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@Jonahasked me to start a thread on this topic concerning Christianity and the Trinity Doctrine established at Nicene counsel and how that creed was used by Christian institutions impacting their society up until roughly the 16th Century. Here is the question from the "Was Jesus Married" thread in the LDS Gospel Discussion section: My main question is not so much concerning the specific doctrine but rather how many Traditional Christians approve the history of its impact on Christian institutions and how those institutions treated any society that rejected the Trinity Creed. Please be prepared to answer my questions of how this creed was used historically and how Christians today view the historical consequences. The Traveler

My understanding is that the Governor and government are now officially saying that it wasn't due to lack of energy from Wind/Solar but the Natural Gas lines freezing up. That's probably a LARGE reason why people are stating it was for other reasons than the wind/solar problems that have been noted by some. Texas relies on Natural Gas for Power, wasn't ready for the extreme cold Texas relies on natural gas for power, it wasn't ready for the extreme cold Sorry, it's behind a paywall, but here's a portion of it Natural gas supply is critically low in Texas, are rolling gas outages next Regardless, however one looks at it, the primary cause of this (whether one blames the renewable resources, or Natural Gas) is that Texas simply wasn't prepared for a cold snap. They had a warning that such could happen in 2010 but apparently no one took it seriously. There's a WARNING going out to some regions of Texas that you need to take a look at your next electricity bill. Due to the Natural Gas difficulties, the price has risen exponentially. Some cities and counties restrict how much the price of energy can rise in a month and people in those areas should be reasonably protected to a degree against massive cost increases. However, a few areas are giving out warning that the price may rise over 9,000% so people need to make sure that they keep an eye on what the costs are running for their electricity that they do get...when they get it. If it DOES rise that much though, I expect there will be a lawsuit and legal action to stop it from costing people so much, but something to keep an eye on after this entire crisis is over. AS pointed out, other states and even Canada (which relies much more heavily on Wind/Solar than Texas or any other state in the US) has not had these problems. Kansas did not have these problems. Oklahoma did not have these problems. Most of it seems to stem (at this point), NOT on whether it is fossil fuels or renewables or even Natural Gas, but whether they were prepared to handle the temperatures that hit Texas. HOWEVER...this is like a one in every ten year event. The reason Texas went independent for it's energy is because the cost to secure against the cold for something that only happens once in ten years was seen as unfeasible. That's still a good question. This WAS a hard snap of cold, but it might not occur again until ten years more have passed. Last time was 2010. Prior to that I think was 2003 or 2004. There has been a cost in lives though which is more significant than last time this happened, so it may change the dynamic and how it is viewed.

I remember many years ago reading a book by Phillip Yancey about the subject of Grace. There was a chapter about "the abuse of grace" where he talks about a man on death row who gave the following rationale: he really wanted to kill himself, but as a Catholic he thought that all suicides went to hell. So instead he murdered someone else in order to be executed. That way he would get what he wanted, and would still have time enough to repent before he died, and thus go to heaven. I don't know how God would sort this out, but from our perspective it would be more of a punishment not to execute him

The Priesthood is not needed to perform many miracles in the name of Christ according to my understanding.

Oliver Cowdery remembered it differently, and his account is also canonized as part of the lengthy footnote in Joseph Smith-History:

I know I may be blowing up the direction of this string, but, based on the title, two thoughts come to mind. 1. Yes, we can unite for particular causes. I've mentioned before that Rev. Jerry Falwell (Sr.) embraced LDS participation in his Moral Majority. It is easy to imagine Pentecostals, LDS, and perhaps even other faith communities finding common cause for religious liberty and social-moral efforts. 2. In terms of actual religious unity, I suspect that we can learn to be more civil, more respectful, more open to each other. We can stop with name-calling, and we can each ask the worst of our faith communities to cease with inappropriate opposition tactics and inflammatory attacks (and yes, Evangelicals--including Pentecostals--bare the greater guilt, probably by far). However, our doctrines remain very distinct, so I am not sure how much spiritual unity--other than mutual kindness and goodness--we can expect.