Wingnut
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Hmmm...let me think. Oh, I prayed that my noisy neighbors can move out soon and they are actually are!
At first I read "nosy."
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True. I do wonder which is worse: killing so many people like Hitler did or denying Christ 3 times like Peter did.
Another interpretation would be that Christ's prediction that Peter would deny him three times wasn't so much of a prediction as it was a command.
Beat me to it. It's a common interpretation, and my personal belief, that it was not prophecy but rather command that Christ spoke. He knew that Peter would be crucified with Him (if he didn't deny association), and Peter was needed alive to lead the Church.
"I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men."
-Doctrine and Covenants 64:1
64:10
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I haven't heard that, but I don't live in a heavily LDS-populated area. I think the Carinessa 2 bottoms are the best thing to ever happen to the women's garment, however.
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I'm saying that if it's important to them that they have someone from the extended family present at the sealing, that waiting three weeks won't make a difference in the blessings received. If it's not important, then the question is moot anyway.
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I'd say before also - as soon as your husband gets the recommend. I got sealed to my husband 3 weeks before having the baby (I was a convert). We wanted the baby to be born under the covenant. In my mind, that's more important than having the in-laws there.
But a baby born in the covenant or sealed to his/her parents three weeks later has the same blessing status.
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Pam's recent family vacation:
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It's thought by many bible scholars that Job was not a real person, but rather the story is more likely to be allegorical.
Like half the rest of the Old Testament?
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Prayer is that which we do to draw our own desires and will to be in harmony with the L-rd's. (See LDS bible dictionary).
The Traveler
I refer you to post #4.
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So ask to be released. Obviously you've been in a lot of wards, and your bishop doesn't seem to know that you've spent so long in the nursery. Bishops are not omniscient -- he won't know unless you tell him.
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That the trees in my backyard will come down in this ice storm, and come down on top of the power lines so that the city will take care of their removal.
I don't like the trees, but we can't afford to have them taken out.
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Yes, cursive writing is a dead as a door nail. As an indexer of Family Search.org I am glad cause cursive is hard to read and sloppy cursive is near impossible to read!
As an indexer, you should be very NOT glad, because if the up-and-coming generation can't read cursive, who will do the indexing after you?
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Doesn't matter if it's an evil evil person. God is just and merciful, and temple work gives us the opportunity to help with His work.
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haha thanks for typing out what it said. I couldn't read it. :)
That happens when you get old.
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I don't use cursive. I don't think I have since sixth grade. It's counter intuitive to my brain, and it makes my hand cramp. It also slows me down. I much prefer printing, except for my signature, as someone else said.
From this month's New Era:
(In case you can't read it, it says "I'm supposed to write my homework in cursive. Which font is that?")
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I don't think anyone here is saying that LDS Scouters shouldn't have to wear a full uniform. We're saying (as you are) that people complain about it, and that it's pretty expensive for a lot of people.
It's great that there aren't any shirts at that price in your store -- but that's what they were listed at in the link Dravin provided.
I don't yet have a son, so it will be many years before I'm in this position. Yes, I plan to have him in Scouting. As I've said before, my husband is very involved with Scouting, but not with an LDS troop. We probably won't be involved with one down the road, for a number of reasons I won't go into.
Yes, I'll probably whine and complain about the cost of the uniforms, but I'll get them anyway. When my son has outgrown them, however, I'll probably offer to donate or resell at a lower price to a newer scout coming in, to help relieve their financial burden. If more of that happened, many people would benefit from it.
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My daughter wears clothes and shoes that are too small for her, until she can't wear them anymore, at which point I still only buy clothes under $7 for her. My husband carpools to work because we only have one car. We have a mortgage, huge piles of student loans, and consumer debt leftover from my husband's credit cards before we got married. My husband and I rarely go on dates, and never out to dinner. If I go to the movies with a friend, it's only to a $1 theater. I'm on my sixth consecutive winter in a climate colder than I've ever lived in in my life, and doing it without winter boots, because we can't afford them. I buy primarily generic brands at the grocery store, and eat fast food about once a month.
Right now I don't have a son old enough to be in Scouts, but if I did, you better believe a $45 shirt would be out of my price range.
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No offense to women or anything but the minute they ordain women into the priesthood and give them the same duties as men I will be through with the church. It is just so wrong on so many different levels.
Well, the women in the Church probably won't miss you.
Ok, show me in the ordination records of the individual or the scripture from the Holy Bible, Book of Mormon, D&C, or Pearl of Great Price and I will study and ponder it.
Show me your individual ordination record in the D&C. Or my husband's. Or my bishop's. Or President Monson's.
Oh wait, you can't. Does that mean they aren't actually ordained? Does it mean none of those people actually hold the Priesthood?
Let's just hope the prophet never says that because I really would prefer this religion not be liberalized.
