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    2015 April Conference Thread

    Conference has already started and there is no related thread. This board is slipping.

    With this conference being the 20th anniversary of the Family Proclamation, and with the Supreme Court about to make marriage equality a reality, this conference is shaping up to be a doozy. The Women's Conference already came out of the gate hard with the RS Prezy inviting all women to "boldly defend the Proclamation". There were also several calls to stand for Traditional Families....although no one ever really defined a traditional family other than a married man and woman (which is why I'll never bake a cake for a single Mormon woman).

    I thought this was a good blog post, which isn't something I generally would say on something from fMh: http://www.feministmormonhousewives....family-values/

    The difficult truth is that “Christian family values” are nothing more or less than this: my enemy is my family. The person I hate, the person I judge, the person I cannot understand is my family. My oppressor is my family. The beggar in the street is my family. The prostitute on the corner is my family. The thief in prison is my family. The social outcast is my family. The sinner, the wretch, the leech, the hypocrite, the “Other”…these are my family.

    And to the extent that I value “my own” at the expense of the wellbeing of the least of these, I have no place in the family of God.
    So what predictions/prophesies are there from this board?
    "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf
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    I wonder if Pres Monson will be well enough to speak.
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    • #3
      With this conference being the 20th anniversary of the Family Proclamation
      Wow, it doesn't seem that long ago to me.
      "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
      "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
      - SeattleUte

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      • #4
        Will any new temples be announced or are they holding back for now? How many and who will be new GA,s auxillories? Tom will probably speak. Other than that few new announcements. I can go between final four and priesthood meeting in own home though.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Moliere View Post

          So what predictions/prophesies are there from this board?
          I predict that some here will post excessively critical comments about church leaders and their GC talks on this board, yet in Sundays to come they'll bear testimony about the prophetic callings of those same leaders.

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          • #6
            I won't be watching, but I would appreciate it if someone could count the number of Easter themed talks. TIA.
            Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
            God forgives many things for an act of mercy
            Alessandro Manzoni

            Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.

            pelagius

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            • #7
              Originally posted by pellegrino View Post
              I won't be watching, but I would appreciate it if someone could count the number of Easter themed talks. TIA.
              Sure, I'll accept this priesthood assignment!

              My prediction is that one of the twelve will not speak due to age/illness. Not sure if it will be Packer, Hales or Scott.
              "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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              • #8
                Holy crap!!! They challenged people to defend traditional marriage and reiterated the stance against gay marriage??? I didn't think they would ever go there but now they have.

                This IS a doozy. The gloves have come off for this session apparently, and now that they are off, nothing is off limits.

                based on stuff that I've read on pro Mormon subreddits, don't be shocked to hear a bomb dropped on Sunday morning as the First Presidency starts talking sh** about genealogy.
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                • #9
                  I saw a blog were someone was suggesting Emeritus status for apostles. Doubt it will happen. Besides Benson and Kimball I think. The last incapacitated apostle for some time before death was Marin G. Romney. If he outlived Benson that would f been interesting. The rest were alert tell just before death even if they physically were not able to do much. Don,t know HS much. Of the dy to dy work of the Twelve Boyd does now. Sure goes to Thusday temple meeting. Bob seems to be. Getting a little healthier.will probably be next Apostles to work on other side of the veil.

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                  • #10
                    President Uchtdorf will mention something about the suicide pilot who worked for the airline he used to work for.

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                    • #11
                      The word "supernal" will be used in three different talks. It will be used once, confidently, by President Packer, once by a member of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the 70, and once by an obscure 70 with a thick accent, who recognizes that this is his one shot at glory and that he had better not screw it up. A bead of sweat will be glistening on his forehead when he uses it.

                      Then the word will go back into hibernation, not making another appearance until October.
                      Nothing lasts, but nothing is lost.
                      --William Blake, via Shpongle

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Harry Tic View Post
                        The word "supernal" will be used in three different talks. It will be used once, confidently, by President Packer, once by a member of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the 70, and once by an obscure 70 with a thick accent, who recognizes that this is his one shot at glory and that he had better not screw it up. A bead of sweat will be glistening on his forehead when he uses it.

                        Then the word will go back into hibernation, not making another appearance until October.
                        Bold.
                        I'm like LeBron James.
                        -mpfunk

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Harry Tic View Post
                          The word "supernal" will be used in three different talks. It will be used once, confidently, by President Packer, once by a member of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the 70, and once by an obscure 70 with a thick accent, who recognizes that this is his one shot at glory and that he had better not screw it up. A bead of sweat will be glistening on his forehead when he uses it.

                          Then the word will go back into hibernation, not making another appearance until October.
                          So is supernal is the new efficacy? I think both are words that Talmage made up during his long, lonely days in the upper room.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by chrisrenrut View Post
                            So is supernal is the new efficacy? I think both are words that Talmage made up during his long, lonely days in the upper room.
                            According to lds.org, the word was first used in General Conference in 1975 (Boyd!) and became de rigueur in the early- to mid-2000s. It has lost a bit of ground since then, but I stand by my prediction.
                            Nothing lasts, but nothing is lost.
                            --William Blake, via Shpongle

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Harry Tic View Post
                              The word "supernal" will be used in three different talks. It will be used once, confidently, by President Packer, once by a member of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the 70, and once by an obscure 70 with a thick accent, who recognizes that this is his one shot at glory and that he had better not screw it up. A bead of sweat will be glistening on his forehead when he uses it.

                              Then the word will go back into hibernation, not making another appearance until October.
                              I challenge your supernal with a importune.

                              Winner can bask in the sun for a season.

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