Princess3dward

Think of words that end in "gry". Angry and hungry are two of them. There are three words in the english language. What is the third word? TUESDAY IS THE HORSE! THAT WAS FUN!!

All of my dreams are nutty. I certainly hope they mean nothing. I know someone who believes that reaccuring dreams mean something... which makes sense... For mean, it means that I hate flies and feet. lol

I don't think anyone should really jump to conclusions about what they find on websites. It can so easily be scewed... But for us LDS, LDS.org is usually a good bet!

Just to defend myself, it wasn't even a sip... just a lick. And no, I don't think it will cure him as far as never wanting to drink. But it cured him for the time being. Before I did this, he saw it as something awesome, to be desired, but forbidden. He probably thought it was going to taste better than anything he had ever tasted. Now that desire is gone... for how long... I'm not sure. Yes, I know there will be pressure for him to drink in the years to come. I'm still trying to decide how to deal with that. It makes me sick to think of the things he will face. I do know that he will grow up knowing that if he ever makes bad decisions while he is out, he can call me at any time and I will come get him... AND he won't get in trouble for it.... maybe a talking to, but not in trouble! If he got in trouble for it, he would probably just drive himself next time. BTW, I grew up knowing that I could ask my mom for a drink at practically anytime while I was home with her. I did have a few bouts of partying when I was younger, but nothing major, as drinking was really no big deal. I really could care less about drinking these days. I haven't decided if I'll go this route with my child... probably not as relaxed about it as she was... I'm not sure what the best way to approach it is. When my little sister was 8, she would steal beer. I guess not all kids are the same in that regard... So that will not be something I would do personally. My dad would agree with you, but I think the way people are raised is bigger than genetics. In my opinion, it cal alter genetics to an extent... But that is not saying that genetics is not a factor at all. It most definitely is.

Haha. My dad can just hack me easy!I al 100% aware of that. He is a computer nerd.. His OCD serves him well in that case. lol. I don't mind now. I just like to be told either before or after. I just like to know what is going on under my nose. I think that may be a control thing.. Some people seem to think we don't remember those days...But I felt the change.... And I still feel it after switching parents. I only lived with my dad a year, and the time I lived with him before that, I think I was 12, and that was only for half a year. I begged them to get a divorce.

i totaly agree with you... why would u want a girl/guy to like someone your really not, iv seen it alot they pretend to be what the girl wants and then when they have her they turn into them...and for that girl its not what she wants, so be yourself and someday the girl who diggs what you do will come along That is so true! When you are fake, then she likes someone who is fake, and that just plain sux. I guess it is that stupid overused "just be yourself".... But so true.

Hi Brother D, I grew up in the Church and for many, many years I did what the Church leaders said to do, study the scriptures, pray, attend church, etc. I even went on a mission. However, much to my frustration, I didn't get that spiritual confirmation. Obviously, this was more than a little frustrating and disturbing to me. However, one day a few years ago, I was just walking along outside and the Spirit bore witness to me, completely out of the blue. No voices, no burning bosoms, just a simple knowledge that God exists, the Book of Mormon is true, the Church is true, and so on. I almost laughed out loud at the sheer absurdity of the situation, that I tried so hard so long, but it was when I wasn't trying at all that the answers came! Guess God has a sense of humor, huh?! In answer to your second question, I'd say I can do so up to a point. Like you said, one cannot "prove" the Gospel's truth. Plus, I don't know all the answers. That's ok because nobody, of any faith, knows all the answers, and I have had a spiritual witness of the LDS faith. Honestly, I generally don't feel a need to defend the Faith--it doesn't really need defending. I will witness to people and explain my beliefs and when necessary clear up misconceptions about our beliefs (it is a little annoying when people of other faiths claim to know what we believe better than we do!). I may even try a little persuasion and logic, including using the Scriptures, but if it becomes apparent this approach won't work, I'll leave it at a simple witness. Mostly, I encourage people to explore it for themselves, like you said, suggesting they read the Scriptures, attend church, and *gasp!* actually ask Heavenly Father in prayer. My $0.02 worth. :) Dror That was like a million dollers to me! OH MY HECK! I KNOW!

