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I read it, promise. And no, that is absolutely not what the Savior would have done. I believe He would have stayed silent but resolute rather than say something in support of anything except the man himself and the pain he has gone through.

It's also not a specific prophecy, but the Proclamation to the World on the Family came about during President Hinckley's time. I consider that document to be a series of very timely prophecies.

I think the guy is getting enough "love" from those who want to use his difficulties to promote their own agenda. I think it is possible to just not say anything in public at all, especially if you are well known to your blog or twitter or whathaveyou audience as being a member of the church. Adding fuel to the flames of this discussion, whether positive or negative remarks, is not helping the guy. It's not hindering him either. He doesn't need our words or our support, so why put yourself out there and confuse people about your beliefs in the process? My guess is most people who do are just looking for a little slice of that attention themselves.

If I had never been exposed to the gospel that means my parents and grandparents would not have been either. My mother readily admits that she would probably have gone down the same path that most of her cousins and friends in high school did, which was heavy illicit drug use, heroin most especially. So I might never have been born, and if I had, I might have died young. Or if we don't go to that extreme, say for instance that my parents were introduced to the gospel at the same time as their parents, but by the time they got married they were either inactive or had left entirely. I think I would have been keen to date steadily too early, and there is a lot stuff that comes with that. I do think my schooling would have gone quite differently, there would have been no pressure from my ward to attend BYU so "settling" for the University of Colorado would not have been a problem for me. In fact I probably would have aimed a little higher and gone somewhere entirely different. I do not think I would have many WoW concerns though, I have always hated the idea of surrendering any of my faculties to substances, even feared it a little I think. I've been on hormone injections before, and those highs and lows were enough for me :) I think I still would have looked for religion though. If the LDS faith is excluded from this hypothetical scenario.. I think I might have ended up a methodist, which is what my maternal grandparents were before the missionaries found them.

I consider myself a near-expert in matters relating to the Harry Potter books. I feel very little affection for the films that were (loosely) based on the them. But I do believe that the novels were meant to have strong Christian themes, there is even a Bible verse quoted in the final one (1 Corinthians 15:26.) But that is not the point of this thread, so I shall not try to derail it by getting into this subject more (unless people want to talk Potter, goodness knows I'm always down for that!) I think we would be hard pressed to come up with a story of any kind that did not have some, even very slight, connection with or allusion to Christian truths.

My wonderful husband has struggled for most of his life with addiction to pornography. Almost everything that we have read about it, and every form of counter-attack that has been effective over the long-term for him has targeted the mental and emotional triggers that might drive someone to "act out" on their addiction. It is not physical in itself, though of course the sex-drive does contribute, but even men who are completely satisfied with their real-life sex life sometimes still feel tempted to act out, often within an hour or two. It's great that for whatever reason the OP's problem is not a problem any more, but the addiction sits in an entirely different part of the brain, so lack of libido is unlikely to be the real or entire reason. It is my personal opinion that yes, spirits are as prone to hungers, lusts, and addictions as the body. I believe that this is why some people have what they call an "addictive personality" where they can become addicted to almost anything. I think something the actor Tom Hardy said is where I most recently heard this expressed. Some believe it is brain chemistry, and that the body can be genetically pre-disposed toward addictions. I think it is partly spritual though too, based on some of the things said in my husband's patriarchal blessing and even some similar things in my own. My husband behaves like an addict in practically every area of his life. He goes for long periods only eating one particular dish over and over at least two meals a day until he's sick of it - this last month it was spinach salads. He used to be heavily into gaming but last year quit the whole thing cold turkey once he realized why. And now he doesn't even have any games that he plays, not even basic game apps on his phone. He has always been fiercely monogamous in his romantic interests and relationships (except the slight contradiction there considering the porn) even in middle school and high school. He gets very intensely interested in whatever he is doing for work or his hobbies and will sometimes run himself into the ground trying to accomplish various goals. He lives the addict lifestyle, just minus any of the harmful substances or deviant behaviors.

