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While I hate the stimulus bill, I must say that this refreshing change from back-room politics does give me hope. Or at least, if the moneys aren't being used properly, we know who to lynch.

It wasn't a stalker, LM. It was just a porn spammer contacting random people. It happens sometimes.

Oh, if there's one thing I can't stand, it's people who are attention junkies! It's because I'm so shy and withdrawn.

I have never found that converts are less likely to be dated in the church than others, to be honest. I've seen all kinds of prejudices: Prejudices against divorcees, single moms, slightly overweight, slightly underweight, girls with red hair, girls with blue hair, girls who are too wild, girls who are too 'molly', etc. All of these things, I have seen act as a prejudice against dating. I have still never seen a prejudice against women being dated for being a convert. Could there be another reason?

Dr. T is absolutely, one hundred percent correct on this. Anything other than this gets in to pseudo-doctrine and does nothing other than alienate people. One might even say he is the Alpha and the Omega.

Happy Birthday, Honor! What'd you get me?

I'm not certain why this has caused such an uproar. Let's get back to the OP. To the OP: What sort of proof would make you accept that God is real? At what point would you say, "Wow. I have to change my life. I was wrong this whole time." A dream? Fire in the sky?

Can I be like siouxz?

Oh! And just so Wingnut doesn't think I'm dismissing this topic(Which is important) I'm going to put in my two cents: The last few years, a phenomena called "Colony Collapse Disorder" has occurred. No one knows why. No one knows where the bees are going or what's happening. Bees are just disappearing. If it happened to humans, it would be the Rapture. Since it isn't, we can assume honeybees are having 'something' happen to them. What's scary is that we could be seeing the utter collapse of a vital part of the ecosystem and we have no idea why. At all. At bare minimum, pollination will have to occur with much more difficult and expensive processes, driving up the cost of food.

EDIT: Apparently, he doesn't like hotlinking.

Yep. Maxel's right. Your contradictions come from a different interpretation of the scriptures.

This makes sense. I like this description of the Trinity far better than previous ones. It's based upon Scripture.

I understand what you're saying and trying hard not to be contrary... But the hand can not ask why the head has forsaken it, nor can it teach the fish how to be a hand(Or be the adopted hands of the head). The hand is a mere extension of the will of the head. It doesn't have a will of its own, nor does it beg the head not to touch something hot but that "Nevertheless, the Head and not the Hand's will be done."

Yes, but the Egg-shell won't walk off from the Egg White and teach marbles how to become eggs. Nor can water exist as a gas, liquid and solid simultaneously. Nor has the future ever split off from the Present, go to the earth and teach clocks how to become time itself. Placing three similar things together does not a triune make.

Hi Lindsey. I, too, take a dietary supplement to help with weight control and I thought I'd see if this helps. I take something called PGx Daily and have found that it really helps me through the day. It's active ingredient is definitely not against the Word of Wisdom and I would highly recommend it: It's Konjac Root. Konjac Root has 0 calories, swells to 100 times its size with the addition of water and is a fibrous concoction that turns to gel in your stomach. Take it an hour before each meal and you'll find that eating portions are much more manageable. The gel slows down digestion, eliminating sugar highs and lows and eliminates afternoon tiredness, reduces insulin resistance(Which can lead to weight gain) and lowers the cholesterol count in your body(Thanks to the type of fiber it produces). It won't give you ridiculous weight loss(Unless you decide to take handfuls of the stuff and stop eating altogether, but that ain't healthy. ), but it will give you a nice, even slide without emotional highs and lows. And you'll feel better throughout the day.

Galileo had a problem with some people's interpretation of the bible, Hordak.

As (Almost) always, I agree with PC!

You might be Mormon if... I have ever proposed to you. Or not. You might just log in here. Or be Ceeboo.

As someone who has never quit smoking, I am very grateful I've never had to go through what my Grandpa did. He woke up one morning, had a cigarette, peered down at it, put it out and said "I don't think I'm going to smoke any more." He never lit another one up.

Truly grateful.

I am sincerely happy for you and am grateful that you are connecting with likeminded individuals and similarly grateful that you hold no animosity to the church, nor came here to try to convert others to your way of thinking. That's a very rare quality.

You may be young, but if anybody messed with you, you'd go all Streetfighter on 'em. I'm still in pain.

This is true to a point: The problem with child abuse in the Catholic church was very widely publicized, for instance, as were the religious aspects in Jonestown and Waco, Texas. Ultimately, the only thing we can do is lift each other up spiritually. While I kid a lot, this is one thing I won't. We all struggle sometimes and the world seems determined to make that struggle worse. It's our job to love one another enough that when these attacks come, we can lift one another up, to put our arms around their shoulder and say "It's okay." I would recommend not going to that website. For those who remember last Priesthood's lesson: "The bitter fruits of apostasy", I can say no more about why this sort of thing happens. Sweet made an insightful point: When we're filled with light, something must take that place when we push the light out. Neutral ground can not be attained again. Not really.

No competition for my love? Brat! There's always competition for the love of the loooooove doctor. :| Some wishes just can't come true.

Granted. A 600 pound man moons you as he drives past. I wish that image wasn't now in my mind.