bytor2112

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    bytor2112 reacted to Vort in Clearing up misconceptions: Undergarments   
    The truth here is that anti-Mormons are liars. Quit listening to them.
     
    Are you sensing a theme, Byron? If not, let me spelling out for you. Anti-Mormons are liars. Quit listening to them.
     
    I hope that's sufficiently clear for you.
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    bytor2112 reacted to Vort in Clearing up misconceptions: Where does God live?   
    The truth is that anti-Mormons are liars. Quit listening to them.
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    bytor2112 reacted to Anddenex in Do you have any thoughts as to why people become inactive?   
    If I were to paint with a broad brush regarding inactivity I would use this scripture, Alma 7:24, "And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always about in good works."
     
    To some degree, even if minor (usually minor and then increases), a member of the Church has lost hope, which then obviously specifies they have lost faith.  To some degree, even if minor, a member looses some charity and harbors ill feelings toward another member of the Church.  A good intentioned leader may have said something (over zealous) that the member is unable to look past.
     
    A loss of faith and hope, as a member has created an illusion of what is true within the Church.  Their faith is based on that illusion.  When discovered this illusion is exactly what it is an illusion -- their faith/hope is tried -- and either they conquer or they fade.  Much like a family of 7 (5 children) who went from activity to atheism in a matter of a year, although the seeds were there long before in the heart of the husband/father.  
     
    This also extends to those who have become over zealous in faith, hope, and charity.  Their over zealousness causes them to believe that the Lord will start revealing truths to them for the population of the Church, rather than remembering the Lord has a pattern and this pattern is to protect his children.
     
    In all inactivity though, there is some form of sin (commission or omission) that enters into the heart and mind of the individual.  EDIT, example, a family that specifies, we don't attend church because we feel the spirit more out in the woods, nature, where God is.  A tradition that will ultimately hurt children.  Truth, yes God is in nature.  False, we don't learn to come unto God by denying his commandments.
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    bytor2112 reacted to kapikui in Crucifixion timeline   
    Probably not an easy one to one conversion like that. The Hebrew calendar was a lunar calendar, unlike he Gregorian, which is solar. It would be a lot like Easter, namely moving all over the place within a couple of months depending on how it lined up with the Gregorian calendar at the time.  The problem is that we don't know how different the Nephite calendar was from the modern Jewish calendar. 
     
    In the Jewish Calendar it would be  about 5 days into passover, or (according to google) about the 20th day of Nisan.  We have too little informaiton to know how this correlates to the Nephite calendar, and how that correlates exactly to Christ's birth.
     
    Assuming that the date of Christ's birth was in fact 2015 years ago (and there's good reason to believe otherwise), and assuming that the first month, fourth day corresponds exactly to the 20th of Nisan, (and that is a rather large supposition given the hard data we actually have), it would then be a matter of counting backward 1981 years to determine a correct Gregorian date. 
     
    Using the converter at https://www.hebcal.com/converter/?hd=20&hm=Nisan&hy=3794&h2g=1 we come up with 26 Mar 0034, but there is a disclaimer:
     
     
    This is because in 1752, the Julian calendar was abandoned in favor of the Gregorian and most of a month simply didn't exist that year.  This throws off date calculations when one goes backwards like that. 
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    bytor2112 got a reaction from askandanswer in A reactionary victory! (Not really)   
    I have shook hands with Elder Anderson and he did not appear martian at all to me.....least not like any martians I had previously met?
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    bytor2112 reacted to Str8Shooter in Gun free zone = killing spree zone   
    Yet another example of how gun free zones are ridiculous and they do not work.
    http://www.katu.com/news/local/Reports-Active-shooter-on-the-Umpqua-Community-College-campus--330285921.html?mobile=y
    It is so strange and so confusing to me how people fear guns. Guns cannot act on their own. It's seems that society is afraid place blame on humans for fear of offending, so they blame an inanimate object. It's primal logic and completely ludicrous. Place blame on the mentally ill human behind the gun and allow the mentally healthy to defend themselves.
    The police are NOT the first responders. We, the citizens, are the first responders. Citizens should not have to run, hide, cower in fear, and be murdered, waiting for the police to come save them. That is a crippling way to live and very sad.
    Very, very, sad.
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    bytor2112 reacted to Average Joe in Senator Reed Votes to Block a Bill Banning Late-term Abortions   
    No surprise in his actions 
     
    I am surprised that he is still considered a member of the church. I don't know if he has a temple recommend or has been or is under church discipline...I hope that "political stature" doesn't qualify as a "pass." If it does, then its time for the church to have a cleansing of the inner vessel.  
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    bytor2112 reacted to mirkwood in Mirkwood   
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    bytor2112 reacted to clwnuke in New Bishop   
    In my experience, there are some men who would be great Bishops who are never called, and some men who should never be Bishops who are called. Our responsibility to the Lord is to help all of them succeed in serving His children.
     
