Sunnysprite
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I could not disagree more. Most war is driven by a lust for power, the very passion that religion seeks to bridle.
Let me think about that. Educate me, please?
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The usual problem with God/Physics is that men try to define things not spoken of. I am quite sure that in the book of Ezekiel, there was a highly advanced vehicle used. None of us know why. I think that most of our issue with Heavenly Father vs science is that we do not need to know, he's letting us find out for ourselves, and trying to explain a black hole to us is like the father of a household trying to explain the vacume cleaner to a 2 year old.
If you read Dawkins, "The God Delusion", it falls apart prety readily. He is correct that most war is driven by religious ideas, but his book really falls apart in the 5th Chapter. The poor man was raised in Kenya in WWII and his father was military and extremely overbearing, but very religious.
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I can. Guns are scary. They are instruments specifically designed to deal death. Not only that, but they do it so efficiently that there is basically no defense against it. A six-year-old with a gun is far more dangerous than your typical unarmed mugger. That kind of power concentrated into the hands of anyone who manages to get ahold of a gun -- child, criminal, murderer, whoever -- makes many people doubt the safety of society.
Not saying these are (necessarily) my own views, just that I understand them and think they are reasonable.
You should only do what you are comfortable with.
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This. Also, if I don't trust someone with a gun, I won't trust them with anything less than a straitjacket and proof that they haven't missed their latest dose of thorazine.
We used to Elk Hunt in remote country, and while I never had the need to use it, everyone in the camp carried a pistol or had a rifle near. I once heard of a bull elk walking right through camp. The wife shot the elk and when the husband came home, having been skunked, she had it ready to hang. :) There was always talk of bears and big cats, though I do not know if it was the liquor talking or not.
This is not the same world I grew up in. I can't understand people being anti gun.
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There are ways of treating this without killing them. We scream about these things but do not take meaningful, humane action. Sigh.
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Those who wear garments, let them wear them in peace and humility. Those who don't, who is your judge?
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No, I mean me being humbled. It is a daily, practically an hourly, occurrence.
Poor baby. :)
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You just humbled Vort!
I didn't mean to, I know what it is like.
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By golly, you are right. I did not remember writing that, I didn't see it in my quick reread, and I was so sure I had not written it that I got a bit snippy about it.
My apologies, Sunnysprite. You were right that I did in fact write that. *blush*
You are forgiven. :) Most people don't go back and check. Thank you.
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It's not really a matter of interpretation, Sprite. It's a matter of reading what I wrote.
OK, sorry. I don't want to prolong this.
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Looking through the thread, I can't see anyone who has said anything even close to that.
Is that what you think? I interpreted your post the other way. Just saying.
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This is not a gospel specific subject but it's something I desperately need some advice or insight on.
I have began my first year of teaching at an inner city, very difficult school. I was hired to teach fourth grade and I literally had the class from heck, every teacher and faculty member in the school agreed. I worked my butt off every single day. I came to school early and I stayed late putting in hours and hours of extra work. I spent tons of my own money buying supplies and setting up the classroom. However, it was hard, the class was horrid and every single strategy of mine failed.
One of our kindergartener teachers took a job at another school. Our school, because of enrollment numbers, was unable to hire another teacher. We had one girl who was teaching first grade. She was an emergency hire, and this was counting as her student teaching. She was given a retired first grade teacher to help her set up and get her class going.
When the kindergarten teacher left, this girl was moved to kinder because she was endorsed. My principal switched me to first grade and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes have been rearranged and things are a mess.
I'm not upset by the switch. I LOVE first grade and have always wanted to teach it. However, I felt like the biggest reason I was switched is because I couldn't handle the fourth graders. My principal explained this wasn't necessarily the case. She says I'll do better in first grade and these changes needed to happen. Sure. It still hurts.
So I am switched to first, still expected to write sub plans for my fourth graders while they sort out the new classes. However. I am not teaching. The obnoxious old woman hired to help the emergency hire girl is now put in my classroom and she is the teacher. I am sitting back for a week or more and watching her teach my class while I 'ease' into the position. The kids are familiar with her- however, they like me and trust me and are very resilient. I've sent out a letter to parents explaining the switch. I am ready to teach.
I hate sitting back and not being able to do the job I was hired for. I hate watching this emergency hire take over her own class, while I, who has already student taught in the first grade is taking the back seat. This woman treats me like a little kid and is constantly correcting me, repeating things I already know or explaining basic teaching strategies. I know she is trying to help me. It makes me feel worthless, belittled and like I've been punished. I feel like the school doesn't respect me. She goes to all of our team meeting and talks for me and is always refering to 'our' classroom. I am the teacher. I also feel like I could do a much better job, I have to refrain from butting in on her unorganized and ineffective lessons.
I know this is silly, but should I have any right to feel this way? I don't like confrontation, it's often gotten me into trouble. How can I go about explaining my feelings and frustrations without looking like a whiny brat?
I think it was totally uncool for anyone to say that "your only problem is your wounded pride".
My Sister nearly went crazy teaching her first year. Twice I came home and she would be piteously weeping, and I felt helpless. This year, she had the Summer off and got right to it when school started. Most of us wonder if we have the right stuff when we start something new.
May Heavenly Father bless you.
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I agree with everything you wrote, LM. I did a poor job of responding to a specific point, namely:
"If you allow people to know you are armed, you are breaking the law."
