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Conference tecrus::mormonism

Title:The Glory of God is Intelligence.
Moderator:BSS::RONEY
Created:Thu Jan 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Apr 25 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:460
Total number of notes:6198

458.0. "just discovered" by NETRIX::"charles [email protected]" (charles dowis) Tue Dec 05 1995 17:30

I am a new employee and just discovered Notes.  There are a couple 
BBS conferences on Mormonism.  BYU also has a Web site.

Anyway I thought you might be interested in something I just discovered.
We are encouraged to have an independent source of heating our homes.  The
usual method is the woodburning stove.  But I have recently come across 
something else -- a ventless gas stove.  It burns so efficiently that it does
not need a vent.  And, if the power lines are down, it will still heat the
home -- no electricity is necessary!  I can have it installed in my fireplace
for less than $500 (gas logs), but there is also a ventless stove, so it
can be placed anywhere you can run a gas line.
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458.1I plan on burning the furniture...SCASS1::HIGHAMThu Dec 07 1995 15:108
    Hi.  I'm a new employee, as well.  I've been wondering if this was a
    "dead" conference.  So many of these just contain goodbye messages. 
    Nice to see that there are a few of us around.
    
    I'm located in the Kansas City area, so if anybody wants some good RLDS
    rumours, I'd be happy to make up a few...
    
    Dave
458.2out of obscurityNETRIX::"[email protected]"charles dowisMon Dec 11 1995 10:1114
Sure -- what have you heard abt the RLDS.

BTW, we had stake conference this past sun and the stake pres had just gotten ou
out of a 5 hour mtg with Elder Maxwell.  Among the interesting stuff:

Dominican Republic now has 55,000 members -- wow!

the church will become more aggressive in "coming out of obscurity".  Pres.
Hinkley will give an interview this Jan. on 60 Minutes (or was it 20/20).
Elder Maxwell predicts that there will be alot of "ups and downs" on the
road ahead.  He spoke abt an hour on the BOM -- would be a major instrument
in converting the Jews.

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458.3Ch-ch-ch-changesSCASS1::HIGHAMMon Dec 11 1995 20:5121
    I wish I'd been at that conference, sounds like a great one.
    
    Well, as we all know, the President of the RLDS church has retired
    effective this coming April.  He has announced his successor as a
    non-Smith descendant.
    
    I was listening to the radio as the RLDS spokesman answered questions. 
    The radio folks asked if this was okay; could you have a president of
    the church that was not a direct descendant of Joseph Smith?  In fact,
    they wondered if this wasn't maybe against the "rules".  Keep in mind
    that there is a pretty big RLDS presence here, so the press is pretty
    savvy.
    
    The answer to the question posed?  "No, it's not part of the religion,
    it's only a tradition."
    
    WHAT?  Have I been missing something here?  I thought it was a BIG part
    of the religion.  
    
    I guess I have a lot to learn.