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Most likely. Most states that have gone to constitutional carry other than Vermont (Vermont never had any restriction or permit) have continued to issue permits. Idaho currently has a standard and enhanced concealed carry license. The advantage is that you can carry in about 25 states on the standard permit, and about 27 (last I checked) with the enhanced. University campuses are also off limits without the enhanced permit. It's also lucrative to issue the license and people will continue to get them for the added benefit.

Missionaries may or may not write back. They're busy, and when they get downtime, writing letters to people might not be high on their list of priorities. When I was in the MTC, if I got downtime, falling asleep was generally one of the higher priorities. The other thing to consider is that you sent him a letter, to Mexico. I don't know much about the mail service in Mexico, but when I was in the Dominican Republic, it could take a couple of months for a letter sent to get to me. Now this was likely before you were born so we didn't have email. We used faxes that we had to pay to send and receive, but it at least allowed for faster communication. Packages could take far longer. I got one package more than six months after it was sent and though my parents taped mine up well enough that they weren't broken into, but most guys had things "confiscated" from their packages by customs. Again this was the Dominican Republic, and it was more than 20 years ago, but I wouldn't be surprised to find Mexico to be much the same.

The potential of exactly this scenario is what keeps me from suicide when I get depressed.

Restrictive laws can be a problem, and keeping your mouth shut about things you carry in such an environment is a very good idea. I live in Idaho. Idaho just changed it's law (effective July 1 this year) that a permit is no longer needed to carry a concealed weapon, and it is specifically written into the Idaho constitution that there can be no legislation to prevent carrying openly, so I can be a little freer with what I say online. As far as other states go, I the standard Idaho permit is is recognized in about 25 of them.

I generally carry: a gun with an extra magazine Small .380 pocket pistol. a knife a multitool a cell phone a flashlight, a zippo lighter my wallet my car keys a pen My keys have a vial of consecraed oil, and a small pill container with varous OTC medicines in it as well as a backup hot spark firestarter. I also wear a watch, and If I can find the sun, can use the time and the position of the sun to determine direction. In addition, If my lung issue is acting up (asthma I think, but it hasn't been diagnosed) I'll carry an albuterol inhaler. If I'm going someplace away from civilization, I'll also carry a whistle, a compass, and a signal mirror. If I'm going to be spending a long time riding in a car instead of driving, I'll carry a mini MP3 player. If I'm at all unsure about what kind of people I'll encounter, I'll also carry my .45 with an extra 4 magazines. Of course these things are what are on my person. My car has somewhat more. Before I got married, and my wife objected to the vest I liked to wear (it looks like a fishing vest), I also carried: A notebook A small first aid kit A sharpie A couple of extra knives A mechanical pencil An eraser a usb flash drive more meds a comb I probably had more things, but that was a while ago and I can't remember so much.

I'm not going to say it's not an evil spirit, but you also may not be getting enough air, particularly if you are sleeping on your back. I had similar problems only casting it out didn't work. I prayed about it, and got my answer, of all places, indirectly from "Coast to Coast AM" a conspiracy theory, paranormal radio show on late at night. I was bored enough to listen one night on my way to work, and they were talking about something, I forget what. It sounded similar to but not exactly what I was experiencing. Now I don't put stock in that particular show, but I at least had a name to begin researching from. After a night of research, I had a potential answer. My nasal passages were closing off. I started using Breathe Right strips, and the unpleasant experiences went away. At this point the problem seems to have stopped as I haven't needed to use a strip in quite a while, but I still keep the strips on hand if I start getting the problem, I start using them again. Of course I had another experience when I felt something on my chest. I touched it and it was hairy. Then I woke up, grabbed at it, and it said "MEOW!" I generally kick the cat out of the bedroom now.

I agree entirely, the only other thing I would add to the formerly promiscuous potential spouse is that she is also medically clean as certain diseases may change the calculus. Forgiveness is one thing, consequences are another.

To be fair, it is vital that soldiers who may be hit by a gas attack be clean shaven because the mask doesn't seal quite right if there is hair in the way. Having your nervous system turned to jelly because you wouldn't shave just isn't a good way to go.

