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  1. What was the most unusual, funny..

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    A side note to my last comment --- I grew up in CA during the sixties, did the hippie thing and could never get used to wearing a bra when I grew out of being a hippie. Now that things are going south I only wear a bra when I go out. It's the first thing to come off when I get home:lol::lol: My daughter tells me all the time that she hopes she looks as good has me when she's my age:p

    Sorry guys -- just read quickly and go on!:lol:

  2. What was the most unusual, funny..

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    :lol: :lol: I have already done the purple hat thingy!

    You know what I want to do??? I have ALWAYS wanted blue hair! I have promised myself that when I get to that age, I WILL have blue hair. My family has been forewarned and my hairdresser knows...just waiting to get old enough to get away with it...;)

    Hey, go to California or any big city -- plenty of young girls with blue hair, I think they call themselves Goth.:lol::lol:

    My daughter is not exactly goth but does like tatooing herself and coloring her hair. I never know what color it will be when I see her next.:lol: She lives in CA.

  4. May lose a friend for what I believe in

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    As a non-LDS clergyperson, I find this string very poignant. My thoughts will hopefully be helpful. First, I would never encourage a parishioner to break off a relationship due to religious differences. Unnecessary, hurtful, not at all promoting of the gospel. On the other hand, I do caution about forming those types of friendships that are "closer than a brother's" with those that are not "of like precious faith." After all, we do influence each other. We can learn from those of other faiths, but should we seek out spiritual counsel from them, on a deep personal level?

    It may be that when a relationship becomes "tight," believers will come to feel that there is no way to create some distance, while maintaining the friendship. And too, some Christians interpet the Bible to teach "separation from the world," to mean having no friendship with those outside their interpretation of the faith.

    So...this is a difficult time, and your letter was fair and heartfelt. Whether your friend will be able to remain a friend is hard to tell. We all must do what we believe God tells us to. It's ironic that you both may be doing just that.

    This is so painfully true. My sisters were LDS long before me and the wedge between us was painful for me. They had eachother because of their shared faith -- I was the outsider. They loved me and were generous towards my beliefs and I was towards theirs, but the wedge was still there. Both of them married nonLDS men and eventually they joined the LDS church -- but not all stories have that happy ending. My happy ending also came when I joined the LDS and the wedge was gone.

    Friendships can have mutual respect and grow on that but if one is not willing to nurture that respect the friendship is doomed.

  5. Do you HAVE to give up coffee or can you choose it away?

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    I think the most important thing for me in choosing to be baptized was that, I chose to give up drinking coffee. I loved coffee, but because of my faith and because of my willingness to take upon me the name of Jesus Christ giving it up became a no brainer. When we tackle the commandments that are the hardest for us to keep and choose to follow, those commandments become easy to obey. That's been my experience anyway.^_^ And the blessings that come from following the commandments are sooooo worth it!!!:)

  6. Is it possible not to judge thy neighbor or thyself

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    How can we show perfect judgment like Jesus Christ? His judgment always came from a loving position. Don't you think he sometimes rankled feathers when he judged? Did he love all those he judged? Was not his love for all of us, perfect? Do you think his counseling was always met with agreement?

    We have a choice in the matter. If someone points something out to me that I feel is an unjust judgment, I can choose to come unglued or I can look to see if the judgment has any truth. I've grown a lot and become a better person when I've done the latter. I sometimes fail at loving myself the way Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love me and that has always been the bottom line to feeling unjustly judged.

    A very important lesson I learned when I was just 14 -- I was painfully shy and I was in a big middle school and I walked down the large crowded hallways never saying anything to anyone. One day in class a girl who sat in front of me started talking to me and suddenly after a few minutes of conversation said, you're nice, I used to think you were stuck-up. I asked her why and she said because I never said hi to anyone. I was grateful that she was so candid with me. Her perception of me was totally wrong but she was able to get it cleared up by stepping forward. The lesson I learned was to never judge someone externally.

    My opinion and only because I've seen it work possitivly in my life, is, the most loving thing you can do for a person is to let them know how they might improve their life. Whoa! Now be careful with this! We should only do this if we can do it the way Christ would do it. And stewardship plays a huge role in that! I once went to my Bishop in tears (he was not one to beat around the bush) and quickly told me he thought I just needed this particular humbling experience. I could have chosen to be upset at his supposed uncaring attitude and walked out of the church, never to return or anything in between, but instead I took it as sound counseling and when I realized he was coming from love just by showing up at the appointed time, I grew from this experience.

    Now if you've read thus far -- you're probably getting sick of my rant. Am I perfect, HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

    Do I still make mistakes? Do I still need help in loving myself and others? YOU BET!!! Thank goodness I have Jesus Christ to show me the way!:D

  20. God speaks

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    The canon seems closed to us because nothing was added for at least 1700 years (even if the BoM is true).

    While reading this part of your quote, I had a thought. Now bear in mind, even though I'm LDS, I have wondered (of course being a believer of the Book of Mormon) why so long for this to come forward (1700 years)?

    My thought -- maybe we had to wander in the wilderness for a while -- maybe we had to prove our worthiness -- maybe we had TO ASK FOR MORE.

    Question -- maybe you've said it before and I still don't get it. How does the Book of Mormon run contrary to the Bible? Maybe I'm missunderstanding but that's what you seem to be saying to me.:(

  25. Visitors are welcome - help spread the word.

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    A few years ago I was dating a guy who's daughter was going to be receiving her first communion and I went with him. I was a little confused because it was a more relaxed Catholic service. Not that I'm an expert -- but it didn't look like what I saw on TV or in movies, (that's pretty lame, I guess). I don't really remember but they didn't consider themselves RC. Why are their differences?