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The Brethren's most effective tool for covering this hole is the doctrine (espoused by Packer in Preach My Gospel, among other places) that personal revelations and spiritual experiences are not generally meant to be shared, and that by sharing them one loses the trust of the Spirit and the ability...

I accept that according to LDS doctrine he has no right to reveal things by revelation to the Church. Knowing this, I have doubt about his revelations. I also know that attempting to use spiritual gifts from God to attempt to get gain/profit and glory of the world is called priestcraft. Peddling th...

This really is fun to watch, isn't it? It is interesting that you have good and faithful members of the church like Meldrum actually believing the scriptures and the prophets being excoriated by the apologists who necessarily must reject the scriptures and the prophets to advance their theories. And...

If that was all it took then how come Oliver Cowdery wasn't able to get very far and was counseled to study it out in his mind? Interesting question. Let's explore it. If Joseph Smith were a true prophet in actual communication with God, and God told him that Oliver Cowdery could translate, and Jos...

ESL for God. Kolobian is his native language. No, no, it's Arabic, according to my wife and 1.3 billion of her fellow Muslims. Either way, it ain't God's fault--he could only give Joseph words that Joseph knew and understood, so God was limited by Joseph's language abilities. That's why there are o...

Joseph Smith made bold declarations of 'fact' about Book of Mormon/Nephite/Lamanite locations, people and events. He stated that all Truth was part of the Gospel he taught and part of the Church he was leading. What happened? The Bible has hundreds of locations/events/people that can be accounted f...

I've heard this name a bit. We have a Meldrum family in my sister ward, so I'm wondering about this guy. Who is he? What is his background? What is his schtick, that he's on the apologist radar? m m m His theories buck against the prevailing opinions of the FARMS folks and many at FAIR. Hope this h...

The Nehor wrote:
Just noticed you live in Dallas. I'm going to jump on the bandwagon. Wanna go to lunch sometime?

I'd love to. You can PM me or email me at equalitytime@gmail.com. Thanks for the invite.

The Nehor wrote:

Equality wrote:Care to elaborate on your eloquent retort?

No, just denying your assertion as unproved.

Which one? That Marriott is one of the country's largest purveyors of porn? Or that there is a building named the Marriott Center at the BYU? Or that Marriott has never been disciplined for his porn-peddling?

I don't think the context of the question supports your interpretation, The Nehor. The reporter said that churches in his country "publish their budgets" to the public. And then he asks why the LDS church can't do it. In fact, the LDS church in England does have to do this to comply with t...