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I'm curious. Why is this a planetary crisis? I could see how it could be construed as maybe a societal crisis, but abortion (which I believe to be evil) is the result of a choice of at least one individual up to a small group. Eternal Salvation and Sin are only capable by individuals. And we've been told that the earth will be exalted and moved closer to God. Why is this a planetary crisis? This is probably verging on arguing semantics but if it's an individuals choice and not planet earths, then why bother using the planet to hype it. It's an individual's crisis that happens every time an unborn child is aborted. This just really bugged me when I saw the title. I can't change society, but I can choose my thoughts and actions, no one elses.

It seems so far that this is geared primarily to judging external sources to ones self. From my own experience (And I can't speak for others) in my life there is a greater danger in judging ones self, and a also a danger in a comparison of yourself to others. I've sold myself short on a lot of things in my life because of how I thought I couldn't or could do something when it wasn't needed, or became prideful because I thought I was better. This led myself into sin quite a lot in my life which I am still dealing with. There is judgement that is good. I did come to a point where I realized that I was wrong in a lot of things and needed to be in the right, and I found myself to be lacking, stopped the descent into sin, and started working for that which was good in my life. I like what Nephi said 2 Nephi 4:34 34 O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever. I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm.

I saw that it was bumped up to 8 people so here is my list not in any particular order. George Washington Abraham Lincoln Alma the Younger Captain Moroni Rick Rescorla Alexander the Great Chuck Yeager My Uncle Jason I'd like to sit and learn from these men about sacrifice and going after dreams, except my uncle, who died when I was little, and I have few memories, most happy, but still few with him and I'd like to know him better.

I was only at the level of getting to know her, and I like her a lot. We have talked about how we feel, and I like her to the point where I would like to see if I wanted/was ready to marry her. But we weren't dating exclusively. Neither one of us were. I think that I may have a different way of describing what happened then what you would use so there is some miscommunication on my part. I could have just posted what the guy said with less background. Perhaps to much information is a bad thing in this case. I do believe I knew what I was doing and I wasn't over or underestimating how much I like her nor made up any ideas as to what level we were going on. But that's secondary to what I posted about. What bothers me was that someone else I thought I knew was angry or almost angry that I enjoyed some time with a very good friend. I don't get it. I really don't.

*nix based systems are great, but there is a lot of software that isn't available for them and so I still use Microsoft.

I don't mind volunteering for work in the bishop's storehouse. I've done it many times before. But of course It has to be after I get off work. Which of course it hasn't been. The time has always been a half hour before I get off work and an hours drive away. Frustrating, but that's an issue for another time.

I run ipcop as a proxy server/content filter. Other then that I have a desktop that I never use which runs CentOS.

My fav scripture - D&C Sec 128 vs 22-23 22 Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory! Let your hearts rejoice, and be exceedingly glad. Let the earth break forth into singing. Let the dead speak forth anthems of eternal praise to the King Immanuel, who hath ordained, before the world was, that which would enable us to redeem them out of their prison; for the prisoners shall go free. 23 Let the mountains shout for joy, and all ye valleys cry aloud; and all ye seas and dry lands tell the wonders of your Eternal King! And ye rivers, and brooks, and rills, flow down with gladness. Let the woods and all the trees of the field praise the Lord; and ye solid rocks weep for joy! And let the sun, moon, and the morning stars sing together, and let all the sons of God shout for joy! And let the eternal creations declare his name forever and ever! And again I say, how glorious is the voice we hear from heaven, proclaiming in our ears, glory, and salvation, and honor, and immortality, and eternal life; kingdoms, principalities, and powers!

Ban on canned roots/tubers. It should be a sin to preserve any sort of tuber in a can or container with water. It... It's just wrong. Potatos, and Yams, and carrots, and radishes, and ginger just weren't meant to have this done to them. It's a crime. Got to have my pets. I was responsible for them here in this life and I want to have them with me in the future.

I just want to know what are some of the talents you've found you could develop and didn't really expect it. For me I like arts & craft type work because I'm fairly good at using my hands to do stuff, and two weeks ago, I found I can do jewelry. I found this after I collected a bunch of seashells while in Florida for work and I wanted to do something with them when I got back and I hit upon the idea of making some of it into jewelry, and I made the jewelry, and it didn't turn out bad, not something you'd pay money for off the shelf at a store. But each piece I did was better then the one before. So now I can make jewelry and I like doing it. Before three weeks ago, I wouldn't have considered it, and now I can do something I couldn't before. Just picked it up and ran with it. I'm curious if anyone has found they had a talent and it was a surprise or unexpected.

