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I agree!!!! Winnie G~ that was GREAT!!! It was wonderful to come home from work to a good chuckle..... thank you :)

Ireland and Scotland for the political/historical part of me The Carribbean for the fun part of me Ohhhhh and a side trip to Germany

Hello Hello... welcome to LDSTALk :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON!!!!!Chin up BuckerRoo... You're only as old as you feel.... LOL... I keep telling myself that....DAILY. Happy 31st :)

believe it or not Snow also had a big impact on my spiritual well being.... one of those priesthood holders I looked up to to help get me thru a bad time. Snow, Ray, Spencer, Proud Duck, Traveler, Paul O, John Doe, and yes even Setheus, they all contributed helping others with their LDS spiritual knowledge. Even the Fuzz Buckets and Stephens, Harveys and Bats...... those who others might not see as lds board material..... all had something intelligent to say that helped increase my testimony of what I know is true and right for me. Bat helped me a lot too .... actually helped keep me going to church when I wanted to give up. And Tao... in his struggles to find himself... and who he really is inside... my respects to him too. Jason is still around... and I'm glad he is... he's part of the intelligent team who helps with just being who he is. Same as Soulsearcher.... not LDS but a big part of the intelligent team. Oh and Begood2.... I appreciate you too :) I found priesthood holders in a most unconventional way... but it worked for me! Our board has evolved from many posters.... and has survived a couple of them..LOL We have added several LDS and Non LDS members who are a great part of this little family....

Welcome back Moroni! it's been several months or more hasn't it? Everything OK?

Fellowship.... that's a good word for it I found LDSTALK because I needed several things.... I needed some kind of priesthood in my life - I have had no home teachers or visiting teachers for many years and I also needed spiritual support.... along with the fellowship of others. I found some very good friends on LDSTALK.... LDS and NON LDS..... and I have grown spiritually because of those I have found on this board. Many are still here who I adore....... and quite a few are not.... but even so... they are still dear to my heart for being part of my life. I love the mixture of LDS and NON LDS who can co-exist on this site.... we care about each other...and we learn from each other.... and I think THAT is what keeps me here. :)

ROLF... I love that one PC.... and from one of the little people..... I'm glad you are here! Congratulations on the 1000!!!!

Congrats to the seminary grads! That's a lot of hours.... a lot of work.... in addition to normal school work!

Hey Scott....thanks for the update.... I also like to hear how Reni is doing.... it's like watching her grow up over the years in cyberland. It's great to hear her achievements.... and yours too!

Sorry... didnt' mean to sound ignorant.... just things I was told or noticed...when I went to a sacrament meeting for the first time.

Hope they don't send you home VIA Hungary!! LOL. LOL SHE GOTCHA THERE JASON! My 2 cents: Only take ONE piece of bread at sacrement (my kids wanted to take two or three at first) .... pass with the right hand... and don't say thank you when you receive the bread and water..... as odd as it sounds... it was these little things i had to learn as a convert (I was always told to say thank you to everything in life) Good advice from above posters too :)

JENDA!!!! Oh how I"ve missed your pic..... I mean your glorious ummmmmm....... name that starts with J... yeah that's it... Glad to see you again :)

LOL...welcome aboard miss bubbly cutie :)

Depends on who's acting "childish"....lolI think we all need to keep that child inside of us.... it helps clear the cloudy days. But acting childish has to have it's place and time....

THE UNIT!!!!! I was trying to think of the name of that show!!!! I have watched it and LOVE IT... just couldn't remember the name.... THANK YOU!!!! :)

Something We Can Unite In..... A perfect title.... for those who can just see each other as a brother...or sister. And as Christ can love each of us.... for who we are- we should be able to love each other for what we are.... Children of God (and yes..that includes the non believers too ) I loved that picture Christos :)

Once again your an angel Pushka :) .... I am pretty sure that was what I was thinking too Thank you for helping me out.... again Dr T... I enjoy your posts.... I am really bad at keeping up sometimes.... how you even have time to think with " 4 beautiful, amazing, super brilliant, loving, compassionate, trustworth, respectful, obediant, loyal, industrious, pure, grateful, cheerful, and athletic children." is beyond me....lol. They sound like fun :)

Christos....that was beautiful thank you for sharing

I saw "Monk" mentioned.... I love that show.... Law and Order, CSI...Crossing Jorden....I did enjoy West Wing when I watched it.. and Desperate Housewives when I used to watch that one too. I watch reruns... Friends, The Cosby Show... Full House, Tool Time ( I mean Home Improvement....lol ), That 70's Show, Drew Carey... I like a good laugh once in a while... to rid the mind of all the dead bodies on the drama shows ....lol I used to watch a lot of Food Network..... addicted to Iron Chef America don't have cable right now

I think that is where some get confused Ray.... they don't understand the "like unto" or "just as much"..... I think that one just has to have a realization of what that means to them..... to be "like" or to be "one" in reason or purpose. I'm not attacking your statement Ray... it just triggered the memory of a couple of conversations I have had in the last couple of days... I am reminded of a conversation that I had about non Christians being made to feel like they were worthless as good decent people only because they don't believe in what Christ did for us..... or perhaps not having a belief in one God over all. I know that there will be a lot of Non Christians who make it to a higher level than some of these so called Christians we find in our churches every day. The ones who judge others or turn their back on those who need help the most....because of some "they are beneath us" attitude.... (another conversation)...about how LDS treat others... both outside of the faith...and even those lds members struggling with problems in various ward buildings. How often "worthy" members turn their backs on other members who don't meet their specifications of a "proper" LDS member. Same truths they believe in.... same God, same Jesus, same truth of the restored church of Christ... yet still not one together in the eye's of those "more worthy" Those lds members on the outside looking in at the "in" crowd... those who won't spend the time, the energy or the service on those not in the "in"crowd of the church family..... there are lds members who actually need support after a death in the family.... or severe depression.... or a number of other crisis of things that happen to everyone, and they don't receive it. I'm not saying that every ward is like that.... I just heard some very sad things that happened to family members of a friend I was talking to. And then remembered how hurt another person was when the same thing happened to his family years ago.... consequentially... it drove him and his father away from the church with the anger and hurt for the family to be so ill treated after the death of the mother/wife. Funny thing is...both wards are in Utah ... Guess it's not that funny after all.

Ray, I understand what you are saying...because I understand what you are saying......but so many who are not LDS cannot understand the "nobody else is "godly" in doing what they are doing" They are doing what they do BECAUSE they think it's of God...or for God.... and it's hard to have others tell them that it isn't. 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. That is the dictates of their own conscience.... we just have a different way of looking at things.... that is right for us. my two cents

Good thing I never became a man. I still like the childish things......ohhh PC I think you may have nailed that one.... it's amazing how fast some "grow up" when they have that responsibility.....

The Son honoring the Father was NOT the main point. The main point was redeeming us. The Father sent his Son, who paid the price for us. The main point is God so loved the world that He sent his one and only Son... Of course the main point was redeeming us..... that was the honor....the glory .... that God would send his Son to redeem the world of sin...and all glory given to Him (God) BECAUSE He so loved the world.... glory not to be be lavished on the one who sacrificed himself as Lucifer wanted in the first place. No, He is spirit. No, that is your opinion only... it's your right to think that...same as it is my right to think he has a form No one in the Judeo-Christian tradition, from Moses to John the Revelator ever even hinted at the Father having a physical body. Nobody said, "Since Moses says we're made in God's image, what does He look like?" It has been understood that we being in his image has more to do with our character, our ability to reason, to love, to create, etc.--those aspects that distinguish us from all other creation. Well, again PC... that is your interpretation of what "tradition" allows you to think. I believe that the Bible was put together by man, and I have always understood the Bible as being not as it should be...with passages and books missing. This was even BEFORE I had thought about joining the church. If there was a missing book of the Bible that stated that man was created in the EXACT image of God.... arms, legs, chest, ears...etc.... would you ignore that? It would defy the traditional "characteristic" aspect theory of what some want to believe. Would it be wrong to change your view?... just hypothectically speaking..... don't mean to make you pour salt into your coffee as you think about it I believe there is a phrase in LDS writings that says that the Father knew Mary in the manner of men, or some such verbage. Granted, the "how" is not spelled out exactly, but the conjecture is not difficult to make. So, Christos' question is not dribble, but rather theological speculation based upon a not-unreasonable reading of text. I think that the key word was writings I KNOW it's not doctrine being taught to anyone in my faith. and I didnt' say that Christos' question was dribble... just that accusation he heard from somewhere ...sorry if it sounded like I was attacking the question.

"If God, the Father has a human body, what was the point of sending down his son, when he could have gone down himself?" But wasn't that the whole point in the beginning? For the Son to honor the Father and give all glory to Him? "God is not a blob of mist or energy. God has made us in his image and in his likness. We are in the image of His Only Begotten and we *man* have walked and lived with the Son and even after he rose from the dead we did feel his body." Exactally the thing I couldn't figure out while growing up... if God had no real image... was just a blob of energy or some misty configuration.. WHY weren't we made in THAT image... in that likeness as it was stated in the Bible? "Out of curiosity, I hear that you believe that God physically came down to Earth and physically had intercourse with the virgin Mary" What I am wondering is WHERE on earth you hear that dribble? Think back on the plagues of Egypt... did the spirit physically go in and kill each first born?.... not that is written that I have found.... it was done by the spirit passing thru/over/around as far as I could tell. Same thing for for the conception of Christ ... it was just done... who are we to ask how? Christos.... you can't believe everything you hear...so many lie just to lie...they have no remorse for deceiving others.... we just have to work double time to help those who have been lied to.