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I’m pretty stoked! I actually passed the exam! If you knew how little I know about electronics you would have been surprised I was able to pass. It was an all morning and afternoon class with the test afterwards. I was dismayed at the material that needed to be learned, especially as it was in an area I know very little about. The terms were all Greek to me. My husband has had his license for over 20 years. He’s quite happy I was able to pass the test. I think he had his doubts. Two of my sons took the test with me and they both got their licenses too. Yay! Can you tell I’m excited?

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Is that like saying the Roman Empire never existed, and that ancient writers must have gotten the idea from tales of ancient Egypt and Assyria and Babylon? The fact that one ancient historical event has even older literary or historical precursors, does not disprove the event itself. When we get into the *really* old scriptural tales that seem to have extra-scriptural ancient parallels—like the creation narrative or the flood narrative or the story of Job—I’m more open to the possibility that some of those scriptural passages may have been informed by, or responses to, or even attempts to improve upon older tales from the ancient near east; since I’m not sure a lot of those Biblical passages were intended to be “historical” as we understand that term today (anciently there was no problem with “history” containing a couple seeds of truth heavily dressed up with exaggeration and confabulation and outright propaganda to serve some larger morality tale). But when we get as late as the resurrection of Christ, it seems quite a stretch to suggest that Paul (who historians pretty universally agree to have been a real person) and several thousand other contemporaneous Jews only bought into the narrative of Christ’s resurrection because they were aware of the Egyptian pantheon.

Welcome, @Broncos2013! The simple fact is, no one can tell you how long your repentance process will take, nor how long her repentance process will take. It all depends on you and her, on your bishop(s), and on the Lord. The simple fact is, the sooner you start, and the more sincere and deep your efforts, the sooner you will return to worthiness. Do not wait a single minute. Set your appointments immediately. Tell the Executive Secretary it's urgent. If you haven't already, make a firm plan to never again be physically alone with your fiancee - make sure that people can at least see you. This may sound overly restrictive, but it's not. The hardest part for both of you will be resisting the urge to do it again. Don't put yourself in a position where that's even harder than necessary. Meanwhile, if you want your wedding day to be a fond memory and a special event, you must make it so. I promise that if you go to the temple without having confessed this sin to your bishop(s) and worked properly through repentance, you will look back on that day with regret and a feeling of unease at having entered that covenant unworthily. Nothing is worth that. Go and repent without concern for the impact it may have on the planned date - that's one day, your lives and that covenant are eternal.

Congrats, @classylady! Not really. The FCC grants three levels of amateur radio license: Technician, General, and Extra. Extra has all amateur radio privileges; General has privileges on all bands, but some segments are restricted; and Technician has privileges on many but not all amateur bands. Technician class privileges allow an individual to operate radio-controlled vehicles, planes, and drones, so it's the most popular. If that's all you're trying to do, you don't really need anything more. General class is more for the ham hobbyist, and Extra is basically for the hobbyist who's really serious about it and wants to build his own antennas and such. People can and do upgrade their license, of course. But for most people, it's not necessarily a step-by-step process. They just get the license they want.

May Issue of Ensign is available on lds.org! https://www.lds.org/ensign/2018/05?lang=eng Yes, it includes towards the end of the issue, outlines of what is to be taught in First, https://www.lds.org/ensign/2018/05/come-follow-me-for-elders-quorum-and-relief-society/first-sunday-council-meetings?lang=eng Second & Third https://www.lds.org/ensign/2018/05/come-follow-me-for-elders-quorum-and-relief-society/second-and-third-sunday-meetings?lang=eng and Fourth https://www.lds.org/ensign/2018/05/come-follow-me-for-elders-quorum-and-relief-society/fourth-sunday-meetings?lang=eng Sundays in Priesthood & Relief Society ( @zil Thanks for telling me where to look for last conference cycle!) Ahhh!!!!! I am teaching about Ministering for Four Months! And I was hoping that someone would teach me! 😢

