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Never thought I would see a Destroy All Humans reference in this forum. Strange days, these end times.

Doctrine & Covenants 130:18-19: 18 Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection. 19 And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come. These scriptures reveal that when we are resurrected we do not suddenly know everything, and we get to, over time, learn all things, since God's plan for us is to become like Him and He is an omniscient man. Consider the knowledge in this life that you will not obtain since there is not time enough, nor availablity enough to do so in our lifetimes. Consider just our earth alone and everything there is to learn about it. How much time will it take to learn everything there is to know about just our planet, just the moon, just the space in between. Consider that our universe is massive on a scale we cannot comprehend and filled with all manner of celestial objects, which God knows by name, every one, and think of all we will be able to learn. The Celestial kingdom is more than just a nursery. It is also an endless playground of wonder and exploration. A playground we will one day get to duplicate for ourselves and our children. Cool random thought for me. If we are to learn all things, as God knows all things, and God knows Kung-Fu.....then the Celestial kingdom is very cool indeed.

I really enjoyed this, thank you, and welcome.

It snowed almost 2 feet in Edmonton last week. Come on up and share the joy. I am driving the Acura version of a 2010 Civic with all-season tires. Your little SUV should be okay. You better hurry because they had to spend all the snow clearing budget on this dump so if it snows again, well, you aren't going to be seeing much.

I watched Fred Clause. Never saw it before but I am pretty "Bah-Humbug!" about Christmas so it resonated with me to watch the pained expression on Vince Vaughn's face as he played the older, jaded, "Why can't you be like your brother Nicolas" sibling to Santa Claus. Hey according to this movie if you or a sibling achieve Sainthood, you become immortal, as does your immediate family and any spouses that join in. Sweet deal right?

I have a friend who also is very much subscribed to the idea the truth, reality, and morality are all relative. The irony I have discovered in this is the idea of saying truth can't be discovered, but that only concrete evidence will convince the person something is real. The irony also that while they won't subscribe to a religion, it being "unproveable" (I disagree about this), they are happy to believe in relativistic philosophies, which ARE unproveable. Your friend's attitude is unfortunate. To me it boils down to not wanting to know. Congratulations on speaking up and trying. You opened your mouth, and that's what is important. My hope is that one day something will happen and your friend will not just want to know if what you told him is true, but will need to know. Faith, after all, is not simply an inner belief without evidence. Alma and Amulek taught that it is real knowledge based on positive results to experimentation, nurtured with patience and diligence into a very real understanding of truth. In other words, hearing the word of God and acting on it. (As my mission president once taught, leaping up out of his seat from where we all thought he was asleep). Would it have been faith for David to believe with all his heart that God would defeat not only Goliath but the whole Phillistine host, and then he turn around and refuse to fight? Or run, as he did towards Goliath, slinging stones but not believing he had a chance? No. You wanted to know the truth, you did what God directs to find it, you asked, you received. One day perhaps your friend will do the same.

John 13:34-35 gives the best instructions I know of to tell if someone claiming to be a Christian is in fact, a Christian. They are, appropriately, Christ's words. 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. I might be reading it wrong, but there's no debate about trinities or Nicene creeds anywhere as far as I can see.

Thank you very much!

I would be willing to fill out a survey for you. I am new to these forums, but not new to this church. Also, you may want to visit mormon.org rather than mormon.com

Hey kudos for reading the Book of Mormon. I find the more I read the Book of Mormon the more fascinated I become with it.

Mosiah 26:29-30 29 Therefore I say unto you, Go; and whosoever transgresseth against me, him shall ye judge according to the sins which he has committed; and if he confess his sins before thee and me, and repenteth in the sincerity of his heart, him shall ye forgive, and I will forgive him also. 30 Yea, and as often as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me.

I have very much enjoyed the "Time Vindicates the Prophets" series. My favourite quote comes from this series. "An oyster has few prejudices in the field of astronomy. We may safely say he has none. Are we then to congratulate the oyster for his open-mindedness?"

Hello, I am a new forum member. Been a member of the LDS church most of my life. My mother joined when I was five/six years old. I am 32 now. Served a mission to Georgia Atlanta from age 25-27 (November 2007 to 31 December 2009) Married 3 years, no children yet. I live in central Alberta in Canada. I have been looking recently for a forum to have discussions on and hopefully help answer questions and enjoy a good community. I used to participate on another website but after a bad experience with a very negative person I took a break and upon returning the forum (a general religion forum) was very different in theme.(more anti religion in general and very cynical). After reading through a number of threads here it seems like a good place to be, so here I am.