dahlia

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    dahlia got a reaction from anatess2 in Life Lessons   
    Jeez Louise - that ain't music, son.
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    dahlia got a reaction from Vort in Urim and Thummim and a testimony   
    Wow. So I'm scrolling through Facebook when I come upon an article from 'I am LDS' about the Urim and Thummim which contains a reference to Leviticus.  As a former Catholic, I don't know the Bible (Catholics read Catholic materials, not the Bible; that's for Protestants).  I do know there is something called Leviticus, which held more weight for me than references to verses in the BOM. I went to see what the verse said. Right there in plain sight was a reference, in the Bible and not in the BOM, to the Urim and Thummim! "And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim."
    I had no idea they were 'real,' as in having a reference outside of the BOM. I am not the best Mormon. I take a lot of what I've been told or read and just turn a blind eye because I find more things to recommend Mormonism than not, so when things come up that just sound 'out there,' I'm like, OK. We just won't think about that one too much.
    But every time I do that, I find out that there's a reference to it in the Bible. Let me be clear - just because it's in the Bible doesn't mean I'm taking it as 'gospel.'  What it does mean to me, is that there is consistency between the Bible and the BOM.  Maybe that still makes me a bad Mormon, but for me, it just shows me, over and over again, that the Church is true. 
    One day I'm going to read that Bible - it sounds interesting. 
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    dahlia got a reaction from unixknight in Urim and Thummim and a testimony   
    Wow. So I'm scrolling through Facebook when I come upon an article from 'I am LDS' about the Urim and Thummim which contains a reference to Leviticus.  As a former Catholic, I don't know the Bible (Catholics read Catholic materials, not the Bible; that's for Protestants).  I do know there is something called Leviticus, which held more weight for me than references to verses in the BOM. I went to see what the verse said. Right there in plain sight was a reference, in the Bible and not in the BOM, to the Urim and Thummim! "And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim."
    I had no idea they were 'real,' as in having a reference outside of the BOM. I am not the best Mormon. I take a lot of what I've been told or read and just turn a blind eye because I find more things to recommend Mormonism than not, so when things come up that just sound 'out there,' I'm like, OK. We just won't think about that one too much.
    But every time I do that, I find out that there's a reference to it in the Bible. Let me be clear - just because it's in the Bible doesn't mean I'm taking it as 'gospel.'  What it does mean to me, is that there is consistency between the Bible and the BOM.  Maybe that still makes me a bad Mormon, but for me, it just shows me, over and over again, that the Church is true. 
    One day I'm going to read that Bible - it sounds interesting. 
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    dahlia got a reaction from Midwest LDS in Urim and Thummim and a testimony   
    Wow. So I'm scrolling through Facebook when I come upon an article from 'I am LDS' about the Urim and Thummim which contains a reference to Leviticus.  As a former Catholic, I don't know the Bible (Catholics read Catholic materials, not the Bible; that's for Protestants).  I do know there is something called Leviticus, which held more weight for me than references to verses in the BOM. I went to see what the verse said. Right there in plain sight was a reference, in the Bible and not in the BOM, to the Urim and Thummim! "And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim."
    I had no idea they were 'real,' as in having a reference outside of the BOM. I am not the best Mormon. I take a lot of what I've been told or read and just turn a blind eye because I find more things to recommend Mormonism than not, so when things come up that just sound 'out there,' I'm like, OK. We just won't think about that one too much.
    But every time I do that, I find out that there's a reference to it in the Bible. Let me be clear - just because it's in the Bible doesn't mean I'm taking it as 'gospel.'  What it does mean to me, is that there is consistency between the Bible and the BOM.  Maybe that still makes me a bad Mormon, but for me, it just shows me, over and over again, that the Church is true. 
    One day I'm going to read that Bible - it sounds interesting. 
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    dahlia got a reaction from Anddenex in Urim and Thummim and a testimony   
    Wow. So I'm scrolling through Facebook when I come upon an article from 'I am LDS' about the Urim and Thummim which contains a reference to Leviticus.  As a former Catholic, I don't know the Bible (Catholics read Catholic materials, not the Bible; that's for Protestants).  I do know there is something called Leviticus, which held more weight for me than references to verses in the BOM. I went to see what the verse said. Right there in plain sight was a reference, in the Bible and not in the BOM, to the Urim and Thummim! "And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim."
    I had no idea they were 'real,' as in having a reference outside of the BOM. I am not the best Mormon. I take a lot of what I've been told or read and just turn a blind eye because I find more things to recommend Mormonism than not, so when things come up that just sound 'out there,' I'm like, OK. We just won't think about that one too much.
    But every time I do that, I find out that there's a reference to it in the Bible. Let me be clear - just because it's in the Bible doesn't mean I'm taking it as 'gospel.'  What it does mean to me, is that there is consistency between the Bible and the BOM.  Maybe that still makes me a bad Mormon, but for me, it just shows me, over and over again, that the Church is true. 
    One day I'm going to read that Bible - it sounds interesting. 
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    dahlia reacted to anatess2 in Changing skin color   
    A sister missionary who served in our ward is Tongan and after her mission she married another Tongan and moved to Michigan (I'm not 100% certain it is Michigan but I'm fairly certain it's correct).  During Stake Basketball, he was told by the other team from the other ward "your kind is not welcome here".  I kid you not.
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    dahlia got a reaction from Anddenex in Changing skin color   
    My concern was with what Mormons think now. I can let history go and let people be of the times in which they lived. I also understand literary license. I was more concerned with whether the Mormons I was going to church with are racists (which I'm sure some are, but most aren't). 