I was trying to explain to a nonmormon that knowledge of Biblical ceremonies and Biblical occurrences in records that predate the Biblical record do not disprove the Bible. I am not sure that I have our position straight. What do you think? Nonmormon: There are legends of Christlike figures from ancient legends and mythologies that predate the birth of Christ. Eg Osiris. Therefore the story of Christ is probably copied from these older legends. Me: Since Adam, there have been various leaders who have been taught by God about the religious events that are going to occur such as the birth of Christ. As people in each dispensation fell away from the truth, the lessons that they had been taught became corrupted and turned into legends and stories that contained some elements of the truth. Adam taught by God. I assume about future Biblical events. • God instructed Adam and Eve (see Gen. 3:16–17).https://www.lds.org/ensign/1998/01/what-modern-revelation-teaches-about-adam?lang=eng So close enough? I gather that a major plank in the platform of aethists is that the story of Christ is built from old legends that predate the Bible.

The Bible itself mentions that Paul was called the apostle to the Gentiles. He initially preached to the Jews, but after being thoroughly rejected by them numerous times, he decided the goyim were a more fertile ground for his efforts.

This kind of makes me laugh. In Florida there is a growing effort to split the state as well. But what is triggering this is the extreme conservative movement in Tallahassee that is trying to force rural politics on the mostly urban population from I-4 south. Which pays the bills for the more rural conservative areas of the northern region and panhandle. Without Orlando, miami, st Pete, palm beach the northern region would find it pretty hard to pave their roads and have low taxes and no state income taxes. The I-4 south region covers most of the economic bills for the extreme conservatives to have their cake and eat it too. Wouldn't it be nice if we could become more understanding of each other's needs and look to find common ground. It might even mean both sides of the political spectrum doesn't always get everything they want every time.

Xerxes crossed the Hellespont. George Washington crossed the Delaware. Clearly, George Washington never really existed, and his exploits are just refittings of classic tales of Xerxes.

@zil I will have to use many buzzgroups, which sisters like because it gives them time to visit!, to keep people engaged.

I’m not sure what the basis is for secular historians conceding Paul’s existence. It may be the fact that we have so many manuscripts of his written works that date to within a couple of generations of his actual lifetime. I guess the point I was trying to drive at is that it’s one thing to copy or invent tales to dress up the deeds of long-dead ancestors and forge a national or religious identity. It’s quite another to live and die according to one of these tales that your own parents or would have been in a position to, to some degree, debunk. There is no cost to a sixth-century BC Jew accepting the story of a progenitor who survived a two-thousand-year-old flood; especially when that story serves to write Judaism into a much older Babylonian tale. There is a HUGE cost for a first-century AD Roman to buy into the story of a guy who lived, died, and rose from the dead fewer than twenty years ago; and especially for a non-Jew since Christianity originated from what was basically the armpit of the Roman Empire. I suspect your academic friends would acknowledge that “cultural appropriation” always serves a sociological purpose. But therein lies the rub—primitive Christianity served virtually no sociological purpose at all; it was a liability. Converting to it, and thus embracing its origin story, was a sentence to poverty and slavery and death for the first few decades of its existence.

You are correct. In my belief, the legends are built from the philosophies of men mingled with the true doctrine of Christ. As you said, Adam knew of Christ; obviously he would not have based that on something else. Regardless of the fact that this is true, it's not likely to be a compelling argument to an atheist, except for the fact that they will probably switch to a different complaint/argument if they intend to continue the topic of discussion.

Ok. Here’s the plan. We meet in Seattle to plan our overthrow of the nation! https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&channel=iphone_bm&source=hp&ei=k-vcWteWOYiDjwSm0K-gCA&q=image+penguins+madagascar&oq=image+penguins+&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.1.2.0i22i30l5.2720.10887..11874...0....213.1668.6j8j1..........1..mobile-gws-wiz-hp.....3..0j41j0i131.IwvJoZyGKHk%3D#imgdii=Sx1pHECNEh5xkM:&imgrc=_sBN8BNcyChpRM:

I think its quite obvious what he's doing. Perhaps its easier to gather evidence before a crime is committed rather than after.

