lonetree

That's because every generation since the 40s has gotten more and more scandalous. 
 
A spade's a spade. What can you do?

Every now and then I am on hiring boards for my company along with other senior engineers who have been around a very long time; they say (and I'm inclined to believe) that the rising generation has some of the worst qualities they have seen for hiring, work ethic, interview skills, etc.  Out of 50 engineering resumes right out of college (even from world renown colleges), maybe one will actually be worth interviewing, out of 10 interviews maybe one will be worth hiring. Many don't know the value of hard work and believe that just for existing they deserve the world.
 
That being said, the rising generation has some amazing qualities, some (but very few) are absolutely amazing, very dedicated, smart, have a knack for innovation and trying things a new way. The ones that are good, are generally really good, the rest . . . meh.
 
I think in general society has become extremely narcissistic and overly sensitive with very little personal responsibility-everyone owes me something, rather than me actually working for it.  I think the current millennium generation suffers from "unicorn" syndrome.  I've posted it before, but one can google unicorns and millennials and find the article that I believe in many ways reflects many of the attitudes about the current generation.
 
But my opinion and 2 cents won't get you a cup of coffee so I'm not sure it's worth all that much :-).
 
As for starting a family, I think it is really sad.  The US birth rate is below repopulation rate, the only reason the US population keeps growing is because of immigration. Just a month or so ago, I talked to a young (millenial), professional smart, good looking gal who has absolutely no intention of having children.
 
Personally, I think waiting to have kids until the right time is a bunch of bunk; there will never be the "right" time to have kids; I think there is something to be said for learning how to be a married couple before having kids, but that shouldn't take 5 years.  I think when it's all said and done at the end of the day, when you are 70+, many people will look back and wish they'd had a few more kids . . . I know I sure will.

When I am asked what I would do if I discovered that I was predominantly attracted to the same sex my quick answer is, "I'd be celibate."  What else is there?  I wouldn't enter into a relationship that I could not give myself passionately towards.  LIkewise, I wouldn't enter one that violated God's commands.  And, at least for traditional Christians, there is a long history of those who chose to be celibate so they could fully dedicate themselves to God's work.
 
Turns out that this course of action is more controversial than I thought.  LBGT folk and some Christians are uncomfortable because celibacy denies the goal of those who want LBGT to be fully who they are and fully able to engage in church life on the one hand, and it suggests that desires cannot be corrected on the other.
 
I still embrace this as the most likely course of successful action for a commited believer who is same-sex attracted.
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/gay-christians-choosing-celibacy-emerge-from-the-shadows/2014/12/13/51c73aea-6ab2-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html

I really hope that God will be the judge.  He knows me best. And frankly humans are kinda bad at this kind of stuff, even if they are trusted by God to do important stuff on earth.  If Father is who I go to now, who I bow before, who I counsel with.....He has to be the one that talks to me again after it's all over.  

The best way to forgive this guy is going to be leaving him.  
 
Make a plan for yourself, put some money in a bank account only you can access, talk to a lawyer, and figure out how to remove yourself and your children from that home without shooting yourself in the foot legally.

That's some pretty evil stuff, if you ask me.Yeah. Evil. I said it.

I've got a pretty anti-religion family. Even with it being Christmas, it won't make a difference (let's not even add in the fact that it's three hours of meetings). They are skipping a children's choir performance my cousin is playing piano/violin for on Christmas eve, even though the religious message will probably stop at the Christmas story and it should be short.
I am in the middle of building my testimony back up after being inactive for seven years, so skipping feels like it would be a step in the wrong direction for me.

Or, maybe you could be a good example to them and show them how the Gospel has made you a better person and how important it is in your life.

I labored for the money I earn, which I then use to purchase various kinds of property, or to purchase those things I need to sustain my family.
Taking those things from me is not only stealing the actual items, but stealing my labor and time as well.

Thanks Ned Flanders. I'm going to need your bank account info and address so I can see if you are in possession of anything I need. Since you really don't own anything I'm sure you wouldn't mind if I take what I want.

The last season after it gets cancelled but before it ends...  It starts to rock..  Leaving me asking why couldn't you have been this show the entire time?!?!

Liberalism has a face to most conservatives. The face looks like Occupy and Answer and Move on, Hollywood elites. etc. It's disruptive, destructive and anti-values and exploits, divides and creates contention. It's built on lies and coercion and Obama and the Democratic Party embrace it and perpetuate it. It does not have the appearance of anything righteous..
 
