The Mormons fasted on April 10th. Nearly a month later, Elohim the Kolobian apparently heard their prayers and announced it’s time to reopen the temples as the US reopens from quarantine despite the rise in reported cases.
Thoughts On Contradictions Within Mormon Doctrine, Culture, and History
The Mormons fasted on April 10th. Nearly a month later, Elohim the Kolobian apparently heard their prayers and announced it’s time to reopen the temples as the US reopens from quarantine despite the rise in reported cases.
Was it your pride that failed to impact the virus? Was yesterday just a test of your faith? Or did you not starve yourself enough? Maybe God didn’t care about your fast because he invented the virus and wants people to die? Maybe there is no God and you’re living in a self imposed prison of belief and shame for no reason?
This conference was a big fat nothing burger, garnished with outdated platitudes, homophobic fear-mongering, vapid deepities to console the credulous, and a slice of homemade 19th century American frontier morality.
Christians, you can have your manipulative and capricious god. I’d rather not worship something that sends plagues and then lifts them when enough people grovel and beg that please, for the love of god, stop it. That’s an abusive relationship I don’t need in my life.
One might ask the question then why the precautionary earthquake measures weren’t taken sooner? Why didn’t Mr. Nelson foresee the earthquake today which has been one of the top three biggest earthquakes in Utah’s modern history, and the largest earthquake since the early 1990’s?
Imagine if you will, a scenario where a student chooses to attend BYU for any other reason than because they love strict archaic rules based on a church doctrine formed from a 19th century worldview that has ever so slowly changed over time from immense social pressure but remains intact by hateful octogenarians who long for the good old days when Blacks couldn't have the priesthood and women were regarded only as baby making machines. I know I'm asking a lot of you right now, but bare with me.
How can you remove an entire section of the Honor Code and then claim it still applies?
The executive director of the Correlation Department wanted to clarify that transgender members and investigators are "welcome to attend our meetings and that we should create a warm, welcoming environment" where they will then be graciously denied the saving ordinances to return to their Heavenly Father. He also clarifies that roles in the church are specific to whether or not you were born with a penis between your legs.
You may also be thinking, "the church is taking money from the poor so it can amass money!" But don't worry, Bishop Waddell reassures us that's not the case. Well, if they said it, I guess I don't have to worry about it! Case closed!
On January 3, 2020 when the area presidency called on members to pray for rain, rain was in the extended forecast for most days of the month. It still is, in fact, and listed precipitation forecast is "wetter than normal".