Jenamarie

One of the couples in my ward was married in the Relief Society room (she was a fairly recent convert). It's probably a nicer looking room than the cultural hall, undecorated.

I imagine it's because they don't want the civil ceremony to take focus away from the Temple ceremony, which is the most important. You see brides outside of the church spend enormous amounts of money on the ceremony, trying to plan for the perfect "day", that the focus can quickly be taken away from the vows that will be made, and put more on the wordly aspects of the day. I could see the same happening for LDS couples, putting so much of their energy into planning for the civil ceremony, that the Temple ceremony loses it's rightful place as the "highlight", and most special part of the day.

No, this is the one that has the deal going on: Scroll down the page a bit, below the nutrimill.

This mill does have a warning against putting popcorn into it, unfortunately. Oh well!

Okay, what does "sponge" mean??

I've never tasted it. Yes you'd need a grinder, just like if you bought regular wheat. I think it'd be a good idea to invest in a wheat grinder, especially with wheat shortages appearing in various parts of the world. Whole wheat stores longer, and retains nutrients much much better than already-ground flour.

You use it the same way, you just won't get as fine a flour when you grind it.

The last one was the best.

Just because MyDogSkip did not mention the Bible or the Savior in his written Testimony, doesn't mean he doesn't have a Testimony of them in his heart. His Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith (to whom the Revelation of polygamy was given) is what's most germane to this particular topic, and so that's (presumably) why MyDogSkip made it the focus of this particular utterance of Testimony. I know when I bare my Testimony it's different every time. Not because it's changed, but because what I feel a need to profess at that particular moment is different than what I've felt the need to profess at other moments.

I would share that with her. :) I think you are handling this perfectly! As someone who is going through my own questioning period, I'm relieved to see that you didn't criticize her questions. I've had many well-meaning persons within the church tell me that I was asking questions that "weren't important to our salvation" and other such quips, and it was really hurtful. The last thing you want to hear when your faith in God is hanging by a thread, is that your method of searching for God isn't good enough. Kudos to you for presenting this as a positive thing for your daughter!

Hello! I'm probably not too far from you. :) I'm in SW Washington (Longview) and am in Portland fairly often. :)

It is profound. He was a Perfect Man who walked the Earth. He has every reason to feel better than us, and to feel pride in His accomplishment, but instead He is humble, and wants as many people to reap the rewards of His accomplishment as possible.

I checked out WaltonFeed before purchassing the grinder. :) This was the second-best hand grinder they reviewed (the top one was waaaaay out of my budget )

What do you use the flaker for? Is there more you can make with it, besides just oatmeal?

lostnfound: if I could be so bold... You started out posting here saying that you were trying to learn more about what Mormons believe, because you live and/or work in an area now where there are lots of LDS people around, and you wanted to better understand them. However, from your posts today, I'm getting more of the impression that, rather than trying to understand us, you're trying to "save" us and point out to us the "error" of our ways. Am I correct in this assumption? Are you really here to understand, or to prostelyte?

The Catholics no longer recognize Purgatory. Pope Benedict came out with a clear statement of that last year. Joseph Smith was never Catholic. Jesus did ascend into Heaven during the three days between his death and Resurrection. How exactly He divided His time there we only know a little. We know that He returned to the Father, and that he preached to the Dead.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. And LDS belief is that the thief went to Paradise, not Heaven, as we haven't been Judged yet. Paradise is where those who believed in Christ, *or* who didn't believe in Christ, but were still good people (like the follower of Tash in The Last Battle from the Chronicles of Narnia) will go to Paradise, where they will hear the Word of the Lord, and have the opportunity to have those of us here on Earth perform proxy baptisms in the Temple on behalf of that person so that they can enter the Kingdom of God.

Family Grain Mill is having a deal where if you buy their wheat grinder with the motorized base, you get the hand-crank base for free! So you're getting both an electric AND hand-cranked wheat grinder for the price of one! They also have a "flaker" attachment that allows you to make your own oatmeal! Every store I saw online that sells the mills has this deal going on, but https://www.pleasanthillgrain.com was the cheapest I found, and you get free shipping!

I find this rather condesending. I have infact read the NT, many many times, both on my own time, and with "LDS commentary" and still believe that we are Saved through Christ, but that our works play a part in it. I think the key difference is that LDS do not believe in "once saved always saved". You can accept Christ with your lips all you want, but if your heart isn't truely His (humbling yourself, repenting of sins, loving your neighbor, etc.) then it will profit you nothing. Accepting Christ means accepting ALL of Him; not just His Holy Name, but His commandments. Matt. 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Congratulations to your son! Is he excited?

Thank you so very much for your rambling post. That's all I can bring myself to say right now. ETA: gosh that sounded snarky. it's not.

There is no doctrine as to how many wives Heavenly Father has. We know of a Heavenly Mother and that is it. Anything beyond that is merely speculation. And Mary was the mother of Christ's physical body. Jesus Christ was the only person ever born on this earth who could claim God as both the Father of his spirit, and the Father of his physical body. Mary was the mother of his physical form. There is no doctrine beyond that as to what Mary's roll was in Heavenly Father's plan.

She was the Earthly mother of our Saviour. That's it. There is no LDS doctrine explaining the "how" of the Conception of Christ. I have never heard someone within the LDS church say that they believe Mary had sex with God. That is something I've only read on anti-Mormon websites that have been filled with all sorts of other misinformation about the church.

That's the thing, I'm not sure. I don't know if it was really the HG, or just what I thought I was supposed to be feeling because the people around me were feeling the same way, and it's what I was always told growing up was the way I should feel when I'm in the Temple or listening to General Conference or whatever.

Thank you all for the warm welcome. :) I think what I'm mainly struggling with is knowing whether what I feel at certains times is the Spirit, or some kind of conditioned response from my upbringing in the church. The warm, comforting feeling people describe as the Spirit is something that only comes to me when listening to beautiful music. When I go to the Temple I LOVE the first half because the music is so beautiful, and I feel my heart swelling with happiness, and then it leaves during the second half and I wonder what the heck I'm doing.