I learned in church today

[Sleeping in EQ]

I never ever read a Sunday School or Priesthood lesson. I almost always read my talks. I can speak extemporaneously, but, my talks now are careful weavings of multiple sources into a narrative that I want to remain the way I prepared it beforehand. Plus, I'm usually asked to speak on something by looking awry at it, so I have to be careful to not adlib my way into a court of love.

We are kindred, wuap.

[hostile]

you are getting warmer!

Baby steps.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Baby steps.

Control your kid, lazy!

[wuapinmon]

I don't think that's what they meant. We have all sat through those youth talks where they read an article out of the New Era, right?

Yes, indeed. Luckily though, they're only 3-5 mins. Highcouncilmen reading 30-minute talks are infinitely worse. But, my talks are not those kinds.

We are kindred, wuap.

Perhaps even literally given my grandmother's ancestry.

[clackamascoug]

The church is a billion pound mass moving in one direction, there's no way a letter is going to have any short or long term effect on a course change. One of the best examples of this was 30 years ago when the church requested that we no longer call them "missionary splits." Too negative, we need to call them "Missionary Exchanges." 10 years later they reiterated the "exchange" for splits. Everytime I hear "new bishoprics" use the phrase "missionary splits" I've come to realize that there's nobody at the wheel.

[Sullyute]

The church is a billion pound mass moving in one direction, there's no way a letter is going to have any short or long term effect on a course change. One of the best examples of this was 30 years ago when the church requested that we no longer call them "missionary splits." Too negative, we need to call them "Missionary Exchanges." 10 years later they reiterated the "exchange" for splits. Everytime I hear "new bishoprics" use the phrase "missionary splits" I've come to realize that there's nobody at the wheel.

You might want to rethink that...
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[Jeff Lebowski]

You might want to rethink that...
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[scottie]

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[San Juan Sun]

So the people that need to sit quietly with kids in Sac are better parents with weaker testimonies. I'm going to need a flow chart eventually.

Don't forget that their children are usually dull and less intelligent.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Don't forget that their children are usually dull and less intelligent.

Where's the flow chart dammit? So BFM has the keys to being a better parent, but it screws your kids and makes you have a smaller testimony. Got it.

[BigFatMeanie]

Where's the flow chart dammit? So BFM has the keys to being a better parent, but it screws your kids and makes you have a smaller testimony. Got it.

Well behaved kids > Smart Kids
Well behaved kids > Testimony

[wally]

Well behaved kids > Smart Kids
Well behaved kids > Testimony

Well behaved kids are usually waiting for some moment in the future to just go absolutely wild. I mean, just snap and go batshit crazy. I hope that are keeping your blood pressure in check for that eventuality.

[creekster]

Well behaved kids are usually waiting for some moment in the future to just go absolutely wild. I mean, just snap and go batshit crazy. I hope that are keeping your blood pressure in check for that eventuality.

This is possibly true. I am told we should let them booze and carouse at will so they get it our of their system and can therefore avoid all such problems later in life.

[byu71]

This is possibly true. I am told we should let them booze and carouse at will so they get it our of their system and can therefore avoid all such problems later in life.

I don't know if there are any real answers as to how to predict how one will turn out. I guess there are the "odds are....." answers.

I was talking to one of my fraternity brothers the other day and we were talking about the wild and crazy guys who are now in church leadership positions. We of course also talked about the ones that were straight arrow RM's who were embarassed about the things the wild and crazy guys were doing. Some of them have left the church and have led some pretty on the edge lives.

However, I will bet those were the exceptions. Most of the straight arrows probably remained straight arrows.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Well behaved kids > Smart Kids
Well behaved kids > Testimony

I can see why your testimony is so weak. I'd rather my kids developed a testimony than anything else I can think of. Having kids be mindless drones who do what they are told probably works out well for them to be good employees of a big company and stay active in church without ever questioning anything.