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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Personally, I think this goes back to the theory that members are increasingly reluctant to share spiritual experiences in a public setting (i.e. church) whether they are of profoundly uplifting, or somewhat testimony-strengthening but dark (evil spirits).
I think there are trends in society that make these conversations less palatable, and perhaps, the church leadership themselves do not refer to these sorts of things in their lives are frequently.
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On my mission, our entire zone slept over at the ZL's apartment the night before driving to the mission home for a big meeting. We started sharing some "darker" stories. The change in the atmosphere in the room was startling and dramatic. Everyone felt it. We had to pray as a group to get the feeling to leave.
I think we all learned a lesson, especially since we had been counseled about this very thing beforehand and didn't follow it.