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chiKin~ I'm sorry that life is a rollercoaster at times... up and down..around and around....sometimes you just don't know which way you are really going. You have the basics down girl.... those are most important... you just have to find out what is true for you. I have my faith that won't be crushed... and it is what helps get me thru a lot in this world. I was an adult convert... and found my peace of mind in the LDS faith...but I beleive in what I believe in...and won't let anyone else tell me what is right or wrong on how I feel. There are some things that bother me yes, but I put them on the back burner cause they are not important to me... and will be answered in time. Make sure you keep the Holy Ghost in your life..... that will give you more guidence and help in finding your answers you need for yourself. I lost the spirit a time or two in my life... and it's not a feeling I like having... or not having as the case may be. Keep yourself in tune.... yes, by reading, praying, fasting and listening to that voice that loves you and want's you to find your way.

http://www.thefoolsday.com/silly-laws.html Good thing I don't live in AZ..... I can still keep my donkey in the bathtub!

Oh my goodness.... that's the media for you...announcing the easiest way to take advantage of a given situation. ...Can you imagine? "hey dad I'm going out with the guys to have fun for the night" "OK son, be back by 10"..... "no problem dad... we'll be all done by then.....where's my duffle bag?" ROFL...can you imagine? http://www.thefoolsday.com/silly-rules.html

ROFL.... OH Dr. T....thank you so much for the laughs...it felt good. :)

Oh PC...isn't the whole idea of a "date" as a couple to spend quality time together and to increase the bond between you instead of trying to break it apart? But I guess if you can survive the pitfalls of hades together.... you can survive most anything else thrown at you in life.

Josh, I have been rather out of sorts, so I haven't been keeping up on everything....you ask about proof? Why do we have to have proof of ANYTHING? I believe in certain things I can never "prove" Faith just happens to be one of them.... you have it or you find it.... or you just don't have it in your life period. my "evidence" is what sounds right to me.... the level of logic as it pertains to my life. I don't have to have something to back it up.... it's just there. Sometimes it's really hard to try to debate someone's logic as it applies to their life.

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Who’s bright idea was it to think that kids would make great speed bumps?!? Yes, I see the importance of slowing down but isn't one of the main reasons to "PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING HURT?" I'm glad I don't live there. Dr. T I agree.... it was a decent article...one I just shook my head at though..... A lot of traffic accidents in my area the last couple of weeks..... too many needless deaths. Hard to think of children getting hurt because of some adults brilliant idea gone wrong.

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1 We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. How many times have you personally said to some one that - YES, I am a Christian. YES I beleive in God, the Eternal Father. Yes I believe in His Son, Jesus Christ. YES I believe in the Holy Ghost. Just to have them tell you that no you don't. How often have we all explained this time and again to investigators here on this Forum? I sometimes wonder if they will ever get it. Will they ever understand and accept that YES, the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are christians. That we not only believe in, we worship God, the Eternal Father, and we worship His Son, Jesus Christ. And I'll add.... we DO NOT worship Joseph Smith I get tired of hearing that we do

LOL gee I'm writing these things down for ME! great ideas I am seeing ohhh Shan...the Farmers Market..... I love those things.... in Portland we had a huge one called Saturday Market..... which we would go to and have a blast!

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AK- No, it wasn't you, if it was... LOL you would know by now PC- I think that it kinda falls under what was said before about "territory" and what AK said... we believe in obeying, honoring and sustaining the law..... not just here but everywhere else too. So if we are in someone else's territory, another relm of religion.... we should honor their land and their set rules as such. I don't know how that would apply to holding something like a family home evening in your own home, or place of residence, and inviting a friend over to participate would be wrong? I would think that, that would be different than tracting the neighborhood knocking on doors. It is still sharing a little about who you are and what you believe in, but behind your own doors. Or would that be considered more "underground" and defying the rules of the land? I really don't know. I am more of a rebel when it comes to things I take to heart that others may not agree with... and I'll still stand for what I believe in... come what may. I would have been right in the middle of the Underground Railroad back in the era of slavery. Besides showing respect for another country by learning their laws and regulations... it would also keep you safe. oh.... and not having to prove stupidity on your part by pleading ignorance even in the states, laws and rules and regs are different from state to state....I mean there are basic federal laws...but it can be confusing when the little things.... like a free right on a red light after stopping....change and you don't know it till you get pulled over

Thanks M :)spunky huh? Must be the happiness phase I was gong thru I hope it continues... lol... let's ALL hope it continues!

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A lot of great ideas! I remember some great dates ... just walking in the park and skipping rocks in the river.... hockey games, concerts, climbing rocks looking for Indian hieroglyphics, laying on a blanket looking at the stars ..... just enjoying time together doing things that both like to do.

You know PC I never thought of it as an opposition against state-sanctioned persecution of religion.... If anything I think that perhaps the persecution of the mormons years ago might have helped inspire this particular article of faith. It would be hard for us to ask that we have the right to worship as we feel right if we don't allow that same right to others.What does it mean to me personally? It is a big part of who I am, who I have always been.... everyone has the right to think, feel, pray, worship as they see fit. Religion wise....whatever is right and true for them shouldn't infringe on anyone else. Faith is a personal thing... no one can tell you HOW, WHEN, WHERE, WHY or to WHOM But I will agree with Travelor also... this is a very fair statement. And out of respect for the territory of another religion... those who want to voice their oppositon or make a statement of how they feel about something should remember where they are and show respect in doing so. That I don't have a problem with.... Trav..you also said Your right... it is hard at times... but. sometimes you just have to listen to your friends... when you really want to listen to your enemies... and it's been a rough road trying to figure out who is who. But I think I have a pretty good handle on it now :)That's what a good friend is for...to protect you from yourself at times. AK.... you asked what prompted this topic? I got chewed on for allowing others to have a different truth than the TRUTH as I know it. It upset me because I have always tried to believe that how I feel about free agency, to choose how we live our lives, how or what we believe in, is a personal choice. To be told I was wrong for what I feel, for what I believe, just made me angry. If it was someone outside the church who said this to me.... it wouldn't have made me 1/2 as crazy but it was said to me by someone who is LDS. And I'm not naming names... I've been an emotional wreck for the past week anyway..... and what was said was just the straw that broke the camels back. I don't' take lightly to being told that what I believe in is wrong. Because it's WHAT I believe in... and I refuse to change who I am because others dont' see the truth as I see it. THAT my dear AK is what prompted this topic

Thanks Traveler, I'm glad someone understands who I am I was criticized for being so accepting of others and to be honest... it hurt. It made me feel like I was wrong in what I believe in, and how I look at things.... but I won't change who I am or what I believe in just because someone thinks I am wrong. If I am wrong in how I feel, than I am wrong.... and I'll take the consequences for it on Judgement Day. I think I more fully realize how many feel having others attack their faith, their opinions, their truths as they see it and apply it to their lives. How can a man try to take away the essence of what another man is inside by condemning him/her for what they truely believe? Now I will add that there is a difference between those who go to extreme to try to get attention, recongnition or exaltation (in the name of God) and those who are peace loving and people loving and serve their God (whoever He is in their eyes) and others, the best they know how. There are various forms of Terrorism.... those physical acts of violence, and the mental/psychological acts that try to destroy from the inside out. I probably don't make any sense... but I needed to vent

THE ARTICLES OF FAITH OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 11- We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may. This is a lot of who I am and what I believe.... according to the dictates of my own conscience. And I will allow all men the same privilege according to theirs. I just needed to post it.

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Who else do you think helps guide the hands of the doctor and gives them the incredible knowledge to perform such a thing? The Easter Bunny

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