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The more I think about it, the more Frozen rocks.
Let it go: A song about dumping horrible painful coping mechanisms that aren't working. "conceal, don't feel, don't let them know" - the reason behind it is to keep from causing pain to others, but what a horrible way to live life.
Unfortunately, the thing which needs to be coped with is still present. So although letting go of the bad coping mechanism feels great, there's still a need for a better coping mechanism. Because whereas we all have occasional bouts of emotional excess, Elsa's bouts place others in mortal danger. So she needs a way to deal with that.
Hence, the rest of the movie.
At the end of the movie, she's got a new coping mechanism - let loved ones in, feel and express love for them. Not exactly sure what this means for her next bout of emotional excess. The hope, is that the next time she gets all worked up, the negative will be tempered with all the positive in her life, and she won't end up sending ice daggers through her loved ones by mistake. But at least there's hope. The loved ones all know the risk and remain loved ones. The townspeople know the risk and are still willing to have her as queen.
Hmmm - a person learning to cope with an extreme destructive reaction to life's stresses, without medication or therapy or parents. A sister loving her despite the fact that she literally risks injury to do so. Yeah, I may not be very close to such a situation, but I know lots of people have similar struggles.
(Actually, I think Olaf may count as therapy.)

Sorry, I'm late to the party. And just back from Frozen.
I'm with Josh Weed, great art lends itself to numerous interpretations.
I'm with Anatess and her nieces, in that I had already halfway memorized two different parodies to the snowman (Dost thou want to see the moon rise, and Do ya wanna get a beer, man).
I'm with Vort and the immodest brigade - no really, they sexed her the heck up just for the sake of sexing her up. But something to understand - "Let it go" turned out to not be the right answer, right?
But apart from all of them, I'm also with me.
Frozen is about how childhood trauma can lead to bad coping mechanisms, which can reach across the years to screw with our relationships and cause us pain. And how learning to deal appropriately with our inner demons and adverse natures, lets things get better.
As far as we know, mom and dad could have changed his mind a week later after he had a chance to settle down and realize that shutting his daughter up wasn't the answer. But mom and dad died. And so the sisters grew up without the loving nurturing wise loving stewards that we're supposed to have on earth. And it happens like that in real life. And it stinks in real life too.

Are you sure about this? I thought cars used to come with a hand crank that you used to regulate the air flow in your quadrant of the car.

Are you sure about this? I thought cars used to come with a hand crank that you used to regulate the air flow in your quadrant of the car.

You can find standalone bibles that carry the Joseph Smith Translation. Some of them compare the Inspired Version with the King James Version. (follow the linkys if you're interested, you can also get them as ebooks).

What would President Monson do if he lit a field on fire?  
 
Oh wait...

Mary was praised for seeking Christ's presence.  Martha was NOT blamed for her work.  Rather, she was encouraged to make the first thing the first thing.
 
I'm not sure how this is relating to a problem in larger Christianity--that sin no longer concerns us much.  We're so eager to fit in, be relevant, be 'relational' 'missional' etc., that we have decided to help God out, by downplaying the sin stuff, and bold-facing the grace.
 
Grace is essential for salvation.  We don't come to God clean.  However, where's the need for grace if we've become convinced there's no right or wrong?  In fact, if post-modern relativism is correct, the ancient cry of Christian grace seems somehow judgemental too.

It is. That's what the Tribune tells me anyway.

Yes He did. And the entire process is described as you read on (with sinew attaching to the dry bones and skin on top of that). The whole thing serves as an allegory for dead Israel to receive life again, while testifying of a literal resurrection. As you read on, you find another allegory coupled with a literal prophecy. The gathering of Israel will principly be the joining of Judah with Ephraim (or Joseph) who have long since been estranged. This is alluded to by joining two "sticks" (which could also be translated "books"). The literal fulfillment of two books joining together can be found when both the Bible (a book written and preserved predominantly by Judah) is joined with the Book of Mormon (a book written and preserved predominantly by Joseph). Both testify of the future gathering of Israel, while the Book of Mormon openly states its purpose is to renew Jehovah's covenant with lost Israel.

