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Dont know. Good pick up though. I definitely like the Holy Ghost for the Spirit of the Lord in 1 Ne 11: 1-12 The Angel is curious. Could be the Holy Ghost. Any other Archangel. Or Jehovah himself. The Angel sure does speak as if he is the Savior in a few verses though… I like the similarity between 1 Ne 14: 28, 3 Ne 26: 11 & 3 Ne 28: 25

I love this. Reminds me of one my favorite hymns. Come thou fount of every blessing. “Prone to wander, Lord I feel it Prone to leave the God I love Here's my heart, oh take and seal it Seal it for Thy courts above”

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My first Bishop swindled like 20K from my parents. First Stake President left the Church First Mission President was innactive. I saw him on my first day in Osorno Chile. Then @ a zone meeting 4 months later. In his talk he basically berated us for 30 min about how bad our numbers were and then asked us each to give a testimony about what we can do to do better. Everyone before me, mostly the Chileans, gave excuses and discussed plans to double their efforts. I gave a forceful talk in broken Spanish about how our leadership was horrible or non-existent essentially. The conference was cut a bit short after my words. I was then banished to the remotest sector in the mission Porvinir! on the Island Tierra del Fuego. Which I dearly loved. My second mission president was much better. When I read the scriptures I know and feel that they are inspired. I get the same from listening to many talks during General Conference. My Patriarchial Blessing reads like the Patriarch watched a movie of my entire life. I just have do to lots of work in the Temple after my retirement. I love Joseph Smith dearly. And I am well aware of the Kirtland Safety Society incident wherein he recommended that the membership buy into the bank and assured them that the bank would do well. It failed - many members left the church over it. I tried to buy one of the notes recently from e-bay but I couldn't because they are worth way more then their weight in gold today... President Nelson's recommendation about vaccines reminded me of the Kirtland Safety Society. I bet He gave the recommendation because many LDS were using the Church as a reason for requesting religious exemption. Living by the recommendations of the LDS Church (Jesus Christ) has brought me too many blessings to count. My testimony is not fragile. Its like Gorilla Glass or Sapphire. My response to guys like Aaron Sherinian,

I might have gone a little overboard after reading Ready Player One. The arcade simulator plays like 500 games (from X-arcade). I had my twin bro help me customize it. It’s been in the garage for the last 6 mo due to the current home remodel. Robotron is my favorite.

Can you recommend 1 or 2 good ones for beginners?

Played long ago with a crappy DM. Perused Players Handbook, Monster Manual, Dieties and Demigods. Dont have them any more Bought a couple copies of Tomb of Horrors after reading the Book Ready Player One And I got a set of dice. What are the required basics to run a single campaign just to give the kids a taste. They will probably just play with family. Dude they just made a revamped version!

Nice. I got the following game for Christmas off e-bay that I remember fondly playing in my youth. The 4 youngest kids 9-15 now want to play D&D badly. What do you recommend for a starting set?

I love you man.

I found a good deal on a used Obsession UC 18” scope about 6 years ago. I should use it more often. It’s great. I love the deep space objects. Watching Venus and its phases. Seen the Cassini division. Think I saw the big red spot once. The Aug 21 2017 solar eclipse was awesome. We drove into Oregon and had a blast. The bumper to bumper 18 hours drive home sucked though. Hoping to see the Eclipse in Texas on April 8th!

BYU Cougars Watched the Jets cuz my 18 year old son on a mission (Zuni Publo Arizona currently) needs updates. The Rams as I love watching Puka Nacua

Raising children I used to do alot of mountain biking, kite flying and boomerangs, but I’m now 55+ and slowing down a bit. Also I take too much hospital call Video games on and off Mostly Blizzard stuff. Coin collection. I also frequent a single social media site loosely associated with my chruch. I only do it on my iphone, in my spare time, so I try to keep the posts short. Football and olympic sports on TV. Ran track and field in HS & undergrad. Bit of a foodie as well.

I don’t even wanna talk about Gasoline.

I live in california. The wife does most of the shopping. Anyway yesterday I bought a few things Dozen eggs - free range, organic $9.95 Pound of butter Land-o-lakes $8.50 Rib-eye steak 14 Oz $34.50 I make good money. Dropped the steak like a hot potato. We just had baked potatoes for dinner. Bought the eggs and butter but we are gonna start using coupons. What the heck are yall doing?

To me, the difference is between steadying the ark (fear) and keeping your oil lamp topped off (concern). One version is faith in the arm of the Lord. The other version is panic and alarms. It reminds me of one of my favorite comedians when retelling an event wherein one of his brothers breaks his arm going over a bicycle ramp (recognized by the wonky angle) and another brother yells “GET SOME LEAVES!” - A good example of panic

Secret combinations, The end.

The only thing I can imagine is that there is some concern for dropping numbers of active members and hoping to bolster the numbers by having a media director that is more inclusive, loving, accepting, etc… I’m not concerned about the numbers. I greatly prefer quality to quantity. I miss Boyd K. Packer and absolutely love it when Dallin H Oaks give talks full of core doctrine and the disaffected members get all in a tizzy.

https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-17-no-3-2016/doctrine-models-evaluate-types-sources-latter-day-saint-teachings Here is the original article. I got it bookmarked.

Yup, same thing with abortions. Within the next 100 years science will prove that human fetuses are the same as babies. And then we will have to recognize that we had our own home grown holocaust right here in the promise land.

Wonder if they are any better than the San Fran Gay Choir

Thought can be more than good or bad. I can fix a femur with traction, cast, plates and screws, external fixation, intramedullary nail, etc… Thanks to diversity of thought.

Another record. Most receiving yards by a rookie in a playoff game. 9 receptions, 182 yards, 1 TD

Please don’t let there be a celestial version of a roach. I’m ok with the animals, the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air. Gonna pass on the creeping things.