mordorbund

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    mordorbund got a reaction from askandanswer in Relief Society Presidencies no longer sit with Bishopric   
    Alternate title for Trib article:
    Bay Area Relief Society Finally Deemed Reverent Enough to Rejoin Congregation 
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    mordorbund got a reaction from JohnsonJones in Relief Society Presidencies no longer sit with Bishopric   
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    Bay Area Relief Society Finally Deemed Reverent Enough to Rejoin Congregation 
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    mordorbund got a reaction from Traveler in Relief Society Presidencies no longer sit with Bishopric   
    Alternate title for Trib article:
    Bay Area Relief Society Finally Deemed Reverent Enough to Rejoin Congregation 
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    mordorbund got a reaction from Vort in Relief Society Presidencies no longer sit with Bishopric   
    Alternate title for Trib article:
    Bay Area Relief Society Finally Deemed Reverent Enough to Rejoin Congregation 
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    mordorbund reacted to Grunt in Relief Society Presidencies no longer sit with Bishopric   
    Depends on the kid.  😇
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    mordorbund got a reaction from JohnsonJones in Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!   
    For those outside the US, Thanksgiving is something of a harvest festival made into a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln (yes, THAT Lincoln). Every time someone sets up Christmas decorations too early a turkey dies. After seeing how difficult it is to change American culture, Lincoln stopped fighting it and declared an annual holiday for eating dead turkey.
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    mordorbund reacted to zil2 in Second chance at repentance?   
    This is where faith in Jesus Christ is required.  One can have faith in any number of things, and some might be true, but it is only faith in Jesus Christ that can allow us to look at situations as you describe and trust that the outcome for this person (and every person) will be as good as it can possibly be; that no one is denied any blessing they desire (and are willing to abide the corresponding laws) just because of accident, ignorance, or illness.  God (the Godhead) knows (know) all and there are plenty of scriptures to suggest that those who would accept, if given the chance, will not be denied any opportunity or blessing.
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    mordorbund reacted to askandanswer in Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!   
    And for those who live downunder where everything is upside down, its 11/11/11
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    mordorbund reacted to Carborendum in Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!   
    If I'm born on Nov 11 of 2000, than that would mean that I turned 11 years old on 11/11/11.  for those outside the US, that's 11/11/11.  
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    mordorbund got a reaction from Carborendum in Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!   
    For those outside the US, Thanksgiving is something of a harvest festival made into a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln (yes, THAT Lincoln). Every time someone sets up Christmas decorations too early a turkey dies. After seeing how difficult it is to change American culture, Lincoln stopped fighting it and declared an annual holiday for eating dead turkey.
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    mordorbund reacted to Carborendum in Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!   
    @Jamie123, @askandanswer
    Happy Thanksgiving! 
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    mordorbund got a reaction from zil2 in Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!   
    For those outside the US, Thanksgiving is something of a harvest festival made into a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln (yes, THAT Lincoln). Every time someone sets up Christmas decorations too early a turkey dies. After seeing how difficult it is to change American culture, Lincoln stopped fighting it and declared an annual holiday for eating dead turkey.
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    mordorbund reacted to Grunt in Peter Santello starts a series of videos on the Mormons   
    I find it more problematic that people would be driven away from Christ because they can't have a beard.   
    Don't drink alcohol?   Too easy.
    No coffee or tea?   Who cares.
    You have to shave every week?   Sorry, Jesus.
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    mordorbund reacted to Carborendum in Everybody Loves Tarantulas   
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    mordorbund reacted to estradling75 in For NeverTrumpers: An appeal to not vote Hillary over Trump   
    I think anyone with eyes to see...  Sees complaints about election rigging continuing to happen.  (Agree or disagree it doesn't matter complaints going to continue)  So why aren't we working to secure the vote and build up confidence that our votes are counted and fair?  After all it is one thing to simply say someone is a sore loser (which they very well may be) but its a much better to be able to prove it.
    So why haven't we taken the time between elections to create a voting system that can prove the accuracy of the vote to the voters rather then forcing use to assume it to be accurate?
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    mordorbund got a reaction from Backroads in Dumb question for you smart techy people   
    For a satirical take on password woes, create a new password using the Password Game! https://neal.fun/password-game/
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    mordorbund got a reaction from zil2 in Dumb question for you smart techy people   
    For a satirical take on password woes, create a new password using the Password Game! https://neal.fun/password-game/
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    mordorbund reacted to Carborendum in Did something I am now learning I shouldn't have done - Looked into Free Will.   
