Backroads

What makes lucid dreaming satanic? Many doctors say it's actually very healthy (though apparently not in all cases as, as Elphaba has shared, it can be tied to other issues.) I've never tried to do it, but it's happened a few times. I also don't know if I consider even astral projection satanic (though one of my best friends was into it in jr. high and he freely admitted it was of the devil--don't worry, he's currently temple-sealed and a very active and good Mormon, jr. high was just a very very weird phase for us.) Various religions have supported it for years. And yes, lucid dreaming is a great skill for it. I suppose, like anything, it can be satanic, but I wouldn't automatically annouce it as such for no reason.

No, no, I was nutty before this. This was only back in college.

Call me crazy, but I think it would almost be more meaningful to have your wife there during the time of the extraction of 'it'. I wouldn't stress too much in advance, though. swampgeek: lol. Actually, while I recognize this as a legitimate question, it does make me appreciate the intense awkwardness that has made it the subject of so many sitcom episodes...

The way I understand JW is that it's not just a handful go to heaven and the rest go to hell. It's a certain small number of leaders in heaven.

I've heard that many GAs and prophets throughout the years were either vegetarians or pretty close to it. Never really confirmed it, but hearing more "rumors" makes it all the more believable. Fascianting and thanks!

I'd guess about 10 feet? Right outside our car. Got the car and I felt the jolt.

I gotta say... that would be a fun place for BASE jumping...

Wow. A ring ceremony cancels out the temple sealing. That has to be the dumbest thing I've heard all day. All I know is the temples don't allow ring exchanges anywhere but the sealing room. Doesn't meant it can't be anywhere else.

The 2nd counselor in my old singles ward had this to say: Blankets are the Devil's tools.

Is this first-hand knowledge?

I am so waiting for someone named Dawn to chime in on this...

The fact that you're back into belief of a Creator is proof that you did not flat out deny anything. Not really, anyway.

The one on my profile... It's happily ever after, not perfectly ever after. There's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us dragon exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten. No one reaches the top of a mountain and wishes they had stayed at the bottom. The opposite of Love is not Hate, it's Fear.

So true. Is there anything that Dawn does not do?

These guys understand. Anywho, I got it out with the vinegar soak and then a hot water wash with baking soda and borax. Yay!

It wasn't fair! It attacked!

But how would he know these people didn't have a license to be there?

Yeah, it's just hard having to deal with the effects of someone else. Nobody in pain wants to hear "Yeah, but I'm a nice person".

I say just ignore them. The thing is, they think they're doing good out there. They think they're helping. There is no way you are going to convince them that what they are doing is mean-spirited. I remember going to conference a few years ago. I saw some girls out there with their protestor father--they looked humiliated and bored just being there. Many of them save up in order to travel to these things. I say, let them have their fun. A few yeras back, my brother and his friends decided to do a Free Hugs counter-protest. When it was posted on You Tube, anti-Mormons were furious.

All right, this morning, coming into the office: I was viciously attacked by a drink containing red kool-aid. I was wearing a white skirt. The skirt was rinsed in cold water and is currently soaking in a mix of cold water and white vinegar. Any further suggestions? Should it even be soaking?

Not denying that at all. Just saying that it really is the individual who is living the word of wisdom for himself--not the bishop living it for them. I think that's why there are no detailed questions of specifics: It's no good for an individual to be living specific health codes just because he was "Told to" and always worrying if he's doing it to the bishop's satisfaction and never managing to live it for himself and God. I think this may even allow for better prompting for a bishop. Take the meat issue, for instance. Maybe the bishop is a vegan and is very staunch about eating meat sparingly. If there were a specific question of do you eat meat "sparingly"? we have to decide what sparingly means. If bishop says no? Is it true inspiration or his own feelings about meat getting in the way?

In my opinion, no, I do not believe EVERYTHING has to be inspired even in a single speech. But I can see why some would see it that way. That's an excellent attitude. Very true, though I must admit its hard when ex-LDS members who are extremely bitter treat me like dirt because of my beliefs. Though what can I do?

While I could not care less about how much/little meat any of you eat a day, this raises an interesting point. All sorts of people will defend a high meat intake by saying the "sparingly" council was based on that time period where it was hard to refrigerate and whatnot. Again, personal interpretation.

"Do you obey the Word of Wisdom?" I don't recall it going issue by issue. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that is pretty much it for the question. Which means... there really is a lot of personal feeling and interpretation at stake.

I do like Dravin's follow-up comment to this. I suppose it's the libertarian mean. I HATE being told what to do. I taught in public schools, and yes, there are parents out there that don't know how to feed their kids. But, ultimately, it should be the parents' decisions. Though the problem would be getting parents to come, what about healthy eating education?