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WACX (Super Channel 55), while a Christian broadcasting channel, is a privately owned business and not a church.

Let us go back to Quin's original question. He asked for examples of similar high end residential building projects during the last 100 years. The land ownership of the Catholic church in the Philippines seems rather irrelevant to the actual question asked, don't you think? BTW, the land ownership doesn't seem to be as high as you implied. It seems like different Catholic orders owned approximate 10% of the existing agricultural lands in Philippines at the beginning of the American Colonial rule. This majority of these landholding was purchased by the U.S. Civil Administration in 1904 as a part of a land reform Land reform in the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Church & State in the Philippines during the Spanish Colonial Period | A Sourcebook I'm sure that the Catholic church as a land owner made money from its tenants. It is, however, not applicable to the question at hand. Quin asked specifically for examples of similar high end residential building project during the last 100 years. Can you agree on that?

That was not the question asked.

Particularly if the doll looks like the doll Annabelle in the movie Conjuring.

I have not been able to find any precedents on this kind of scale. Sure I was able to find a handful minor residential constructions/renovations done by other churches, but those projects seems to involve creating only a handful rental units in already existing buildings, like this one: Residential Real Estate - Church Rents Out a Redone Building - NYTimes.com The kind of large residential building projects we see being planned in Philly seems to be unique to the LDS church.

According to the church's fact sheet the total amount spent on Humanitarian Aid from 1985 to 2011 was $1.4 billion. That's an average of about $54 million a year. http://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/welfare/2011-welfare-services-fact-sheet.pdf

You can always tithe Rainbow Dash.

Theological question: Did God make a mistake when he gave man a foreskin? If not, isn't it then a violation of his creation to remove it?

For 40 % you are: You are Pod, a pyroraptor! Similar to the velociraptor, you are quick-witted and fast, but your main weapon is your claw. Ok, I know you don't really have a huge claw, but think about it. A human equivalent to a claw is ambition. You are a traveler, too, and have experience with the world. You are wise and intelligent, and also love your family...you are also a leader. For 30 % you are: You are Alpha, a saltasuarus! Saltasaurus are not the smarter of the kind...but they have strong feelings and rely on instinct rather than thoughts. However, you are deep-grounded, brave enough to survive, and successful...whether it's by dumb luck or pure destiny.

Wow, I finally agree 100% with Vort. I guess it's a first for everything.

The movie "Antichrist" on Netflix. DO NOT WATCH IT.

Hygiene issues? It's not difficult to keep clean. Takes like a second in the shower. Looking back, my only complaint would be that my parents never taught me about cleaning it properly and I had to discover the cleaning issue myself at the age of 9.

Reminds me when I used to work at a legal assistance office for the military. Once in a while we had young Soldiers coming requesting help with this issue. They came back from 12-months deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan just to be greeted with $3000-$5000 bills for unreturned movies from the local video store. I don't know if they just brought the (adult content) videos with them to Iraq/Afghanistan not realizing that they could potentially be liable for a huge overdue fee.

I'm opposed to circumcision of infants as it is irreversible and there usually exist no medical justification for it. Nature intended males to have foreskin, let it be. In my home country, the procedure is illegal and only Jews and Muslims can get a religious exemption from the law and have it done. Law makers are discussing the possibility of removing this religious exemption and make it completely illegal unless determined to be medically necessary.

I just read this blog post from a "well behaved Mormon woman" about Frozen. A Well-Behaved Mormon Woman - Frozen: Not Gonna "Let It Go" When Movie Advocates Gay Agenda What are your thoughts about her ideas? Is there a hidden gay agenda behind the movie Frozen?

Theft is theft and the warrant was still valid despite being old. I see no problems with the bail amount as she has demonstrated herself to be unwilling to appear in court.

1. Unitarian Universalism (Pantheist subcategory) 2. Converted, I guess, but there is really no such thing as 'conversion' in Unitarian Universalism. 3. Casual, but teaches Sunday School class for middle schoolers. 4. The first principle of the inherent worth and dignity of every person. 5. That it's not a church/religion. 6. Mormonism (as an objective historical study topic)

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/02/virginia_s_gay_marriage_ban_ruled_unconstitutional_a_perfect_record_for.htm Is it even possible now to turn the tide and stop same-sex marriage from becoming the law of the land? What's your thoughts?

I got no problems with the customer service at the stores I frequent: Giant, Trader Joe's, and Starbucks.

I came to the realization that my introduction is way overdue. I'm a 40-year old male (originally from Europe) who has been married for 16 years to a Mormon girl. We have one daughter (10-year old, special needs) and do not plan to get any more children. I work for the U.S. government and I'm involved in the military tribunals in GTMO. I do have a great affection for dogs and will adopt as many of them as I can afford and properly care for. :) I'm a history buff and its my goal to one day teach history at the college level. I have BA in history from a Catholic university and I'm currently halfway through my masters in history. I hope to one day be able to get a PhD on the subject (Yes, I can always dream). I have a tendency to get obsessed about the importance of historical accuracy. Yes, I'm one of those people who would pause a historical movie to evaluate any anachronism in a particular scene. My absolute pet peeve is the use of maps not accurate for the time period (like a post-1920 map being used during a WW1 movie scene). I consider myself a Pantheist and I do not subscribe to the idea of an anthropomorphic God. I believe that all existing religions in the world today are pure manmade constructs without any guidance from the devine. I do believe that Yushua ben Nazareth was a real person, but that his story has been so distorted through the centuries that its impossible to recover the truth about him. In general, I subscribe to the commonly accepted scientific ideas that exist today, such as evolution. I currently active in a Unitarian Universalist church where I teach Social Justice to 6-7 graders. The fight for social justice, equal rights, etc, are very important to me and I have little tolerance and patience for that I consider to be bigotry or narrowmindness.