Yes He did. And the entire process is described as you read on (with sinew attaching to the dry bones and skin on top of that). The whole thing serves as an allegory for dead Israel to receive life again, while testifying of a literal resurrection. As you read on, you find another allegory coupled with a literal prophecy. The gathering of Israel will principly be the joining of Judah with Ephraim (or Joseph) who have long since been estranged. This is alluded to by joining two "sticks" (which could also be translated "books"). The literal fulfillment of two books joining together can be found when both the Bible (a book written and preserved predominantly by Judah) is joined with the Book of Mormon (a book written and preserved predominantly by Joseph). Both testify of the future gathering of Israel, while the Book of Mormon openly states its purpose is to renew Jehovah's covenant with lost Israel.

you can't beat a slogan, no matter how hard you try!

They might be. If only there was some way to instill a culture that valued other aspects of attractiveness than what's shown by Madison Ave. Something like "It's more attractive (maybe even most attractive) to carry the quiet confidence that is borne by knowing you are a child of God with a divine nature - to wear your self-respect like it was the latest fashion (for ultimately, it is the finale of fashion)." Yeah, that's good. Now how can I make it catchier?.... Maybe something like "mode-" aw crap!!

I like this post, because it is authentic.  You ask questions, yet state the flaw you see in our thinking.  Thank you.  The answer I can give you is that the imagio dei--the image of God in us, is what makes us special.  Besides, I suspect that even in LDS theology, that after exaltation, the very fact that God has been God much longer than the exalted one has been exalted, suggests that there will always me a measure of difference.  Many here have told me that they will always worship God, even while they speculate on what the glory of their exaltation will be.
 
It is enough for us traditionalists that we will be with God forever, that will will experience unfathomable intimacy with him, and that we will be glorified by him.  How that all ends up looking is a matter we trust him with.  Still, please know, that I understand the appeal of the LDS teaching on this. 
 
 

Grandma's typewriter inspired two of my older brothers to play a game called "typewriter" with me. One would dictate a letter while the other would sit on me and simulate the head (his fist) imprinting on the paper (me). I seem to remember typos were corrected with two or three taps to cover the mistake.

I was gifted an '06 Kia Spectre.  The vehicle is stripped--power nothing!  So, we're out on a family ride in the new car, and my oldest says, "Dad, could you unlock the window so I can roll it down?"  I tell her it's not locked, and she insists it is--that it won't open.  I tell her to turn the crank, and to put a little energy into it.  She starts turning it, and exclaims, "WOW!  This is so cool!"

You can eat it because all the caffeine cooks out of it.

[eyeroll] JAG, no one is proposing an outright ban on scissors. All we're saying is that the (still extremely sharp) blades be limited to three inches.

The Father begat the Son. The Father is not the Son. The Father did not beget the Father, nor the Son beget the Son. Nor did Father, Son, and Spirit beget the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
 
I can think of only two ways your statement could be accurate:
 
1. Modalism, which is largely viewed by Christian theologians as misguided in its most innocent form or heresy in its worst.
2. Your statement is using "God" as an overloaded operator and would be better read "God (the Father) somehow begat [God (the Son)]".
 
The second is nonsense because it condemns Mormons for the same kind of thinking (which can't be the case in the Brigham Young context). The first isn't viable because that's not what the majority of Trinitarians believe. It can come back into play if it can be shown that while the majority don't believe it today, it was in fact, what Trinitarian Americans believed in the mid- to late 19th century. Which brings us back to Maureen's call for citations.

Much has been given during this last dispensation and since the restoration of the church.
 
We've been given the opportunity for eternal marriage.  We've been given the spirit of Elijah and the opportunity to do work for our ancestors that didn't have the opportunities before us. We've been given the opportunities to have ordinances done by those that hold the keys of the Priesthood that weren't available prior to the restoration of the church.
 
I really thihk this verse is talking about so many of the things that are now available to us through the restoration of the gospel.

... so you think it should be used prudently then?
 
 
Or, if you prefer, (Church Handbook of Instruction 2:21.3.11)
 

D&C 89:11 ...all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving

I'm not sure why the current form of the initiatory couldn't be performed across genders.  It it no more invasive than any other priesthood blessing.

I love the attention to detail (notMordorbund indeed).
 

 
Thanks folks for tuning in. This has been a public service announcement on the dangers of identity theft. It is not a single-victim crime. It affects entire communities and breaks down the trust necessary for a society to run. Do not tolerate it. Do not chuckle at the "mischief" teenage "hackers" get into. The consequences are serious, even if our teaching approach has been jovial. So now you know, and...
 

And THAT is the demon spawn of the unholy union between a banana and a strawberry.