Blackmarch

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  1. Absolutely. As long as you are being honest with the stake president or whoever is doing the interview then you have all your bases covered.
  2. 1) if i were in your shoes id thank the guy and tell him something along this line; "thank you for your concern, and for your time, and i have your book. However i am where i am because of answers i got from god. I understand you believe that i am in a bad spot and getting swindled by the church. That is fine I am here because god wants me here furthermore all my experience indicates to me the contrary. Please understand i have gotten your message, however if you really want me to leave then rhe best thing for you to do is to pray to god to give me answers. As I have gotten your message you do not need to keep contacting me or engaging in behavior towards me that is both disruptive and demeaning ( you may have to be specific on what behaviors) and i am now requesting you to cease these activities towards me, and if you should choose to continue to do so anytime from here on out it will be harassment to me and I will take legal recourse against it, do you understand?" If i thought it was bad enough id write out my response and print couple copies and ask him to sign them. 2) no. Not worth it, and im talking from experience. They never have the full truth 3) will do If he continues afterward, id go to the police and ask what to do about harassment. Also things like him kissing another guy on your doorstep and that sort of thing if you didnt give an invite or an ok to do it towards you or on your property can be considered sexual harassment especially if he continued to do it after you told him to stop... However the big thing here is that he has to know that it is offensive behavior (and do not assume that he knows), you have to tell him verbally or by letter( but if by letter you need to know if he read it so that way can be difficult), or by having someone else inform him (i would highly recommend the police). Once he knows and then engages in that behavior again you have the means to request a legal injunction of some sort based on being sexually harassed or harassed.
  3. Baptismal covenants, and by extension the sacrament. So to take upon you the name of christ, to always remember him, and to always keep his commandments so that you may have the spirit to be with you. If you are worthy to enter the temple then you have been keeping all non temple covenants.
  4. Things have become so varied that it is now "choose righteously" as the rating system gets less and less reliable all the time. Can an r rated movie keep you from the temple? Probably depends what is in it.... In regards to an interview question. However for stuff that seems more innocent and "ok" remember that to be able to get the most out of sacred things we have to have virtous thought before God..... And that is hard to do if we have memories of vulgarity, sex, and murder or extreme violence for entertainment going through our heads because of some sort of entertainment we partook of.
  5. Anything can be a thing ..... Theres certainly enough population that even a percent of a percent stuff pops up in decent numbers.... I wouldnt be surprised if some form of this psyche pops up occasionally. If she were to take a moment to think things through sh probably would see it, its justvthat things that are habits for us we do not think about.
  6. As we are leaven to the world the world is like leaven to us...... And one reason we meet every seven days is to cleanse us of it and strengthen ourselves against it. I imagine it will gain traction, the question is how fast and far it will do so before it comes to a head.
  7. The atonement does cover them. Were such to fall to sych depths as to reject god for all time and eternity, the atonement still saves them from physical death if little else. Generally the wicked abide in self destructive behavior.. Altho generally not instantly self destructive.
  8. We have crosses on many churches if you count the type that have double doors and a window above each dooor. Most likely just a happy coincidence of geometry and design. For those of you who are more conspiratory leaning... Temples tend to use design influences from the culture they are built in.... And the cross would definitely be very descrptive of that culture. We view christs time in gethsemane, on the cross, his death, and his resurrection with equal importance.
  9. Some years its more, some years its less. Its decided by how the 12 apostles are inspired by the spirit.
  10. I don't have any experience dealing withbthe items you mention. However when you say you can stream movies, do you mean you can watch them? If so then i dont think you have a hardware problem, but rather a software problem. Not sure tho.
  11. You could also try youtube, altho i doubt thevpriesthood session will be posted to it. There are usually a few different sites that will stream the conference.
  12. If the nonstranded spouse is convinced by authorities that stranded spouse is dead officially, the nonstranded spouse is off the hook if deciding to remarry. However things would get chaotic should the stranded party were to return... In which case the promise with the highest priority to honor would be the more recent one, which would then let the formerly stranded one remarry at this point in time- that would be the cleanest solution to the mess. Alternatively i suppose the nonstranded spouse would be justified for a divorce on the grounds of having been given false information. however as this does invlve a divorce, especially regarding an innocent party, this would be harder to justify.
  13. If not married, i imagine that if they have done all they could to be rescued and to find out they would not be rescued that they could make vows to each other. Were they to be rescued theybwould have to do everything to make their relationship formalized legally. If they are already married, then nope... The only exception i can see to that is if everyone else in the world were killed or something.
  14. so sorry to hear hoping and praying for hte best for you and your family. hope things work out.
  15. supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I can swear there's a dilbert cartoon hiding somewhere in that opening post.
  16. Glad to hear youve found the problem, and are going through a solution May it be quick and painless and may it go well for you! It must be a great relief!
  17. And on the seventh day God rested. I think we will have botth meaningful work and meaningful rest.
  18. Sorry my internet died so ihevnt been able to get back till now. Doesnt matter it can be or it can can not be. Youre free to choose one, or none, or you can add as many variables as you want.. What each variable represents does not matter. you can have an infinite set upon an infinite set to the in finite power and never come across a possibility of having an absolutely unchangeable force, or you could have a similar set where everybpossibility involves such. The point is that for it to be able to be done in our reality the possibility of it has to exist first- and the less support one can build for something, the more into the realm of wordplay and philosophy pandering it gets... And thats kind of the crux is with the whole immoveable rock deal is that there is little beyond "its possible because we dont know everything yet" to anchor it to reality or give it plausibility and so it ends up being no more than a word game (in this case a logic paradox loop) hypothetical. As for me personally while i would not rule against it 100% i would go 99.9999..... Repeating for a lot of decimal places. ------ edit just saw your last reply to me..... This doesnt really add anything new then, other than maybe stating that infinity is not absolute and can be approached in different ways or can be subjective.
  19. omnisciince means to know all, omnipotent means to be able to do all, if all things are only ABCD then the terms for both omni's have been satisfied.
  20. being able to erase a variable in itself would be another variable. to be able to do so it would have to be part of the set.
  21. well if you are righteous there may be something specific in regards to what tribe you're in that you might be called on to do during the millenium. i'd have to go through my OT again as i can't remember the individual tribe covenants. as of right now though i can't think anything that requires a specific bloodline. I think there is something for if someone could show that they are direct descendant of Aaron, but they'd still have to take on all the other covenents and etc.. first anyways so pretty much would have to go through what others do anyways so it's more or less moot.
  22. if we were to hive an infinitisemally small reality in which the configurations A, B, C, D, were the only existing elements a being who was omniscient in said universe would know of A,B,C,D with every possibly combination, mix, and form of said variables... a being who was omnipotent would be able to act upon and/or cause change to said variables in every combination. to be able to first make an immovable rock, that has to be one of the possibilities.