I'm all for GMO as well as effective pesticides and herbicides. I like this essay http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2013/09/if-youre-anti-gmo-youre-objectively-pro.html What I hate about Monsanto, and what should end up with their assets being seized and massive criminal charges is when they decided that people who did not purchase their patented grain had to be sued into oblivion because some of their patented grain crosspolinated with the more natural grain. Monsanto forbids keeping back some of your crop to plant again (also should have resulted in complete asset forfeiture) because they want you to have to purchase your seed from them every year. This farmer was doing things the old fashioned way. When his neighbor's grain crosspolinated with his and Monsanto forced him to have it tested (another corporate offense worthy of shutting down the company) and it was found to have some amount of monsanto grain DNA, he had to pay them. Since he couldn't they got his farm. As far as I'm concerned an attempt to engage in such an act should not only result in complete asset forfeiture by the company, as well as life sentences for everyone involved, but fines for anyone holding any significant amount of stock in said company. Make sure that anyone that profits from such abominable behavior is completely and forever financially ruined and you'll see such things go away. As far as the concept of resistant plants as well as chemicals to kill weeds or pests, great.

It sounds like you may have had a few misunderstandings about how we do things that may have led to your discontent. For us joining The Church IS baptism. Yes, in many other denominations, joining is about just deciding to attend that congregation. For us, it isn't. Likewise being ordained a priest isn't what it is in other religions. A Priest is an office in the lesser order of the Priesthood, called the Aaronic Priesthood. Generally men are ordained priests within a month or so after joining The Church, but it can be much faster. Generally a male raised in the Church is made a Priest at 16 years old. Below Priests are Teachers and Deacons. Young men generally become deacons at 12 and teachers at 14. Adult men who join the Church are rarely made Teachers or Deacons as Priests have all of the same duties and authority as Deacons and Teachers plus some of their own. A man must be at least a Priest to baptize another. By the way, children raised in the Church are usually baptized at 8 years old. As one must be a Priest to baptize another, it is not (or at least was not in the past) uncommon for a man to be baptized, then confirmed a member (another necessary step that must be done by someone who is at least an Elder), then ordained to the office of a priest so that he can then baptize other of his family members. In other words while it IS a big deal, it isn't nearly the big deal that it would sound like to someone who has only dealt with more mainstream Christian sects.

Frankly most of the "I only eat organic food and you should too or you're icky" crowd, along with many of the militant vegans, vegetarians, environmentalists etc are involved in what is known as virtue signaling. It seems to be particularly prevalent on the left, but conservatives do it too, and though the term is rather modern, the behaivor is not. A biblical example would be the tithe givers who make a show about how much they're giving as was contrasted with the widow and her two mites. Make a show of your righteousness by not only abstaining from let's say meat, but make sure that EVERYONE around knows. Get angry if someone eats meat around you, or doesn't give enough to the right charity, or drives a car that uses too much of the wrong kind of fuel. It's a form of pride. Vegans are kind of the obvious modern example "How do you know if someone at a party is a vegan? Don't worry they'll tell you." Perhaps it's unfair, but it illustrates the example nicely.

You could have the organist play pop goes the weasel after the casket is closed.

It would be interesting if this particular one hadn't been done to death already.

You do realize that the media is EXTREMELY anti-gun and that pretty much any accident with someone carrying concealed gets reported nation wide. I would bet that maybe 1% of defensive use of firearms where the gun is actually fired is reported nationally, and those are almost always reported as "an off duty officer" even when it isn't. A few more are reported locally, and even that is usually buried. Of course that only counts the times the gun is actually fired. Most of the time armed resistance stops the problem. Showing the gun is enough. And a vast majority of the time, simply displaying the holstered gun makes the bad guy change his mind. It's hard to say for sure, but most figures point to a defensive use of firearms (most often simply displaying the holstered weapon) every six seconds or so in the United States. None of these get reported, only the improper behavior.

Those of us who carry say the same prayer.

I don't know about later bishops suppressing it,That's possible too, protecting any potential descendants (or anyone who the Jewish leadership thinks might be a descendant) of Christ is a good reason not to have such things written down where just anyone can get at them.

One minor correction to paying tithing on a mission. IF you happen to have investments that generate money (eg stock dividends), you need to tithe that. Technically I guess, if you have money in the bank that is getting interest, you might pay on the interest. Of course my bank account got less than a dime a year in interest and that was all I had that could earn, so I didn't bother.

