pyxiwulf

Well, the reality is that more and more is being taught younger and younger. What kindergartners are required to know now, wasn't required until 2nd grade when I was in school and I know the high schoolers are WAY farther ahead than we were (and I'm only 14 years out of school!). So, it could be said that I only had a 10th grade education based on today's standards. Of course, I'm not convinced this is the cause of the phenomenon, but fun to think about.

Not only is their tuition very steep, but they use all custom printed texts so the book cost is even more astronomical than usual

They won't remain visible, but the way FBs Terms of Service is written (unless they've changed it under all the protest) is that unless your content is set to private (your eyes only) is that they own the rights to your content. Now, if they actually keep the content once you delete is another issue entirely. See, that's just a jerk move. People like that are insensitive in real life too. Cheaters will be cheaters, will be cheaters. Would you blame the Church if he hooked up with a lady in your ward? My husband and I both have almost all of our exes on our FBs and we're good friends with them all. We have a healthy, secure marriage and no concerns about the other being in contact with exes. We're honest people, and all our exes were friends first and friends after, no biggie. Army brat growing up and wanderlust in adult life (we move more than I did as an army brat) leads to a lot of friends

yeah, short track blades are razor sharp. look at what happened to JR Celski

Exactly! There's also a huge expense involved in doing it the old ways that many of us couldn't participate in back then. Photos alone: for the cost of a couple rolls of film + developing and a batch of double prints that let me send one pic to one person, I can send the whole batch to all of my family and friends and see theirs back!

Yes, having been raised Catholic and spending my childhood defending my Christianity, I would say the poor grammar is just as offensive to Catholics as it is to LDS. A proper choice of language would be: 10 Things Other Christians Can Learn from Mormons/Catholics/Pentecostals/Baptists/Lutherans/etc. Or 10 Things Other Catholics/Pentecostals/Baptists/Lutherans/etc. Can Learn from Mormons The fact is that the grammatical structure of the title as worded states that the object named after the preposition is not the same as the subject. Since the subject is "Christians" and the object following the preposition is "Mormons", then there is no way that "Mormons" can be "Christians". There's no subtle implication, it's clear-cut according to the rules of English grammar. Lesson over, need an editor?

I think she has a very negative view of people. I have 136 people on mine that I know and value in real life. Then I have 144 people that are added on strictly for a game, and have no access to anything but my game posts and private messaging. Her perspective of her daughter sending pictures to her privately is laughable. If I were to send all the pics I want to share with the people I love in an email I would do nothing but spend all my days composing emails due to message size limits and the size of my family. FB is a lovely convenience to share with multiple people without restrictions AND for everyone to have the opportunity to join in on a discussion, such as when my daughter had stitches removed and I was worried about the healing, I was able to post it there and got tons of good input from not only the grandmothers (who are medical professionals), but from other friends who I would never have bothered to send the pic to. It's also clear that she has no idea how to use the privacy settings. All of the negatives that she pointed out it allows people to do: bashing, cheating, what have you, those people are going to do anyway. FB didn't cause it, it just is another outlet for them to do it. I have rekindled friendships with people I haven't seen in 15 years that are now my closest REAL LIFE friends, I have found amazing books to read, this website, forgiven past wrongs, learned a new art, and even had my nearly dead computer rescued saving me $400 all from facebook. It has the potential to be used badly, but it can be an amazing tool for accessing a more rewarding life too. All in all, it's poorly written from someone who sounds like she just wants to complain about something she doesn't actually know anything about.

Not likely Really? That's very interesting. Would you care to share the story? I'm just curious, but that certainly make the Joseph Smith sealings make more sense to me. Not. At. All.

I've been a parent for 9 years and only during the first year do my children see me in less than full dress as I bathe with them during that time. After that they'll only see anything when nursing and once weaned, nothing. It's not hard to toss on a robe, and that's on the rare occasion I don't sleep fully dressed (maybe once a year). Heck, my kids have never seen my husband shirtless or out of his house shorts. I don't buy that parenting automatically creates an environment where one can't keep those things private. Not that there's anything wrong with those choices, but it's certainly not a given :)

This is all very interesting. I'll have to transfer those docs from fairlds to my phone for reading later. thanks.

