Moksha

So back to Jesus walking down to the Rescue Mission from Temple Square. Do you think any of the General Authorities would follow him in their limos? Elders Bednar and Uchdoff could keep up as could some younger Seventies.

I was romancing a newly Muslimized Elphaba with a song from the desert.

Midnight at the oasis Send your camel to bed Shadows paintin' our faces, Traces of romance in our heads. Heaven's holdin' a half-moon Shinin' just for us; Let's slip off to a sand dune, real soon And kick up a little dust. Come on, Cactus is our friend; He'll point us out the way.

Ask away.

McDonalds perhaps, but I see Jesus as gravitating toward the sushi rolls at the Edo. A loaf of bread a jug of wine and Sacrament in the wilderness ah, paradise enou!

Perhaps grabbing a bite to eat at some point in the future at food court in the Gordon B. Hinckley Mall, across the street?

Take a number, nude clogging in the Temple makes most of us Jiggly Saints.

My favorite is still the nude clogging in the Temple.

In some Churches such as the United Methodists, whenever they identify a problem area such a inadequate fellowshipping for special interests groups, such as the disabled or frail elderly, they will from a task force to study the problem and make helpful suggestions to the ministers. I don't know it there is any mechanism in the LDS Church to ever address such concerns. Without giving me an apologetic answer that we never have had any problems, does a mechanism exist to ever study a problem and come up with a solution?

Once missionaries get new members to Church there are many things that can help keep them there. As has been mentioned, spiritual nourishment is foremost. Friendship is also a critical ingredient. Inspiring talks and lessons is another, although I realize the inherent problems here with a lay ministry - hopefully the other elements will compensate.

Good point. He might have to find a new audience. I do suspect though that his ministry would be taken once again to the poor and outcast of society. I have wondered before how soon after arriving on Temple Square he would be off to the rescue mission. Maybe after a bite to eat.

I was just pondering how much different Jesus would sound today if he were here in person and his words could be recorded so there could be less misinterpretation of them. I think that all the wisdom that has transpired since the Age of Enlightenment would be included in his speech and he would talk explicitly about tolerance, acceptance and making this a peaceful world.

I am sorry sir, but the camel you requested will be otherwise occupied for several hours. May I suggest some delicious donuts while you wait? Somethings are worth waiting for...

So this is supposed to be the campground for the weekend? Do they have showers?

There is a broader consideration for the welfare of others when it is part of your belief system. Of course, this is not necessarily attached to any religious group. I think it is mostly up to the individual believer.

Mental Illnesses are both unseen and misunderstood. They have historically been the stuff of misdiagnosis and superstitious projections on the part of those witnessing the symptoms of the mentally ill.

That sounds intriguing. Could you expand upon this thought?

First person shooters. I have saved the Earth from alien invasions many times.

Moksha, that was the most bizarro, freakomatic, whacked out, video I've ever seen with a real ick factor ending!Elphaba Yeah, what was up with that? Did they hire Federico Fellini to direct this music video or what? Images of doves, angels, ninjas, 50's rock-n-rollers, football players, dancing cavemen and Catholic Choir Boys with glowing eyes! What hath MTV wrought?!!!

Here are a couple from a few years ago: Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of The Heart Blondie - The Tide Is High

I like to take public transit whenever feasible. You never have to worry about parking when you do. My daughter thinks riding on the Trax trains in SLC is fun.

...when it is quite, I have a nice cold Pepsi and I am staring at my computer monitor and my daughter comes in and says, "Daddy make me something to eat".

I tried so hard to get into this series, but I just couldn't do it. Should I try again? What say ye Moksha? Elphaba It is one of the best pieces of English language literature, but alas one of the more difficult pieces to read. I had to have a large dictionary present at all times. I think it was Philip Jose Farmer who said Wolfe was the master and only practioner of the Loop-the-Lupine school of writing. When I read the final book - which came after the first four - I realized the genius of Wolfe's work.

I guess Darth Vader is an anti-hero, because in the end, only he can defeat the Emperor and he rises to the occasion.

Thomas Covenant started out bad with the rape of Lena and all that, but in his defense he thought it was just a dream. In the end he saved the Land. In the Urth of the New Sun series by the greatest living author, Gene Wolfe, Severian the Torturer commits heinous deeds with honor in a world were they are appropriate. In the TV world, Earl has committed many misdeeds, but not seeks to make amends so he can cross them off his list.