Oct 10, 2012

Episode 215: October 2012 General Conference Saturday Sessions

Heather and Clay host reviews of the Saturday sessions of General Conference. Panelists include Megan, Chris, Greg, and Allen.

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Rodwell/100002930867838 Jack Rodwell

can anyone who has been to the temple tell me if newnamenoah videos on youtube are real. if so how would one sneak cameras in there for the endowment ceremony baptisms for the dead?

http://www.richardharris.no Richard of Norway

Yes, they are real. I have no idea how he does it or how one would record the baptismal ceremony but it’s really not that special or unique. Basically, if you’ve seen any Mormon baptism, that’s what it is in the temple, except in a special font (pool) above 12 oxen and done over, and over, and over again – each time for a different name.
SpannerNZ

One of nnn’s videos already shows baptisms for the dead. Sorry I don’t know which one. I had a look at several and in at least one of them he shows young people being baptised in the temple font. – It looks like the person with the camera sort of takes a wander around the temple, getting a few shots other than the endowment ceremony.

Robert Saladino

they’re big issues
http://www.facebook.com/people/Greg-Rockwell/100000882770623 Greg Rockwell

Well, just the chutzpah required to use Mark Hoffman and the Salamander Letter as an example of why you shouldn’t have your faith swayed by discomfiting information…

I was floored by that.

http://twitter.com/seekgood Seeking Goodness

Just wanted to throw out there about Larry Echohawk (I used to work with him at the BYU Law School, seemed like a nice guy). It was kind of a big deal when he was made a General Authority because he technically had a position in the Obama Administration, as the head of United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. Adds an interesting perspective to his talk, in my opinion.

shortynotreally

A TBM friend told me about his talk, about how he called out Native Americans as Lamanites. I said, “The Church is still claiming that?” And he was like, “What do you mean?” And I dropped the topic but decided to go read the talk asap. Now that I’ve read it, I think it’s a very clever talk. The wording is fascinating. A casual listener would infer that he is indeed making the Lamanite/American Indian connection. But a careful reading shows that he never directly claims the direct lineage. I think a PR scrubbing kept it technically clean.

Mark

;Quentin Cook said that people who have historical problems with the church have found info on “the internet” that has either been exaggerated or completely made up. For him to categorize these issues that way is horribly dishonest- I have zero doubt that he is well aware that the damning info is found in church sources and it is solid. Instead of addressing one or two of the most problematic issues and explaining how people are misinterpreting things, he just blames it on “the internet” in an effort to keep more people from going there. He should seriously have his temple recommend yanked for that kind of dishonesty.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1740716578 Carol Mellen Munro

I know this happens all the time that LDS General Authorities receive credit for quotes and stories they share. FYI the starfish story you talked about is from “The Star Thrower” by Loren Eiseley
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