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There are very, very few answers. Mostly, there is just an almost infinite range of possibilities each of which is more or less likely. The way to turn a possibility into an answer is to choose a manageable range of the more likely possibilities, and then study them. After an appropriate amount and methodology of study, choose what seems to you to be the most likely possibility and then seek for a spiritual confirmation through prayer. This is an almost certain method of obtaining answers, and if this method doesn't result in an answer, its unlikely to be because the method is faulty. My suggestion that our time here on earth, and the purpose of our time can be vaguely compared to an internship undertaken as part of a course of study was a suggested possibility rather than an attempt to provide an answer. It might be that this possibility is correct, or maybe its not, I'm just offering it as one suggestion for you to consider.

When I heard Elder Cook indicate that opening prayers would no longer be a part of Priesthood opening exercises, the first thing that came to my mind was 2 Nephi 31:8 "And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray." I contrasted this verse with what Elder Cook said in his remarks at October General Conference https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/10/deep-and-lasting-conversion-to-heavenly-father-and-the-lord-jesus-christ?lang=eng "While the sacrament meeting should have an opening and closing prayer, the second meeting need only have a closing prayer".11 Its a trivial and irrelevant observation, but that's just what came to my mind when I heard Elder Cook say this. I guess that in some ways, it's not too different from what Christ said in 3rd Nephi 20:1 AND it came to pass that he commanded the multitude that they should cease to pray, and also his disciples. And he commanded them that they should not cease to pray in their hearts Christ himself told the people to stop praying. Probably because He had more important things that He wanted to do and a better way to use the very limited time that was available. I guess this apparent contrast between Nephi and Elder Cook is a reminder of how modern prophets trump ancient scripture, and how important it is to keep context in mind. I note that Elder Cook mentions only that "the second meeting need only have a closing prayer." This seems to me that he is saying only that it is not necessary to have an opening prayer. That is not the same as saying thou shalt not have an opening prayer. The way Elder Cook has worded this statement might leave open the possibility of having an opening prayer if that was considered desirable, even though it might not strictly be necessary although I doubt that many presiding officers would adopt such an interpretation.

So many good university courses contain a practical element, often in the form of an internship, involving temporary placement in a work place where one, under the supervision of a fully qualified and experienced mentor, seeks to implement in a real life situation the knowledge and skills they have only been studying about previously.

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I haven't read the article and I don't intend to. The OP was more than enough to put me off the article. I have my own views of President Oaks and I don't feel the need to share them or persuade others to agree with them unless I am talking with an investigator.

I'm reminded of the teachings that 1,000 years is as one day with God and that time is only measured by man

.......if only i could think of something i need to repent of. Repentance being essential for salvation i guess I'll have to sin, at some point in my life, in order to have need to repent.

The discussion about the fate Judas and the fate of David leads me to think about the question of how is it decided how much suffering is required to pay for how much sin. Does anybody have any ideas or thoughts on who sets the sin to suffering rate and how it is determined? (More importantly, does anybody know how to rig the rate? ) It seems that at least one of the factors that varies the rate is the amount of faith/knowledge/understanding one has, with whosoever sinning against the greater light receiving the greater condemnation. That being true, has the rate stayed the same over time, or is it a higher rate for those who are of what we have sometimes been told is a royal generation, reserved for the last days and who have greater light than those of previous generations?

Welcome back @Bini lovely to see you again. I vaguely recall a news item from I think within the last 12 months where a (I think) major California cold case of a multiple rapist or murderer or maybe both was solved by looking through the DNA data on ancestory websites. Somebody else could probably provide you with better information than me, but the case was so unusual and newsworthy that I suspect a lot has been written about this particular approach to finding individuals. There are bound to be multiple articles about it. These two articles, selected at random, might give you a start. These are only newspaper articles, but I suspect that somewhere there is likely to be a more detailed description of the process the police used, and it might offer some clues as to how you could go about doing something similar. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-golden-state-killer-suspect-20180426-story.html https://www.vox.com/2018/4/27/17290288/golden-state-killer-joseph-james-deangelo-dna-profile-match

But then you found thirdhour.org

How to do the blue highlight name thing: While holding down the @ key on your device, start to write the name of the person you are referring to. As you write their name, a drop down list with a series of names with similar spelling will appear and then you just choose which name you want to use. Like this: @Lindy

We had a record breaking heat wave, with a bunch of temperature related weather records broken here last month. This is from the Bureau of Meteorology website. We had some visitors from the US in our ward last Sunday. They had come from somewhere where it had been about minus 30 C to where it was suddenly 35 C. Today it will just be a coolish 29 C Australian Capital Territory in January 2019: A record warm start to the year A series of heatwaves impacted much of Australia throughout January, with record warm temperatures observed in the ACT as a result. Thunderstorms brought close to average rainfall, with some strong winds and hail at times. Record warm temperatures Maximum and minimum temperatures were 3 to 6 degrees above average as a result of heatwaves which impacted much of Australia in January Further information about the heatwaves that have affected large areas of the country can be found in the Special Climate Statement Widespread heatwaves during December 2018 and January 2019 Canberra Airport's mean maximum temperature was 34.5 °C, its warmest January mean maximum temperature on record at 6.3 °C above average and 1.7 °C above the previous record set in 2017 Tuggeranong also observed its highest January mean daily maximum temperature on record with 34.1 °C, beating its previous record by just over 2 degrees The temperature exceeded 35 °C on 19 days at Canberra Airport, just over 6 times the January average Canberra Airport had a record run of four consecutive days of 40 °C or above from 15 to 18 January, which had not previously occurred (since records began in 1939) On the 16th Canberra Airport recorded a maximum of 41.6 °C which equals the record for the highest January temperature recorded at the current site, but is just shy of the highest temperature of 42.2 °C recorded at the now closed Airport site in February 1968 Tuggeranong also recorded its highest January temperature on record with 40.8 °C on the 17th Canberra Airport and Tuggeranong observed their highest January mean daily minimum temperatures on record with 17.7 °C and 18.0 °C respectively, beating their previous records by 1 to 1.5 degrees The minimum temperature did not drop below 15 °C on 25 days at Canberra Airport, surpassing the record of 23 days set at the closed Airport site in January 2006