I had friends who made an apppointment with city hall without telling anyone, stayed away from each other until they took the bus to city hall and ...married! Pray about it. Maybe this is the solution?

Please understand that I am not trying to be insensitive, but. given the above, why would you move your wedding day back? Paul tells us that if it is best for you to be married, then by all means, do so. See I Corinthians 7:7-9. Had the two of you planned on getting married already? Had a date been set? Are both of you committed to living Godly lives? Then by all means, get married so you can be intimate with one another in the proper place and time. Until then, both of you should make it a priority not to be alone together so as to avoid further temptation.

I am amazed at the depth individuals go to justify their view of things thinking such view is final. We are supposed to believe that there is more to be revealed concerning the Kingdom of G-d. Is it a sin for someone to believe they have figured it all out? And what happens to those that continue to sin and have no clue that they are sinning? I also submit concerning those that think they know what will go on at the final judgment – they are lying to themselves (which is a sin). There is a reason why the final judgment is not yet. For those that think they have figured out the final judgment – why are you putting it off – do it now! Then tell us how it went. I am personally skeptical of those that claim to know everything and yet remain with us in the flesh. The Traveler

Okay. I'll bite. The notion that the scriptures teach us much of anything about the physical location of any degree of glory is silly. According to Hebrew tradition, God created the earth, placed Adam and Eve eastward in Eden, and expelled them further to the East after the Fall. The whole of the Tabernacle of the Congregation was built on that sybolism; the door was to the east, the Holy of Holies was to the west. As you approached the Holy of Holies, you came closer and closer to returning to God's presence. That symbolism wasn't lost on the Hebrews, even when the Gospels were written. The details of the wise men traveling from the East play on that symbolism, with the wise men returning to the presence of God, both literally and figuratively. This presented a problem for Paul, however, as he was teaching the Greeks of a pagan tradition. They weren't as familiar with the Hebrew traditions and weren't as educated as the Jews (thanks to the bar mitzvah, the Jews enjoyed one of the highest literacy rates in the ancient world). So Paul coopted pagan ideas to teach the same concept. Bodies celestial was a reference to living among the gods, or returning to God's presence. It was never intended to be a literal description of the location of heaven. That nuance was lost with time, and the interpretation of distinct planets in our universe being a physical location for any kingdom is very likely a form of ethnocentrism, not revelation.

I grew up with an older brother who has his Advanced License (no longer available, between a General and Extra Class), and a younger brother who does have his Extra Class. They were always building antennas, radios, and other electronic devices. My husband loves electronics too. He has about 8 Ham radios. Most of them are hand-held though. I admit, I don’t like those huge antennas that, IMO, make a house look trashy. We aren’t into the radio-controlled vehicles or drones. My brothers and husband have talked to people all over the world with their radios. It’s definitely their hobby, and it can get expensive.

Such is the gift of prophecy that President Eyring was able to address this topic months before this thread started. His comments during the first First Presidency press conference, starting at 28:00 are well worth listening to.

The Solemn Assembly is always an interesting thing to hear. It may not be the most exciting thing to listen to, but it can be interesting because of how rarely it occurs.

That's the one I was trying to find. Couldn't remember the name,

I have forced hot water heat. I don't have a boiler. My furnace heats the water as it circulates in a similar manner to how an on-demand hot water heater heats water as it's called.

I don't know to be honest. I suppose we'll find out if something happens to Trump (impeachment or assassination) and then Pence thereafter (same). Otherwise, there are many prophecies, but many of them do not bear fruit. On this, only time will tell. If things happen to both Trump and Pence, I'd probably start paying a lot more attention to it, but currently...seems to be a lot of guesswork. I think part of my skepticism is that I think this guy is trying to sell books more than send out warnings or tell what is coming.

Indeed. https://www.vidangel.com/

VidAngel uses the streaming services

So if you order a steak to go, does it then become a steak out?

It’s fun to talk about, but it will never happen. Urbanites in San Francisco and Los Angeles quite enjoy lording it over their colonies in the more rural parts of the state.