A little internet research shows that girls and boys were often betrothed at onset of puberty. Perhaps Christ was married at 14 or so (apparently not unusual at all in ancient Judea). Now perhaps she then died a couple of years later (also not uncommon). Since that would be in the 20 or so years of Christ's life that the Bible is completely silent on, none of that would get a mention. There could be any number of reasons that a wife is not mentioned. The point is, that there just isn't that much recorded either way to say historically that he was or was not married. The marriage at Cana could have easily been Christ's. Mary and Martha fit very well as potential wives. Perhaps one or more wives does figure prominently and is simply not named specifically as a wife. I also don't see it as particularly unlikely that such was either deliberately omitted from the account in he gospels to protect these people of removed from the bible by the Great and Abominable church referenced in first Nephi. Either scenario makes some sense. After all, the gospel writers knew full well that Christ had rather angered the existant power base. Keeping saying "Hey, here's his wife/wives and some kids" would be a tactically idiotic move on their part. The those threatened by Christ would almost certainly go after any potential heirs, or anyone who might be considered an heir by the populace. Keeping that quiet would keep those individuals safe. Possibly for generations. Indeed we've seen this occur one other time in scripture. Zedekiah had his sons murdered in front of him. The bible implies that none of them escaped, but one named Mulek did. Found his way across the ocean along with an unknown number of others and their descendants were found in Zarahemla by the Nephites. Why was this not recorded? I would say that either the recorder left it out so that their enemies wouldn't try to follow, or Zedekiah himself kept it quiet and the recorder didn't know. After all if someone said "now I'm going to murder all of your children in front of you" and misses one, are you going to tell them? Why the other scenario makes sense has been hashed out previously.

You're going to need an escort. Don't go alone until you've gone a few times and know what you need to do. You're going to need some minor guidance the first few times. The temple workers can help, but it's better if you have someone next to you for the first couple of times. It just makes things clearer. Also don't worry about it being a crowd. During the endowment session, there is very little room for interaction between other attendees and what interaction there is is very limited.

This might have been better if the cube being in a desert hadn't made me think of the movie CUBE where a bunch of people were placed inside a giant cube with a bunch of smaller cubes inside. The entire complex presumably underground. The small cubes were about the size of a room. Some were trapped, others were ok. The small cubes would randomly move around making the maze more difficult. The large cube was made of presumably reinforced concrete. The smaller ones were probably plastic and metal. The captives didn't know how or why they were there. They were trying to find their way out. That was my cube. My ladder was a metal access ladder bolted to an inside wall. The horse was near the entrance, eating the flowers that I couldn't really tell how many there were or what kind they were because the horse was eating them. The horse was unbridled, but otherwise non-sequitur and irrelevant. The storm was overhead and I was mostly worried about getting wet. So apparently I have a huge ego, I'm grounded to the point of being mostly underground. I'm inside my friends, or perhaps they're inside me. One of us is bolted inside the other. And the bonds are strong. My horse wasn't tied up and was neither tame nor wild, nor particularly relevant, so perhaps that means that most relationships aren't relevant to me? The horse was eating my children, which were close to the cube. Not sure how to interpret that. The storm was close, so I'm stressed, but it wasn't threatening.

Count me in as a man who doesn't "get" sports. I can't stand most team spectator sports. Car racing's ok, as long as I'm not required to stay awake, I saw some jousting a while ago that was pretty cool, I like shooting, but it's boring to watch. Football is awful, I can't begin to fathom how or why it is popular. The truth is that most sports wouldn't be so bad if one didn't have to deal with sports fans.

All our Yesterdays. Season 3 Episode 23. A planet's sun is about to go nova. The entire population escapes into the planet's past, each in to a different area and era. McCoy and Spock accidently get sent back in time to some sort of ice age. Kirk tries to follow but goes back to a 1600's like era. Long story short, Spock reverts to a pre-Surak Vulcan, falls in love with a woman who had been sent there as punishment. It is never said outright, but strongly implied that there was reproductive activity. In 1969 it wouldn't get more explicit than that on television. Spock goes back shortly after falling in love, and so never has time to find out if there is a child involved. There are two non-canonical followup novels Yesterday's Son and Time for Yesterday. They were about the offspring of that particular coupling. Spock goes back in time to find his son after reviewing the history of the era on the Guardian of Forever from The City on the Edge of Forever. And yes I do know far too much about this.

Maybe someone was breaking in .

I was going to post a couple of youtube videos debunking that moronic claim, but you're right.

I tried that with The Battle Hymn of the Republic A decade later it's still running through my head.