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Over here, the belief seems to be that attacking a family member who is not publicly involved in the campaign will lose you more support than you will gain. We've had Members of Parliament with drug addicted children or criminal husbands and no one has known about it until the Member themselves have revealed, perhaps in a speech on addiction related issues or rehabilitation of criminals.

Just out of curiousity, how common is it in US political campaigns for people to throw mud at the family members of the candidate? Here in Australia, the unwritten law that pretty much all of the media abides by is that if a family member has in no way been visibly or publicly involved in a campaign, in any way, then they are pretty much off limits as a target for mud, but if they are seen to engage in political activities, then they become a legitimate target. How does it work in the US?

My post was in response to @JohnsonJones comment that for those in the Lower Kingdoms, sex and procreation would not be possible. While not taking a position on whether or not that may be true, in my post, I was querying how sex and procreation could not be possible in the Lower Kingdoms if we are all resurrected with fully functioning, fully restored bodies. As to your question about if there will be balding in the resurrection, I refer you back to the scripture I quoted, which says, in part, "yea, even a hair of the head shall not be lost." (Book of Mormon | Alma 40:23) And I'm inclined to think it will be permanent teeth rather than baby teeth because " all things shall be restored to their proper and perfect frame." I suspect that the small, weak, temporary, inferior nature of baby teeth, as compared with permanent teeth, means that babyteeth are not part of a proper and perfect frame. Likewise, a Downs person is restored but not to their Downs condition, but to a proper and perfect frame. (Book of Mormon | Alma 40:23)

This may be a little off topic, but I'm wondering how the above is consistent with Alma's description of the resurrection, as recorded in Alma 40: 23-24. 23 The soul shall be restored to the body, and the body to the soul; yea, and every limb and joint shall be restored to its body; yea, even a hair of the head shall not be lost; but all things shall be restored to their proper and perfect frame. 24 And now, my son, this is the restoration of which has been spoken by the mouths of the prophets— (Book of Mormon | Alma 40:23 - 24)

I submit that if we base our guesstimates on the ultimate fate of Pilate solely on what he did and did not do in relation to CHrist's crucifixion, then we could conclude that his sin was not as grievous of those of King David. Both Pilate and David used their authority to arrange, or allow to be arranged, the death of a person who they knew to be innocent. We have some idea of the fate of David - 1,000 years in Hell, after which he will then be released. It may be that Pilate will suffer a similar fate. If so, knowing from John 18:11 that he who delivered Christ until Pilate will suffer a worse fate than that of Pilate, this sets a minimum limit on the amount of suffering that Judas is likely to experience. On the other hand, I think the life of Martin Harris could contribute to this discussion. He saw and heard amazing things, then left the church and in effect, for a while, seemingly denied his faith, only to return later in life to full and active membership.

These verses give some indication about the relative culpability of Judas as compared with Pilate, so if we find something definitive about the fate of Pilate, we will know that the fate of Judas will be even worse. 11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. 12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cæsar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cæsar.

I believe that Juda's chariot was towed away by a group of Roman soldiers after he illegaly parked it outside Pilate's Palace while watching a late night/early morning trial that was being held. The final fate of Juda's chariot will depend on whether or not he pays the release fee. I think he can afford it because its not likely to cost more than 30 pieces of silver. I think our concern for Juda's chariot is misplaced - we should be far more concerned about the fate of it's owner. The release fee for Juda will be much higher than 30 peices of silver and it will be paid for with Christ's blood

That doesn't at all reduce the oddity of it. Is this the verse you are referring to, or are you referring to something else? 17 And at the time that Mosiah discovered them, they had become exceedingly numerous. Nevertheless, they had had many wars and serious contentions, and had fallen by the sword from time to time; and their language had become corrupted; and they had brought no records with them; and they denied the being of their Creator; and Mosiah, nor the people of Mosiah, could understand them. (Book of Mormon | Omni 1:17) To me, this sounds more like a description of a fallen people rather than an analysis of how they became fallen. And apart from the comment about their language becoming corrupted, this description applies perfectly well to the Nephites, who had the scriptures.

I like President Nelson's signature so much that I think I'll adopt it as my own and start using it. We should follow the prophet in all things. Once we start picking and choosing which things we will or will not follow, we place ourselves in spiritual danger.

Given the ease with which the Lord can, and sometimes has, replaced missing scriptures, it seems odd to attribute the falling away of a group of people simply and solely to the absence of a particular item.

Its not immediately clear to me how Adam's wrongdoing led to my expulsion from God's presence. I hadn't done anything wrong up until that point, why then should i be cast out?

2nd Corinthians 12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven Is Paul’s statement that he was caught up to a heaven consistent with John’s statement that no man hath ascended to heaven except the Son?