Good thing your preferences don't matter to worldwide Church policy.
I'm just saying I would have a hard time believing a prophet was speaking the truth if the allowed women in the priesthood. Say as time goes on we get a more liberal society and we constantly get harped on for not allowing women the same opportunities as men and then shortly thereafter they announce women will be allowed to hold the priesthood. Doesn't that seem kind of a like a coincidence?
Wait, you mean the women's liberation movement didn't start decades ago?
Wow, you know that the revelation regarding the removal of the ban on blacks in the priesthood came during a lawsuit against the Church for discrimination!
Source?
There's also only one method of conferring the gift of the Holy Ghost--by the laying on of hands. Yet, record exists of the Lamanites being baptized and showing such faith that the were baptized with fire and the Holy Ghost "and they knew it not" (3 Nephi 9:20). So if the Holy Ghost may be conferred without the laying on of hands, what's to say the priesthood could not be conferred by the laying on of hands?
Like, for example, how did Alma the Elder get the authority to baptize at the waters of Mormon? He was a priest in King Noah's court, but we know that when Noah became king, he got rid of all the old priests and got his own. Do we know if those he chose actually had the priesthood of God, or if they were just called priests?
All inspired words of the prophet and apostles (inspired is determined by the unanimous agreement of the 1st Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve) is scripture (even The First Preaidency message in each ensign is accepted as canon scripture) this is covered in the Gospel Principals handbook when they explain what the scriptures are.
Well now you're not only wrong, you're contradicting yourself as well. Not only are First Presidency messages in Church magazines not canonized scripture, you don't even believe that, as you've repeatedly stated that the only thing that can present real doctrine and truth are the Bible, Book of Mormon, D&C, and the Pearl of Great Price.
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Well all know that we can't prove God, but we also can't prove a lot of scientific theories because they weren't witnessed by humans.
"Proof" is not defined as "someone saw it." I can walk outside, say the sky is blue, and it's true, but that doesn't mean that I've proven it. It's simply my perception. Science can and does prove it.
If you weren't religious would that change your lifestyles?
For me, yes. I'd probably be an alcoholic. I might also be a single mom, at least once.
If you answered yes are you saying that you are doing the things you do to please God or because you believe it is right personally?
No. I'm saying that I could be different because, while I might have a general sense of morality and ethics still, I wouldn't have specific guidelines to keep within. I know that God has given us certain commandments for our own good, and I choose to follow them because I love Him, not simply to please Him.
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When you cook with Pam, nothing sticks!
Then Pam needs to move to Cleveland and come to dinner at my house every night, so that none of the food I eat will stick to my thighs or belly.
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Pam is not quite that old or techno-unsavy. I have seen her, and can testify that she is quite young and spritely. Besides, I respect Pam greatly...as I do all my elders.
Isn't "spritely" a word typical used primarily in reference to old people?
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Yes, that is more along the lines of what I mean. Although...it has been 9 months since i've been to church, and just before I stopped going we were meeting every other week and i've not heard form him in these last 9 months...I imagine its just him being incredibly busy though.
It's up to you, though, too. He cares about you, and I'm sure he'd like to see you on the path back, but he's not your mommy or your babysitter. If you made contact and said you wanted to meet with him still, even though you're not going to church, he wouldn't be objectionable to that.
It's also possible that in nine months, you've gotten a new bishop.
But you're right -- when we don't see people for a long period of time, it's easy to forget about them while we're so busy with everything else.
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Maybe if we were still in Adam's dispensation.
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Why don't we all take a deep breath, ignore the last three pages, and address the question in the OP?
Carinessa top...
in Relief Society
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That's a very very new listing, then. I checked it the other day when you started this thread, and it wasn't there yet, but I see it now. I'll definitely be interested in ordering one to try it out.
A little more background on the Carinessa garments. When the bottoms were first released, they were quite form-fitting, and very spandex-y. They had a band of lace around the bottom, and if you wore tight pants, there were no lines whatsoever. I believe there was a lot of negative feedback with regard to the hem -- the lace was extraordinarily tight, which made them uncomfortable to wear. Otherwise they were pretty great -- slimming, even.
So they reworked the pattern (and the fabric, a little, I believe) and released what is now called Carinessa II. It's still fairly spandex-y, but the hem is more like a men's garment -- it's just nicely turned under, with no elastic or lace. It hangs nicely and doesn't roll up at the bottom the way the DriSilque ones do. There is a nice thick waistband -- 3/4 inch elastic, but not too tight.
I've worn several different fabrics of garment bottoms, and it is by far the most comfortable. The fabric is entirely synthetic, and it dries quickly if gotten wet. I only bought mine in October, so I haven't been through a Summer yet, but I believe they'll be pretty comfortable in the humidity, partly because they're already much more comfortable to begin with.