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This reminds me of a story about Rabia Basri, she was a Muslim saint and mystic but I think this story can be a good lesson to Christians as well. One day, Rabia was seen running through the streets of Basra carrying a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other. When asked what she was doing, she said,"I want to put out the fires of Hell, and burn down the rewards of Paradise. They block the way to God. I do not want to worship from fear of punishment or for the promise of reward, but simply for the love of God." This gave me a lot to think about, do I do what I do because I love God, or just because I want the rewards of Heaven and am scared of hell? Sometimes to my shame I think it's the latter and not the former, I am working on learning to love God, not for any hope of reward but just because He's God.

It sounds like your husband is feeling pressured and hassled OP. I know you want him to convert but if he's feeling pushed towards it he's probably just going run in the opposite direction. I would back off for now and just be the best example of Mormonism you can be. Remind yourself of all the things you love about him and find ways to show him every day. Invite him to church activities but don't push him if he doesn't want to go. I also agree very strongly with LM that before you have kids with him sit down and make sure you are on the same page about how to raise them. Will he mind you taking them to church, teaching them to read scripture and pray, getting them baptized. It's really not fair to the kids to not iron this out before they are born and then make them the center of a battle over religion.

Yep am a girl not a boy. He wasn't really gloating, he hates math as much as I do, it's just that I'm so much worse at it than he is. And while in theory I should have retained some knowledge of math (it's only been a few years since school) in reality he would have had a better chance of getting an answer if he'd asked the cat, well if he wanted a correct answer that is, I can give wrong answers all day.

I think I'll join pam and slamjet.

Well yes, that too. (Secretly I just hate wearing shoes and will seize on any excuse to remove them.)

That's what happens when you post at 3 in the morning, fueled by caffeine and jittery from sugar because you just ate way to many cupcakes.

Finally! Someone who understands my pain. See this is why we are pals pam. My brother just calls me a wuss when I run away whimpering when he shoves his math books under my nose.

Why does my brother seem to think that I will suddenly, after 26 years on this earth, morph into a math genius and be able to help him with his algebra homework? Because I won't, I and a team of dedicated but foolhardy teachers tried all through high school and it didn't happen. In fact at this point I am convinced it will take a miracle along the lines of Lazarus coming back from the dead to get me to a point where I can count to twenty without all removing my shoes and socks. So how can I get him to understand that when I see a math problem it just looks like this to me...

Yeah I remember reading about those yesterday, a lot of people were freaking out about them. The prophecies of St Malachy have been denounced by the Catholic Church as a fraud, but that doesn't stop some people. They were "discovered" in 1590, 400 years after St Malachy lived. Most people agree they were written to try and sway a papal election happening at that time. Funny thing about them is they are really detailed up until 1590 and then they get really vague and you kind of have to stretch to fit the popes into them. For instance this last pope was supposed to be the "Glory of the Olives", apparently Benedict XVI fits this because he choose the name Benedict and the Benedictine order has an olive branch in it's crest. I do see some potential for future amusement though, one of the Cardinals that people think have a good chance of being elected is Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, the last pope according to this prophecy is called Peter the Roman. I've already seen people saying that if Peter Turkson is elected it will prove these prophecies are true, some people are never happy unless they have the promise of impending doom on the horizon.

I've heard that one before, people are funny. Thing is, I KNOW the pop as the can opens isn't that loud but I have the most sensitive startle reflex ever, even if I know you are sneaking up on me I will still jump when you grab me. So the biscuit cans are a form of slow torture for me, but I really love biscuits and I really hate taking the time to make my own so I keep buying them (yes I am weird).

This is shocking, I've just started attending a Catholic church a little while ago, the people on the Catholic forums I read seem pretty upset by this. He's the first pope in 600 years to resign.

We had pot roast, baked beans, salad, and biscuits. I really hate opening the cans of Pillsbury biscuits, the ones where you peel the paper back and it pops open. It feels like waiting for a grenade to go off in your hands.

Poor owl didn't even get to eat his supper.

Has anyone here ever read A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson? Really interesting book. Anyway there are several places where he talks about the great scientists and while they were brilliant men quite a few of them were also exceedingly odd. Take Henry Cavendish for instance, he discovered hydrogen and did a whole bunch of other stuff (like an experiment to weigh the earth) but he was exceedingly shy, to put it lightly. Once an admirer showed up on his doorstep and when Cavendish opened the door the man began to babble out praise. He took the first few compliments as if they were blows from a blunt object and then ran down the path and out the gate leaving the front door wide open. It was several hours before he could be coaxed into returning home. Even his housekeeper was required to communicate with him by letter. He would occasionally go to meetings of a scientific society but it was made clear to all in attendance that they were not to approach him. If they had something they wanted to discuss with him they were to stand somewhere in his vicinity and address their words into thin air, if he found their views worthy of discussion they might get a whispered response, otherwise they would hear nothing and on turning around would find Cavendish fleeing to a more peaceful corner. Newton also did odd things, once he inserted a long needle into his eye socket and rubbed it around between the bone of the eye socket and the eye, just to see what would happen. He also once stared at the sun for as long as he could, just to see if it would cause any lasting damage to his vision. Anyway this doesn't have much to do with what you guys were talking about but the OP made me think of it. Fascinating book.

Cool I got all of them right! (I totally guessed on the temple question though)

I always loved watching him talk. He just had this wonderful personality that always shone through, I heard someone once describe him as very huggable and that pretty much sums up how I feel about him. I still have one of his books, Way to Be, I love it, it's good advice for pretty much anyone in my opinion.

My boss would hit the roof if one of us did that. A few years ago our company got in trouble because some employees were doing work while they logged into lunch or break and an ex-employee complained to the state about it. They became really strict about stuff after that.

It would be totally worth the effort to make some of these just to see the look on my families faces if I served the spam and the quail egg ones at the next family gathering. **rubs hands together and cackles, scurries off to make plans**

Ahhh I feel all warm and fuzzy inside now. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcp5MjBxb8izCxTmElUAK-I3OeFZbBVIcHs2hE8Jdhwi0VKWcrAZjNL9-QOk we can give Vort the calling in the nursery.

Quick, somebody give pam a calling in the nursery!

Tell that to this guys son. Man Accidentally Shoots Son Outside Gun Store - Says he didn't realize bullet was still in the chamber

Guy in the photo is an idiot. If I was in the store when he walked in I would leave, just drop my items wherever I happened to be standing and walk out, if I was in the middle of a transaction I would tell the clerk to cancel it and walk out. I'm wouldn't stick around to find out if a guy with an assault rifle means me any harm or not.

None of the women I listed that I looked up to had any sort of worldly money/power/popularity. They were all nuns in fact. Some of them were absolutely brilliant and all of them were strong and faithful women, but they used their talents to do great things for God, not for the world.

Oh I agree there are definitely some that want the priesthood (I know and am related to some of them). I just doubt most of them do. I could be wrong, I am more often than not, but I suspect most of them would be happy with more visibility and if they felt like they could use their talents to benefit the whole church, not just the woman's only part of it.

Eat cookies until the feeling goes away. That's how I solve all my problems.