Mormon study groups

[Levin]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Levin, so your friend who told you the story left the church as well?

Yes; he's left the church.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Levin

No infidelity; I can speak for my friend -- based on our conversations, he had a very strong testimony before starting the study group. The group got together not because they wanted to criticize and gripe, but because they wanted to deepen their understanding of their faith and their church. He told me they started out with the goal of increasing their faith through asking questions and trying to find the answers.

He still believes in Christ.

Believes in Christ, but doesn't believe in the restoration?

My guess is that they got caught up in anti- literature, and then they had a villain who was very caught up in convincing everyone, subtly, to leave.

Sort of like a SU with a brain.

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by Levin

No infidelity; I can speak for my friend -- based on our conversations, he had a very strong testimony before starting the study group. The group got together not because they wanted to criticize and gripe, but because they wanted to deepen their understanding of their faith and their church. He told me they started out with the goal of increasing their faith through asking questions and trying to find the answers.

He still believes in Christ.

Well in that case, I would say the moral is: a penny saved is a penny earned.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by YOhio

Bingo. Study groups inevitably lead to wife swapping.

Who gets Farrah and Marsupial?

[Levin]

That's right; my friend (and most of the study group) lost faith in the Restoration, but not in Christian religion generally.

All right, so here's my take on the moral of the story:

Just like two or three will have the spirit if they meet in Christ's name, and will strengthen each other; two or three meeting together where a spirit of doubt is introduced, that doubt will have an exponentially greater effect when shared.

So here's my question: I don't think we're meeting here on the guard in Christ's name; and there are many spirits of doubt that are introduced; but I feel strengthened by this board, not weakened.

Are SU and the others just ineffective messengers?

Is it the element of human face-to-face interaction; the sound of it coming out of a person's mouth, instead of just reading it on an impersonal computer?

[Flystripper]

Originally Posted by YOhio

Bingo. Study groups inevitably lead to wife swapping.

I would never take my wife to a study group with you. I am a jealous man and you have a manly moustache.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by YOhio

Bingo. Study groups inevitably lead to wife swapping.

What doesn't lead to wife swapping?

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Levin

That's right; my friend (and most of the study group) lost faith in the Restoration, but not in Christian religion generally.

All right, so here's my take on the moral of the story:

Just like two or three will have the spirit if they meet in Christ's name, and will strengthen each other; two or three meeting together where a spirit of doubt is introduced, that doubt will have an exponentially greater effect when shared.

So here's my question: I don't think we're meeting here on the guard in Christ's name; and there are many spirits of doubt that are introduced; but I feel strengthened by this board, not weakened.

Are SU and the others just ineffective messengers?

Is it the element of human face-to-face interaction; the sound of it coming out of a person's mouth, instead of just reading it on an impersonal computer?

Well if I lost faith the Restoration I would lose faith in religion as a personal matter but not as a sociological process.

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

What doesn't lead to wife swapping?

Lighting farts.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Lighting farts.

That's becasue if you still do this you have nothing to swap.