Wingnut
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I live in an IB district...all of our schools are IB certified. But the high school also has a strong AP program. My kids are very young still, so I haven't even thought much about the high school level or options yet, but are the two really mutually exclusive?
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The logic is simple. A child is healthier when adopted into a home with a committed married couple (gay or otherwise), than being tossed around the foster system, in 10 different homes over the course of 18 years.
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I'd argue that St. Patrick's day is a huge party, a regular thing blown out of proportion.
- Blackmarch, mordorbund and Backroads
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I have to admit, I do think it a bit odd to celebrate a prophets birthday.
I celebrate Heber J. Grant's birthday every year.
Martin Luther King day I always post something on facebook, maybe I'll start posting a Joseph Smith quote on the 23rd and that'll be my honorary.
That's about the extent of my celebration of Joseph Smith's birthday. I "celebrate" it, in that I remember that it's his day of birth, I'm grateful for him, and that's about it. I know about three other people with birthdays that day, though, also.
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... but I think it must have a purpose for google searches.
Personally, I think it probably has little to do with that. The Church is already pretty well entrenched in the SEO game. I think it has more to do with the idea that people are talking about garments and other "mysterious" aspects of the Church, and the Church has finally figured out that they might as well join the conversation with accurate and official information. We've gained a fair amount of transparency (in some areas, though not in others) under President Monson's leadership, as well as community/publicity outreach.
That's interesting. I find that most of the non-Mormons I know are completely unaware of their existence. And the ones that are aware, have never asked me a thing. The only time anyone has ever said anything was a nurse in the ER. She saw my garments (of course) while helping me change into a gown and asked if I was Mormon. She had heard about garments from her sister who married a Mormon and wondered if that was what she was seeing.
Basic religious observances and preferences might sometimes also be part of sensitivity training for medical staff, and particularly important for those working in emergency departments.
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Anyway, I find it disturbing that people would feel uncomfortable when somebody wants to pray. But, that's just me.
I don't think anyone in this thread is suggesting that they're uncomfortable that someone wants to pray. I know I'm not. It is quite bizarre behavior, however, that this family is displaying. If I invite my neighbors over for dinner, we pray before we eat, and then we socialize and have fun. If they suggested "leaving us with a prayer" before walking back across the street, I'd probably laugh and think they were joking. Picking up kids from a babysitting evening does not warrant leaving a prayer on one's home. The behavior is strange, presumptive, and overreaching. Frankly, I'd be quite uncomfortable with such repeated actions, and certainly not because of the praying itself.
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I don't think it undermines your husband's priesthood authority, but it's really weird.
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And Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Tasha Tudor, Jack Kirby, Billy Grammer, Wayne Osmond, George Merrill, Daniel Stern, Scott Hamilton, Jennifer Coolidge, Shania Twain, Billy Boyd, Jack Black, Mary McCartney, Jason Priestley, Todd Eldredge, Janet Evans, LeAnn Rimes, Armie Hammer, Florence Welch, Quvenzhané Wallis, and a couple of, ahem, adult film stars.
Have you never looked up your birthday on Wikipedia? It’s fun!
I did know that Goethe and I had the same birthday. I tried to brag about this my German teacher once, but I used the wrong German word for "same" and actually ended up saying something like, "Goethe and I were born on the exact same day [in 1749]."
As for the others... I never heard of any of them, except maybe Jason Priestley, who I thought played Eddie on "The Munsters." (Turns out I was thinking of Pat Priest, who played Marilyn.)
What? You've never heard of any of the others? Wow.
Tasha Tudor: illustrator of children’s books
Jack Kirby: comic book artist, and really, a pioneer in the world of comics
Billy Grammer: classic country musician
Wayne Osmond: one of The Osmonds
George Merrill: songwriter whose credits include Whitney Houston’s hit “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
Daniel Stern: actor whose credits include Home Alone
Scott Hamilton: Olympic and world champion figure skater
Jennifer Coolidge: annoying actress
Shania Twain: country singer
Billy Boyd: actor whose credits include the Lord of the Rings trilogy
Jack Black: actor/comedian
Mary McCartney: daughter of Paul and Linda McCartney, a photographer
Jason Priestley: actor mainly known for his role in 90210 (the original series)
Todd Eldredge: another world champion figure skater
Janet Evans: Olympic and world champion swimmer
LeAnn Rimes: country singer
Armie Hammer: actor currently rising in popularity
Florence Welch: sing-songwriter currently popular, load vocalist of Florence + the Machine
Quvenzhané Wallis: actress, current, the youngest actress to ever be nominated for a best actress Oscar (she didn’t win – Jennifer Lawrence did, that year)
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Brandon Sanderson, Shannon Hale
I confused myself here. I was thinking later in the day that I actually meant Brandon Mull. Turns out they're both LDS.
