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  2. The importance of Family Home Evening

    in Learn about The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints

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    This is my downfall. I struggle with a son who has Asperger's syndrome. He is very hard to handle and he hates the church. I end up not bothering with FHE because he makes it such a chore!! I need to work on this in our lives. My daughter loves the church...but she hates fighting with my son about it too, so we just let it go most weeks!!

    I think were I in your position, I would chuck all the formality of it and just play together. I'm guessing you kinda do that anyway, but a special (and non-obvious) attempt every Monday evening might be just the thing. With treats. I wouldn't have an opening prayer. Not a song either, unless it was just a fun thing like "You Are My Sunshine", "White & Nerdy", or whatever. Just play (cards, frisbee, scrabble, video games (multiplayer if possible) and so forth.

    We have an 8 y.o. girl that is autistic that doesn't do well in Church. Her parents bring her every week, and most weeks when she hits her limit she struggles and shrieks and they take her out to the foyer. I think their patience and love is such a needed lesson to the rest of us members. I try to tell the parents how well I think they are doing whenever I get the chance.

    Hang in there!

    HiJolly

  3. Family Proclamation

    in LDS Gospel Discussion

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    A great website that explains the family and the responsibilities therein, is found at www.familiesforever.com

    Wow, that's a great site!

    Never has there been a time when we have needed clarification on the role of family and each member. The Lord has laid it out in the Family Proclamation, after which there should never be a question in what the Lord requires.

    Well, I think there are always going to be questions, of one sort or another. The human condition, and all that. Maybe that's not what you meant? I dunno.

    HiJolly

  5. Garden Of Eden

    in LDS Gospel Discussion

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    This is very confusing to me.

    If the plants and animals did not die in the garden then there could have been no eating going on. Eating a plant surly kills it. There also could have been no such thing as microbes or germs since they live at the expense of a host. And if this were so Adam and Eve could not be considered human because a human’s life depends on a host of microbes and germs to survive.

    Hi, Zeke.

    I'm a science minded saint, and don't always agree with everyone else about these things. I do have some company, but not as much as I'd like...

    As Charity said, eating is not precluded in the Garden, particularly if the remaining seed is then planted. As for microbes or germs, I'll grant that the lifespan of a microbe is a bit problematic from what we see in the world around us, but if the Garden were a terrestrial sphere, then all sorts of different laws would exist. Of course, that's all speculation. for that matter, all of this is speculation... It's what mormons do well, I suppose! :rolleyes: Germs, on the other hand, don't have to kill anything to exist, and can live a long time, as far as I know.

    I also think that life developed and there was life and death etc. on earth at the same time as Adam & Eve were in the Garden with no death present. Simultaneously, if you will. Different circumstances. IMO.

    It seems to me that the ‘fall’ was really a blessing and that a second coming and a return to these conditions would be a disaster.

    Or is this is simply a tale told to children to comfort them?

    I don't suppose the Earth melting with fervent heat is very comforting to anyone, really. And yes, it would indeed be a disaster for the Earth as we know it. But maybe the earth as we know it isn't as good as some other things. What do you think?

    HiJolly