See a professional marriage counselor (from outside of the church). Do not be scared of the possibility of divorce if your issues cannot be resolved. Life is too short to be in miserable marriage.

INTJ Introvert(89%) iNtuitive(31%) Thinking(1%) Judging(1%) You have strong preference of Introversion over Extraversion (89%) You have moderate preference of Intuition over Sensing (31%) You have marginal or no preference of Thinking over Feeling (1%) You have marginal or no preference of Judging over Perceiving (1%) NTJ Description by Marina Margaret Heiss To outsiders, INTJs may appear to project an aura of "definiteness", of self-confidence. This self-confidence, sometimes mistaken for simple arrogance by the less decisive, is actually of a very specific rather than a general nature; its source lies in the specialized knowledge systems that most INTJs start building at an early age. When it comes to their own areas of expertise -- and INTJs can have several -- they will be able to tell you almost immediately whether or not they can help you, and if so, how. INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don't know. INTJs are perfectionists, with a seemingly endless capacity for improving upon anything that takes their interest. What prevents them from becoming chronically bogged down in this pursuit of perfection is the pragmatism so characteristic of the type: INTJs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion "Does it work?" to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social norms. This in turn produces an unusual independence of mind, freeing the INTJ from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake. INTJs are known as the "Systems Builders" of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination and reliability. Whatever system an INTJ happens to be working on is for them the equivalent of a moral cause to an INFJ; both perfectionism and disregard for authority may come into play, as INTJs can be unsparing of both themselves and the others on the project. Anyone considered to be "slacking," including superiors, will lose their respect -- and will generally be made aware of this; INTJs have also been known to take it upon themselves to implement critical decisions without consulting their supervisors or co-workers. On the other hand, they do tend to be scrupulous and even-handed about recognizing the individual contributions that have gone into a project, and have a gift for seizing opportunities which others might not even notice. In the broadest terms, what INTJs "do" tends to be what they "know". Typical INTJ career choices are in the sciences and engineering, but they can be found wherever a combination of intellect and incisiveness are required (e.g., law, some areas of academia). INTJs can rise to management positions when they are willing to invest time in marketing their abilities as well as enhancing them, and (whether for the sake of ambition or the desire for privacy) many also find it useful to learn to simulate some degree of surface conformism in order to mask their inherent unconventionality. Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ's Achilles heel. While they are capable of caring deeply for others (usually a select few), and are willing to spend a great deal of time and effort on a relationship, the knowledge and self-confidence that make them so successful in other areas can suddenly abandon or mislead them in interpersonal situations. This happens in part because many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals; for instance, they tend to have little patience and less understanding of such things as small talk and flirtation (which most types consider half the fun of a relationship). To complicate matters, INTJs are usually extremely private people, and can often be naturally impassive as well, which makes them easy to misread and misunderstand. Perhaps the most fundamental problem, however, is that INTJs really want people to make sense. :-) This sometimes results in a peculiar naivete', paralleling that of many Fs -- only instead of expecting inexhaustible affection and empathy from a romantic relationship, the INTJ will expect inexhaustible reasonability and directness. Probably the strongest INTJ assets in the interpersonal area are their intuitive abilities and their willingness to "work at" a relationship. Although as Ts they do not always have the kind of natural empathy that many Fs do, the Intuitive function can often act as a good substitute by synthesizing the probable meanings behind such things as tone of voice, turn of phrase, and facial expression. This ability can then be honed and directed by consistent, repeated efforts to understand and support those they care about, and those relationships which ultimately do become established with an INTJ tend to be characterized by their robustness, stability, and good communications. (INTJ stands for Introvert, iNtuitive, Thinking, Judging and represents individual's preferences in four dimensions characterising personality type, according to Jung's and Briggs Myers' theories of personality type.) Functional Analysis Of An INTJ

Sounds like a real winner to me. Don't let differences in religion be the reason for you keeping you away from him. You are not settling for "Mr. Good Enough" if you are marry him, you would be settling for "Mr. Good Enough" if you marry a member just because he is LDS.

mdfxdb is correct. There is no mandatory non-negotiable requirement to have a written response from the ex-spouse. I have several friends that has blatantly refused to respond to such an inquiry from the church and their ex-spouse has been able to continue the process anyways.

I disagree with your disagreement. I do believe that man is naturally a moral man and wants to do good. Of course there always exceptions and those exceptions can be found among both religious and non-religious groups. Please do. "Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you’d have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.” ~ Steven Weinberg, Nobel Laureate "76% of all statistics are made up on the spot." Stalin was a awful human being but the victims for his purges are estimated to be around 20 million people and not five times as many. BTW, do you want us to start counting the number of victims caused by Christianity throughout the years? You have no knowledge of my knowledge in history, so please refrain from assuming things about me because it makes you look like an ignorant jack***. I do not believe that religion is worthless element in the evolution of society, but I definitely believe that religion does not have monopoly on morality. If religion did not exist, humanity would still have moral values as it is necessary for a community to function.