Thanks, -Wade Englund-

This is a long thread and I can’t comment on everything but I’d like to make a few observations. I was in Brazil on my mission in the mid 80’s. We were expected to do more then 70 hours of proselyting per week. You couldn't do that if you obeyed the rules. We were expected to not eat dinner until we returned home at 9:30. Therefore the mission president required us to break the rule of dinner from 5:00 to 6:00. I basically obeyed the rules but didn’t freak out over getting home a few minutes early or late I remember doing splits with an AP who insisted that we stay on the street until 9:30 and insisted that you could not get blessings if you went home early. He wasn’t concerned about getting home a few minutes late though. I thought, who would want you knocking at their door at 9:25pm? There was a nickname for APs which which was assistente GH which stood for glória dos homens, or glory of men. On my mission we always had tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of non members in our area. The stake where I now live is in a high LDS population area. There are only something like fifteen hundred non members in our stake yet we have three sets of missionaries in our stake and very few baptisms. If the members were doing their duty there would be little need for missionaries in areas where there is a large LDS population. My brother lives in Rexburg, Idaho he told me ther are only two households in his ward that are non member. I haven’t kept in contact with most of the people I baptized but I have kept on contact with one family. We baptized the mother and two young sons. The father was not ready. Another son was born to the family later. This third son went on a mission to a the state of Washington. He returned to Brazil and was married in the temple. One of the older brothers went inactive and was killed in a motorcycle accident. This incident was a wake up call to the father who was then baptized by his youngest son and the family was sealed in the Temple. The son of the oldest brother has also been on a mission and is married in the temple. I can’t take credit for all of this, I just happened to be the missionary who was there when they were ready to hear the gospel, but I feel that even if this family is the only family I baptized which is still active in the church then my mission was a success.

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I don't know why.

Well, I wouldn't go that far, but the mini bottle you get with it is adorable. Personally, I kinda like this pair better: https://www.gouletpens.com/colorverse-extra-dimension-and-warped-passages-80ml-bottled-ink/p/CV-27-28 Apparently it's a freaking sheen monster:

Sherlock Gnomes. You're better off forgetting that this movie ever existed.

Yes. It is the raison d'être of the Church -- the restoration of God's Priesthood authority. For further information, ask the missionaries to teach you about the "great apostasy".

I'd say it's problematic if you're looking into the Church and one of your first impulses is to tell the Church how it needs to change. That doesn't bode well. I encourage you to put The Pantsuit Encounter behind you and start afresh.

Truthseaker, you are visiting a foreign country that speaks a slightly different dialect than you're used to. I'm a native of that country, so I'm confident that I actually understand my country better than you do. And I'm telling you that your impression about the Church being "controlling" is incorrect. If there is truth in anything you are saying, it's not true in the way you understand it. The Church is not about "controlling" its members; it's about teaching correct principles. There are also cultural things involved which may not be part of the gospel of Jesus Christ, more like how people in that culture act. Again, it's a foreign country, we do things a bit differently from what you're used to. If you will overlook the unfortunate comment of the gentleman on Sunday and exercise some patience, you will get a much better understanding in the coming weeks, months, and years. If you instead insist on establishing your current interpretation as The Ultimate Truth, then you will miss what's really going on.

Reddit? I hear they use cuss words there. You tryin' ta get us to hear cuss words?

I guess this is better in RS than buzz cuts.

Thank you! Clearly, I cannot count!

@mirkwood keeps stalking me and photographing my pen use. I begin to think he doth protest too much. Perhaps he's suffering from penvy!

I’m giving the lesson tomorrow on it and I was wanting to pull from these two quotes to use as somewhat of a supplement to my lesson.

It's a problem hardly anyone talks about - pen abuse and nibicide! Just look at these poor victims: (I can't even imagine how anyone could do that to the first nib! I mean, some kind of torture equipment must be involved. Even Richard Binder couldn't fix that poor thing.)

When @NeuroTypical runs out of paper, he will draw on his own arm.

Meanwhile, I'm just over here like: