Jedi_Nephite

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  1. I told my wife that when I die to just stuff me in a Hefty bag and leave me outside by the curb.
  2. I could be wrong, but what would he have had to drink other than wine? I would imagine that clean drinking water would not have always been available.
  3. When I was a teenager, I remember when the movie Waterboy came out, almost everyone I knew thought it was the funniest thing they had ever seen. I didn't get his humor then, and I don't get it now.
  4. About a week before Christmas, a someone in my ward died from an overdose of heroin. This happened about a week or so before he was scheduled to enter rehab. He was a very nice guy, volunteered a lot, and my understanding is that he still had a testimony of the gospel and shared it with others. Unfortunately, though, his addiction to drugs eventually took his own life. I'm in agreement with theSQUIDSTER and Vort; I would talk to someone close to him about his problem, such as his parents.
  5. Saving his son was probably the beginning, as Luke knew his heart could be turned to back to the light. In the books, however, or at least, in The Truce at Bakura, Vader/Anakin does seem to be going through some sort of repentance process for all of the atrocities he committed. It takes place shortly after the events in Return of the Jedi, and he appears to Leia as a Force Ghost, asking for her forgiveness. However, she basically tells him to take a hike, and he disappears.
  6. It also took me a while before I finally realized that it was a kitten, and not a pig.
  7. The word "epic" is overused in my epic opinion. Also, usage of the words "ginormous" and "guesstimate" needs to stop. There is enough suffering in the world as it is.
  8. Care to substantiate the part in bold? My experience has been that conservatives care very much about the poor.
  9. Several years ago, my cell phone started to ring while I was in church. At the time, I normally made it a habit to leave my phone in the car while I was in church, but happened to forget to on that particular Sunday. Unfortunately, that was when my phone rang, with the theme to Indiana Jones blaring from the depths of my pocket during the benediction in sacrament meeting.
  10. Right. If you have limited choices for who/what to vote, you have to make the best with what you have. Nevertheless, one should still use gospel principles to help make that decision.
  11. I would say there is a huge difference between liberal thinking and conservative thinking. However, the difference between Democrats and Republicans is something that seems to becoming less and less clear.
  12. I'm not sure how one can separate their religious views from their political views. The former should guide one's thinking on the latter.
  13. It's not really free. Someone is paying for it.
  14. I decided to go back to school a few years ago, and happened to see this protest on my university's campus as I walked to class yesterday. Fortunately, there did not appear to be that many students participating in this little whine fest, and anyone nearby seemed to be ignoring them. Although, I think everyone should have at least tried to listen to their message, just to know what stupid looks like.
  15. Even if statistics did support the claims of anti-gun advocates, the fact remains that the right to bear arms is a constitutional right guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment.
  16. Very sad. However, I agree. Not only do gun free zones not work, in actuality they create an area that is more dangerous to the public. Due to gun free zones, any psychopath or criminal that wishes to inflict harm has an established area full of people that they know will be unarmed and unable to defend themselves.
  17. I started watching that a few weeks ago. My wife and I had to laugh at the Mormon reference in season 4 when Tom Mason asks a couple of strangers on the road how they were able to acquire such an abundant amount of food. Their response was that they raided a "Mormon farmhouse." He follows up that question with, "Mormons drink alcohol?" to which they reply, "Jack Mormons do."
  18. I thought I once heard that bishops are the only ones who are excused from home teaching, that even the President of the Church is assigned families to home teach. Of course, it was a long time ago that I heard this, so take it with a grain of salt.
  19. My wife and I have noticed this and have discussed it a great deal lately. When the recent Supreme Court decision was made we were both dumbfounded as to how many members in our ward celebrated on Facebook. Have they not read The Family A Proclamation to the World?
  20. The Family: A Proclamation to the World is not considered to be canonized truth?
  21. It's also quite possible that she was just checking out the nice stores first in order to see if she could find any good deals.