I work as a nanny right now for an almost-two year old girl. We go on walks around her neighborhood every morning at the same time when many of her neighbors are also out jogging, walking their dogs, or walking with their kids to the park. Just over the past couple of weeks there has been a big change in her language development as well as her social interests and energy - and whenever we meet a friendly stranger on our walks she clings to me and hides her face. She never used to do this before. And I am beginning to sense that a few of these people who we see regularly think that a) I am her mother and b) that I am somehow teaching or encouraging her to be scared of everyone. I'm not at all worried about changing their perceptions of me, but I do want to re-think the ways in which I personally approach strangers so as to be a better example for her. One good rule of thumb though, for more in-depth stranger interactions that I have heard of and appreciate is the "secret vs surprise" question. It's an easy concept for children to grasp early on, and it is vocabulary that I want to make sure I always use in my interactions with children. It means knowing the difference between someone asking you to keep a secret - something you will never tell and that would make someone sad, and a surprise - something you are going to save for later but when you do tell the person it will make them happy.

We need each other, at the very least our families and spouses, in order to learn how to serve and how to be patient and selfless. I don't think that friendships are a requirement though in any way for exhaltation. I have also tested quite high on the introversion scale, and that result didn't surprise me at all. It is still important to associate with other people for the sake of service and so that we can depend on and trust one another. But dependability and trust, and even mutual respect, do not necessarily equal friendship. I only ever feel like a failure for my -very- short list of people I who consider me a friend when I spend too much time thinking about extrovert qualities or spend too much time with a large group of extroverts. Or if I ever spend more than a few minutes passively browsing facebook, too. Things that come so easily to extroverts - things that are essential to them - are completely befuddling to me. So I do not feel bad for not having friends. I have my siblings and my husband and I can find conversation wherever, whenever I start to miss any additional human connection. I don't think it is a necessary requirement for business success either. Plenty of CEO's, celebrities, and other very successful and respected people are introverted, they simply have expanded upon their other skills to the point where sociability is barely a factor any more.

It was several years into our relationship, and three years into our marriage when we learned about the realities of attraction for men and women. For Christmas, my brother gave us copies of the books "For Men Only" and "For Women Only" by Shaunti Feldhahn. From reading those books we learned that when he says he finds someone attractive, an image of that person might be filed away in a "mental rolodex" of attractive/arousing images which he then can return to at any time....unless he works very hard to keep those thoughts at bay. Women for the most part do not think that way.. but men think that we do because no one has told them differently. It was a huge eye-opener for my husband to learn that when I said I thought such-and-such actor or random guy at the grocery store was handsome, I meant it simply in the aesthetic sense. He thought I was just as physically-attracted, i.e. aroused by the thought of a good looking dude as he might be with an equally attractive girl. But it doesn't matter how our bodies respond to the thoughts our minds produce, if we are thinking romantically or sexually about any person besides our spouse.. then we are guilty of what it talks about in Matthew 5 : 27-28 The same goes for those who struggle with same-sex attraction. I don't know much about Josh Weed, I am still working on reading through his blog, but it seems like he is working very hard to keep those thoughts in check. I don't know what more can be asked of him, or any person in a similar situation other than that they think and act with complete fidelity toward their spouse and are completely honest with them as well. This includes emotional fidelity - if one finds themselves being drawn into confiding more deeply or more often with someone other than their spouse - in my mind that equates to an emotional affair. It is what draws a lot of women into infidelity, because we objectify emotions the way men objectify bodies.

I am fascinated by discussions like these just as I am by discussions of WWII history. We have much to learn yet, and neither topic will ever become a dead horse until we have either overcome the issues entirely or given up the fight. I have not read the entirety of the thread yet, but from what I have, I thought of these two passages from C.S. Lewis. Have I mentioned him in all of my posts recently? It feels like it. Both of the following quotes are from "Mere Christianity." "If you are poor creature--poisoned by a wretched upbringing in some house full of vulgar jealousies and senseless quarrels--saddled, by no choice of your own, with some loathsome sexual perversion--nagged day in and day out by an inferiority complex that makes you snap at your best friends--do not despair. He knows all about it. You are one of the poor whom He blessed. He knows what a wretched machine you are trying to drive. Keep on. Do what you can, one day (perhaps in another world, but perhaps far sooner than that) He will fling it on the scrap heap and give you a new one. And then you may astonish us all--not least yourself; for you have learned your driving in a hard school. (Some of the last will be first and the first will be last.)" ---------- "Christianity asserts that every individual human being is going to live for ever, and this must be either true or false. Now there are a good many things which would not be worth bothering about if I were going to live only seventy years, but which I had better bother about very seriously if I am going to live fore ever. Perhaps my bad temper or my jealousy are gradually getting worse - so gradually that the increase in seventy years will not be very noticeable. But it might be absolute hell in a million years."

