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173rd General Confrence

What did you learn, find interesting or especially note worthy of this conference?

One thing I noticed was the emphasis to avoid pyramind schemes and the like. Maybe this was part of the reason for the admonition:

From Deseret News:

UTAHNS VICTIMIZED IN INSURANCE SCAM
It would seem to have been an investment tailor-made for members of the LDS
Church: A $1.6 trillion off-shore trust created by descendants of church founder
Joseph Smith, guarantees of 100-percent annual returns on investments for 99
years, and sales meetings punctuated by expressions of faith and prayer.
https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...33739%2C00.html

Confrence General rd

In the Sunday Morning session James E. Faust mentioned the doctrine of repentance after death. I cannot remember if I opened a thread about it here before, but it was good to see it spoken so openly. This is not something thought in the usual Sunday meetings I guess because we do not want to give the idea that 'we can repent later'.