Texas, and Oregon are two states where I know it is illegal to allow even the outline of a gun to show. Aurora, Colorado had a law making it illegal to carry, but the law was thrown out. There is so much misinformation on the subject. One of my workmates insisted that hand guns had to be registered the other day, and that is not true.
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What do you mean by hate speech?
If I hear a friend say - I cannot stand my neighbor! He's no better than a maggot! Then yes, I probably won't be friends with the guy too long unless it was just one incident of frustration and not his everyday manner of speech.
If I hear someone say - I can't believe you're a Mormon! Mormons aren't Christians! - then I'm okay with it because it is merely that he doesn't understand Mormonism.
To me, hate speech is anything about race, religion or nationality. Though I won't usually let a challenge about Mormonism pass. So, far Heavenly Father has helped it stay away from an argument and simply be an informative conversation. Polygamy, Jesus Christ, and being like Heavenly Father seem to be the most frequent areas I encounter. It is best not to be defensive about these things. And if they get too heated, it is best to drop it.
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This isn't a gun debate. My question is this: Is there EVER a time or place when carrying a firearm is inappropriate and or inconsiderate? I understand that if you have a permit you can pack heat pretty much anywhere. But just because you can, should you? We just got back from a big family function and someone showed up armed. It was off-putting to a lot of people. The mothers especially felt uncomfortable with it because of the kids he was horseplaying around with.
A concealed weapons permit means just that. If you allow people to know you are armed, you are breaking the law. But, carrying at a family function? I think that is egocentric and paranoid. Just sayin'.
I went to a Movie last night, alone, and did not get home until 1:00 AM. The weapon took the night off and stayed home. Awareness and location is much better defense.
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that might've worked at one time...however unless we want to to have significantly reduced restrictions legislating on the obtaining of Armored vehicles, military grade weapons (both long and short range, anti-vehicle and anti-personnel, and area of effect/suppression), we are seriously undergunned, underpowered, and underarmored if there ever is a civil war, and the gov has access to its current military resources.
That would not be the pro-gun argument i would use to keep guns around.
Some people who are or want to be in government, are prepared to use federal troops on US citizens. There is precident for it. Federal troops were used against US citizens in several instances in our past history. I expected to see them used against the Occupy movement.
Knowing some of the tactical weaponry, I agree that conflicts would be one sided if all the troops followed orders.
The answers are not clear to me. I just do my job. Listening to the rhetoric of some around me, the use of Federal troops against Muslims here would not surprise me.
This discussion is getting a bit dark for me, so I am wit0hdrawing.
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Even if you feel it is better to resolve conflicts without the use of force, the "speak softly and carry a big stick" philosophy still requires having the stick.
I would not say that killing is the best part of my day.
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I think it is cute that those who seem most willing to advocate war and violence, have never participated in either. I feel better off to get it done without.
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Analasys of speech and body language says a lot about some one if you know what to look for. In law enforcement, it is used to discern a law abiding citizen to some one who may be overly evasive when asked various questions. I have been scammed before so now know what to look for.
I get scammed constantly, so maybe I should take the class. :) No wonder I get ignored at the airport.
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I might sound fatalistic but I am not. I just see everything that I know about the LDS as true and without question.
If it is not, then it won't matter. But, of course it is, so there is no need to worry.
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Does this mean my kitty photos are safe?
They should be unless they get your reflection off the kitty's eyeball or something equally bizarre. :)
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Once again, I flexed my internet muscles. This time it's Facebook
Yes, mom had some screaming teenage girls (they learned to not dare call me about it) but hey, when they break the rules about computer usage during the week they're mom calls me and POOF, that's it (at least for two weeks).I'm such a bad father because I'm enjoying this.
P.S. Mom got the "There are too many rules!!!" from one of them this morning. How sad
I get a lot of criticism because I stopped doing facebook, and do not plan to go back. I think it is evil because they let their profit generator overpower their sense of morality, as if they had one.
Sometimes people think that I am some sort of radical fundamentalistic Mormon, but I just think that putting too much out there about yourself will lead to pain. Everyone from marketers, bankers, car companies and credit rating companies is gleaning your little disclosures.
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I generally stick to the scriptures for my doctrine. It seems all of what is considered official doctrine can be tied back to the scriptures.
I've seen people bring up some of the more intriguing ideas as doctrine, and these ideas may have links back to the scriptures, but at the point they are discussed they consist more of thoughts and opinions than what the scriptures actually said on the matter.
The high need for order folks sometimes get out of control to those of us that don't think very deeply. Religion is pretty simple to me; do good, be good. That Heavenly Father exists is just so obvious to me. I used to have an issue with Jesus Christ's crucifiction, having been all over the world, but Heavenly Father brought things into my life to convince me. No one in my past lived any religion, and their all gone.
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Lengthy doctrines are pretty much meaningless to me. I obey D&C 89, and that is about it. It seems to me that chastising a woman in church for too much make up is ridiculous. I don't wear any, and don't plan to. It's pointless to have a relationship with a man. What I do pretty much takes up my life, but I like to go to church to thank Heavenly Father for keeping me alive. Jesus Christ pretty much said it all; love Heavenly Father, love one another.
G-d and Physics
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Neither the Lutherans or the Catholic took much of a stand in Germany. Perhaps my statement that religions cause war was inaccurate.
I was standing outside the church the other day and a man said that we should just go kill all them (name unspecified). I confronted him, but he ignored me. I don't go to church to hear that kind of talk. I got some wise council from a Sister.