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    dahlia got a reaction from Anddenex in Changing skin color   
    I'm gonna tell you, when I was taking lessons and came upon this, I pretty much stared holes through my young missionaries. "What is this???" We had a discussion, I let it pass, but it was still bothersome as I know people probably used this to discriminate against blacks and keep them marginalized in the Church. 
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    dahlia reacted to Fether in 1000 years in hell??   
    The “Righteous” will be resurrected in the beginning. Not “Righteous Latter-day Saints”. There will be Catholics, Protestants, atheists, polygamists, Scientologist and others alive and kicking during the millennium. Even the beginning.
    ”only righteous people will live on the earth at the beginning of the Millennium. They will be those who have lived virtuous and honest lives. These people will inherit either the terrestrial or celestial kingdom.” (https://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-45-the-millennium?lang=eng)
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    dahlia reacted to CV75 in 1000 years in hell??   
    I think the 1,000 years has been reduced to 666 years to give them more time to repent at home.
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    dahlia reacted to Rob Osborn in More Changes to Come in 2019   
    Especially when you couple it with the work for the dead, both those who haven't yet heard and those who rejected it.
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    dahlia got a reaction from BJ64 in More Changes to Come in 2019   
    How cool is this? It just gives me the chills. 
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    dahlia reacted to Midwest LDS in More Changes to Come in 2019   
    Clearly this is the most likely change. I'll start sharpening up my knife😉.
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    dahlia reacted to Fether in More Changes to Come in 2019   
    Clearly they are going to ramp up the Word of Wisdom by including 8 hours of sleep and daily vitamins to the other needs of avoiding drugs and alcohol
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    dahlia reacted to pam in More Changes to Come in 2019   
    All I know is President Nelson told us to take our vitamins and get plenty of rest and hold on.
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    dahlia reacted to wenglund in Can I say that a certain activity provides blessings?   
    Thanks for the link.
    I checked it out, and unfortunately, like Iggy, I have sight issues that make it near impossible for me to decipher handwriting (particularly cursive) even when I am able to zoom in on the digit document. As such, I am not much help even with Indexing
    But, hopefully others can be of service, and I wish the project all the best.
    Again, thanks for bringing this to our attention. -Wade Englund-
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    dahlia got a reaction from JohnsonJones in Can I say that a certain activity provides blessings?   
    I am writing an article about the Freedman's Bureau files as part of my calling as a genealogy person (sorry, I'm a terrible callee. I think they changed the name for this calling, but I forget. It's late.). Anyway, the digitization for this project was completed in 2016. These documents are supplemented with other documents held by the Smithsonian and you can volunteer to transcribe these documents.
    I want the white members to know that they can do this work, too; don't just save it for the black folks. I'd like to say that they would get blessings for contributing to the project, which will help black Americans, who have never had access to Civil War era family history before, to do their family history and temple work.
    Can you get blessing for doing something like this for other people? Do regular church members have the doctrinal right to say that someone will get blessings for doing a particular thing? 
    Inquiring minds, etc., etc. 
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    dahlia got a reaction from seashmore in Pants for sister missionaries   
    Y'all are just freaking me out. First it's 'ministering,' then it's the 2-hour block, then it's let kids advance in Sunday school as a group, and now the sister missionaries can wear pants. Where is it going to end? If I wanted changes this fast, I'd  have converted to Unitarian. 
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    dahlia got a reaction from Maureen in Pants for sister missionaries   
    Some folks have a hard time having a sense of humor about stuff.
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    dahlia got a reaction from Iggy in Pants for sister missionaries   
    Y'all are just freaking me out. First it's 'ministering,' then it's the 2-hour block, then it's let kids advance in Sunday school as a group, and now the sister missionaries can wear pants. Where is it going to end? If I wanted changes this fast, I'd  have converted to Unitarian. 
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    dahlia got a reaction from Iggy in Pants for sister missionaries   
    Some folks have a hard time having a sense of humor about stuff.
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    dahlia got a reaction from Midwest LDS in Pants for sister missionaries   
    Y'all are just freaking me out. First it's 'ministering,' then it's the 2-hour block, then it's let kids advance in Sunday school as a group, and now the sister missionaries can wear pants. Where is it going to end? If I wanted changes this fast, I'd  have converted to Unitarian. 
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    dahlia reacted to Vort in Pants for sister missionaries   
    To be precise, I believe the guiding principle has always been that we dress modestly and attractively, as befits a servant of God on the Lord's errand.
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    dahlia got a reaction from Vort in Pants for sister missionaries   
    Y'all are just freaking me out. First it's 'ministering,' then it's the 2-hour block, then it's let kids advance in Sunday school as a group, and now the sister missionaries can wear pants. Where is it going to end? If I wanted changes this fast, I'd  have converted to Unitarian. 
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    dahlia got a reaction from NightSG in Age Change Announcement   
    So - let me make sure I understand this - beginning in January, 12 yr olds will come to Sunday School? I'm not a fan. I like being around adults. Even in Sunday School (and certainly in RS) topics come up that are for adults. I think having kids around waters down the environment. I have a hard enough time with the Women's meeting during Conference for the same reasons; you can't forget that there are children in the audience.  Obviously, this isn't for every topic, but geez, sometimes I want to learn from adults who have something to say or some life knowledge to impart. 
    It looks like the Church is trying to consolidate all these different classes/groups, and I dig that, but  maybe this is too much.  Am I missing something? I don't look to children for inspiration or guidance on adult life problems or adult level education on the Scriptures. Bah humbug.