The Folk Prophet Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 I'm going this year!Been wanting to go for years. This year it worked out and my honey and I are both taking the time off and attending. Should be quite interesting. Just_A_Guy, Blackmarch, Average Joe and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted August 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 http://www.fairmormon.org/perspectives/fair-conferences/conf15a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 I think I'd really enjoy that. Have a good time and tell us what you learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 I'm going this year!Been wanting to go for years. This year it worked out and my honey and I are both taking the time off and attending. Should be quite interesting.Taking lots of notes ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classylady Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Some of the topics they are talking about this year sound really interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Taking lots of notes ?? Meh. They post a transcript of most of the presentations online. Palerider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Meh. They post a transcript of most of the presentations online. Lol !!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmarch Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 not a bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted August 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) Well, day one was okay. Nothing mind blowing. I enjoyed a few of the presentations quite a bit and was bored with others. The best was a presentation on polygamy and the worst* was a Methodist preacher who presented Biblical "evidence" that the Holy Spirit and Mother in Heaven were one and the same. My favorites tend to be those that are centered in faith. * I should, fairly, qualify this as, "least enjoyable" for me. Edited August 8, 2015 by The Folk Prophet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted August 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Day 2. Several more good talks (some really good). But I must admit, overall I come away feeling somewhat disenchanted if not downright discouraged. I'd say the presentations could be split into 3 groups. Faith promoting. Faith neutral. And apostate in disguise. And I'd put a good third to half of the presentations into this last category. Add to this the clearly "progressive" tone of a lot of the questions in the question-and-answer parts, and I just felt like this supposed vestige of conservative faithful-ism is developing some serious cracks in it's foundation. This is disheartening to me in the extreme. The few solid, faith-promoting talks were great though! And several of the "neutral" talks were quite interesting. One of the most interesting had some "apostate in disguise"-ness to it though...but very, very interesting otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane_Doe Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Good to hear your report TFP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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