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Captain America: Civil War
I'm cheap so I waited for it to come out on Vidangel, to watch for a dollar. Also, I wasn't keen on watching the Avengers fight each other.
My verdict: I need to watch the Ultron movie and then watch this one again. I was kinda lost. Also, too much tedious fighting - maybe I'm just getting too old for these movies.
Also: Ironic that Iron Man was on the side of the law, and Captain American was the lawless one. Not sure I like this, but it makes sense in the movie.

The Misty Mountain?
Sorry, I just watched The Hobbit movie yesterday

The Martian.  It was fantastic!

I often have trouble falling asleep. Too much on my mind.
What works for me is Audible.com books on tape.
I play the books using the Audible app on my phone and I have earbuds and a memory foam pillow, so I can sleep with the earbuds on without it hurting my ears. The secret is finding a book that is interesting enough to keep my interest long enough for me to fall asleep but not so interesting that I want to stay awake to hear it. History and science books do the trick. Novels wouldn't work for me, probably - especially page-turner types.
I usually set the book to stop after 45 or 60 minutes - there's setting in the Audible for that. Sleep cycles are 90 minutes so you might get woken then if the book is still playing.
You can get 2 Audible books per month for $22 (that's their best plan, as far as price per book), and they also often have sales. They also sell one book a day on special, usually 2-4 dollars, if you check out their homepage every day. 
 
Other things they say can make your sleep worse
- bright lights before bed
- eating before bed, especially sweets
- caffein before bed, obviosly
- don't take naps during the day, and don't use your bedroom during the day for other activities like TV, reading
Your room should be dark, quiet, and cool
Get good physical exercise during the day, but not 2 hours or less before bed
You might also check with your doctor - insomnia can have medical causes.
Google for more tips
 

ABC123
What is up with all the acronyms? Please use actual words for old people! Not saying I'm old, but there is pam....

I often have trouble falling asleep. Too much on my mind.
What works for me is Audible.com books on tape.
I play the books using the Audible app on my phone and I have earbuds and a memory foam pillow, so I can sleep with the earbuds on without it hurting my ears. The secret is finding a book that is interesting enough to keep my interest long enough for me to fall asleep but not so interesting that I want to stay awake to hear it. History and science books do the trick. Novels wouldn't work for me, probably - especially page-turner types.
I usually set the book to stop after 45 or 60 minutes - there's setting in the Audible for that. Sleep cycles are 90 minutes so you might get woken then if the book is still playing.
You can get 2 Audible books per month for $22 (that's their best plan, as far as price per book), and they also often have sales. They also sell one book a day on special, usually 2-4 dollars, if you check out their homepage every day. 
 
Other things they say can make your sleep worse
- bright lights before bed
- eating before bed, especially sweets
- caffein before bed, obviosly
- don't take naps during the day, and don't use your bedroom during the day for other activities like TV, reading
Your room should be dark, quiet, and cool
Get good physical exercise during the day, but not 2 hours or less before bed
You might also check with your doctor - insomnia can have medical causes.
Google for more tips
 

IMO, you should study up on how caffeine works - what it does to the brain and how your brain fights back against its efforts (there are YouTube videos with cool animations).  It has been my experience that consistently getting a good night's sleep will do far, far more for your overall health and wakefulness than any amount of caffeine ever dreamed of.  Then you can toss the caffeine altogether (except maybe in your headache pills).

The official church essay on this topic is great, https://www.lds.org/topics/plural-marriage-in-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints?lang=eng
Brian and Laura Hales have also recently put out some great books on this. Their summary volume is https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Smiths-Polygamy-Toward-Understanding/dp/1589587235/

I love Zen and I'm fascinated by koans. Although I'm too lazy so far to do zazen.
General Bhuddist concepts like mindfulness and letting things be have been greatly helpful to my mental health.
Our LDS gospel embrace all truths. I would personally like to see more of the practical concepts from Bhuddism become official parts of our religion. President Uchtdorf has been trying!
Signed, Brother Monkey Mind
 

Congratulations on getting this far. I was born a Mormon, but I imagine it must be a major decision to join the church.
First, I would say keep in remembrance what you have felt from the Holy Ghost. I assume you have felt that in your discussions with missionaries, in church meetings, etc. If not, then seek to have that experience. When you feel that, you know it's true. It might be necessary to just take the leap of faith at this point, trusting in God and the witness you've had from the Spirit that it's true.
Regarding tithing, I'm not sure I completely understand the situation with a single-member family. But it sounds like, regardless, you are feeling like you should pay tithing. One thing that might help is not focus on the amount, but that it's only 10% of your income. Personally, I love paying tithing. It's proof to myself that I trust the Lord, that I love him more than money. It's a way of showing gratitude for the other 90% he has blessed me with. I enjoy too the knowledge that it's going to help build up God's kingdom and help other people.
Regarding your previous church, I love the following quote by the prophet Gordon Hinckley:
If you think of Mormonism as adding more to supplement what truths you have learned in the past, perhaps that will help. Also, I don't know if I'm off base, but I don't know why you couldn't visit your old church when you wanted to, if you miss the experience. It might help to go "cold turkey" at first, until you adjust to being your new Mormon church. Also, I am going to assume that once you feel at home in the Mormon church, you will see a lot of new and good things there, and not miss your old faith so much.
I hope my thoughts might help. Best wishes, and God bless you.

