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    Someone suggested this a while back and it is long overdue - a thread to chronicle the changes instigated by church president Russell M. Nelson. He has now been president for one year. It is mind-blowing what he has accomplished in his first year.

    Off the top of my head:

    1. Child protection policies - two deep teaching regardless of sex, parents can sit in on interviews, etc.
    2. HT/VT --> Ministering
    3. Consolidation of EQ/HP --> EQ
    4. Church cutting ties with the BSA
    5. Unified hymn book
    6. Emphasis on CoJCOLDS vs Mormon
    7. Two-hour church
    8. Change in how youth progress between classes and quorums
    9. Significant changes to temple ceremonies
    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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    Was talking to someone last night who attended a talk by Elder Holland in the MTC in December. He said that we haven't seen anything yet and that 2019 will be filled with major changes.
    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
      Was talking to someone last night who attended a talk by Elder Holland in the MTC in December. He said that we haven't seen anything yet and that 2019 will be filled with major changes.
      1 hour church!


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      "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
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      GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
        Haha.

        I don't get this name change thing, but I am giving him a pass because of everything else.
        Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
        Someone suggested this a while back and it is long overdue - a thread to chronicle the changes instigated by church president Russell M. Nelson. He has now been president for one year. It is mind-blowing what he has accomplished in his first year.

        Off the top of my head:

        1. Child protection policies - two deep teaching regardless of sex, parents can sit in on interviews, etc.
        2. HT/VT --> Ministering
        3. Consolidation of EQ/HP --> EQ
        4. Church cutting ties with the BSA
        5. Unified hymn book
        6. Emphasis on CoJCOLDS vs Mormon
        7. Two-hour church
        8. Change in how youth progress between classes and quorums
        9. Significant changes to temple ceremonies
        FIFY.
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        • #5
          Remember when prog-mos were losing their minds because RMN picked DHO over DFU as a counselor in the first presidency? Worried sick that this was going to lead to an ultra-conservative crackdown? Good times.
          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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          • #6
            Thumbs up on the thread title.
            "Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism" - Joseph Smith Jr.

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            • #7
              I have to nitpick a little:

              The hymnbook is only announced. It's going to take some time before it's available and, heaven forbid, President Nelson may not be President when it is finally available. Similarly, many of those initiatives were planned, discussed, trialed, and, yes, prayed over, for some period of time before President Nelson was actually sustained as President.

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              • #8
                Slightly related tangent which should probably go in the pet peeves thread: I hate it when people mispronounce his name as "Nielsen", especially when bearing their testimonies in Sacrament Meeting.

                I'm actually embarrassed for them that they are seemingly incapable of distinguishing between Nelson and Nielsen.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by BigFatMeanie View Post
                  Slightly related tangent which should probably go in the pet peeves thread: I hate it when people mispronounce his name as "Nielsen", especially when bearing their testimonies in Sacrament Meeting.

                  I'm actually embarrassed for them that they are seemingly incapable of distinguishing between Nelson and Nielsen.
                  lol. somebody in my ward did that just last week and i had the same thought. not that difficult.
                  I'm like LeBron James.
                  -mpfunk

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                    Remember when prog-mos were losing their minds because RMN picked DHO over DFU as a counselor in the first presidency? Worried sick that this was going to lead to an ultra-conservative crackdown? Good times.
                    The narrative is always the same:

                    Prog-mo: if only the church would do this or that

                    The church: does this or that.

                    Prog-mo: It's not enough, too little too late.

                    That makes the church irredeemable. In a sense, it's just a denial of the atonement, the past cannot be forgiven under any circumstances.

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                    • #11
                      No statistical reports in general conference.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by BigFatMeanie View Post
                        I have to nitpick a little:

                        The hymnbook is only announced. It's going to take some time before it's available and, heaven forbid, President Nelson may not be President when it is finally available. Similarly, many of those initiatives were planned, discussed, trialed, and, yes, prayed over, for some period of time before President Nelson was actually sustained as President.
                        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                        • #13
                          Do you feel this is an indication how much influence the president has over the workings of the church or do you think TSM and the Lord weren’t on speaking terms.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post
                            No statistical reports in general conference.
                            What? Did they get rid of the audit report, too?
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                            • #15
                              10. Sister missionaries can wear pants.
                              One of the grandest benefits of the enlightenment was the realization that our moral sense must be based on the welfare of living individuals, not on their immortal souls. Honest and passionate folks can strongly disagree regarding spiritual matters, so it's imperative that we not allow such considerations to infringe on the real happiness of real people.

                              Woot

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