Latter Days Guy
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In what way has it changed? I've noticed that in the short time that I've posted here there seems to be periods of anti-LDS posts and periods of none at all. But in general it just seems to be a great bunch of people discussing how God has changed and is changing their lives.
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Lets say a couple has filed bankrupcy. Are they still expected to pay a full tithe in order to get a TR, even though they are not paying their creditors?
Actually, some courts have banned LDS people from paying tithing if they owe their creditors.
Also, in part member families often a wife or husband who is not a member will prohibit the member spouse from paying tithing. That person can still get a recommend.
One thing that has troubled me is the gross or net payment thing. I know in Europe taxes are so high that members only pay on what they actually get after taxes generally. I think it's up to the member in these situations.
So are you to pay tithes on your gross or net pay? I thought it was worked out on net.
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Thanks for all the replies, and no I've no intention of leaving the wife! I was just wondering what happens to those members who's partners don't become members.
Out of curiosity, is your wife a member? (BTW thought never crossed my mind that you meant it for yourself-assumed you were asking generally)
To members whose partners don't become members expect a challenging road with a lot of extra bumps and views. That's why people are encouraged to marry someone of like belief
As always, life to some degree is what you make of it.
No my wife is not a member yet! Like I said, I was wondering what would happen after death etc.
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Thanks for all the replies, and no I've no intention of leaving the wife! I was just wondering what happens to those members who's partners don't become members.
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Just a quick question, what happens to those members who's marriage partners are not members of the church and who never become members of the church when they come to the judgement and entering the different glories of heaven? I know that you have to take part in temple ordinances and temple marriage, obey the commandments etc to gain entry to the celestial kingdom, but what happens to the member who doesn't have the chance to do this because their wife/husband is not a member of the church?
Would it be better for such a person to seperate from their non member partner and find one within the church?
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Was having a conversation with a friend the other day and mentioned that I was returning to the Church. He's not a member and he asked me about what the church believed etc. Well the conversation eventually got round to the tithe and offerings we give to the church. I told him that we are instructed to give 10% of our income to the church as well as our fast offerings, pointing out that this was the biblical norm. So the first question he asked me is what if you cannot afford to pay a full tithe, will God reject you? I said of course no God wouldn't reject you for this, but it did get me thinking. When you go for a temple recommend you are asked if you have kept the commandments, the Word of Wisdom etc, obviously this includes tithing. Would you get a recomend if you had not paid your full tithe but were paying what you could afford to pay? What happens at the meeting you have with the bishop when you come to give an account of your tithing and you say that you have not paid your full tithe but have given as much as you could afford? I know in an ideal world we all pay our tithes and offerings, but there are people on very low incomes who try their hardest to follow the commandments but who could find it hard to pay their full tithe, and who choose to put food on the table for their family and give what they can afford to. Just wondering if what I had said was true and what the churches position is on such a situation?
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I've never even heard of that "rule".
What is the rule and what do you think it means?
Does it have any significance at your house?
The one about not putting up your Christmas tree until 12 days before Christmas? Maybe it's a UK thing
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Do none of you stick with the 12 day rule for Christmas Tree erection?
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It does that for me aswell! Is this a problem with the server?
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Whats thanksgiving then?
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So what happened to the dead deer? Did you have to contact anyone about getting the mess cleaned up, do you get to keep the dead deer and make deer burgers out of it?
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I do not live in the UK but I am considering a visit there around the end of March. It will be my 25th Wedding Anniversary.
I wanted to go to Italy but my hubby said he might want a more friendly place to visit. 
My dream destination has always been the UK. When will Donny be in concert there?As a teenager I had posters all over my room and played his Albums.
I will never forget seeing him in concert ! I even had his face on my pillow case!
BTW, Why does the title of this thread say he is coming home. The Osmonds are from Utah.
Yes the Osmonds are from Utah now but they have traced their family history and discovered that they originally came from Wales, hence the Donny coming home title! See here for details.
The concert is on 30/06/07
And for a friendly place to visit I would go to Italy!