    What if we look at the opposite side of the argument?  What if there really is no such thing as choice?  What if it is all pre-programmed and there is an inevitable fate as if it were all one giant, complicated domino rally?
    What would that mean?  What would change?  And what would be the necessary fundamental for that to be true?
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    mordorbund reacted to zil2 in Did something I am now learning I shouldn't have done - Looked into Free Will.   
    I submit that God can do whatever he wants to do, including, in theory, cease to be God.  But he doesn't want to.  It's as if you're saying, "unless God chooses to sin, he technically has no agency" or "...he appears to have no agency".  That's absurd.  God is demonstrating mastery of absolutely everything in the greatest demonstration of agency ever presented to us and you say:
    You don't understand agency.
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    mordorbund reacted to zil2 in Dumb question for you smart techy people   
    First, the tech support people's job is to help you do your job.  It doesn't matter how difficult or tedious their job is, it's their job.  (There's a reason they call it "work" and there's a reason they pay you to do it.)  So don't worry about calling tech support - they're getting paid.
    Next, if the tech support person doesn't know how to reset a password without those security questions, something's wrong.  Does this tech support person work for the software manufacturer or your employer (assuming they are different entities)?  If for your employer, they should have some other way of verifying your identity and userID and should be able to then do a password change on the account (and either trigger the software to email you the new password or just tell you what it is and wait on the phone while you log in and then change it yourself).  If for the software manufacturer, the hoops for verifying your identity may be more difficult, but there has to be a way.  I guarantee you're not the first person to forget the answers to those idiotic "security questions".
    (Of course, finding the person who knows the above can be a challenge - some tech support people can't do more than read the flip cards, others actually know the software.  And it may take a system admin rather than tech support to resolve the problem.  Finally, some people design really, really lousy software.)
    Sorry I can't tell you more.  If you want to PM me to discuss specifics, I'll see if I can help any further - seems unlikely, but I'm willing to read whatever free / public info is available on the software and that might let me give you more pointers.
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    mordorbund reacted to askandanswer in Favoring Israel   
    @prisonchaplain I think as long as we have people on here like @Carborendum and @LDSGatorperhaps you could consider doubling your preaching or using the "extra strength" version.
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    mordorbund reacted to prisonchaplain in Favoring Israel   
    In reviewing my last post, I realized that I got to preaching. Occupational hazard, I guess. 😉
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    mordorbund got a reaction from Vort in A youtube of a sacrament meeting   
    Well of course. Just because it's remote, doesn't mean the ward members should give up all their sacrament customs.
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    mordorbund reacted to Carborendum in Goodness, Gracious, Great Ball(ard)s of Fire!!!!   
    Perhaps this is a perfect example of the kind of "grudge" that Christians tend to hold, where we could learn a lesson from the Jews.
    A very common phrase that is used a whole lot more among Jews than among Christians: "Nobody's perfect."
    We see someone like Cosby fall from grace.  Then he is all-of-a-sudden anathema.  No one wants to mention them.  No one wants to be reminded of how hard they laughed at his talk about the drunk and the toilet bowl or "Grandpa is old and trying to get into heaven now."
    But Jews still praise what King David did to build Israel into a great nation, while condemning what King David did in his personal life.  What are they going to do?  Deny what he did?  It's written in scriptures for crying out loud.
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    mordorbund reacted to Carborendum in Favoring Israel   
    Without trying to comment on the current conflict, I'll try answering your other questions.
    We believe that we are the House of Israel just as much as the Jews (modern terminology) are.  We're not "replacing" them.  We are their cousins.  And as such, we are ALSO (not instead of) the inheritors of the blessings of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Thus by building the Church in the latter-days, we are gathering Israel.  The Ancient Covenant People and the Latter-day Covenant People (which is basically what "saints" means) will eventually join together even if it is only a social/political alliance and not necessarily a religious unity.
    We believe that many Jews will be converted through missionary work. But most will only be convinced when the prophecy of Zechariah plays out:
    The land of Israel is important in its role in the end times.  How much do modern Jews play into that?  I'm not sure.  I'll have to look into that.  I'll get back to you (unless someone else gets there first).
    The two prophets of Rev 11 will be LDS Apostles.  And they will defend Israel, die, and be resurrected.
    So, it seems that our understanding of end times are fairly close in many aspects.  But our role in it is a bit more special than what evangelicals may believe.