Kevin

The Eighties were the best!! Anything from the following: Tears for Fears Howard Jones Alan Parsons Project Chicago Pet Shop Boys Billy Idol Lindsy Buckingham The Buggles (Video Killed the Radio Star) Annie Lennox Ah-ha B-52s Dream Academy Duran Duran Men at Work New Order The Nylons Rush Modern English Psychedelic Furrs They Might be Giants Oingo Boingo OMD Thompson Twins U2 Van Halen

Such a belief is not inconsistent with LDS doctrine to the extent those sincere religious believers did not have a chance to hear and accept the gospel of Jesus Christ prior to their death. If they did have such a chance and chose not to take it then they will not have another chance after this life. Fortunately, God is the one who determines what constitutes a chance.

I wish I had had enough fortitude to have taken that approach, It may have saved my marriage. I went with the nagging and belittling...not a good idea, I learned the hard way. It might have made a difference but your Ex is still accountable for his own actions.

I home taught a family for about 4 years where both the husband and wife were inactive. I invited them to go to church a couple of times and the wife decided to accept and began attending with their two daughters. A couple years later the husband started going and became very faithful. He and I were talking about a few months ago and we got onto the topic of what helped him come back. He said that it was his wife and the complete lack of her saying anything to him about coming to church. She asked him to come initially and when he refused she let him do what he wanted. At first, he was glad to be able to have the house to himself or to go golfing but after a while he noticed his wife and kids being happy and enjoying church. He, at times began to feel a little guilty because he knew that was where he was supposed to be. Eventually he just started coming again. Perhaps this would be a good approach with you and your husband. Let him know once that you know that's where he is supposed to be and then don't mention it again.

I'm still here. Been swamped at work so leisure reading and posting has diminished. Thanks for thinking of me!!

Cal, your statement is not correct. We are told that ordinances such as baptism ad temple ordinances are the way in which we make covenants with God. It is the keeping of those covenants which brings blessings from God. NOT the ordinances themselves.

I've seen the clip before. I was not impressed. In fact I was disappointed. I would personally never do something like that. That said, the fact the Bush did do so doesn't make me think a great deal less of him. I still have a very high opinion of him even though, at that moment, he was setting a poor example. I've also made mistakes but that doesn't make be a terrible person.

You are correct, its not the government's fault. Such an attitude is to be expected by those with socialist leanings, however. In socialism, healthcare is provided by the government - not a free market. Those who complain that the American government is at fault for failures in the healthcare system don't understand the differences between a free market and socialistic medicine.

"We all know..."Interesting. I don't know this. How exactly do you know this?

Riiiiiiiight. Because, as we all know, anybody who is "so bad and feared" must always be right. Just like Hitler and the SS. Those Jews should have tried harder to understand Hitler and his vision.Brilliant logic there disruptive.

What do you mean it "need not be defended on any supposed health benefit is supposedly confers?"

We're a family church. As such, families often attend church together. Yes, we should try to maintain a reverent atmosphere but, a little tolerance and increased attention may help us focus better on the purposes of sacrament meeting - taking the sacrament and learning the gospel. If somebody doesn't take their crying child out we'd be better off to increase our focus on what the speaker is saying as opposed to getting upset.

Pansies.

Reminds me of John Kerry - complains that jobs are being out-sourced or lost out-of-country yet complains that we should be importing Canadian drugs and demands that we continue to outsource our oil needs to our sworn enemies. Ironic indeed.Now, back to your regular programming.

Jack, the above is correct. Your ward membership clerk can give you your membership number.