I had a friend that ran out at the end of the fireside. She booked it. I gave her a ride home from FHE last night and she told me that was crying with understanding and she had her eyes opened to how things are going in her life, and she admitted she was genuinely happy about it. I thought this was a great moment for her as it testified to me of how things work with enduring, with being given knowledge and understanding, and how to get by in times of trouble. And I did my homework. My favorite scripture for a time was D&C 123 verse 23 Therefore, that we should waste and wear out our lives in bringing to light all the hidden things of darkness, wherein we know them; and they are truly manifest from heaven We are not at the whim of chaos and chance. There is a reason for everything that happens, for good or bad in our lives.

I have an incident I want to share and get input on. There is this girl I really like. I've gone out on dates with her over the last few months, and hung out with her, and got to the point where I realized I liked her a lot and decided, I wanted to see if she was the one I wanted to marry. So finally after that realization, I was ready to jump in, and a mutual friend, her best friend, said wait a week till you get back from a week of work travel out of state. I did, got back and found another guy had started dating the week before I had left. I was reluctant at that point to do anything as I didn't know what level of relationship they were operating at, whether it was serious or just for fun. This was three weeks ago. I then picked up a new hobby of jewelry making, due to the seashells I brought back from Florida which is where I went. Which was convenient because that's one of her talents. So I asked her about how to do some stuff, and she invited me over to her house where we spent last friday with me learning and improving my skills. We talked of some things, and I learned that it wasn't serious between them and that she wasn't going to take it anywhere, and my hope blossomed. So I'm in the know and I can move forward with that. Well, the next day at the saturday session of stake conference. The guy who was dating her sat next to me. In a deadpan voice, he said that he almost had a fit of jealous rage for the amount of time I had spent with the girl on friday. It freaked me out. The first thought that popped into my mind was don't hurt me. This is due to past experience growing up and dealing with people and their wants. I stayed silent for a few minutes and then turned to the guy on the left of me and started a conversation with him. I then learned that he likes the girl a lot also, and has fallen for her hard as I was told, and I just don't want to get hurt, and I don't like getting threatened, and if it was in jest, I couldn't tell. I have a hard time telling when people are joking when I usually have no reason to disbelieve them, and it was a poor joke if it was one. It really upset me. And I don't know what to do.

I'm from Vegas. I did live in Utah for about six years. I only went there because I had no way to live on my own in Vegas and family was there in Utah. Now I'm in Michigan working. I didn't really get attached to Utah. It was nice, nicer in some ways then Nevada and in other ways not, but I'm finding out that It all depends on what you want. After watching Broken Arrow as a kid, they had the line about Nevada winning against Utah should they ever have a war. I was just reminded of that.

I can tell you how I feel about this subject. I don't feel like making a judgement call on whether Utah Mormons are better or worse then non-Utah Mormons in any way or from any point of view should be called for. I don't believe that this kind of questioning will lead to anything good.

I grew up in Vegas, and moved to Orem seven years ago. It was a world of different. I hated it. Nothing was open past 11 if even open till 10. Grocery stores don't count. I hated not being able to go and get something to do around midnight or even later, but I got used to it. That was my biggest problem in my mind at the time. Over a year ago I graduated college ~ Stevens Henager, and got a job with the federal government here in Michigan. From Good to sort of ok, to what the heck was I thinking... Each place so far has its pros and cons for church, community, lifestyle, and other conditions. One thing I've realized by this is that there are to many variables between where I have lived for me to make a judgement on what's worse and what's not, so I don't think it's my place to say if any one location is better or worse.

