u/CharlesMendeley

Timestamp 2:01:00 Changes in Bristol Stake announced. Yeovil ward will move back to Bristol Stake as other stakes are merged...

A detailed discussion of the Ensign Peak Advisors shell companies that hide the LDS Church's tremendous wealth.

I highly recommend this rather new channel.

What do you guys think about Jess?

When you watch the video about the LDS Temple ceremony and know a thing or two about Freemasonry, you will see that 80% of this ritual is plagiarized from Freemasonry. How can the Church sue John Dehlin u/johndehlin over the word Mormon and the color blue, when they are stealing logos (square and compasses on their garments), handshakes, knocks, penalties, etc. themselves?

I am wondering if Pastor Jeff and his wife Joy will one day "miraculously" convert to the LDS Church, just as David Boice of "52 Churches - 52 Weeks" miraculously converted because of some birds he saw. It would be the logical continuation of the storyline, since you cannot continue forever with the "on the fence" narrative. E.g., it is interesting to see Jeff attend General Conference for the first time, it's less interesting to see him do the same for the seventh time.

Opinions?

In 2022, Utah launched a pilot program to clean up lost membership records (see video tutoral in the link).

Do you (especially current or former ward clerks) know whether this program was rolled out to other states or even other countries? I have not heard about this after some discussions in 2022.

This recent episode on "Mormonism Live" triggered a new thought in me.

In timestamp 13:37, Dr. Clemens answers the following:

>When you experience trauma in any way, shape, or form, whether it's religious trauma, PTSD from war, whatever it may be, you need high-risk type of behaviors to help downregulate your brain.

In the "Joseph Smith Podcast" with Prof. John G. Turner and u/johndehlin, Turner characterizes Joseph as risk-loving, even addicted to risk taking. This starts with telling people he could find treasure, when he never found one, to making people believe he had golden plates, ..., to taking extreme risks by proposing to daughters of close companions. While Prof. Turner describes it rather as a tendency of having fun or "mirth", my question is: Is this extreme risk taking, which no sane person would take to the extent of Joseph, a sign of trauma?

Traumas to consider:

• Early extreme poverty
• a leg surgery without anesthetics
• Family conflicts over religion
• doomsday / millenarian narratives at the time

Could we explain Joseph's behavior partly as a trauma response?