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At some point you have to make a decision. You certainly have a toxic environment at home. But from what you have written I think you equally share the responsibility. Do you think your wife feels loved right now? Do you think she feels heard or listened too? 
 
Threatening divorce is not going to fix things for you or your family. That really needs to stop right now. It's coercion and using it in your home is against the oath and covenant of the Priesthood that you hold. 
 
I know your frustrated and desperate but you can't resort to threats. 
 
 
In my opinion...coercion is always unrighteous because it's the opposite of Charity. 
 
 
I don't see considering divorce an option unless one of the 3 A's (Abuse, Addiction, Adultery) become prevalent.. 
 
...the things that led to my divorce were #1 Not paying tithing, #2 Pornography (a slow caustic once a month addiction) 3# Verbal abuse  #4 Not loving my wife, not listening to her (love=listen) and ignoring her needs (time together).
 
Long story short, she left me and our four kids even though I forgave her after her multiple affairs. Then she moved in with some men. It was at that point that I decided it would be best if we divorced.
 
Have you heard of the Love Bucket analogy? I think if you could see your wife's it might just be handle with a rusted out ring. I think that's what happened to my wife. I changed, I forgave, I begged and pleaded for the sake of our kids, but she literally told me "I can't stop". She had completely lost her ability to control herself and her decisions. Years later, She has so much regret now, she struggles with alcohol. 
 I'm remarried (temple) and moved across the country. It's been hard, my youngest daughter attempted suicide a couple months ago, she moved in with her Mom. It was hard letting her go, but she was angry and blamed me for everything. Before the summer was over she called me in tears wanting to move back home. She felt bad how she treated me and wanted to mend things. She changed after living with her mom, it's been a blessing having her back...she is so much happier lately and just awesome to be around.  
 
This second marriage has been hard, easily twice as hard as my first, but things are getting much, much better. I've learned somethings. I'm not perfect but I've changed allot. I wanted to end my life because everything I thought mattered I failed at.
 
So I pulled a jiujitsu    move on myself and did end my life, figuratively.
 
I'm still not satisfied with who I am, I still fall way short. But some things have become clear to me. "if ye have not charity, ye are nothing"...how powerful is that? Our first calling is to Love and our second is to Forgive. Remember? "..On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." ..in other words...are you putting the law and the prophets above the thing they are hanging on? 
 
I'm telling you all this because I've been in your shoes. I'm telling you, you have to work on your marriage. If your ready to change then you can start by forgiving your wife, and asking her forgiveness. You've got to get back to what really matters. You can only change yourself. You can't change her. There are simply no guarantees in life. Your spouse is walking a dangerous path for sure, you should be concerned and you're in a very difficult position. 
 
The best thing you can do...really the only thing you can do is start living the Gospel..not perfect family prayer, family home evenings, 100% home teaching...and all that fun stuff...
 
no...
 
Go back and work on the real stuff, the stuff you learn in primary. Stuff like "As I have loved you, Love one another", and "I want to be kind to everyone" and "Do as I'm doing..follow follow me"
 
...remember without this stuff...we are nothing.
 
"Once there was a Snowman... j/k 
 
I live in the highest baptizing Stake in the U.S. 3 years running, our Stake President said the Mission Field starts in our homes...if your wife does not experience the fruits of the gospel in her own home and marriage then what's the point of all this? When we returned home from our missions and got married, we jumped right back into the "mission field".  In any mission field we can't force anyone, just love them and hope they make the right decisions. 
 
...sorry for the length...dang! 

Rofl... that made me LOL.
Maybe they can get Wierd Al to write their school anthem by covering and changing the lyrics to Metallica's song.

As stated the comparison is not directly equivalent. It is of a principal behind a story not necessarily a perfect syllogism between scripture and event.

I accept scripture to provide light that can help guide me and others in many situations both spiritual and temporal. As such I used it to illustrate the idea. 
 
 
 
The rule would be about beards
and the correct behavior would be about How people react toward the rule. 
And lastly is how someone reacts towards the rule being humble or not. (does their opinion change their humility/pride alignment)
 
In scripture the rule would be about not breaking the Sabbath 
The correct behavior would be about following the rule (Are there exceptions? and the implied affirmative)
And lastly would healing/pulling an ox out of a pit on the Sabbath cause someone to not be humble.
 
Disagreement with a rule, or policy doesn't automatically make someone prideful. (Thinking that your way is the right way and there can be no other way is certainly prideful. Disobeying the rule because you think you know better is  prideful.)

