Blackmarch

If i am unsure, then ifall back to brother/ sister ( last name).

depends how its being used. And what your goals are.

That seems to be second nature, to put those we admire upon a high pedestal, usually beyond their deeds. Often times thevprophets have to remind us again and again that they are mortal men.

Theres an undercurrent of rage building everywhere.

So sad It would seem,, when your central figure and pillar to your way of life teaches non retribution, forgiveness, and to endure the smitings and strifes, that this sort of imbalance would occur- to those who oppose him, his followers appear weak and simpleminded... And probably would seem a better target as they are taught to not retaliate.

dunno why my button click to ok me to the end of the list sorry for the necromancy.

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doesn't work for me.

Pray pray pray pray pray and pray some more.

Until the tech gets better, it should be avoided- however i'll wager china and russia will be the first two to really go for it. Once the tech is better, then depending on the situation it could be really good or really bad. (cloning body parts for replacement is good)... doing a full clone would be questionable tho.

Merry Christmas to y'all, sorry i havent been on much (school's out). I probably won't be on much till the next semester starts up. Take care, and have a great Christmas and New Years!

Hands down the best fan film I have ever seen:

< downtown detroit missionary. (however this is prebankruptancy) Loved it. But ya not a place i'd choose to raise a family.

Ya- have the holy spirit. He's more than just a comforter. second to that i'd say your brain, thirdly your physical shape, fourthly physical training I do have a question- why do you think the criminal is going to give them time to get their weapon out? Now barring the HG , I'd highly recommend martial arts, i'd also recomment getting military training where you train in what to do when you are in a disadvantaged situation. If you have time for a gun you probably have time do a few things that can end up being effective at keeping you alive, otherwise your banking on the criminal on giving you time so you can kill him. while you're at it I suggest training for nuclear attacks, conventional attacks, planted bombs, biological attacks, sniper attacks (really the smart way to use a gun), CPR, First aid, how to deal with fires, chem attacks, anti-booby traps. etc etc... Build your home to have secure areas, set up your yard so it works in your defense. Teach your kids how to live safely, and good safety behaviors etc... Many big city gangs reinforce their safehouses so that swat actually have to use some significant machinery to actually get into the house... maybe take a page out of their book? Generally criminals bank on victims being scared, the defender generally has to bank on the criminal being hesitant or not wanting to kill. In the end if someone wants you dead they'll accomplish it at an hour you least expect or are prepared for, and no amount of guns will help you (and unless that someone is pretty stupid..... which admittedly is the gap that does allow guns to be a defense in many cases). .... while on the subject why don't we arm missionaries?

absolutely. If felt i needed a gun then i'd have a gun- but guns are not allowed in all places my prefernce for self defense would be something that would be relevent to being usable in more areas and there are generally a greater number of hostile situations that don't require a gun, or where a gun is less effective. IF i knew I was going, into an area where that wasn't adequate i'd probably switch out. However the question was dealing with the law supposing if firearms were totally and completely banned by the gov- when you break the law you are in danger of justice being meted out- and if the law should catch up to you you'd most likely be imprisoned where no amount of guns you have will do you good, and you cannot do anything to defend your family. - a situation none of us in the us are in. In your situation would you risk the SWAT and consequent potential harm to your family just because someone might come back to finish a job... now that risk might be worth it for you. I don't have any problem with that. I highly doubt I'd be reporting any neighbors who didn't get rid of their firearms were such a law be made either (but murphologist in me says sooner or later somone will). However when someone asks what the church on whole will do as a church will do, the priorities are going to be food and shelter, then the spiritual welfare of its members- and the church is not going to put them in a situation that will tear families apart or bring the government down on them unless it absolutely has to. Just having guns taken away, doesn't merit that. Now if it was having guns taken away, the military was gathered and on the move to wipe out towns, and more than that - then ya i could see something other being obedient to the law being issued by the 12 apostles. BUT always a big but. the church is lead by revelation. Those who are quick to take arms need to be prepared to be commanded to put them away, bend over and take it.. even if everything else in the universe is screaming that to be the most colossal mistake ever made. And conversely those who slow to take up arms have to be prepared to recieve a command to take up arms, possibly against their very neighbors. both are possible God has done both before.

are guns the only thing that can provide protection in the universe?

pretty much how the law of moses came about.....

Most things can be worked around.. however should something become law that is in direct opposition to something that is vitally important to the saints that absolutely can't be worked around then we will break the law and deal with the consequences. a total ban on weapons would not be enough to break laws for. weapons are 0- very low on the importance to our spiritual health and relationship to christ and god list. were that to happen and I felt that I needed weapons i would go into metalurgy and machining and get the tools necesary for creating guns and create the parts needed but leave them unassembled in a vault. If i felt I needed to be armed all the time I would take my walking staff with me everywhere.

wow and welcome back

hi (he) and shi (she) and hir(her).

the unicorn one? The desire to use it for an FB avatar overlay was strong.

I like this view.

I don't think that is what they do, at least not with much effort put towards that as a focus (altho i don't doubt that there are tycoons that are aware of the consequences and build their strategies around them). More of a consequence of trying to cut every corner you can to get things out quick as possible with the least amount of effort and cost, consequences bedamned. If you can drastically reduce the cost of every sector, you can pull the industry to you, which is a good tactic- it lets you get control of other people, as well as giving your people an education in the industry. china has been playing catch up over the last century and they don't care how they do it- the ends justify the means.

It helps to remember that the purpose of language is to get idea A from person 1 to person 2 as idea A. It's no different for translation. Except that when you have two different languages it's like trying to plug a 3 pronged cable into a 2 socket plug.

History of the Church (has like 7 or 8 volumes, and I can't remember who compiled them... but the first book is pretty much joseph smith's diary, along with other accounts)