I learned in church today

[Pheidippides]

The Krakatoa eruptions of 1883 actually took place in the years leading up to the first vision. Indeed, the harvesting difficulties experienced on the Smith farm were due to the weather effects of this cataclysmic event, resulting in July snowfalls in upstate New York. From the mouth of the bishop.

He's probably right, except it's Tambora, not Krakatoa. Right idea, wrong volcano.

[Moliere]

The GD teacher brought a branch to class and asked what it was. In a moment of weakness of curtailing my tongue, I blurted out "a divining rod?" Hey, we are studying church history right?

[Pheidippides]

The GD teacher brought a branch to class and asked what it was. In a moment of weakness of curtailing my tongue, I blurted out "a divining rod?" Hey, we are studying church history right?

Lol, awesome.

We also mentioned divining rods, or, rather, the Gospel Doctrine instructor did. He was making a point about superstitious folk magic belief of the Smith family - divining rods, alchemy, astrology, etc. Then he passed around four versions of the First Vision and we discussed.

I think he got the idea from somebody on here.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Lol, awesome.

We also mentioned divining rods, or, rather, the Gospel Doctrine instructor did. He was making a point about superstitious folk magic belief of the Smith family - divining rods, alchemy, astrology, etc. Then he passed around four versions of the First Vision and we discussed.

I think he got the idea from somebody on here.

Jealous. Our GD lesson was boring.

[Colly Wolly]

He's probably right, except it's Tambora, not Krakatoa. Right idea, wrong volcano.

Surely his inability to keep his volcanic eruptions straight tarnishes his ecclesiastical credibility.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I learned that we are to prepare ourselves to wage a battle with secular humanists and militant atheists. Those humanists sound wimpy, but I am a little nervous about those militant atheists.

What exactly is a militant atheist anyway?

[Indy Coug]

I learned that we are to prepare ourselves to wage a battle with secular humanists and militant atheists. Those humanists sound wimpy, but I am a little nervous about those militant atheists.

What exactly is a militant atheist anyway?

Madalyn Murray O'Hair. It's OK though because someone already took care of her.

[Moliere]

I learned that Christ's heart burst in the garden of gethsemane and that that's when he died. That is how he bled from every pore and why only water came out when they threw a spear through his side.

I wonder how he talked and walked while dead

[Joe Public]

I learned that Christ's heart burst in the garden of gethsemane and that that's when he died. That is how he bled from every pore and why only water came out when they threw a spear through his side.

I wonder how he talked and walked while dead

I think Talmage says that in Jesus the Christ.

[Pheidippides]

Jealous. Our GD lesson was boring.

It helps when you are the teacher.

[Pheidippides]

I learned that we are to prepare ourselves to wage a battle with secular humanists and militant atheists. Those humanists sound wimpy, but I am a little nervous about those militant atheists.

What exactly is a militant atheist anyway?

I think they are up in Montana or Northern Idaho somewhere.

[thesaint258]

Agreed. I'm cooled down a bit now. However, the message comes from the stake, as prior experience indicates, and that concerns me. I think the family bit was ad libbed but the message of stake conference (which, again, I won't be attending) is from higher than the HC.

Just send along that talk when President Hinckley said what our general priorities should be with a note saying that President Hinckley disagrees.

[doctorcoug]

I learned that Christ's heart burst in the garden of gethsemane and that that's when he died. That is how he bled from every pore and why only water came out when they threw a spear through his side.

I wonder how he talked and walked while dead

I got in an argument a year ago in priesthood for suggesting that jesus didn't bleed from every pore. It really was unique to hear the response that jesus made an enormous amount of blood that night so he could bleed from every pore.

via a galaxy s3 far far away

[Pheidippides]

Just send along that talk when President Hinckley said what our general priorities should be with a note saying that President Hinckley disagrees.

Apparently it got worse after I walked out. The HC, on instructions from the SP, had everybody sustain Stake Conference. My wife abstained. I would have opposed, had I been there. I was that mad, although my wife and I have spent the last 30 minutes laughing about it.

In a temple recommend interview after church, my wife told the bishop (a good friend of ours) that I had walked out and that she though the entire thing was wrong. Good for her. If we were on the fence about going before, we're definitely taking Mormon Spring Break now.

[Moliere]

Apparently it got worse after I walked out. The HC, on instructions from the SP, had everybody sustain Stake Conference. My wife abstained. I would have opposed, had I been there. I was that mad, although my wife and I have spent the last 30 minutes laughing about it.

In a temple recommend interview after church, my wife told the bishop (a good friend of ours) that I had walked out and that she though the entire thing was wrong. Good for her. If we were on the fence about going before, we're definitely taking Mormon Spring Break now.

The Second Mormon Reformation is alive and well. I'm surprised he isn't suggesting that everyone get rebaptized.