askandanswer

This past week has been very trying for my parents and I IRL, culminating in a major freak-out yesterday when dad nearly got some malware on the computer. 
For obvious reasons, we've been doing a lot of praying. 
Over the past few weeks, as I've prayed I've asked to know how I should proceed with the situation in the opening post. 
Last night, while at work, once everyone else was gone I felt compelled to say some prayers again. This time, I asked that Heavenly Father would help her find the person who could support her and give her what she needed, even if it wasn't me. With everything she's had going, she deserves at least that much. 
I was running deliveries when a single phrase came to mind, almost as if out of nowhere: "she found you". 
Not sure if this is indeed the answer or not (let's face it, with the life I've had, some days I just don't know anymore), but if it is then I've got a lot of work to do getting where I need to be for her sake. 

Nope. None in Utah...

Intelligence has nothing to do with it-it’s based on emotion. 

Folks, however suspicious you are of strangers who call, text, or email you, it's not enough.  For the record: The sheriff, your insurance company, the bank, the IRS, and everyone else is a stranger!   Even if you've known the person for years and think you recognize their voice - the minute money, accounts, addresses, etc. get involved - they're a stranger!

You should read Stapley’s “The Power of Godliness”.  It’s heavy stuff—I really need to do a second reading of it to get a better handle on the material; he really digs into the way that our ideas on “priesthood” have developed over the history of the Church —but for purposes of this discussion it is maybe most relevant to note that Stapley claims that early LDS anointings for health did not include a “sealing” component until after Elijah’s return.  He notes that modern confirming-of-anointings-for-health are the only modern approved use of the sealing power outside of temples.  

Nazi!!!

This thread cannot be complete without a sword bathed in heaven:

This sounds something like:
I God, am talking to you in English, but I'm not going to tell you clearly what I mean. So that you can understand what I mean, I want you to refer back to the 200 year old English translation of what I said to a prophet in Hebrew more than 2,500 years ago, and which has since been translated multiple times with varying degrees of accuracy.
If achieving understanding and clarity are the purposes of your communication, this seems to be an odd way to achieve it.
Of course, these might not have been the purposes of this particular part of the communication - perhaps you're right and the intention of this communication was to prompt those who read this phrase to go away and seek revelation as to what it means.  

How many pages is the list of conditions?

The fish was shot with a 9 mm round?

Of course, the metric system is about as unamerican as you can get.  The sole (and I do mean sole) exception is the 9mm round, which has earned it's place next to the .45 round and .223, with all three comprising the venerable triumvirate of Freedom Seeds.  (The jury is still out on the 10mm, because although most true red blooded Americans think firing a 10mm round makes your wrist go a little limp, few are willing to approach the guy firing the 10mm pistol and say it to his face.)

It's not immediately clear to me why the Lord would use such vague and imprecise language, capable of multiple meanings, all of which seem to carry some degree of uncertainty. At first glance, it doesn't strike me as the most effective means of communication. It's possible that the only people likely to clearly understand this phrase are those who have made the same sort of effort as those who have participated in this discussion, and when compared with all those who read the phrase, that is likely to be a very small number. I kind of like the idea of say what you mean and mean what you say - its clearer, more precise, and leaves less room for misunderstanding. This style of language - sword is bathed in heaven - gives weight to the arguments of the clerics in the middle ages who claimed that interpretation of the bible should be left to trained specialists. 

How many pages is the list of conditions?

so a .44 is .44 of a centimeter across? Which would then make it slightly larger than half a 9 millimeter? And a .22 is half the size of .44. There was a reference to a 207 which I think referred to a rifle. Is that a different scale or is it something that is almost ten times bigger than a .22? 

Rounds invented in nations with metric designated metric units.  Those invented in nations of imperial tended to be in imperial units.  The 9mm was invented in Germany (IIRC).  The .45, .44, & .38 (for example) were invented in the US.
The 207 is actually a .207 caliber round.  Notice that we never say "it is a point 45."  We say "it is a 45."
 

Maybe. Or...it could be just that Trump is forcing their hands a bit. Trump, bless his heart, is both a genius and and idiot. Or maybe just a genius. Or maybe just an idiot. Does anyone really know? ???

I think fence-sitting is sometimes the only honest alternative, when you have no good way to distinguish between two possibilities. Fence-sitting gets its well-deserved bad reputation from people who ignore or even reject what should be solid evidences of truth because they're more concerned with their reputation or what their friends think of them than they are the truth.

I do not think so – I think most of the world are fence sitters. 🤢
 
The Traveler

I was on my best behavior that day.   

Seattle, which I only know by reputation, is extremely outside the norm from leftist hubs that I've experienced, which are mostly on the East Coast. Most people who have experienced both coasts will tell you that there's a night-and-day difference in the left-leaning folks. Not a lot of hippies coming out of cities like Boston and Philadelphia, but plenty of leftists. I've never been to the PNW, but I've met liberals from there and I honestly get why conservatives (and East Coast leftists) can't stand them.
Nothing specific, no. It just seems that you've become more accepting of the GOP's shortcomings over the years and less accepting of the DNC's. Heck, I think I remember you being a neverTrumper (I could be wrong about that, feel free to correct me if so). I know you've explained the reasons for your change in stance, which I appreciate. I still struggle to wrap my head around it. 
It's entirely possible that I misread your meaning here, but the bolded wording is what raised my eyebrow. It's not uncommon for people (in both polarities) to suggest that people on the "other side" must be mentally ill to believe what they do. It's wrong and disgusting no matter who does it. Yes, I'm mentally ill. I have not been shy about that since it nearly killed me two years ago. I don't believe that there is a significant connection between my mental illness and politics, aside from the fact that I sustained severe head trauma and PTSD in a war I hated, but I was already against the war before all that happened. Suggesting that leftism/conservatism/whateverism is linked to mental illness perpetuates negative stigmas about mental illness. It seemed from the bolded wording that that was what you were doing. I apologize if I misread your intent.
I've never been shy about my disdain for the DNC, mostly because I am aware of their reputation among Republicans (and fellow leftists) and it's important to me to distance myself from that. I'd love a viable and competitive leftist third party, but we don't have one. Hence, I work with what I have. So you can hopefully see why the binary framing of left/right D/R gets frustrating. I get accusations thrown at me all the time that are completely unrelated to me personally, or anyone I consider ideologically similar (like racism against Powell, who I was *trying* to go easy on). But yes, I am guilty of finger-pointing too, sometimes. And you're right to call it out.
I truly do appreciate the insights I get from posters like you. And yes, I get too defensive sometimes. Most online political spaces I visit aren't nearly as civil and well-moderated as this one.
Ditto, if we're being honest, though it's not just you. 
Fair enough. I apologize if I'm also too quick to be defensive sometimes (and I know that I am). I think we could both benefit a great deal from logging off and enjoying time with our families. Merry Christmas.

First thing I am doing when I get off paper.
 

 
 
 

@mirkwood can’t do hugs either. Part of his parole conditions.  

The diameter of the bullet.

We should always be concerned with everything we do as Christians, not just watching movies, but since we are representatives for Jesus Christ,  we ought to ask Him what He thinks is appropriate in what we watch or not. The Bible says (paraphrasing) whatever we do in word or DEED DO ALL (EVERYTHING) in the name of the Lord Jesus, I believe that is Colossians 3:17. The Word of God should be our way of thinking, speaking, and living, for all who professes to follow Him.