    When I was a very young Elders Quorum President, someone in the ward went to the Bishop to complain about my style of leadership. I found out about it, and when the Bishop called me in to talk about it I felt terrible. A very wise Bishop looked at me and simply said "Welcome to Church leadership!"
     
    The Church has an order for things. In the absence of any exceptional need your request to change wards is not likely to be granted by the Stake President, but there is no wrong is discussing the matter with him. Good luck!
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    bytor2112 got a reaction from kapikui in Fasting   
    Pshh....that ole relic of the past?
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    bytor2112 got a reaction from pam in Fasting   
    Pshh....that ole relic of the past?
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    bytor2112 got a reaction from Palerider in Fasting   
    Pshh....that ole relic of the past?
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    bytor2112 got a reaction from Jane_Doe in Fasting   
    Pshh....that ole relic of the past?
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    bytor2112 reacted to Julie in struggling wearing my garments   
    JBgirl133
     
    Wearing your garments is between you and the Lord. If you are overheating that is medically unsafe. Think of it this way. Wear your garments whenever you can! If you can't then you are still keeping your covenants. The Lord does not want you to overheat and put yourself in medical harm. When you go to the lake and you are jumping in and out of the water, you do not put your garments on in between. However, if there is a period of 3 hours and you have the opportunity to wear them, do it! Do not let others tell you to get used to it. Use personal revelation. Wear your garments in air conditioned areas. You are not going to lose your temple recommend when you obey God. It very specifically says its between you and the lord. If you were doing it because you liked your outfit without it, that is different. You would have to ask yourself, am I taking every good opportunity to keep my promises. Etc. Good luck! Go forward without guilt! From one person who overheats to the next!
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    bytor2112 reacted to Capitalist_Oinker in Jailed for Contempt (Kentucky Clerk, Kim Davis)   
    I suppose my one "like" in this thread pretty much stakes out my position, so I'll just leave it at that. 
     
    What I'd like to comment on is the blatant hypocrisy of those on the left (and no, I'm not pointing fingers at anyone here since most of you probably won't disagree).
     
    The current leftist argument is predominantly that she has an obligation to either obey the law or resign. The law is the law, and it doesn't matter in the least that she disagrees with it; she must either abide by it or resign!!
    And yet most (if not all) of these same individuals have turned a blind eye to the POTUS blatantly ignoring Immigration law, ACA law, Welfare law, etc. ---not so much as a peep from any of them suggesting that Obama should either obey the law or resign. 
    These hypocrites are only concerned with the law when it's a law they're in favor of. Whenever they discover a law they aren't in favor of, they oh so conveniently forget about the "rule of law".  
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    bytor2112 reacted to Just_A_Guy in Jailed for Contempt (Kentucky Clerk, Kim Davis)   
    Didn't that also apply to Jerry Brown, who as Attorney General of California had a legal duty to defend Prop 8 when it was challenged in federal court--but chose not to because he personally disliked the law?  Do you support sending him (and his successor, Kamala Harris) to jail, too?
     
    Admit it, Omegaseamaster.  This has nothing to do with rule of law.  It's all about two-bit thugs who get their kicks and giggles by seeing people who disagree with them, perp-walked on national television and chucked behind bars as an example to the rest of the country.
     
     
    Uh . . . by modern standards, the Expositor was "hate speech"--speech intended to incite violence towards a particular person or group of people (at the time of its publication it proprietors were involved in a conspiracy to have Joseph Smith murdered, and Smith knew this via at least two separate informants).  Under the jurisprudence of the day the Nauvoo City Council was within its rights to order the paper shut down and the printed copies destroyed (they debated the measure all night, and consulted volumes of Blackstone--a leading legal authority of the day).  Smith had this carried out because, as Mayor, he was tasked with executing the decisions of the Council. 
     
    The Nauvoo city officials probably did exceed their authority by actually destroying the printing press itself; but if you think about it--it's bat-shizzle crazy for, say, Emeryville to try to put someone on trial for burning a car in San Francisco; and fundamentally that's what Carthage was trying to do. 
     
