Jedi_Nephite

What is that supposed to mean?
Did a real cat break confidence and gossip about about her?

What is that supposed to mean?
Did a real cat break confidence and gossip about about her?

What is that supposed to mean?
Did a real cat break confidence and gossip about about her?

Here's my loose house cat at 10 weeks...

...with his favorite ball - the green one.   Little boy does not like to sit still for pictures.  He thinks his name should be Thunderfeet. (That's what it sounds like when he decides to race around the house like a krazy kitty!)
And, Just noticed - that's his favorite mouse - the purple one - under his behind...

Nah.  The whole "bring your whole self to work" BS has helped fuel the divided nation.  I don't appreciate broadcasting very religious things at work either.  Work is for work.
And I won't use the term "safe space"; it's called being around people who are like you.  I don't want to be around people who parade their rainbowness or alliness of rainbowness.  I don't need a "safe space" from them; I ain't 5.  I simple do not want to be around them-period.  Just as much as I'm sure they do not want to be around some uber-christian.
That's cool.  Let's just be adults about it instead of using some BS words like "safe space".  You don't want to be around me; I don't want to be around you-so let's be mature adults and not be around each other.  Problem solved.
The flaw is the thinking that we MUST be together.  No we do not.  It's socially and ideologically divided b/c some things simply cannot co-exist together, the sooner people realize that instead of trying to force it all together the easier peaceful and happy solutions can emerge.  Anything else will just cause anger, resentment, bitterness, and a whole lot of problems.

I am not saying go looking for a fight.  But when the fight comes to you; refuse to bend.  I do not have to approach them; but when they approach me,  I will not yield.

It is not respectful.  It is the simply the easy way out.  Everyone knows that if you say anything against the rainbow velvet glove, the rainbow iron fist will pummel you to death.
I just had a recent experience; I was told several months ago I'd be getting a new supervisor.  I was evaluating this person personally to see what kind of a supervisor they were.  Well, in the course of that personal evaluation, I came to find out this person is an LGBTQ+ ally, goes to drag shows, has rainbow sticker on her laptop.  I already had several other reasons I was looking, but nothing too egregious; this put it over the top.  I found another job, making more money, with less crap.  I told my current company why I was leaving and listed this crap as one of the reasons.
"Hey guys, I really don't want to go to a work lunch and have my boss talk about how there are multiple genders, or talk about the drag show she attended over the weekend, I'm out".  Lots of talks came afterwards trying to convince me to stay . . .nope.  You guys choose a supervisor that is some left-wing woke person AND broadcasts it (I wouldn't care if she didn't broadcast it); I'm out.

This is another false tactic.  Not making someone feel better about their sin isn't "treating them badly".

This.   People willfully don't follow the Prophet then want to be made comfortable with it.  Sorry.  I love you.  I accept you.   I'm probably not going to take advice from you, though.

I think this is reasonable. I also think that we in 21st-century western culture think in terms of "historical" and "mythical". For better or for worse, that's how we classify things.
(Which is not even self-consistent—after all, "history" does not mean what actually happened, but what the records say about what happened. It's entirely possible to have a false history; indeed, one might argue that almost all our histories are false, since none is a true and perfect reflection of what actually happened.)
I have postulated, and heard many others postulate, that the past is essentially unknowable. Even our own past actions and memories can be misinterpreted, misremembered, and falsified. The law recognizes this basic fatal flaw in any recounting of an event, and thus establishes "beyond a reasonable doubt" as the level needed to convict someone of a felony. Absolute certainty is understood to be impossible, so the law requires no such thing. Divine law, of course, is another thing entirely. I feel quite sure that our every act is recorded in our very being and physical makeup, never to be lost or forgotten, however much we may pine for it to be.
Anyway, the point is, when you say that the Book of Mormon is not historical, the common and obvious interpretation is that you are saying it is mythical or ahistorical. That is why I insist that, whatever its imperfections, the Book of Mormon is indeed fundamentally historical. The so-called historicity of the Book of Mormon is a more or less permanent discussion point between believers and non-believers. I fall firmly in the believer camp.

My daughter sees the light at the end of the tunnel.
For as long as she can remember she has suffered from a visual condition.  When she was really young, she didn't know there was anything wrong.  As she grew older, the problems were worse.  Eventually as a teenager, she began verbalizing them.  We couldn't really comprehend how bad it was from her scant descriptions.  So, I tried working with her using typical home-remedy type things.  I was guessing what the problems might be.  Non-invasive techniques were the go-to thing at the time.
Eventually, as I worked with her more and more, and hearing her verbalize more and more, I began realizing that there was something severely wrong with her.
We took her to optometrists and ophthalmologists.  We even took her to nutritionists and allergy doctors.  That's how wide-ranging the symptoms were.  None of them could diagnose what was going on.  But one ophthalmologist referred us to a neuro-ophthalmologist.  This meant that the problem was not with her eyes, but with her brain.
The doctor did many scans and researched much over the course of three visits.  Her final diagnosis was "Visual Snow."  She sadly informed us that there was no cure.  The industry has just barely realized that this was a thing.  They didn't know what caused it or what was going on.  All they knew was "something is wrong."  And she also described several common symptoms.  My daughter had all of them. 
She referred us to another doctor who told us that there was a theoretical procedure being developed, and they need patients for trials.  So, he said he'd get us contact information. YEY!!!  We had hope!
Then COVID...  No calls, no emails, the office was closed.  No way to get a hold of that doctor or any group that he knew about.
We were lost.  It was a dead end.  No hope.
My daughter served a mission.  She had a lot of difficulty.  But she shoved herself through the experience.  And she came home to try to fit in and dive into her adult life.  She figured she would follow after her brother who learned CAD.  She always liked drawing.  To draw on a computer was just a different medium.  And she loved making floorplans.  But the ultimate goal was to draw land, water, etc.  This took special software which my son has mastered.
She did fine with Euclidean shapes that are often used on a house.  But when she got to earth and water, these were non-Euclidean shapes.  And when there were many overlapping/crossing lines her vision made it impossible to go beyond a certain point.  While she could try to break into the housing market, these drafters are a dime a dozen.  She'd need to have much more experience to make it.  But if she were to get into land development, she'd be a shoe-in at any major company.
Disappointment set in.  She decided to pursue a different field.
Around this time, I was asking for a miracle to heal her. I've experienced a lot of miracles in my life (including healing).  I have learned to trust in the Lord.  I wanted to call on the Lord yet again. 
When there was another severe illness in the family, the extended family got together to fast for another family member.  At that time my FIL altered the Matthew passage to: "This kind goeth not out but by much prayer and fasting."  Weary Him until He blesses us. 
So, I asked my family to fast for her.  We fasted and prayed for her every week.  I was intending to do this until Christmas this year.  At that point I would give her a blessing and she would be healed.  So went the plan...
But over the past month or so, several lessons from church and speeches from General Conference and Stake Conference, all fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.  Any one piece seemed to have nothing to do with my daughter.  But when they all came together in my mind, I heard Brigham Young's quote:
I thought I already tried everything that mortal men can do.  I took her to several specialists.  That was during a time when my business was slow.  It cost a lot.  And it's not like I could operate on her brain.  So, what was within my capabilities that I was neglecting?
Then the words "Visual Snow" came to my mind again. 
What about it?  
Yes.  What about it?
It occurred to me that I was supposed to learn more about it.
There's a cure now?
You know what to do.
I immediately began doing web searches.  I came across a path that diverged, but I was guided on which path to take.  Again and again.
Long story short, I found out that there is not exactly a "cure", but there is a treatment to greatly diminish the symptoms to allow people to live a normal life..  And one of the two doctors who pioneered this treatment is in Dallas.  It's a bit of a drive, but it is absolutely worth it.  She just had her initial assessment and testing. 
When she came home she said one very remarkable thing:
The next three months will be the proof in the pudding.  But we are very hopeful.  We're continuing the fast until her treatment is complete.
There is so much more I could say about this.  I'll forbear because it would bore most people.  But it was all very important to me as I experienced it.
We may not see a complete cure here.  But she has been walking around with 100lb weights on her feet.  Even if all we do is make it so she has 50 lb weights on her feet, she will be unstoppable.

