bytebear
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I should point out that Moroni's promise isn't restricted to the truth of the Gospel, or the Book of Mormon, but is something that can be used on any matter of truth. Simply put, God does answer prayers.
Quote8 But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right.9 But if it be not right you shall have no such feelings, but you shall have a stupor of thought that shall cause you to forget the thing which is wrong;
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5 hours ago, Scott said:
I don't think I'd say that is just a little nasty talk. Some conservative Christians have actively tried to stop temple construction, for example. While some people wanted to stop temple construction due to rational reasons such as traffic or loss of tax revenue, some churches have made attempts to stop temple construction in certain cases. The Billings Montana temple is an example. There were people attempting to curtail the temple construction due to what I would consider to be valid concerns (property values, traffic, etc.), but there were also churches who also tried to curtail it that went beyond simple protest, but trying to gain favor from local politicians.
Something similar happened with the temple at Carmel Indiana as well.I have to laugh. We had some issues with the Newport Beach temple. The original design was too big and too white. So they changed the style and made it more of a tan color. The irony is that the area is a flood with mega churches (including Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life campus). The temple is actually smaller than the LDS chapel next to it.
Here's a map to give you comparison. And by the way, the Mariner church was kind enough to allow their parking lot be used during the open house.
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Of course they are targeting him. This is what happens when you pick and choose which liberties apply.
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I would prefer a party that was for small government, weed out corruption, fiscally conservative, and state run social programs. Is that too much to ask? I hate that congress even discusses welfare, health care, education, infrastructure, etc. etc, let alone tries to run them.
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I was bothered that they quoted unofficial sources but implied they were associated directly with the church.
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They may not be hiding, but the MSM is hiding them.
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Ok, so where is the coverage in the MSM of this? What story other than an underground video describing their actions is there in the news? Do you have any sources in the media? This is the cover up I mean.
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And no, I don't think Trump or the GOP invented a far left branch of the Democratic party to split the party. I think it was a Communist branch that is attempting to take over the party, and has used academia and the youth vote to do it.
This video is making the rounds, and I have no reason to doubt the conclusions. Basically, a group behind the scenes has run far left puppets to take over vulnerable Democrat incumbents in solid Democrat districts, basically taking over the party through surrogates.
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On 3/18/2019 at 6:30 AM, anatess2 said:
I see @bytebear is confused. Not sure why... maybe I misunderstood his comments?
Basically - "depends on where you get the news" about Justice Democrats... if you get your news from MSM then you won't hear much about Justice Democrats. But if you go to the independent creators you'll hear a lot about Justice Democrats. They're not trying to hide or anything.
Of course they are. Bernie Sanders in practice, policy and life experience is a Marxist Communist. He calls it "democratic socialism" but that's just a sugar coated way to let the media call it something it is not. This is a lie. and the MSM is going along with it. The AOC platform is equally communism, but is sold as "social justice". Let's not pretend this is forthcoming and they aren't hiding anything. They most certainly are.
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The internet.
The church began emphasizing the church name over "Mormon" a decade ago, and their search hits fell dramatically. People simply couldn't find official sources when they searched for Mormon stuff. So, they did SEO techniques to get people to official information using the search term "Mormon" I think they still do, but are now directing to Latter-day Saint sites, and hopefully they can correct misconceptions. And I think the Sister Wives and the Warren Jeffs news really confused people on who were Mormons. So the church is smart to just abandon the fringe Mormon news from official use by just not using Mormon any more.
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Well, LDS claim to have the fullness of the Gospel, but not an exclusivity on truth.
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I also suspect within the next 4 years, "democratic socialism" will be replaced with open Marxist Communism.
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3 hours ago, anatess2 said:
They’re not “shadow”. Justice Democrats is out there for all to see. Check out that video I posted above of their interview on a news program.
Well, if you watched the news, you would have no idea their agenda, or it's poopooed as hysterics.
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16 hours ago, mirkwood said:
That changed decades ago.
The benches are still desirable. Homes are older though.
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I would say Murray or Taylorsville, but the homes are a bit older than you may want.
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People ask where I live in California, and I just say, near Disneyland. Easier than trying to explain the geography.
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I grew up in South Salt Lake, and moved to Southern California when I was in my late 20s, and have been here for almost 30 years. I find the church is known as a bit quirky, but well respected. The LDS kids are usually the good kids in school, and non-Mormon families are happy to have them hang out with them in school, but not marry or be more serious because they don't want them caught up in a quirky church (putting it politely). One of my coworkers was worried her daughter would get married in a temple and not be let in.
But what still kind of surprises me about Utah anyway is the culture is so Mormonic. Either you are in the church, or you are mocking the church. I am used to the LA Weekly and the OC Weekly which are standard liberal news mags, but in Utah, the SLC Weekly was the same thing, but every single article was about how rotten those Mormons were. The non-Mormons in Utah, particularly in politics are really bitter. Even smoking. Here in California, non-smoking laws are praised by the left, but in Utah, they are all upset about it. It's really bizarre.That said, I have thought about moving back, but the winters and family out here keep me here. Thing is, there are enough Mormons here to make it feel culturally significant. There are several church buildings nearby, so I still feel like I am home. And some of the inland suburbs feel very community driven, like the neighborhoods I grew up in.
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Tell the testimony speaker to stay on topic.
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Reagan would be nice. For living, maybe Rand Paul or Trey Gowdy. Jesus would have a hard time I think, because ultimately he is a benevolent dictator (but actually is) and would be unable to rule in our secular, imperfect world.
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13 hours ago, Grunt said:
I would imagine that is all part of God's plan. Being foreordained, Apostles would need to be in a position where they can walk away from everything for full-time service for the rest of their lives.
I know a lot of people get upset when many of the leaders are businessmen, but this is an international church now, and we need leadership familiar with the business and political world to achieve the goals of the Lord.
Do you know the first non-US country to have two temples? Germany. Why? Because of the savvy of our leaders, we were able to negotiate a temple in East Germany before the wall fell. After the reunification of Germany, the country had a West German and East German temple. That is simply remarkable, and could no be done if the Lord did not place those leaders in those positions. A friend from high school was in the Austria mission before the temple and was one of the first missionaries to enter East Germany. The Lord knew what was coming, and prepared the people years before it happened. -
Even if the numbers are correct, the leaders would have put far more into the church via volunteer time and tithes and offerings than they ever would get out from a stipend? The only time church leaders are paid is to compensate for their families (i.e,. the money is to support wives and children who would be affected if he was suddenly no longer making a living).
A leaked pay stub from an apostle, showed his stipend at just under 90K in 2000.
http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=4800350&itype=CMSID
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This is why I love the way we approach doctrine. We (even prophets) simply interpret what we know from past revelations. And we may be right, we may be wrong. And if a prophet has a personal conclusion about something, and a revelation corrects his belief, we don't all panic. We simply accept additional light on the topic. "[W]e believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. "
Computer cord endings
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Posted · Edited by bytebear
Technically it's a 15 pin connector (male or female). The other common one is 9 pin. The particular style is a DE-15 (D being the connector, A,B,C,D, E being the size, and the number being the pins in the connector. More commonly called a D-Sub for D-Subminiture. Cute how they thought that connector was small, eh? Yes they have standard uses for computers like VGA connectivity, but they can be used for anything. PCs use the 9 pin as a serial port. Atari video games used them for joysticks (among other things).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature