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I believe the point he was making here was about the necesity of haste in preaching the gospel and had nothing to do with baptism for the dead. This is evident when we look at the preceding verse. KJV Luke 9 59. And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60. Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61. And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62. And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the aplough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Scouts would be a great idea. I think you'd be fine taking them to activities so long as she agreed. Teach your sons the simpler ideas of the church that just can't commonly be rejected, like respect, responsibility, preparedness...well...all the things they'll learn in scouts! If their mother approves work your way up from there. She wants her sons to be Christians? Teach them about Christ; can't go wrong there. Best of luck and God bless!,

You might find yourself drawing strength from this experience some day when you're a missionary. I know the rough times I had as a teenager helped to prepare me for my mission.

Approach it like this: Whatever agreements (be them marriage or whatever) we make here on earth are temporary without priesthood power. Therefore, our Father in Heaven provided us with a way (temple marriage) that we might live together with our family so long as we meet the requirements (keep the commandments and honor the terms of our covenants). As humans it is in our nature to be attracted to a mate so that we can find someone to be happy with and have a family. But the blame falls on us if we do not live worthily of temple marriage or do what is necessary to enter in to such a covenant.

Congratulations. Welcome to the Church of Jesus Christ. You can count on all of us to be your friends.

Everytime I used my mom's iphone the touch screen frustrated me and made me want to throw it against the wall. All everyone told me was " Oh you just have to get used to it.". I gave it more chances only to get more disapointment from it's silly touchscreen that seemed like it could only slow me down to it's lack of simple features like mms ability. But wait! You can get mms now AND be able to copy and paste IF you've got the extra money. NOPE. I got a Blackberry Curve 8900 without the data plan and I still can't fathom why I would ever need a different phone. I hook it up to wireless anywhere I'm at and I'm just fine. My phone bill is usually around the neighborhood of $20.00 on a family plan with unlimited texting. OH yes! And From what I've seen the Palm Pre is a really nice phone too!

Could you tell us a little bit about why you would like to be LDS? I can tell just by the fact that you say you want to be "LDS" instead of a "Mormon" that you have a bit of general knowledge about this church. I'm interested to hear how you learned about us and what makes you feel like you want to become a member.:) -Tek

Ask the Lord what you should do, he's never given me any bad advice. Were I in your shoes? I'd serve that mission and then worry about what to do regarding marriage.

I most certainly did serve with him. Great guy, from San Fransisco if I'm not mistaken.

Many people your age commit acts of this nature on a regular basis without a second thought. I'm glad to see that you're mature enough to take responsibility for your actions. The fact that you feel the way you do about this indicates that you've already started the repentance process. I would suggest you read the Strength of Youth pamphlet, maybe this could help you decide what to do. And don't forget to council with your Father in Heaven to recieve insight on how to deal with this. I hope everything turns out ok. -Tek

After I turned in my papers Canada was one of the places I was hoping to get sent. Secretly I had always hoped for China, but I knew it just wasn't realistic.

Hello and welcome.

I believe they were good men, maybe even divinely inspired in some cases. Honestly, whether or not one is a member of say, the Catholic Church for example, you have to recognize that the world is a better place because churches like it exist, due to it's teaching of many good principles, and vigorous humanitarian aid efforts. If I recall correctly Elder M. Russel Ballard states in his book "Our Search for Happiness" that he believes that God works his will through many of the leaders of faiths other than the LDS.

I would say that listening to music is a really good one,as long as it's in good taste. Excersize would help too

The Holy Ghost has several methods of communicating with us, alot of times we're just not listening. In addition, missionaries will use videos to help investigators better understand the gospel, and they can be very effective.

What the heck are you talking about old man?!

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In Central America the majority of chapels have outdoor mini-soccer courts, with basketball goals attached to the tops of the soccer goals of course. They also have the equipment to be used for volley-ball.

I would certainly say out of personal experience that much sacrifice is required of one who holds the priesthood in the LDS church. We believe that the priesthood is the power and authority given to man to act in God's name for the salvation of his children. Without this priesthood any saving ordinance is invalid.

They refered to him as Ibiorgun.

I once met a man who belonged to the Raelian Movement. If you want to hear some "different" ideas on creation, look them up on the web. It's all a bit too strange for me.

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In Panama there are a few indian tribes today still speaking their own unique dialects. During my mission I personally heard them account a legend that had been passed down to them of a great white god who visted their ancestors thousands of years ago and taught them many great things. When he left, he promised he would return one day. I can't remember the name they had for him as it was difficult to pronounce, I'll ask one of my companions if he remembers. The people that told me this story belonged to a tribe called "Kuna".

This helps explain a little too: Doctrine and Covenants 124:33-35 33 For verily I say unto you, that after you have had sufficient time to build a house to me, wherein the ordinance of baptizing for the dead belongeth, and for which the same was instituted from before the foundation of the world, your baptisms for your dead cannot be acceptable unto me; 34 For therein are the keys of the holy priesthood ordained, that you may receive honor and glory. 35 And after this time, your baptisms for the dead, by those who are scattered abroad, are not acceptable unto me, saith the Lord. 36 For it is ordained that in Zion, and in her stakes, and in Jerusalem, those places which I have appointed for arefuge, shall be the places for your baptisms for your dead.

This is my take on the matter: As far as I can deduct from personal study he probably did have 30+ wives and even if one was 14 years of age, that was not an uncommon age to be married at the time. It all boils down to his intentions. Did he do it because he was sex driven? Or, was it because he was following the commandments of God and had a serious concern for the welfare of these women? How can anyone honestly speak for the prophet and claim he meant to do one thing when it could have been another? I believe he was acting in the interests of the Lord.