished history. I think it will continue to bleed tithe-paying members, but the church is not going to crash and burn. For one thing, it’s the cultural underpinning of many families--even for many (especially Utah) ‘jack’ Mormons. In fact I still tell some of my kids (those who are active) to stick with the church as long as it works for them, or until something better comes along. It just didn’t work for me anymore, and in fact was an unhealthy place to be in many respects. Still, I’m grateful for all the good things the church offered, and don’t have any regrets. I just wish I didn’t buy into the ‘one and only true church’ bit, though. But then had I not, things may have been different in less desirable way. Who knows for sure, anyway, how my life would have turned out had I not been active in the church all those years. But I think it was better for me--then.<br>Me from Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092831822080476254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223497504999189608.post-45225976192320685452013-11-07T20:45:37.081-08:002013-11-07T20:45:37.081-08:00David T-Please stick with credible information if ...David T-<br><br>Please stick with credible information if you want to be believable. More rumor than substance is becoming your style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223497504999189608.post-21787590057857726422013-11-07T04:15:43.479-08:002013-11-07T04:15:43.479-08:00An "inspired church, guided by the Lord Jesus...An "inspired church, guided by the Lord Jesus Christ" requires PR machines, ghost writers, stop gap measures, a flurry of panicked memos and a bevy of snot-nosed 19-year old salesmen. Right. And where in the heck is the top honchos' FAITH? Even if SS LDS Titanic is leaking tons of money, where is their faith that the Lawd won't let them down? Have they lost Joe Smith's mojo? How about that Holy Ghost working his butt off, touching a few millionaires' hearts so that they literally jump into the waters of baptism? Why is he so fussy that he needs to be "invited"? So many questions, too little tithes. - Charles R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com