Okay, so I used the wrong word because I have a toothache and google is too much trouble right now but I'm still confused on the fact that these women were still married when sealed the to the Prophet. was this a principle at the time? what's the deal?

I'm surprised by the answers. Now, I'm not endowed yet, but I have friends who have told me they have never seen their parents garments. They keep them away and wash them when they have privacy. I suppose I always thought this was a "requirement" to keep them that private but I guess it's more cultural. Frankly, I can't imagine wearing them uncovered in front of my kids, anymore than I can imagine being in my worldy underwear in front of my kids. I suppose that may change once I am endowed, but it's been ingrained in my head for the 16 years since I learned of garments that I can't imagine that changing easily

Well, I only have two kids, and I want a huge tent like your hubby, so in my perfect world, I'd get one of those massive ones and then still schlep the 6-15 yr olds to a separate tent Lots of room for mom and dad and gear, and lots of character building for the kids old enough for it win win!

I love it. Having worked both at the ground level and at the corporate level of the same company, I know both how important it is to keep in touch and how policies get implemented that sound good in the boardroom and fail in reality. As for how every person has a special circumstance. Everyone one of us does and CEOs don't get to the top without having the skills to draw that information out of people. It's a quality that helps the get to the top.

Interesting site. Now how does that work with the women still being married to their first husbands since women can't be polygamist? Or did I miss something major?

Thanks so much for posting this. It's very helpful

That's nearly all the proof I need to tell me the gnostic scriptures hold truth That's a huge sticking point for me too. I have no problem with the idea that he was married and generally assume he was. If Heavenly Father has a partner, why wouldn't Jesus too? I've never assumed that just because it's not in the Standard Works it didn't happen. Gosh, if we went with that line of thinking, the restoration would not have happened! It's entirely possible it's been written and is lost, that the gnostic scriptures hold truths, that we don't have anything to gain from the knowledge, or that we are not yet ready for it.

Haha, don't feel bad, I've been a member for 9 years, an active investigator for several years before that, and not only did I just figure out what it is in the last 6 months, but I had never heard of one until a year ago! So now I am trying to figure out going about getting one. I feel scared of it and also kind of frustrated that I didn't know about it years ago, seems like everyone has gotten a lot of guidance through the tumultuous 20s from theirs and I am sad I didn't have mine.

3 days to have tests taken ? I'll keep my group insurance same day testing thank you very much.

Not "celebrate" as Catholic and such churches do, but, at least in my experience, it is recognized unlike other Catholic holidays that get no notice. Maybe this is cultural LDS versus doctrine, but it always manages to get a mention in Sacrament or classes from what I've seen.

haha, I kept seeing this post on the new posts list and skipping it. So just now when I click, this is the song playing on the radio! WEIRD!

and the fact that adultery is not illegal in most states, so the statement doesn't stand on a legal level either.

Hi Jackie, I'm Shelli, and I home school my girls, 8 and 3.5, nice to meet you!

I know you just asked for a simple yes or no, but I feel the need to share this in case someone needs it. I did start dating before my divorce was final. I rationalized and hedged and tried to convince myself that it was really okay. It was over 3 years between separation and divorce, and I told myself I was emotionally and spiritually divorced, that the legal status was a non-issue. I even tried to convince myself that because I was coerced into my marriage that it didn't count. What did all this result in? My becoming inactive for 7 years. The reality was, I KNEW better, but I wouldn't hold myself to my own standards so I hid from the Church. It was a very dark time for me, and when I came back, now I not only had to deal with returning to activity and the struggles with that, but I married that man I dated through my divorce and I had to deal with the repentance process caused by committing adultery with my now husband. That was really, really hard. Having that weigh on our marriage was very damaging. If I could do it all over again, I would absolutely wait. Only good can come from it and soooo much bad from the other.

We believe all are born with the ability to sin, but that intent and maturity matter. My 3 yr old who lied to me yesterday about eating yogurt without permission did not commit a punishable sin because while she did a sin-like act, her intent was pure of heart as a 3 yr old and is not mature enough to be eternally liable for that lie. As her earthly parent, it was my job to deal with her and teach her that it is wrong, so that as she ages and becomes more aware of her impact on the world, people, and her own salvation, she may make choices. Choices that cannot truly be made until certain psychological changes occur that happen around age 8. It's not sin when you are incapable of making the choice.