The way I interpret the "voice in your head" idea is the person whom my brain quotes back to me the most. Affirmations, I guess we could call them, either positive or negative. Positive thoughts and memories, specific phrases that my brain refers back to when I need a boost or a moment of peace usually come from something my husband has said or done. Sometimes they are quotes from my favorite authors (C.S. Lewis most especially), or from my incredibly supportive and intuitive Aunt Lara. Perhaps this is why the middle names we have decided on for our future children have come from these people. Negative things usually spring from things my parents or a former YW leader/Bishop's wife said. I guess when you are stuck spending a lot of time around hyper-critical and opinionated people, some of those things can get buried pretty deep.

My MIL has NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) and tells anyone who will listen that one of her biggest accomplishments is having taken down so many of her superiors in their careers. Other than completely avoiding them, which is the best advice but of course not usually possible to follow completely.. the other best thing to do is avoid giving them information. Whether the information is about you or others, just try to communicate the minimum that is required for workplace interaction. This includes even the most basic conversational stuff, like what you had for lunch and what your plans are for the weekend. Information is where they draw their power from, they will hate you and try to manipulate it out of you in increasingly shocking ways, but stand your ground.

The point is that between Josh Duggar, Lena Dunham, and Woody Allen.. only one of them is remotely repentant. And only one of the offenses has been remotely atoned for, and only one of these perpetrators seems in any way ashamed of what they have done. And only one of them happened when the perpetrator was a minor themselves. Only one of them has resigned from their position in disgrace and will likely not be prominent in their given field ever again. Only one of them is a professed and practicing Christian. That is the point.

He was 14, and I read somewhere that the offense was that he fondled their breasts. Girls under the age of 13 generally do not have breasts - hence why I said "teenagers messing around with other teenagers." Now I read that the girls may have been asleep at the time - certainly that makes it worse but not nearly as bad as the media is trying to paint it. Just walking through the halls of high school this thing (horrible as it is) happens to girls all the time. It is inappropriate, and the boys ought not be able to get away with it, but it is not molestation.

Not to make excuses for the guy, but I believe the term "molested" is incorrect. Teenagers messing around in a sexual way with other teenagers is not molestation, it would be if he had been over 18 at the time but he was not. If that were true than practically every young woman I grew up with could claim to have been molested at least once.

I believe that He was married. I do not believe that He had children though. The role of father is of course, extremely important, but His mortal ministry was not for himself, or even for his mortal family, at least not in the way the rest of us are expected to live. Fatherhood requires things that require at least a slight disruption in what was His complete role and mission. Besides, those children would have grown up without their father physically present on Earth. Of course, if any one is capable of that unique type of distance parenting, it would be a Deity, but I just don't think it happened. I am not trying to be irreverant here in any way. Besides, if earthly parenthood is in any way a necessity for exaltation or Godhood or our eternal progression, then a whole bunch of us who are childless by circumstance would be pretty much screwed.

Eventually this program will probably spread, as you say. Maybe not while your children are still in grade school, but as there's a chance, moving to a different area might not be a guarantee of anything. I would recommend homeschooling, but if that's not for you, plan on fighting the programs and lessons in whatever ways you can. Most of all, I would prepare to increase your teaching of correct principles at home and increase the encouragement of your children to be open about what they are hearing at school. Ultimately that is what matters most, because whether these messages are coming from entertainment, school, friends, or other influences.. they will eventually have to be faced by your children. And it hopefully might turn into many opportunities for them to bear testimony and stand for truth. Not an ideal situation by any means, but at least there are powerful lessons to be learned from what may (and probably will) come.