Want to change perception....change the above. 

Like many other Europeans, you have the idea that government must be the vehicle to achieve what you call "social justice". Many Americans, especially conservatives, disagree. Latter-day Saints in particular believe that such actions must arise from the individual, not be forced by government (though a significant minority of Latter-day Saints agree with the governmentally imposed "social justice" idea).
 
I think your observations are wrong, and that you are hopelessly mired in your own prejudices and societal conditioning. But as I have pointed out in the case of others, my opinion and a dollar will buy you a dollar's worth of stuff.

Jesus says this: 

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
(John 5:22-23) 

there is however a difference between one who gives testimony and bears witness, and one who sits in judgement. 

Hi lonetree,
 
I had a similar experience during my investigation period, which began several decades ago and in many senses continues right up through today, 18 years after my baptism.
 
Two anti-LDS persons had written something critical about the Church.  They mentioned Journal of Discourses, Volume VII, page 289, which I was able to find today after a wee bit o' digging:
 
"...no man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith... every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport into their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are..."
 
And one assumes that this entrance doesn't have Global Entry.
 
In any case, those words kept me out of the Church for a long time.  But that was in an era when things couldn't be checked or explored online at the speed of light.  Many years later I read this on the Wikipedia article about the Journal of Discourses:
 
"It [the Journal of Discourses] included some doctrinal instruction but also practical teaching, some of which is speculative in nature and some of which is only of historical interest. Questions have been raised about the accuracy of some transcriptions. Modern technology and processes were not available for verifying the accuracy of transcriptions, and some significant mistakes have been documented. The Journal of Discourses includes interesting and insightful teachings by early Church leaders; however, by itself it is not an authoritative source of Church doctrine."
 
All which seems to support my former fiancée's summary of the 19th century in Utah: "Young should have been muzzled."

It's also pretty straightforwardly said by Christ that others will be assisting him with judgement. I've always understood it as a delegation of judgment.

https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/19.28?lang=eng#27
 

It's also said Moses would witness against the Jews which accused Christ.

https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/5.45?lang=eng#44
 
 

This is what gramps from Ask Gramps has to say:
 
http://askgramps.org/9855/will-we-be-judged-by-joseph-smith-in-the-final-judgement

I believe that when we stand before the Judgement seat, we'll be evaluated by witness for ALL we've done: the thoughts, actions, and beliefs.  
 
In regards to beliefs: I think it is relevant whether or not we've had the chance to hear the Gospel of Christ.  I believe the messengers God sent to us will stand up say how the delivered God's word.  These messengers include the prophets (like Joseph Smith), but also our Grandmas who brought us to church, and the friend that grieved with us when we were hurting.  Now what we do with that Word is up to us.... 
 
As to the Judgement it: there is ONE Judge and His name is Jesus Christ.

priesthoodpower, if you want to live up to your name, delete your match.com profile and don't go back there until your divorce is final. If you're married, keep your mind strictly on your marriage and your wife. Don't let it wander to others, such that you check out divorcees on match.com, or you will certainly lose your power in the Priesthood. And you need that power, as do your children (and frankly, your wife). So do the right thing, and avoid that nonsense.

I would hope that people would take this seriously and not come up with silly little things to put there.  It took me months to get this added because people asked for it. 
 
So please let's take it a bit more seriously.

Silhouette,
Sorry to read this; hope you find a way out soon...

Silhouette,
Sorry to read this; hope you find a way out soon...

Watched "White Christmas" on a long plane ride yesterday.  What a bore.  Watching it reminded me of that great quote about Mahler music ("you sit down at a Mahler concert, and an hour later you look at your watch and see that only ten minutes have gone by").
 
I suppose with a bit of creative tampering the plot could have been hammered into something believable, but they shoehorned all kinds of song-and-dance numbers into the movie that had nothing to do with the plot and (with the obvious exception of the finale) had no connection to Christmas whatsoever.
 
One of the characters was played by an actor (or are we still allowed to say "actress"?) named Vera-Ellen, who had the tiniest waist I've ever seen on a human.  She could have worn a Cheerio.  

And when you get older, you can then enjoy his superb essays or his biography.
Orwell, was one of the those who not only wrote well, but lived a very interesting life.

Reading Orwell's 1984 was enough for me. But I do think that everyone should read it at least once in their lives.