Trying to nail down the true numbers of how many missionaries the Church has is like the old saying of trying to nail Jell-O to a wall. Their numbers change with the wind, making it impossible to take anything they say seriously. In January 2015, the LDS Church claimed they had approximately 85,000 missionaries on […]
Tag Archives: Dallin Oaks
Apostle Oaks’ Stunning Admission: No Conversion Experience
Today we’re looking at an LDS Fireside Meeting from 2016 when Mormon apostle Dallin Oaks participated in a Q&A type forum with young adults here in the Puget Sound area. The meeting was recorded and uploaded on both YouTube, and SoundCloud. We retrieved our info from Stuff You Missed in Sunday School. What he said was disturbing because […]
Research not Answer for Doubts
Church News, 2 February 2019“President Oaks acknowledged that some Latter-Saint couples face conflicts over important values and priorities. Matters of Church history and doctrinal issues have led some spouses to inactivity. Some spouses wonder how to best go about researching and responding to such issues. “I suggest that research is not the answer,” he said.” […]
2019 General Conference Talks: ‘Leaders Speak Only Truth’
I suppose this conference wasn’t much different than its predecessors, however, it seems their words go further to confuse than in years past. The blatant lies they tell are a shock to the sensibilities of those who know the true Jesus. The three talks we’ve listed here earned themselves a spot in our series, ‘Worst […]
DUPLICITOUS MOTIVES OF LDS CHURCH
While perusing the LDS website earlier this week, we came across an interesting article. The Church reminded members their apostles have Instagram, and other social network platforms from which they send out quick messages. Just to make it clear, our hearts hurt for Mr. Oaks. He’s either very deceived in believing there’s nothing wrong with […]
In 2018 Mormon Women Still Told to have Kids for Salvation
‘What kind of god…’ General Conference, ‘Truth, and the Plan,’ October 2018 “…we also have a distinctive perspective on children. We look on the bearing and nurturing of children as part of God’s plan and a joyful and sacred duty of those given the power to participate in it.” – Dallin H. Oaks Matthew 22:37-40 “Jesus said […]
General Conference October 2018 Talk Summaries
Today and tomorrow we’ll be looking at a few of the talks given at the semi-annual LDS General Conference. We’ve chosen the topics based purely at what we thought seemed of greater import. The numbering system we’ve assigned to each doesn’t necessarily indicate the order in which the talk was given, rather, it’s to keep […]
General Conference October 2017 Talk Summaries II
Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” If I had to give this conference an overall title, I’d name it ‘The Confounding Contradictions’. The Mormon Church has […]
Provisions of Two Gods
John 14:27; “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” General Conference, ‘Opposition in All Things,’ April 2016; “The purpose of mortal life for the children of God is to provide the […]