    Nevertheless, Smith voluntarily subjected himself to the Carthage proceeding after a) having been granted a writ of Habeas Corpus in Nauvoo (which, under Illinois law in conjunction with the state-appointed charter, left him legally free), and b) after having successfully escaped into Iowa territory, where the Illinois authorities couldn't have touched him anyways.  And, once in Carthage he successfully posted bail on the riot charge and should have been free to leave--but was re-incarcerated because Magistrate Robert Smith trumped up a new treason charge and retroactively worked that charge into the doctored minutes of the initial bind-over hearing.
     
     
    Yes, but she didn't convert to Christianity (at least, her current sect thereof) until after her most recent marriage.  Does the law recognize converts as a sort of lesser-class of religious adherents?
     
     
    I'm not convinced we have a moral obligation to go quietly into the night of legal dhimmitude that the progressives and libertines believe to be our Christian birthright.  Last time I checked, Article VI of the Constitution said you couldn't bar people from public office on the basis of their religion.
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    bytor2112 reacted to The Folk Prophet in Tight and revealing   
    Men.
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    bytor2112 reacted to The Folk Prophet in Tight and revealing   
    This is not the bishop's responsibility. It also strikes me as a very bad idea for him to be one-on-one calling people to task for his idea of what's immodest. Bad, bad, bad idea.
     
    The lessons on modesty, yes. Good idea.
     
    Teach them correct principles. Let them govern themselves.
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    bytor2112 got a reaction from Average Joe in Tight and revealing   
    Well...thoughts, I am glad you are able to discern my appetites and desires and I will take your counsel under consideration. Though, I think noticing a disturbing trend is hardly an admission of personal weakness on my part.
     
    Joseph F. Smith must have suffered from the same lack of control that I suffer from:
     
     
    I think Sister Bednar would likely be concerned with what my undisciplined eyes see as well:
     
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    bytor2112 got a reaction from Vort in Tight and revealing   
    Well...thoughts, I am glad you are able to discern my appetites and desires and I will take your counsel under consideration. Though, I think noticing a disturbing trend is hardly an admission of personal weakness on my part.
     
    Joseph F. Smith must have suffered from the same lack of control that I suffer from:
     
     
    I think Sister Bednar would likely be concerned with what my undisciplined eyes see as well:
     
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    bytor2112 got a reaction from char713 in Tight and revealing   
    Well...thoughts, I am glad you are able to discern my appetites and desires and I will take your counsel under consideration. Though, I think noticing a disturbing trend is hardly an admission of personal weakness on my part.
     
    Joseph F. Smith must have suffered from the same lack of control that I suffer from:
     
     
    I think Sister Bednar would likely be concerned with what my undisciplined eyes see as well:
     
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    bytor2112 got a reaction from The Folk Prophet in Tight and revealing   
    Well...thoughts, I am glad you are able to discern my appetites and desires and I will take your counsel under consideration. Though, I think noticing a disturbing trend is hardly an admission of personal weakness on my part.
     
    Joseph F. Smith must have suffered from the same lack of control that I suffer from:
     
     
    I think Sister Bednar would likely be concerned with what my undisciplined eyes see as well:
     
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    bytor2112 got a reaction from Palerider in Tight and revealing   
    Average Joe....I do look away, but, too bad the increase in need to do so. No need speaking to the Bishop as his daughters all wear the aforementioned attire. Heck, the SP's wife must spend an hour trying to paint on her jeans....
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    bytor2112 got a reaction from clwnuke in Men Serving in Primary   
    I would fully support it Clwnuke....
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    bytor2112 reacted to Just_A_Guy in LDS view of Israel   
    Untrue.
     
    First, look at this from a logical/linguistic standpoint.  If the Palestinian State is going to be sovereign and independent, why mention the right of return at all?  Israel would have no say into which persons or groups a truly independent/sovereign Palestinian State is going to permit to immigrate into its own borders.  
     
    Second, look at the history and the relevant documents.  The Arab proposal required return in accordance with UN Resolution 194 which demanded the refugees be allowed to return to "their home"--i.e., wherever they were from before the 1948 war.  A Palestinian family whose forbears left Tel Aviv would be expected to be permitted re-entry to Tel Aviv.  (And all this notwithstanding the fact that many of the original refugees were offered an opportunity to stay, but voluntarily left because they didn't want to coexist with Jews and trusted Arab assurances of military aid.)
     
    No, LDG.  The Arab "peace initiative" was merely for a change in tactics in the never-ending quest to destroy the Jewish State; and in rejecting the proposal der Juden committed the unpardonable sin of refusing to sign a suicide pact.