EP 101 - LDS church New Year’s resolutions, and a Latter-day Saint congregation gets poisoned!
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Jan 7, 2024
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EP 101 - LDS church New Year’s resolutions, mormon shrivel confirmed, and a Latter-day Saint congregation gets poisoned!
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Happy Holidays Meme
https://www.facebook.com/share/qQvG6NftbQyeL52s/?mibextid=WC7FNe
Study: Utah is no longer a majority-Mormon state
https://x.com/janariess/status/1740499977208734183?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Reaction
https://x.com/bemorte/status/1740986462584393789?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Meme
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1n2bnhMJDe/?igsh=MWNsMTdncnlmMjlodw==
BYU’s Black Menaces win Salt Lake Tribune readers’ vote for 2023 Utahn of the Year https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/12/24/byus-black-menaces-win-salt-lake/?fbclid=IwAR2MYBaJTnKhm-4PP3KSRp4UhXqiK4nfh_qLuNqBITJ1ECBalSspjUCu4RU_aem_AfIj7AuHBaMThCN2SHABHsqcbsO_7c2FpCbsgqJLc7k-Jtfw7WQPpOW3CE3Au_Gqyow#77qi69so68 David Nielsen? Alissa Pili?
Jodi Hildebrant, business partner of Youtuber Ruby Franke, pleads guilty on four charges of child abuse
https://x.com/kutv2news/status/1740076553009062324?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Reaction
https://x.com/goddanite/status/1740413209029574739?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Tim Ballard Seeks Dismissal Over Allegedly Stolen Lawsuit Information
https://www.ldsdaily.com/world/tim-ballard-seeks-dismissal-over-allegedly-stolen-lawsuit-information/
Crack reporting by the Deseret News Editorial Team
https://x.com/halrobertboyd/status/1741852166418235614?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Latest from Mormon Land: Temple changes to church image woes, the LDS stories you read the most in 2023
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/12/28/latest-mormon-land-temple-changes/
Sitting LDS Bishop resigns
https://x.com/enos_envy/status/1742892529714950264?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Video
https://imgur.com/gallery/7AneGZS
Poisoned!!
Over 50 Mormon churchgoers suffer carbon monoxide poisoning during service
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1742269454841451002
video
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8XABuuX/
reaction
https://x.com/enos_envy/status/1742280613594320933?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Meme
https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/s/2IXaccyOch
Mormon Church Buys Miami Industrial Park for $174M
https://commercialobserver.com/2024/01/mormon-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-property-reserve-inc/
Light the world?
New doc on Hulu
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5y387/daughters-of-the-cult-i-was-raised-by-the-mormon-manson
The LDS Temple Square of tomorrow could transform Salt Lake City’s downtown
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/12/31/lds-temple-square-tomorrow-could/
Mountain of the Lord!!!
Temple Square: Main Street Plaza and Other Plaza Reopenings
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/temple-square--main-street-plaza-and-other-plaza-reopenings
Careful not to mention whether tithing is used for this project
Another historic building to close on LDS Temple Square
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/01/03/another-historic-building-close/
Church distributes 200 millionth copy of the Book of Mormon
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/12/29/24012842/church-distributes-200-millionth-copy-of-the-book-of-mormon
The scholar David Bokovoy said, “You don’t have to believe in its historic claims to appreciate it as literature.”
Meme
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/PkCriN7gi6L5GTdX/?mibextid=WC7FNe
We can thank the marriotts for like half of it?
Salt Lake Tribune readers are asked to offer their New Year's resolutions for the LDS Church.https://www.facebook.com/share/VVFfmqwYi92AmvcE/?mibextid=WC7FNe
New Year’s resolutions
https://x.com/stackerco/status/1742276875236638911?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
MNRU Joke of the week
Rebecca
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