Connie

Oooo, ooo, Pam, pick me, pick me! I know they're cute! Is someone starting to sound a little familiar? perhaps a little like Korihor? Alma 30: starting in verse 40 "And now what evidence have ye that there is no God, or that Christ cometh not? I say unto you that ye have none, save it be your word only. But, behold, I have all things as a testimony that these things are true; and ye also have all things as a testimony unto you that they are true.... Will ye say, show unto me a sign, when ye have the testimony of all these thy brethren, and also all the holy prophets? The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator."

"Good feelings gone." Finding Nemo

"We are not required to prove that The Book of Mormon is true or is an authentic record through external evidences, though there are many. It never has been the case nor is it so now that the studies of the learned will prove The Book of Mormon true or false. That has to come by the power of the Spirit." -Ezra Taft Benson

"Barium, cobalt, Einstein, Kool-Ade!!" Meet the Robinsons

D&C 93:24 "And truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come." My husband likes to say "Truth is reality."

Agreed! It should probably be required reading for all who have been through the temple.

Your eyes are full of hate, forty-one. That's good. Hate keeps a man alive. It gives him strength. Ben Hur

Alrighty then, gotcha. Still confused as to why he felt he needed to use my name, almost as if he was addressing me.

Not sure what your getting at. I've never asked to have a thread removed. I was just quoting something from the terms and conditions that i found interesting.

Didn't get to put this on the other thread, so i'll stick it here. "LDS.NET reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting (including private messages) by you, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the LDS.NET Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability."

Woohoo!! Party time! Thank you, thank you! Please hold your applause!

I have to second this recommendation, even though i'm only halfway through. It has been a real eye opener for me.

The below is from this: LDS.org - Ensign Article - “The Great Plan of Happiness†To the first man and woman on earth, the Lord said, “Be fruitful, and multiply” (Moses 2:28; see also Gen. 1:28; Abr. 4:28). This commandment was first in sequence and first in importance. It was essential that God’s spirit children have mortal birth and an opportunity to progress toward eternal life. Consequently, all things related to procreation are prime targets for the adversary’s efforts to thwart the plan of God. When Adam and Eve received the first commandment, they were in a transitional state, no longer in the spirit world but with physical bodies not yet subject to death and not yet capable of procreation. They could not fulfill the Father’s first commandment without transgressing the barrier between the bliss of the Garden of Eden and the terrible trials and wonderful opportunities of mortal life. For reasons that have not been revealed, this transition, or “fall,” could not happen without a transgression—an exercise of moral agency amounting to a willful breaking of a law (see Moses 6:59). This would be a planned offense, a formality to serve an eternal purpose. The Prophet Lehi explained that “if Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen” (2 Ne. 2:22), but would have remained in the same state in which he was created. “And they would have had no children; wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin” (2 Ne. 2:23). But the Fall was planned, Lehi concludes, because “all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things” (2 Ne. 2:24). It was Eve who first transgressed the limits of Eden in order to initiate the conditions of mortality. Her act, whatever its nature, was formally a transgression but eternally a glorious necessity to open the doorway toward eternal life. Adam showed his wisdom by doing the same. And thus Eve and “Adam fell that men might be” (2 Ne. 2:25). Some Christians condemn Eve for her act, concluding that she and her daughters are somehow flawed by it. Not the Latter-day Saints! Informed by revelation, we celebrate Eve’s act and honor her wisdom and courage in the great episode called the Fall (see Bruce R. McConkie, “Eve and the Fall,” Woman, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1979, pp. 67–68). Joseph Smith taught that it was not a “sin,” because God had decreed it (see The Words of Joseph Smith, ed. Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook, Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1980, p. 63). Brigham Young declared, “We should never blame Mother Eve, not the least” (in Journal of Discourses, 13:145). Elder Joseph Fielding Smith said: “I never speak of the part Eve took in this fall as a sin, nor do I accuse Adam of a sin. … This was a transgression of the law, but not a sin … for it was something that Adam and Eve had to do!” (Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols., Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1954–56, 1:114–15). This suggested contrast between a sin and a transgression reminds us of the careful wording in the second article of faith: “We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression” (emphasis added). It also echoes a familiar distinction in the law. Some acts, like murder, are crimes because they are inherently wrong. Other acts, like operating without a license, are crimes only because they are legally prohibited. Under these distinctions, the act that produced the Fall was not a sin—inherently wrong—but a transgression—wrong because it was formally prohibited. These words are not always used to denote something different, but this distinction seems meaningful in the circumstances of the Fall. Modern revelation shows that our first parents understood the necessity of the Fall. Adam declared, “Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh I shall see God” (Moses 5:10). Note the different perspective and the special wisdom of Eve, who focused on the purpose and effect of the great plan of happiness: “Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient” (Moses 5:11). In his vision of the redemption of the dead, President Joseph F. Smith saw “the great and mighty ones” assembled to meet the Son of God, and among them was “our glorious Mother Eve” (D&C 138:38–39). This is also good: LDS.org - Ensign Article - Adam’s Role in Bringing Us Mortality

Okay, whoever owns this beagle, i want it! It is wwaayy too cute!!

"Apology will not give me back my honor." Karate Kid II

"If i have to choke down another one of those moldy, disgusting crackers! Bam! Whap!" Aladdin

Christ and the New Covenant by Jeffrey R. Holland Lectures on Faith The Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister (this ones on my list, i haven't read it yet, looks interesting though)

Good points, Pam! I agree, especially on this particular point.

"Did he invite you up for a little bit of cheese?" The Kid

"Hmm, let's see... take responsiblity for my own life or blame you? Dingdingdingdingding! Blame you wins hands down! " Meet the Robinsons Oops! Wrong thread, sorry.

"It looks like a big block of wood." Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Your welcome, i've been enjoying the laughs!)

I wish you the best of luck in your quest. You are of the "asian persuasion." Just like Patton in Fablehaven. :) One of my brothers married a beautiful Chinese girl. I was lucky enough to find a guy who preferred blond hair and blue eyes.

Bow to the queen of slime, the queen of filth, the queen of putrescence. Boo, boo! The Princess Bride

When my daughter was 6 years old she said, "I'm glad i only have two feet. If i was a spider, it would take me forever to get my shoes on."

"Please leave through the front door calm and orderly. And maybe try to avoid the slimy girl." Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium