Latter Days Guy

I agree with one exception. Jesus is Divine as the Son of God. I believe that we still have miracles that happen today as well. Miracles bring us Hope. I completely agree with you, I'm sure that is what I said

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So why did God put the miracles in the scripures in the first place if they didn't happen or don't have a miraculous explanation? From my understanding the miracles of Jesus point to the divinity of Jesus, that he is God. They are SUPER natural events, ie they are events above and beyound the natural course of events. Something that only God can do.

Hi PC, personally I believe that the miracles are truly miraculous events that actually happened. That some people try and reduce them to mere stories or humanise them is a sign of the liberal anti supernatural world we live in today. One of the teachers I work with was astounded when I told him that I believe that God can and does work miracles today and that he does talk to his people today as he did in the biblical times.

before letting out

I have a band which I wear all the time. It's got "Choose the right" on!

Sorry! I should have put North America shouldn't I I apologise in advance to all the Canadians, if only I could edit the poll?

Is that the church for ladders or can stepping stools join aswell

Why? I wish I was in Greece or even Spain! Just spent a week away in Spain in a lovely villa in Arboleas, Almeria!!

As I'm new I was wondering where everyone one was from? Well I'm from the UK, are there many members based in good old Blighty, or are you mainly from the good ole US of A?

I splashed out on a copy of 174 Semiannual Confereance DVD on ebay and was watching parts of it today. I was wondering how do you get to go to conference? Is it by invitation? By ticket allocation? I'm thinking in a couple of years time of maybe taking a holiday in the USA and Salt Lake City/ Utah is one place I will be visiting. I would love to go at conferance time and actually go to conference.

Your are most definately right about the missionaries, they do go through a lot! Thanks for all the warm welcomes, I look forward to getting to know more about you all here on the forums!

Nice to meet you too!

Hi everyone, I'm new to the boards and thought that I would introduce myself. I'm from the UK and was/am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I became a member in 1986, but after a few years drifted away from the Church. Since then I've been on a bit of a spiritual rollercoaster ride, I joined the local Baptist Church in 1994 and then went to Bible college for three years. After getting my degree I went to work at another church but found that not many of the people were very Christian. I've been looking back at my life lately and have began to realise that maybe I made a few silly things in my life, one of them being my time away from the LDS Church. I believe that the first turning point for me was at Bible College when a couple of LDS Missionaries turned up and over a period of a few weeks developed a relationship with us at the college. While they only sought to have friendly discussions the other students at the college played upto them, while trying to put down their beliefs in private. This all came to a head when the two Missionaries were invited into a lecture to discuss their beliefs. What followed was more like throwing the Christians to the lions in Roman times. All the so called good relationship building went out of the window as my class mates ripped into the missionaries, leaving myself a a couple of other students with a bad taste in our mouths and feeling guilty over the treatment that these two individuals had suffered at the hands of our fellow classmates. Since that day I've tried to treat everyone with respect, and not mis-treating them because they may hold different beliefs to my own. I've gradually over the last few years realised that I am LDS and have always been LDS, even when I was worshiping at the Baptist Church. I am slowly moving back to my LDS beliefs but have not yet plucked up the courage to return to the local chapel. Hopefully with Heavenly Fathers help and much prayer and study I will return soon. Anyway I hope we can have many discussions here on LDS Talk, and I look forward to talking to all of you in the future!