In this case:
The rules were not for the sake of rules and an appearance of piety. The rules didn't make the Sabbath holy. It was remembrance and dedication towards god that did.
 
The rules about beards, as implied originally served a purpose of professionalism (looking clean, not aligning with various movements) The rules were not for the sake of seeing if you will follow the rules. (The outward appearance of shaving doesn't make one honorable)
The rules are not the foundation of what makes correct behavior.
 I see enough similarity.   I agree with you that those who go to BYU would be expected to follow the universities honor code. I'm not going to debate more about beards, it's kinda pointless, especially since i'm not involved with BYU. I for one would continue to shave even if I was compelled with such a rule  

I'm not big on superficial standards that have no meaning, to me at least.
If that's the image the college wants to project I empathize with the students, but ultimately it is up to the college.
 
 
I didn't know about the negative bias against shorts!  I LOVE shorts. Yeah, other, closer, decent, colleges have better rankings for my major, so arbitrary "standards" don't help it look like an attractive choice. Still a potential place to go to for education, just not #1.

Despite what many people think, I don't think following the Status Quo rules can be equated with humility (though it could be),
And not all rules should be followed.
Just as a quick example did Jesus refuse to heal people on the Sabbath?
 
What about an Ox in a mire?
Luke 14:5 "And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day?"

This isn't directly equivalent, but the principal is the same.
 
Rules do not correct behavior make.
 
 
It's still fine for BYU to choose to have this policy, it's the university's choice. Disagreement with the policy doesn't make people bad, just as it doesn't make people good to agree with it.

If you want to enable paranoid mode:

Don't inhale droplets of a cough. This is not considered air born, as it would be contained to a few feet (ebola is not mainly found to attack the lungs of humans so transmission is less likely than what has been seen in a few animal studies.) Wash your hands, and theoretically cook potentially infected meat products well, use good kitchen hygiene. Be clean don't come into contact with spit, blood, and other bodily excretions.

I had a teacher once who was illustrating why things were hard for Joseph Smith. He called me up to look in a box. Inside the box, was what appeared to be a Book of Mormon in the Deseret alphabet. He had me describe it to the class, and as they asked questions, it was obvious that some of them thought I was 'in it' with the teacher and was making stuff up or lying for some reason. I couldn't show them the book, I could only describe it.
I thought it was a cool illustration.
LM

Protesting the Lord is one thing, protesting silly BYU policies however I fully endorse.
Beardism must die! (I'm only 1/4 joking, it's rediculous that a man must be clean shaven to be professional, at least here on the west coast, it's also becoming a forgotten relic of the counter-counter-culture movement)

The rebel in me would grow a Hitler 'stache (approved so long as it doesn't pass the corners of the mouth) until beards were allowed.
 
 
The coward in me would tell people I was emulating Charlie Chaplin.

My parent were sealed in the temple before getting married by law. It is possible to do.
(Not all countries are alike, but it's worth asking for)
I would recommend not worrying too much that others may judge you as being sinful.
Appearances are temporary, Covenants eternal.

I'm not big on superficial standards that have no meaning, to me at least.
If that's the image the college wants to project I empathize with the students, but ultimately it is up to the college.
 
 
I didn't know about the negative bias against shorts!  I LOVE shorts. Yeah, other, closer, decent, colleges have better rankings for my major, so arbitrary "standards" don't help it look like an attractive choice. Still a potential place to go to for education, just not #1.

The thing I find interesting is that--at least during my time there--BYU was very insistent that the honor code was in place because the students had asked for its implementation back in nineteen-twenty-something. 
 
I like the no-beards policy.  I have little sympathy for agitators generally, and Mormon agitators in particular.  But--while I generally assume that LDS leadership are fundamentally honest and have good intentions--experience has taught me that the same is often not true for a wide swath of the mid-level bureaucrats who administer BYU.  If they want to perpetuate the fairy tale that the Honor Code has democratic origins--I have no problem seeing them hoisted with their own petard by students who purport to take them at their word and ask for change through a democratic process.

Yes, BYU has a code. However, the particular part under consideration here (men must by clean shaven) was certainly not part of the code since the beginning (late 19th century). I'm not certain of the history of the dress and grooming standards, but my impression is they started somewhere in the mid 20th century (the article claims '70's), probably in response to the "hippie" movement and similar cultural/political forces of those decades.
 
