CHI #5

CHI #5 Section 4 deals with missionary service. There are a tremendous amount of procedures and regulations which are used to enable the church to have 50,000 plus full time missionaries serving around the world. I am not going to pick through all of the minutia to try and judge what is scriptural and what [...]

Tribal Rituals

The performance of rituals is an integral part of all religions.  A ritual is some repetitive act that takes place at a set time and location.  Rituals also involve the use of symbolic objects, clothing, words, and hand gestures. Everyone Participates in Rituals: For example, going to church on Sunday is a common religious ritual [...]

All About Christmas

The History Channel has done a top notch job at documenting Christmas, from its ancient origins to its current practice. If you ever wanted to know more about this fascinating worldwide holiday, click on any of the following articles and video clips. Christmas (Article – Page 1, Page 2) Christmas is both a sacred religious [...]

Tribal Connections

I started writing this as a comment, but as I continued to write — I decided it would be best to make this into a post of its own. Affecting Change: I was once optimistic that my discussions with people in person and online could affect some greater change in the world at large.  When [...]

Money-free Communities

Many are wary of priestcraft among us.  I am one of them.  I heard an author being interviewed on the radio a few weeks back.  He wrote a compilation of all of the statements Jesus made in the New Testament, organized under about 200 topics.  He spoke about how important it is for “Christians to [...]

New thoughts on prayer

My prayers are largely ineffective Everyone in the gospel has a weakness. Mine is prayer. Although I have received answers to prayer on many occasions, for the most part it has been hit-and-miss. During times of sin, this is understandable, but during times of righteousness, unanswered prayers can be awfully frustrating, especially in the light [...]

The nature of authority: the Lord’s stewardship law

The word steward comes from stigweard, lit., a sty ward. Stigu means sty and weard means warden, guardian. A sty is a pen for swine and a ward is one who guards. A steward, then, is someone who guards or protects or is responsible for something that belongs to another or for someone that serves [...]

CHI #4 Institutional stigmatizing of divorced members

Section 3.5.2 regards marriage in a temple for time only. To be married for time only in a temple is not required for salvation. It really is just a nice service the church offers. I do not agree with the rules the CHI sets up for allowing or disallowing a couple to receive a for [...]