Any teacher I ever asked in institute always said that our Heavenly Father and Mother had parents just like they are our parents. Families are an eternal principle/structure. They have parents who also have parents, who also have parents and so on. Needless to say, this didn't come from the mouth of the prophets, but it's what I was told by those who had authority to teach the gospel in institute. This reminds me of the hymn If you could high to Kolob by William W. Phelps 1. If you could hie to Kolob In the twinkling of an eye, And then continue onward With that same speed to fly, Do you think that you could ever, Through all eternity, Find out the generation Where Gods began to be? 2. Or see the grand beginning, Where space did not extend? Or view the last creation, Where Gods and matter end? Me thinks the Spirit whispers, “No man has found ‘pure space,’ Nor seen the outside curtains, Where nothing has a place.” 3. The works of God continue, And worlds and lives abound; Improvement and progression Have one eternal round. There is no end to matter; There is no end to space; There is no end to spirit; There is no end to race. 4. There is no end to virtue; There is no end to might; There is no end to wisdom; There is no end to light. There is no end to union; There is no end to youth; There is no end to priesthood; There is no end to truth. 5. There is no end to glory; There is no end to love; There is no end to being; There is no death above. There is no end to glory; There is no end to love; There is no end to being; There is no death above.

This may have already been stated elsewhere, but I just learned about it personally last night. You may already know about this yourself, but I didn't realize/understand it till last night. Yesterday I got to go to the Detroit Temple and was baptised and confirmed for the dead. I did experience a witness by the holy ghost that this was true and righteous and a good thing. So afterwards as I was laying in bed before sleep, I was reading up on baptism for the dead starting in the D&C section 124 in verse 29. I then realized something about the law of consequence. It's not just that you can't pick what consequence follows sin, but it's not always who gets in trouble is the same, such as it might not be you, who when failing to complete a commandment, be the one at fault, or if you were relying on another who sinned, you might be included. It seems it is very specific by sin, usually outlined in the covenant or commandment, but I think it falls within the law of consequence as it's not just what happens, but who it happens to. These are the two examples I found in Section 124 ~ 29 For a baptismal font there is not upon the earth, that they, my saints, may be baptized for those who are dead— 30 For this ordinance belongeth to my house, and cannot be acceptable to me, only in the days of your poverty, wherein ye are not able to build a house unto me. 31 But I command you, all ye my saints, to build a house unto me; and I grant unto you a sufficient time to build a house unto me; and during this time your baptisms shall be acceptable unto me. 32 But behold, at the end of this appointment your baptisms for your dead shall not be acceptable unto me; and if you do not these things at the end of the appointment ye shall be rejected as a church, with your dead, saith the Lord your God. Here it seems that the dead were tied into this covenants consequence. The dead who have to completely rely on their mortal brethren and sisters to do their work for them, would be rejected if we messed up with the work for the dead. In the same section of 124 49 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that when I give a commandment to any of the sons of men to do a work unto my name, and those sons of men go with all their might and with all they have to perform that work, and cease not their diligence, and their enemies come upon them and hinder them from performing that work, behold, it behooveth me to require that work no more at the hands of those sons of men, but to accept of their offerings. 50 And the iniquity and transgression of my holy laws and commandments I will visit upon the heads of those who hindered my work, unto the third and fourth generation, so long as they repent not, and hate me, saith the Lord God. 51 Therefore, for this cause have I accepted the offerings of those whom I commanded to build up a city and a house unto my name, in Jackson county, Missouri, and were hindered by their enemies, saith the Lord your God. And here it puts the consequence of failing i.e. breaking covenants onto those who caused the failure to do the work of the lord and not on those who were doing the work and were stopped. Then I remembered Jacob talking about how leaders were responsible for their subjects actions, and Lehi's blessing on his posterity how if the parents stayed true to the lord and raised their children right, it would be good, else if they strayed, and raised their children wrong, the sins of the children would be held to the parents. Sorry if this has been stated before, but I just wanted to share my realization with other people. To me it seems that the Law of consequences only gets said as if it's just the consequence that you can't determine. It's also the person who gets the consequence that you have no control over as it is already determined and stated in whatever covenant. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ know all about our dealings, and they are just and merciful in their dealings with us unruly children. Just thought I would share this even if you already know. I hope I didn't confuse anybody. Edit part~~A further realization I had like two seconds after I posted. When you sin, this can prove in certain circumstances that you definitely can harm other people and you can't rationalize it away that it only affects yourself.

I just read the chapter in a Marvelous work and a Wonder about the Gathering of Israel yesterday at church during sacrament meeting. I learned that Israel was dedicated for the return of the Jews or the tribe of Judah by one of the apostles. I had no idea that this was even done till I read about it. The whole prayer was recorded and I thought it was one of the more beautifully spoken prayers by inspiration that there ever was. Sorry I don't remember who did the dedication. I have that kind of memory when it comes to reading.