2014 April General Conference Thread

[Blueintheface]

That John Dehlin's full of shit, man. - Lloyd Christmas

[Pheidippides]

And FYI, the new Sunday School curriculum is already complete.

And that curriculum was no doubt run through the correlation committee. I think the reaction is more based on him being a hardliner than anything else.

Does anybody know what the SS President on a general level actually does? The SS President at a ward level rings the bell and has a lesson ready to give; maybe he will just control the light on the podium in the conference center and have a prepared talk in case Bednar gets laryngitis?

[Green Monstah]

One of my first callings that I remember was a counselor to the SS President. I had the calling for about 6 months but don't remember doing anything other than go to a couple of meetings. Best calling I ever had.

I was just called as 2nd Counselor...unfortunately, the President is the fulltime CES employee for the region, so we have weekly meetings, rolls are meticulously kept, teacher in-service meetings are planned, and weekly emails are drafted and distributed. I just want to ring the damn bell and go home.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Mordor.

[kccougar]

And that curriculum was no doubt run through the correlation committee. I think the reaction is more based on him being a hardliner than anything else.

Does anybody know what the SS President on a general level actually does? The SS President at a ward level rings the bell and has a lesson ready to give; maybe he will just control the light on the podium in the conference center and have a prepared talk in case Bednar gets laryngitis?

Tweet Mark Durrant.

[kccougar]

I also like how Elder Callister has been labeled a 'hardliner' after one Ensign article.

[Pheidippides]

Mordor.

Literary (okay, film) allusion aside, you haven't heard that term used yet?

[Donuthole]

In other words, I've shifted from Mormon to New Order Mormon to Exmormon, and I'm trying to now make the shift to Guy Who Has No Interest in Mormons Any More Than He Has Interest in Jehovah's Witnesses. (My secretary is one, and she's cool; I just know not to expect her to celebrate birthdays and holidays).

Have you picked a date for your departure from BYU fandom and CS.com? I presume those will be necessary to realize the next step.

[byu71]

In response to this exact idea, the following image has been circulating (language warning): http://i.imgur.com/sas1aKI.png.

It's tougher than it seems to leave it alone. You don't just walk out of Mordor, to use a cynical phrase. My Mormon upbringing and first 20 or so years of adulthood are not going away any time soon. And I still have to carefully navigate one side of the family. But I will say that things are much better and I am much happier than 6 months ago, and I expect that in a couple years I won't care at all.

In other words, I've shifted from Mormon to New Order Mormon to Exmormon, and I'm trying to now make the shift to Guy Who Has No Interest in Mormons Any More Than He Has Interest in Jehovah's Witnesses. (My secretary is one, and she's cool; I just know not to expect her to celebrate birthdays and holidays).

I am not saying there wouldn't be an interest and some lingering dissapointment in what was promised and what you felt you received. As a "in general" believing mormon, I have never heard comments from you that I felt were confrontational or demeaning. Nor have I ever thought you were demeaning the church in order to justify what you chose to do.

You are not one I would say, "seems like he can't quite let it go".

[All-American]

Have you picked a date for your departure from BYU fandom and CS.com? I presume those will be necessary to realize the next step.

Niku is nice enough not to bite back when somebody makes jabs at his wife. Why don't we respect that?

[YOhio]

Have you picked a date for your departure from BYU fandom and CS.com? I presume those will be necessary to realize the next step.

IIRC, he kind of already did. I think LSU is his favorite team now.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Literary (okay, film) allusion aside, you haven't heard that term used yet?

Of course. And I groan every time.

[I.J. Reilly]

IIRC, he kind of already did. I think LSU is his favorite team now.

Houston should be annexed by Louisiana already.

[Pheidippides]

Have you picked a date for your departure from BYU fandom and CS.com? I presume those will be necessary to realize the next step.

Funny story about that: I lost my sunglasses during my triathlon on Sunday (fell into a portajohn). I have a big bike event this weekend so I went out shopping for a new pair, and ended up customizing a set. Anybody care to guess the color scheme?

BYU will always be my alma mater. And people here will always be my friends, for the most part.

[Donuthole]

Niku is nice enough not to bite back when somebody makes jabs at his wife. Why don't we respect that?

nik's a big boy, although I'm sure he appreciates your defense. That, by the way, was not a jab at Mrs. nik, but a jab at the apparently common practice of picking a date to leave.