I'm glad I watched it (even though filtered). I wouldn't want to watch again, though. "Great storytelling" is not the same as "a great, edifying story." 

The handbook doesn't say don't watch <insert rating here> movies.  They changed that recently.  Now they say do not watch inappropriate movies.  This is good because then we are not dependent on other people's standards to determine if it's appropriate or not.  We depend on our own judgment to determine if it's appropriate or not.
 
Each of us, of course, have different understanding of what's appropriate and it will reflect on our choice of entertainment.
 
I watched American Sniper - rated R - and thought it was a great movie that I watched it 4 more times in the theater.
 
But the final battle scene of X-Men: First Class - rated PG-13 - when Magneto killed Shaw was very disturbing to me that I couldn't watch that movie again to the end.

This has nothing to do with Mormons, but I thought there might be enough Star Trek geeks like me on here to enjoy this
Apparently, a real thing: http://beta.deseretnews.com/article/865661017/Sir-Patrick-Stewart-becomes-a-cowboy-singer-to-raise-money-for-refugees.html
 
 

This statement is pretty impossible to defend from the Mormon perspective, in my opinion.
We Mormons believe we have the essentials for salvation that are mostly lacking in other churches.  We believe you must be baptized by real priesthood authority for example, to be saved. And then must follow the gospel of Jesus.
It is our duty to preach the gospel we have received, to share the blessings with those who will except them.
However, everyone in and outside of the church are on their own paths.  That's between them and God. I'm happy to leave it that way.
I am also certain that many Mormons are living less meaningful lives that they could, and that many non Mormons are living in ways that please God more than I am, despite my best effort.
 

The first thing I can tell you about me is that I don't know how to post to this forum because I accidentally posted while trying to drop to a new line. I'm a dad, I work in the IT world. I come from a family with two brothers, one older and one younger. 

Hello Brothers and Sisters, 
I am fairly new to the LDS religion, but I love it. One of my very good friends was born in the LDS, and I made a comment about polygamy. He quickly corrected me without getting mad. He invited me to come and learn about the religion and he and some missionaries are teaching me along with the help of the LDS library app. I can truly say that I wish I would have found this religion sooner. 

Some humans do not have the opportunity to hear about the one fundamentally true religion.  To say they are incapable of living the best, most meaningful life possible, well, just sounds presumptuous and unrighteously judgmental.
I forget how I answered, but I didn't give a "strongly agree".

curious_Mormon,
I'm sorry you feel this way. I agree with that others have said - the church is not foremost a social organization. It would be nice if people treated everyone warmly. I think that is how Christ would treat everyone. But people have their hangups. It's also possible that people may think better of you than you fear.
I would recommend that you try to let go of your worries about this. Just be your best self, keep trying to live the gospel, and reach our and serve people. And definitely keep going to church, to take the sacrament and learn (and be reminded of) how to be a better disciple.

A agree that this is a central question for the church. The Book of Mormon makes it very clear that when the church is righteous it tends to also materially prosper - and then to get proud and forget the Lord, which leads to disaster. The famous pride cycle is one of the main themes of the Book of Mormon.
We are all susceptible to pride. As always, I post my favorite talk on this subject. One of the most useful talks ever given my a modern prophet, in my view:
Beware of Pride
Ezra Taft Benson
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1989/04/beware-of-pride
 
 

OK, this is the last I'll post about this book I haven't even read. But I just wanted to point out that if a book is false doctrine, it's not worth anyone's time. Is this book false doctrine? I don't know. But it smells very fishy

Yeah, I would vote for considering switching to different forum software. There are lots of good free ones out there, I believe. Besides the double posts, there is always an annoying lag that last several minutes when I post something.
Besides, then you could hide the politics forum (after you made a politics-only forum) 

You could ask a larger question - how come the modern scriptures we have are almost all from Joseph Smith, not from later prophets?
As already said here, we don't know the mind of the Lord.
It seems to me that the Lord gave a extraordinary outpouring of revelation to Joseph Smith, the first modern prophet, to re-establish the church after it was lost during the Dark Ages. We got a lot of modern scriptures. Now we need to learn and follow that - and maybe when the Lord see's we're doing that well enough, then he'll give us more scriptures.
Also of course, we have many sermons given by modern prophets, we have  leaders and members getting revelation for their church callings, we have personal revelation from the Holy Spirit, etc. So the Lord hasn't left us alone.

A agree that this is a central question for the church. The Book of Mormon makes it very clear that when the church is righteous it tends to also materially prosper - and then to get proud and forget the Lord, which leads to disaster. The famous pride cycle is one of the main themes of the Book of Mormon.
We are all susceptible to pride. As always, I post my favorite talk on this subject. One of the most useful talks ever given my a modern prophet, in my view:
Beware of Pride
Ezra Taft Benson
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1989/04/beware-of-pride