Aaron Ekhart (I think that's how you spell his name).
I had him in my long list.
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Weird. Never heard of it, although I've heard of families who do something small to commemorate it, like a special Family Home Evening lesson or cake for dessert. Nothing at all on par with a full-blown Christmas celebration though.
Same here. The only time I've ever heard the term "Smithmas" has been when it's used derisively.
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Let's go to popular authors of secular books:
Orson Scott Card
Stephen Covey
Stephanie Meyer
Brandon Sanderson, Shannon Hale
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That is very cool. The only celebrity who shares my birthday is David Soul (from "Starsky and Hutch," which nobody under 50 remembers very well).
And Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Tasha Tudor, Jack Kirby, Billy Grammer, Wayne Osmond, George Merrill, Daniel Stern, Scott Hamilton, Jennifer Coolidge, Shania Twain, Billy Boyd, Jack Black, Mary McCartney, Jason Priestley, Todd Eldredge, Janet Evans, LeAnn Rimes, Armie Hammer, Florence Welch, Quvenzhané Wallis, and a couple of, ahem, adult film stars.
Have you never looked up your birthday on Wikipedia? It’s fun!
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Even though I assume we won't need to eat, I hope that we still can. And that amazing food comes without weight gain. I just think it would be sad if we could never taste great food again.
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Christina Aguilera and Jewel are rumored...they have tenuous ties to the Church, but it's unconfirmed if either were ever actually baptized.
Derek HoughJulianne Hough
Chelsie Hightower
Tal Bachman
Randy Bachman
Brooke White
SHeDAISY
The Aquabats
Imagine Dragons
Neon Trees
Peter Breinholt
David Archuleta
Aaron Eckhart
Richard Dutcher
Kirby Heyborne
Corbin Allred
Ken Jennings
Daryn Tufts
Lindsey Stirling
Laci Green
Dean Jagger
Kevin Rahm
Gordon Jump
Brandon Flowers
Marvin Goldstein
Arthur Kane (I had to look up his name, though I knew who he was)
Oh, and it's Katherine Heigl, since you asked about the spelling. :)
This one was new knowledge to me: AJ Cook.
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So, why are we talking about carrying guns at church in this thread?
When I was 19 or so, my stake reorganized some boundaries, turning three wards into four. Previously they had been the Oregon City 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Wards. They were renamed for the local areas they encompassed -- nothing to do with scriptures: Newell Creek Ward, Willamette Falls Ward, etc. Now, though, they're back to numbers, and there are five wards in that city.
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I want a machine that does the opposite of a microwave. Instead of warming things up, it cools them down.
Really, my soda is getting warm and watered down.
This is also a great need for those of us with kids who think dinner needs to be out of the oven for at least 45 minutes before it's consumable.
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Food processor, Ninja blender, and theatre season tickets. :)
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Well, thank you very much. The tune was always vaguely familiar but I couldn't place it until Classylady wrote her post and ruined my life . . .
Right?
This thread make me..
Obviously, we should immediately update the lyrics to be, "Moderate respect to the humanoid that communed with Jehovah."
Ah political correctness...how I love thee. Let me count the ways...
Sorry...humanoid just has too many syllables.
Praise to the Man
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"Music in Church meetings should usually be sung in the language of the congregation." (https://www.lds.org/handbook/handbook-2-administering-the-church/music?lang=eng#144) Also from that same section: "The hymns are the basic music for worship services and are standard for all congregational singing. In addition, other appropriate selections may be used for prelude and postlude music, choir music, and special musical presentations. If musical selections other than the hymns are used, they should be in keeping with the spirit of the hymns. Texts should be doctrinally correct."
So theoretically, I could see Ave Maria being sung in Sacrament meeting. You can get around the language thing because the rest of the music is "usually" sung in English -- one special, specific piece, once a year, would be in keep with the Spirit of that instruction. As for the rest of it, it's probably subjective, like you said, to the local bishop's discretion. Is it doctrinally correct? Perhaps not technically. Is it in keeping with the Spirit of the hymns? I'd say that's likely.