LOL!

Dr. T, I take no offense to your post whatsoever. I actually pretty much agree with you. I have personally never used a discussion being "of satan" as an excuse not to discuss. I completely agree that discussion is a good thing and pondering and critical thinking are essential to our faith. In fact, this is exactly what we are counseled to do to find out for ourselves what the truth is and develope our own personal testimonies. No true testimony can be a testimony without personal critical thinking and pondering. I'm completely for this. What I simply meant in my post was that not all cases are like this. We all know that there are some whom purposefully come on this site just to provoke a fight. Those are the discussions I stay out of because they are discussions out of the spirit of contention, not honest curiosity or anything of a positive sort. A sitation like that IS of Satan and those are the situations I personally try to stay out of and think most people should.. I think if we all were to do that, we would save ourselves a lot of stress, frustration, and anger on people who dont even want to hear our side but only want us to hear theres. THAT is handing our temper over to Satan and thats what I was speaking of. Also, I metioned that we as Latter-day Saints know that only through the spirit are people converted, I would like to second this. Even in discussions where one does honestly want to learn but there are belief differences, the moment we get angry, we lose the spirit. When we dont have the spirit, we arent able to teach successfully. There are ways to discuss without getting angry when others disagree. I do it all the time and I'm sure there are a lot of others in the world that do as well. We have members on this board and all kinds of other boards.. and we've also got 52,000 missionaries out there that are doing it. Thats all. insert I think that if we didn't awknologe their threads, they would come herass us in other ones.

No. They didn't. My parents divorced and I thought my mom was the less abusive. I was apparently wrong, and she kicked me out, and I moved in with my dad in grade 10, right before grade 11. It was either I move in with dad or on the streets. One of my friends delt with CAS aswell, and the ignored it until her guardian killed themselves.

purple there was

Ewww........ Note to self. Never brush teeth in a lightning storm.

Childrens Aid Society.They anwser calls on abused children, and interview the children without telling the parents, and then confront the parents and basically (are supposed to say) fix this or you will lose your kids. They only REALLY do anything after someone dies though.

ADD, IMO, is what happens to a child when their parents pay no attention to them. If that be the case, than far more kids exist with an attention deficit disorder that we know. About a quarter of my friends are diagnosed with ADHD... I am not sure about ADD... but my friends are a pretty depressed niglected group... Some are "emo", more are "goth".. And I... I am a princess. I am also the grand daughter of a superhero.

OHHH! Someone told me they had done that to me once. I spent forever looking it up. After I learned what it was, I had to get it off.... Those things make me bitter. lol.I found out my dad was reading my msn convos once. It wouldn't have been a problem if he had told me before hand. I don't say or do anything bad on it, as he knows now... But I didn't like it behind my back. Wow...that was a needless tangent. I didn't talk enough today. Sorry guyz!

I really miss Ray aswell...

I hate that. I didn't know abuse was abuse until I was in highschool, and CAS visited me... again. My mother told me they were nuts, and to ignore their phone calls... She also told me to lie to them. It makes me very mad eapecially that children don't know that what is happening to them is bad.

I don't know very many people who don't drink. I even drank a little before I joined the church... It is really rare to not drink.. It is really rare that your parents don't let you and buy your beers aswell.

"eat your veggies"

Niiiiiiiiiice!

I agree [if I understood your point right. I always seem to get things wrong]. If I was born in the church, and never got to question anything, I would be outta there by now. That is what happened to my dad. I am glad I know a lot about anti beliefs, and I am glad I know how to get the answer to every question.

"This board is not for trying to convert Mormons...." Some people seem to have a hard time understanding that. A lot of people seem to come where with those intentions... What I always remember when I am talking to someone who thinks my faith is stupid, is I always remember an experiance I had, like my baptism, or the orange [maybe I will tell you that one later, or blog it]. They can not like my faith, but they can't change what is true, and they can't change experiances I had. They can try, but they can't do it.

I find you very interesting Captain.... I think it was what you said here: "I met a man who had a harder life than mine who was not cynical, bitter, and jaded." I wonder why that hit me like it did... :hmm:

lol. It is for me too. But yes. It is for you!