NightSG

That's why it's necessary to quote quickly, and catch it in its infancy.

The word used is "sparingly," for which thesaurus.com lists as synonyms, (among others) "easily," "delicately," "casually," "moderately," "quietly," "tenderly," and "mildly." So maybe D&C 89:12 just means you're supposed to shut up and enjoy your meat.

You turned him Pentecostal in the temple? Did you at least give him PC's number to help with the transition?

If that is the case, then prior to them all being compiled in what we now call "The Bible," there were 66 (or 80 if you include the Apocrypha, more or less depending on which other compilations you consider) "different gospels." Remember, Paul had no idea that all this stuff was going to get bound together in a single cover when he was writing to the Galatians. Every book of the Bible, certainly of the New Testament, must be read with the understanding that it stood alone as a distinct work until centuries after it was written.

If that worked as well as it should, I'd have three wives by now. And that's just the ones that I know of whose kids told them they wanted me around more. For some reason, 5-10 year olds and 55-75 year olds just love me. If I could have that same effect on the 30-40 year old women, I'd have to tear gas a mob of them out of my yard to get to work every morning.

And when my 1997 Saturn with a chunk missing out of the fender stranded me 60 miles from home at 10:30 at night, none of the three people who stopped to help (impressively, a retired mechanic, a brand new mechanic and a woman who is as much of a gearhead as I am...too bad she had a wedding ring on) had any pro-Obama stickers on their trucks.

How else are you going to decide whether it's more beneficial to you to be their friend or sell their organs on the black market?

But, since it's not the same as the other post, how can it be a duplicate?

Sorry; I forgot that signs at the doors are apparently prohibited by yet another of those unwritten rules. Wouldn't want anyone to know what's going on when they show up at the scheduled time and find the parking lot empty and doors locked, after all.

I have thought about having a decent suit made in safety yellow-green, complete with safety level III Scotchlite strips.

Not at all; courts have long upheld the concept of an established procedure that doesn't place an unreasonable burden. Telling someone they need to go to their local office instead of flying to headquarters is pretty much the epitome of a reasonable process that reduces the burden on the complainant. Try delivering your taxes in person at IRS headquarters sometime. While you're at it, make up your own tax forms and see if they accept those, or if they make you follow the procedure.

Wow. You should speak more respectfully of the family ward and its bishopric.

White shirt! Bishop, do you want me to pass the Sacrament?

There will always be people who throw temper tantrums when you point out something blindingly obvious that they refuse to agree with. Be thankful you're not a LDS single adult, where there seems to be a higher concentration of people like that.

Pretty much. Though I do think it would be fitting for the Church to announce that all removal requests not received via proper channels (i.e. the bishop the member's current residence is assigned to or the bishop of the last ward attended) go in the trash. Make it so the "protest resignations" on the square are pure theatrics.

I would have to disagree; a government should never have the power to make anything legal, and should be extremely judicious with its power to make anything illegal.

If y'all are done, can someone give me a summary of the posts that actually have something to do with the original topic?

I think you may have missed some important parts of the birds and bees talk.

Also, talk to your local fire department before taking doors down or insisting they stay open. Doors aren't just for privacy; that hollow core interior door won't slow the actual fire much, but it will slow the room filling up with smoke by as much as several minutes if there's a fire in another part of the house, giving the occupants that much more time to hear the smoke detector, wake up and get out the window. The vast majority of people who die in home fires aren't killed by the fire, but by the highly toxic smoke from the carpet and upholstery burning, or simple oxygen deprivation. When I was married, we used a baby monitor and kept the kids' bedroom door closed whenever they were in bed. Even now that I live alone, I still close my bedroom door when I go to bed for that reason.

Don't bet on it; I once dated a woman whose ex husband packed up and left because she lost her (admittedly very impressive) figure when she was pregnant and he didn't think she would get it back. She did, and he tried to get her to stop the divorce when he saw her a couple months after the birth, (Texas won't finalize a divorce while the woman is pregnant) but she was smart enough to get him on tape admitting his reason, and used it to get his parental rights terminated, (since he hadn't made any attempt to even see his daughter) then moved across the state without leaving a forwarding address.

You do realize that's because the congregation is trying to get the hint across to the preacher to wrap it up before kickoff time, right?

There's a quiet part of Sacrament meeting? I thought that was only in YSA wards.

Had occasion to visit one of the local non-denominational come-as-you-are type churches after Sacrament meeting a few weeks ago. (Haven't felt that out of place in a suit since my divorce hearing when everybody including the judge assumed I was somebody else's lawyer.) When their band started into Sweet Hour of Prayer, I almost asked one of the single ladies near me if she'd care to waltz. The band was good, (as was the preacher, actually) but looking around, I realized I didn't want to give that crowd any ideas about dancing in church. I assume someone would have rolled in a keg pretty quickly.

Thought it was funny at the county Republican Party poll watching gathering a couple years ago; I recognized four off duty cops, three people from my CHL class, three off duty deputies, the sheriff, a Texas Ranger, the city councilman I'd recruited to overturn the city's carry ban in a couple public buildings, the state representative who helped pass the CHL laws, and my old roommate who carries. I decided my first priority if anyone tried to shoot the place up would be to drop prone and plug my ears, because my little .357 snub wouldn't make a whole lot of difference by joining the barrage that would happen about two seconds later.

Can you imagine the poor bishop that has to keep a straight face while asking him if he has been completely honest in his dealings?