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Godot
10/18/2024 08:56:28 pm
I laughed out loud several times while reading this post. I’ve certainly missed your prose.
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Tim Merrill
10/21/2024 04:31:36 pm
GODOT, you are right, of course: while I was focused on faith and fear, we could extend the same reasoning to ideology's effect on THOUGHT itself. Your comments helped me see how widely this goes.
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D Majors
10/19/2024 06:27:57 am
Thank you for writing this. This testimony really points out how critical cognitive dissonance is to members of the Church.
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Tim Merrill
10/21/2024 04:53:28 pm
D MAJORS, I like how you mentioned the Grey Town, as if life -- having lost its hue -- had became a bleak dreamscape for those under the spell of spiritual Ambien.
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Ruth
10/19/2024 10:04:24 am
“Jesus something….Jesus something…” laughing out loud!!
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Tim Merrill
10/22/2024 11:46:38 am
RUTH, you've asked a great question (a difficult question): "Why stay in the Church then?" This is something I have given much thought; I've spent years pondering the sedimentary layers of it. As you've mentioned, we have children to consider. "Think of the children!"
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Tim Merrill
10/22/2024 11:57:30 am
PART 2:
GCNESLO
10/19/2024 04:56:41 pm
What a conundrum…only trust prophets who don’t prophesy, seers who don’t see, and revelators who don’t reveal anything.
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Tim Merrill
10/22/2024 03:52:49 pm
GCNESLO, I am glad you've been reminding us of the Savior's teachings in 3 Nephi 27, which takes us to the heart of the gospel. I happened to read that chapter this morning with my family.
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Ryan J
10/21/2024 09:18:40 pm
“Where are our revelators? What are our seers doing? We have made ideologues our revelators; we have politicos as prophets. Truly did Isaiah see our day when he said:”
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Tim Merrill
10/23/2024 01:24:57 pm
RYAN J, thank you for sharing a little bit of your spiritual awakening with us. Your experiences are relatable to me, having gone through something similar. As you said, the scriptures were instrumental in helping me to see through the fog and mists of manmade rules and commandments.
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Ryan J
10/23/2024 05:56:16 pm
From Eureka, God definitely has a sense of humor.
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Ryan J
10/24/2024 09:39:37 am
I hope this post from the Isaiah Institute may add to and help our understanding. I definitely can relate to the dream and am hopeful of the outcome.
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Tim Merrill
10/24/2024 04:51:36 pm
Thanks Ryan; the Isaiah Institute has done a lot of good by shining a light on Isaiah's writings, I appreciate that community. And I love that dream! (The other dream I always think about is Joseph's "last dream" about the Barn and future of the Church. My reflection on it:)
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L
10/24/2024 12:18:54 pm
Tim, I can only say amen. You have such a gift for bringing truth to light in a loving way. Thank you.
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Tim Merrill
10/24/2024 05:22:38 pm
L, thank you for being leaven!
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Clark Burt
10/25/2024 05:55:43 am
I have read this post twice and the comments as they keep coming, and have been edified by all. The only thing I can add are a few questions: Is faith the remedy? If so, how do we obtain faith in Christ? Faith comes by hearing and hearing (His voice) in His words. Only by receiving the word of God, which makes the word of God the only remedy. It is Christ's words that will tell us ALL that we must do. You have given us a motivation of why we should FEAST upon His words.
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Tim Merrill
10/25/2024 03:35:47 pm
CLARK, thank you; this week it's been all about FEAST and yeast! As one of the "least of these," my heart has been filled.
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MJ
10/28/2024 11:36:48 pm
Thank you dear brother ❤️ Your messages and comments have edified me and restored my hope.
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Tim Merrill
10/29/2024 04:15:24 pm
MJ, thank you; you've pointed us to the thing we all need: "hope." One of the best protections we have against negative spiritual entities is our brightness of hope.
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