by Dan Wees | Jun 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“TK: So, if I had never been to the temple and received the Endowment, along with its Signs and Tokens, I could never go to ‘Outer Darkness’ with Satan and his angels? “TBM: That’s right, only the temple endowed can go to ‘Outer Darkness.’ “TK: Then, why did I ever go...
by Dan Wees | Jun 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I remember as a kid preparing talks for church and searching for stories, or experiences, that I hoped would be so touching that people would cry. For some reason, I thought that emotion meant I gave a good talk. Luckily I grew up and out of that. Poor Elder...
by Dan Wees | Jun 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Elder Jeffrey Holland issues a plea to maintain your faith in the LDS church and uses the wedge of a mother’s love to help manipulate one in cementing their obedience… “‘Jeff,’ he said, ‘however painful it is going to be for me to stand before God, I...
by Dan Wees | Jun 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Trigger reasons for apostasy from ‘Zelph on the Shelf’… “President Hinckley falling for the neocons’ shock and awe in Iraq. No president…it was not a war with great armies lined up in battle. No, soldiers are not contractually bound to...
by Dan Wees | Jun 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Trigger reasons for apostasy from ‘Zelph on the Shelf’… “It was such a simple thing that caused me to first start to question everything. I was chatting with a coworker. Somehow the topic of silly religions came up, after which I commented how,...
by Dan Wees | May 31, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Trigger reasons for apostasy from ‘Zelph on the Shelf’… “There were a number of things that paved the way for my questioning prior to my first overt, conscious question of the church. “I came of age on the east coast and was somewhat of a liberal...