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Donny Osmond is coming home to Wales next year and is holding his only UK concert there in 2007. Are any of the UK posters of LDS Talk going along to the concert? My wife and I are going and are really looking forward to it! She's not LDS (yet!) and complained about going to see him last year until she went to the concert and now she's a Donny fan! If any posters are going, maybe we could have a LDS Talk meet up before the concert!
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We are asked to not only feed the Missionaries but to invite investigators to these meals and provide time for a discussion if needed. It is a great Missionary Experience-
Winnie - when I was seperated/divorced, I made up Seal-a-meal bags for the missionaries. I told them the safest way to reheat these meals was by placing the bag in boiling water. I did up: Corned Beef and cabbage w/ vegies and the broth, Beef Roast & Gravy, and all the fixings, Pork Roast & gravy, and all the fixings, Bnls/Sknls Chix Breast in Tarragon yogurt sauce with wild rice and baby vegies, Meat Loaf slices, scalloped potatoes and string beans. All in a bag, just heat in the boiling water and then cut the bag and slide your dinner out onto a plate or serving dish. Did lasagna too. Anything that I saw in the frozen meal section at the store - I made from fresh.
Dror - please I for one do not speak or read anything other than English, could you please translate.
What's all these fixings things? Here in the UK the fixings are light sockets, curtain rails, that kind of stuff? I assume you mean all the veg and stuff, which we call all the trimmings!
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We've got 2 DVD players and a DVD writer, all are multi regional. I buy a lot of DVD's from abroad because they are usually out a good few months before they are here in the UK.
Why's this in the gospel discussion section?
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I took the two missionaries that I've been meeting out for pizza at Pizza Hut the other day. Nothing unusual about that until you find out how much they can eat! One of the Elders is from the UK and the other is from Bulgaria, well my UK brother and I managed to eat about 8 pieces of pizza, but our Bulgarian brother was still going strong after 16 pieces
I had 2 glasses of orange, he had 4 classes of coke! I think he would have gone on to eat a few more if they didn't have to go to another appointment after visiting me! Wow! I think we need to go and start a "Feed the Hungry Missionaries Society" before they all wilt and die from starvation! -
OUT SIDE heavens NO!
This is Canada!
She only goes out to do what dogs do, in the summer she has run of the yard witch is fenced in, we are moving that’s why the fence is down.
She die if we left her out side
we worry about her paws getting frost bite as it is in the winter months. The only dogs that stay out doors in the winter months are sled dogs. They would over heat if brought inside. My bother had a husky named Yasha he would knock a door off its hinges if left indoors. In the summer my brother would buy blocks of ice and cover them with hay and Yasha would sleep on them.So you have a kennel inside the house?
Our dogs used to sleep either on my bed or on my sisters bed (when I left home many moons ago!).
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It was a clip on GoogleVideo. Same anti-Mormon claims: where are the steel swords and horse bones and huge cities? In the video, one of the key "Mormon archeologists" (read: ex-mormon with an axe to grind) was looking for skeletal evidence of the great "last battle" among the Jaredites and later, between the Nephites and Lamanites that the Book of Mormon describes as taking place near the Hill Cumorah.
Only problem is, the guy was looking for this evidence of a massive slaughter near the New York Cumorah! Duh professor, that's the wrong Hill Cumorah.
Several other errors and so forth left a bad taste in my mouth. Same tactic of misleading and misinterpreting LDS texts.Do you have a link?
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You keep your dog outside
We British must me soft as we kept all our dogs inside, I knew one couple who even kept their rabbits indoors because they thought it was too cold for them!
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That is contrary to a video that I watched on-line.Of course, even the amateur member that looks for arquelogical progress in respect to the bom, finds that names, tales, cities'locations, narratives, documents, ceremonies, geological research, etc... has provided pleasant gronding for a mormon's concept of Ancient America.
What video would that be?
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I would have God first, Wife 2nd and Child third.
It can be difficult as my daughter can and does wrap me around her little finger some times
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In heavily Democratic pricincts I'm sure not being an American citizen would not be a problem in voting.
Ok, then I vote for.....Eeeeh! I don't know....... I vote for President Hinckley
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No, not voting today. Couldn't if I wanted to either
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Just worked out how much I pay in tax and stuff each month, it's £431.14 which works out as $843.22 a month!