If you really want just one - obvs Princess Bride is the answer. I am reading Cary Elwes' (Westley) memoir about the film at the moment and it's great, rarely do the actors and production team on a film still relish the memories so many years later. They all feel like it was a huge blessing to be involved in the film, and I really admire that. Other favorites of mine: Groundhog Day Benny and Joon Star Wars OT (of course) The Young Victoria The Scarlet Pimpernel (Ian McKellan/Anthony Andrews/Jane Seymour) (Technically NR as it was made for TV, but easily PG)

My husband and I have never had a television subscription of any kind, and have only owned a television when it came with the apartment we lived in. We have never felt like we were missing out in any way. When our favorite shows were on (The Office, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation) we simply caught them on Hulu the next day. Netflix covers whatever our other viewing needs might be - but I mainly use netflix for documentaries nowadays. We decided also, years ago, that we would not let our children watch modern television programming, and not a lot of recent films either. When/if we ever do have children, I will purchase old Sesame Street, Babar, Curious George, Tale Spin & Darkwing Duck, etc. seasons on DVD. Classic Disney films, as well as greats such as The Princess Bride, Star Wars, Rogers and Hammerstein musicals, etc. will make up the rest of their viewing material until they are teenagers at least. That was my childhood, and I see no reason to yield to media or peer pressures and let other, "modern" or "progressive" things into their lives. I've seen many of the shows that are out there, I would say that at least 90% of them are mindless, inane, and designed to damage energy levels and attention spans.

Mad Max: Fury Road. Looked great (stunning actually), but the dialogue was inane, at least Tom Hardy is still gorgeous, but ultimately the feministic and misandric elements overwhelmed whatever positive feelings I had. It was one of three movies I have ever seen that I wanted to get up from my seat to use the bathroom before it ended. I did not end up leaving early, but a movie worth the cost of admission ought to make me forget about the state of my bladder.

I have some new drisilque II tops for summer time, and the product description recommends pulling the fabric away from your skin for a few seconds when you get too hot, as it dries and cools off quickly. So I ordered them a little looser around the middle for that reason. The fabric is silky enough that it never competes with my clothing or bunches uncomfortably - but the sleeves are ever a problem (see my first post on the original thread.)

I don't think that immodest clothing is part of the problem here, or at least jbgirl33 did not say anything about it. Men have it so easy when it comes to garment wearing. My husband doesn't get my frustrations at all. I am thinking of having him wrap some un-breathable fabric around his chest and then see how he feels when the temperatures are above 80 degrees. Seriously, bras are a huge part of the problem! Yanking the fabric where it usually wouldn't go, changing the way the shape of the sleeve behaves, creating a huge ventilation problem too.. at least for me personally. And during menstruation, well, most feminine hygiene pads become unmanageable when attached to anything other than a panty. Not something I can necessarily explain, but I hope other ladies here might understand. I've never seen my husband or brother or any other man try to discreetly re-adjust his garments in public.. sisters of all shapes and sizes are doing this all the time.

I know how you feel - I have narrow shoulders and finding tops that are not mens t-shirt style crew necks is next to impossible because it seems no matter which style or size of garment top I buy, I have to check on and adjust my neckline constantly. They just don't fit me right, and even after 8 years of wearing them every day, I still have not mastered how to gracefully and discreetly tuck the back back in whenever I change from sitting or bending to standing. And I'm not a fan of the extra layer in summertime either, I already get "overheated" easily in cool weather, so summertime is nothing short of hellish for me. But I have decided that I cannot stop wearing them altogether and would not want to, so consistency is my only other option. I am continuously hoping that my body's thermostat will figure it out and adjust accordingly. As for the clothing and posture adjustments though, I might be forever stuck doing that.

I noted the direction as well. I believe it was because the hymn had an unusually long intro arrangement - and as members we are used to listening for the "cue" to start singing in all the hymns that we know and love. With a crowd as big as the one in the Conference Center, it would have been quite a bit awkward if even half of the congregation started singing before the exact right moment.

Age of Adeline Another movie that the Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clearly did not actually watch or did not understand. My husband was the one who actually wanted to see it, and no not because of Blake Lively. I was expecting a pretty film that was watchable but devoid of depth, but it greatly exceeded those expectations.