[Fundimentalism is a "Contradiction"]

Interesting points, and I know this is off-topic to some extent, but the Muslims who attack people and bomb buildings, aren't fundimental, they're semantic and interpreting the Qur'an to support their own conclusions.

And irony scores another laugh.

[Just a little freaky]

lds.net is linked with Santa's list. It sends updates after the first check.

[Repentance question]

But is forgiveness from Christ given only after the fruit of it is displayed or depend on the execution of the fruit? Or does Christ forgive at the moment of repentance, regardless of the fruit to prove it?

Technically, I think the moment of official forgiveness is at the Judgment. We talk about repentance as if it is a word that has a past tense. But under our definition of repentance, where we have to never go back to the sin, we can't really say we've ever repented until we're in a situation where we couldn't possibly commit the sin again. Thus, we can really only say that we are repenting, and just given the benefit of the doubt until we've completed the repentance.

[How Prophets are called.....]

They select a group of about 30 men that are eligible candidates, then each of them selects an m&m out of a bag. The bag has been rigged to only have 1 yellow m&m (yellow is the celestial color). Whoever gets the yellow m&m is believed to be God's choice.

[Specific Stake Counsel]

I actually wish that wearing a skirt wasn't considered cross dressing. During the really hot and humid days I'd much rather wear a skirt than slacks.

[Gender-specific sin?]

Rarely discussed fact: women are just as horny, if not hornier, then men.

[Repentance question]

If she were to join the Church, she would not be held accountable for anyone watching her videos. No one would be held accountable for her decision to star in those videos. Complete and total forgiveness would be offered her by the Savior on the condition that she never engaged in those sins again. If she chose to pursue an aggressive campaign against the industry, she would certainly be entitled to and there are many organizations that would welcome that. However, she would also be completely within her rights to quietly disappear from public eye.

Any and all revenues she's received to date would be considered honest and clean money as part of her forgiveness.

The only loose end I see is what does she do with future revenues incurred from royalties and such. I don't know how receiving funds from that industry would affect her standing in the Church, if she could tithe it, etc. Those are probably issues to be worked out with priesthood leaders.

[Specific Stake Counsel]

I thought being "dry" was a prereq for being on the high counsel.

If that is the case, then I'm afraid I'm overqualified for the position.

[Would you kill if God commanded you to?]

as long as place X wasn't Utah I'd go. But if it was utah, I'd apostatize

[John Stossel on polygamy.]

So government has to stay out of our bedrooms...unless, of course, there are homosexuals in the bedroom.

[John Stossel on polygamy.]

so you're saying you support homosexual marriage?

[John Stossel on polygamy.]

Just seems a little odd to complain about government in our bedrooms regarding plural marriage and the cry foul over government in our bedrooms regarding gay marriage.

[John Stossel on polygamy.]

Not answering my question? What's up with that?

"Who is this government that's in somebody's bedroom? ... It was illegal for me to marry a white woman at one time. ... It was illegal for me to vote at one time. And if I had accepted somebody else's definition of what was right and wrong, I would still be riding in the back of the bus.

"We're not saying this is for everybody. Everybody don't like football and basketball or tennis. But those who do ought to be free to do this."

Are you supporting this quote?

[John Stossel on polygamy.]

"Who is this government that's in somebody's bedroom? ... It was illegal for me to marry a white woman at one time. ... It was illegal for me to vote at one time. And if I had accepted somebody else's definition of what was right and wrong, I would still be riding in the back of the bus.

"We're not saying this is for everybody. Everybody don't like football and basketball or tennis. But those who do ought to be free to do this."

Are you supporting this quote?

[Anyone here a psychopath?]

Wow, creepy, I found traits of myself in all of those definitions. But I think I fell mostly into the charismatic box. Maybe I should go see someone and make sure I'm not on the verge of snapping.

If I did snap, I'm sure my first victim would probably be Gingy.

[Being Honest in Your Dealings]

Discover once credited me almost $1000 that someone else wrote for their own account. I was sure they'd correct it on their own, but I called them anyway. When I talked to them they said, "oh, we won't do anything until the other person calls to report the error." Way to be proactive!

[Why people leave the church]

I leave several times every week........

And I thought I was indecisive.

Wouldn't it be great, however, if we were judge based on the number of times we left the church?

[Why people leave the church]

I leave the church every week.

[Where does life on mars fit in?]

What is this, a World's Biggest Nerd convention?

[What I don't miss about the past]

I guess I'm unique. I would rather live in the past. Seriously, I think I was born 150 years to late. God had better have a good reason for making me wait til now. I would much rather have been a Rocky Mountain fur trapper.

[Boat building]

I love it when someone says "can't" because there's always somebody else out there willing and able to prove "can".

Curse the internet!

I hate doing this, but my understanding of early ship building is quite clearly flawed. Now I'll go have a good cry and plot my revenge on those who have exposed me. Can you say golden emerods?

[Where does life on mars fit in?]

And if anybody truly thinks that this planet is the one and only pinnacle of creation from the beginning of the eternities, well then

I just want to point out that the box in that picture probably over-represents the size of the earth a few million times.

[Question on drilling for Oil]

But I honestly don't see a nuclear-powered automobile coming down the road for quite a while, if ever.

I didn't have in mind mini reactors in the cars. I had in mind using the nuclear power to recharge the batteries. A neat way for gas stations to survive, actually, would be to have large quantities of batteries, and instead of going to get your tank topped off, you go in and trade the battery of your electric car. Swap out the battery and go on your way. The gas station then recharges the battery that was there and puts it in the car of a future customer. I haven't put much thought into this, so I know they idea suffers from myriad flaws, but hey, why not kick it around?

[When Forgiveness if Really, Really Hard]

I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men

The greatest thing about that scripture is that it says nothing of timing. We may be required to forgive all men, but we may not have it in us to do it right away. That's fine.

If you can't forgive them now, then you probably are lacking either the emotional or spiritual strength to forgive. But if you set aside the problem and essentially ignore it for a while, you can work on other, smaller issues that you can improve in yourself. Eventually, as time passes and you make these other, smaller improvements, you're likely to find the emotional and spiritual strength to forgive these major trespasses.

I think one of April's conference talks was in the same vein, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now.

[Question on drilling for Oil]

We could also breed hamsters to run on wheels and turn turbines for power!

Just think...giant hamster farms!