Apparently, lilies are poisonous to cats, as evidenced by the deposit Arwen (our cat) made under our keyboard in the living room.  
 
My previous cat must have been anti-LDS.  He would hide under the covers while I read The Book of Mormon and randomly reach out and strike the pages I was reading with his paw.  I think he put a hole in a few of those pages.

Apparently, lilies are poisonous to cats, as evidenced by the deposit Arwen (our cat) made under our keyboard in the living room.  
 
My previous cat must have been anti-LDS.  He would hide under the covers while I read The Book of Mormon and randomly reach out and strike the pages I was reading with his paw.  I think he put a hole in a few of those pages.

The thing for me it has now become demeaning to us who were actually born women and have lived a life as a woman.  I feel like we have taken so many steps backwards when it comes to our roles and how women are perceived.  
Another thing for me is the whole issue with gender neutral bathrooms and locker rooms.  I'm sorry but having a young teenage girl in the same locker room and shower with another who still has male genitalia for all to see is just wrong on so many different levels.  Not to mention the whole competing in sports thing.  Plus videos of men (wanting to be women) doing videos of how they went shopping for tampons.  For what?  A video of Dylan Mulvaney doing an exercise to the chant, "We must, we must, we must increase our bust."  What bust?  You are a male.  The most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of.  
One of the things that sickened me with the Dylan Mulvaney thing was one of the commercials he (yes he) did for Bud Light.  Acting all stupid with "I know it's a sport but I'm such a silly girl I don't know anything about what sport and what they do."  Is that what their marketing department really thinks about women? That we are just stupid silly girls that don't know a thing about sports.  Well I'm here to tell you that I know a heck of a lot more about sports than many of the men out there.  Also with Dylan Mulvaney he always talks about being a girl.  Not a woman.  That is just strange to me.  
If someone wants to change sex more power to them.  But I won't be forced to have to accept that they can enter a bathroom or a locker room at the gym when I'm there.  I won't be forced to have to use pronouns just because that's how they identify.  People have actually been getting fired from jobs for refusing.  
People can disagree with me.  I don't really care.  Just saying you identify as a female doesn't make you a female.  Or identify as a male when you are a female doesn't make you a male.
I'm just sickened and disgusted over all of this and it feels like it just escalated so quickly.  

Here's my nasty old crusty cat sleeping through General Conference as usual.

Looks to me like kitty is well-trained for proper prayer behavior: eyes closed, arms folded.   Good kitty!

I have recently become the sole keeper of two kitty cats: Sir Robwell Odgekin-Bodgekin McBurgelpuss and his sister Dame Willy-Wally-Walkokibblekins McBurgelpuss. At least that's what I've renamed them. I think I'll go on calling them by their old names of Robbie and Willow though. At least for the moment. Otherwise they're going to get very kitty-konfused!
Here's a picture of Sir Robwell:

Salads are good for you, you know.
One of the cats we had when I was a teenager loved to read the bible - as soon as you opened it, she came to join your reading session.

My wife and I got our daughters a kitten two years ago.  We all love that cat, even though she tried to eat the flowers my kids and I got my wife for Mother’s Day.  
 
Some say cats are evil, but our feline friend was caught reading “The Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley.” See picture below.
 

My wife and I got our daughters a kitten two years ago.  We all love that cat, even though she tried to eat the flowers my kids and I got my wife for Mother’s Day.  
 
Some say cats are evil, but our feline friend was caught reading “The Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley.” See picture below.
 

My understanding is that even a lot of Chad Daybell’s followers stopped following him at some point, as they thought he was getting too dark.

Thanks bud. 

My understanding is that even a lot of Chad Daybell’s followers stopped following him at some point, as they thought he was getting too dark.

From what the legal analysts are saying, she could very well receive the death penalty, due to the cold and remorseless way that she had her husband killed.  So, I’m assuming it’s still used.

Not entirely.  She will still be sent to Arizona to be tried for the murder of her late husband, Charles Vallow.  And they have the death penalty in Arizona.