LDS Prep Manual & Comms Basics

[Grizhicks]

Another Voice of Warning: Prep Manual

This is the 2012 edition of the LDS (Latter Day Saints; ie. Mormons) preparedness manual; and is an excellent book. But for those who are questioning their comms, see pages 223-252. Very good primer.

 

[jeremy]

Thanks!

 

[shannonneumann]

thanks for the link. downloaded it and will be using it for reference!

 

[dudley0]

+1 to you for the link. I grabbed it and will browse through it shortly.

 

[88GT]

Is one better than the other? Or just two parts to a whole?

 

[Ted]

Cult reading!

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

If any of y'all find something else referenced in that manual or need more info, please let me know and I can try to find it for ya.

Ted - forgive me, but that wasn't in purple and I'm not sure what you meant by it?

OK - quick update... after glancing through this, I'm a little concerned. While this stuff is a compilation of things written or compiled by LDS members, I'm not sure that it's "Official Mormon Stuff".. The info in here is probably great info for prepping. But anything that touts itself as something that it is not, is suspect, in my opinion.

I'll have to flip through more of it before I can say for sure.

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

After some further reading, yes this is written and compiled by Mormons. And yes it is designed for their use. But no, this is not a church publication. Just to keep things clear.

88GT - The "Ward/Stake Leadership" one is designed to be a help to leaders of a local congregation (aka a "ward") or an area of them (aka a "Stake") That's just the lingo that is used. FOr personal use - the stuff in the personal would likely be more applicable. For group/community use - the other one might have some stuff that's applicable.

Again - from a first glance, this appears to be a compilation of good information from (arguably) some of the harder core preppers amongst the Mormons. It does NOT appear to be an official church publication. As with any group - there's a spectrum of folks involved. Some are more focused in certain areas than others.

EDIT - I flipped through some more of it, and it contains really good info - mixed with a lot of hype and hyperbole. If you can filter that stuff out - as the OP pointed out - there's some good info in there.

If any of you ever wish to get information (especially the official kind) I can probably be pretty helpful. Just PM me and I'll do my best. As a general rule, the Mormons are pretty quick to share and swap info and ideas with people on topics where there's a mutual interest. Prepping being one example. Geneology being another.

 

[88GT]

Yeah, I saw after I posted what the difference was. And the one option is only offered in bound versions.

 

[Grizhicks]

ArmedProgrammer -- Thanks, for the clarification... I really posted as another reference source, and feel the comms section is a good beginner 'primer'. -- Greg

 

[Ted]

Ted - forgive me, but that wasn't in purple and I'm not sure what you meant by it?

It means the same thing as you saying something and then rolling your eyes.

I was just too lazy to do the work of putting the text in purple.

 

[Ted]

Again - from a first glance, this appears to be a compilation of good information from (arguably) some of the harder core preppers amongst the Mormons. It does NOT appear to be an official church publication. As with any group - there's a spectrum of folks involved. Some are more focused in certain areas than others.

When I downloaded this LDS manual a couple of years ago, that is exactly what it states on the first page.

 

[teddy12b]

In any case of whether it's official or unofficial I bought a paperback copy of the book and I'm glad that I did. I'm getting to the piont where I want to have an actual physical book in my hand for anything I intend to learn from post SHTF.

 

[Ted]

In any case of whether it's official or unofficial I bought a paperback copy of the book and I'm glad that I did. I'm getting to the piont where I want to have an actual physical book in my hand for anything I intend to learn from post SHTF.

You actually bought it?

I just printed it, placed in sheet protectors, and put it in a three ring binder.

Download and print for free: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20859980/LDS%20Preparedness%20Manual.pdf

 

[teddy12b]

I've got stacks of 3 ring binders full of articles on just about everything. Sometimes it's nice to have a book where everything of glued in there and I think it was less than $10 at the time so it wasn't a big deal at all.

 

[indyjoe]

Many of the articles are sources from SurvivalBlog.com. It is a collection of good info. I skipped over a bunch of the doctrinal religious teachings that conflict with my views.

 

[88GT]

Many of the articles are sources from SurvivalBlog.com. It is a collection of good info. I skipped over a bunch of the doctrinal religious teachings that conflict with my views.

Asshattery fail. You're supposed to whine and complain that people who share a different view of the world would dare to put it into a publication that they are responsible for creating.

 

[indyjoe]

Asshattery fail. You're supposed to whine and complain that people who share a different view of the world would dare to put it into a publication that they are responsible for creating.

Please forgive me for my tolerance.

 

[teddy12b]

Asshattery fail. You're supposed to whine and complain that people who share a different view of the world would dare to put it into a publication that they are responsible for creating.

+1