IMO, the link between long hair and beards that was present during this era is mostly faded. As  BYU alumnus who works with many professionals who choose to wear beards, I think it is well within these students' rights to ask the administration to reconsider a cultural policy for which the cultural motivation has faded into the sunset.

An alternate store in a chain wouldn't want to accept the cost of the damaged good since it would be reported that it happened to them. Loss of local profits when it wasn't their fault etc...
 
I'm not sure about AT&T stores but many types of stores are franchises, which wouldn't be protected from the loss by the corporation.

wrong thread! oops

The requirements are online:

http://www.meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Bear_Cub_Scout
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In case people are scared about wiki sites I would just like to point out the citations:
The official source for the information shown in this article or section is:
Bear Handbook, 2003 Edition (BSA Supply No. 33451)
The text of these requirements is locked and can only be edited by an administrator.

Actually i think this is a better use of troops than actual war- they have discipline, they can help police, they provide man-power for whatever projects, and within the military there are already functions set up to move things quickly and en-masse. and in general the military most likely has quite a bit of biological warfare training and equipment at its disposal.

Mahone, why didn't you take it back to the store where you bought it? I have worked retail for nearly 20 years. If a person brought an item in to our store to exchange, BUT they didn't purchase it from us, we wouldn't exchange it either. Doesn't matter that we sell the item. Not our receipt - not exchanging it. 
 
Take it back to the store you purchased it from, deal directly with the manager AND the clerk who waited on you originally (it is on the receipt). 

I know of 2 cell phone companies that has a 14 day return policy.  I would get in there as soon as possible.  I'm not sure what AT &T's policy is.  But you've had it less than a week.

Go to your AT&T store where you purchased it, with the receipt and show them the crack. You should have a limited warranty of 90 days to one year that should include any defects. 
 
If they say you don't, have them show you where they are getting this information. Be sure to bring everything pertaining to this phone with you. Perhaps the packaging will show how the phone got the crack. There should be a regular warranty card in the packaging - or it is the first or last page of the directions booklet. 
 
Anything electronic where the packaging looks crunched, opened and re-taped, then don't purchase it. 
 
Good luck ~ 

Counterpoint:

 
You started this thread with some very broad terms. Happiness includes everything from cheerfulness, optimism, positivity, serenity, contentment, joy, laughter, exultation, bliss, and nirvana.
 
Just to clarify, are you confining this discussion to only forms of happiness that magnify the light of Christ? Was that your initial intent?

Yes, they can.  And if you don't believe that, then you have a very poor understanding of the complexity of human beings.
 
The discussion of what qualifies as the 'essential ingredient' to happiness is ludicrious.  The very premise suggests a failure to comprehend the human condition.
 
Humans don't find happiness from any one thing.  They feel happiness from a combination of things.  The best model I've ever come across to describe it is the dialectics model.  It describes the human need for both novelty and consistency; for selfishness and selflessness; for intimacy and independence.  Happy people typically have a good balance of competing needs.  
 
So if you try to boil happiness down to a simple ingredient, you'll never be satisfied with the answer.

I wear that title proudly!

Gramps just answered a question regarding this yesterday.
 
 
 
http://askgramps.org/29425/lives-predetermined-foreordained-lord

perhaps or perhaps not- it depends on the person. the fact that backroads is pondering that it was something more than mere coincidence would lend credence to me that there might be a more to it than absolute coincidence. (that and we are to acknowldege God's hand in all things, and i believe God tries to communicate to us throgh means that we'd accept and would most likely motivate us to act).

whil not being a seer, i could guess that it could mean a couple things- go to the temple, cut back on the caffiene and or artificial sugar (new research just came out that heavily suggest that artificial sugars have a big hand in causing certain types of diabetes), or perhaps something else in your life that I am not aware of. If i was in Backroads shoes I'd be taking it as a sign to do more to be temple worthy and probably having to cut back on caffiene.

If in the end this causes you to be more righteous then i would def say it was the work of God.

Might i share a part of a new convert's experience- he had recently recieved the book of mormon from the missionaries and had kept it in his briefcase that he took with him in all his business. One time coming home it had been raining and somehow his csae came open and dumped the contents out on the sidewalk and in a large puddle. according to him and his wife the Book of mormon was the first thing out of the case and ended up splayed faced down in the puddlewith everything else on top of it and around it, and that when they got to thte book of mormon and pulled it out, it was both clean and completely dry and everything else was soaked and muddy. The convert came from a catholic background, and his wife was a practicing Catholic both of them took it as a sign and were really amazed by it more so his wife.