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Did I just witness dad-joke-ception? Go one more dad joke deep and you may get lost in dad-joke limbo.

Now we will all know the deep dark secrets of the church hierarchy.

I actually find that this has a simple fix. If the decision the bishop or other leader has made is simply foolish and they won’t take any counsel on it from anyone else, Go with it and either be surprised or watch it all go down in flames. In either case, don’t get emotionally involved, make the best out of everything. The real problem is not the failing Christmas party, but the complaints of the other leaders of the ward. If the leader is making a decision that goes explicitly against higher leadership or is frankly sinful, speak up and don’t go with the decision and don't sustain the actions.

One thing I have noticed about David here and in SU is that he often criticizes BY. In one video he passionately declares that Brigham Young establishes polygamy incorrectly and that it is a sexist way of life. this isn’t just a writing technique, he is always talking about it when the topic arises.

Watched “Inside Out” for the 4th time the other day. It is the only movie I actually enjoy watching more than once. Also one of the only movies that brings me to tears. The whole miss application of emotions by Joy just gets me the whole way through the movie

What reason is there to discuss the flaws of a Prophet of God except to tear him down or justify one’s own failings?

1) their bows had all lost their spring (1 Nephi 16:21) 2) A friend once told me their is some scriptural significance to breaking a steel bow. Not sure what it is though

This is where your confusion lies. Viruses are not living things... now that is as far as my knowledge goes, they are something else though.

I agree. Some kids just aren’t drawn to it like others. And I do think 0 sex education is better than state guided sex education through the school. Im not so much concerned about differing methods of teaching kids about sex as I am about families with no methods.

Last night at dinner with my parents, I said “we survived the swine flu and the Ebola virus, this will be a cake walk” my dad then Followed up with “the heinie flu!” In trying time do a play in words with H1N1. I misinterpreted it and asked “is that slang for AIDS?”

Yes, but I have a 4 month old at home. I guess this strain is more easily transferred and can cause pneumonia.

I’ve decided to take this Coronavirus thing seriously and start doing some staged preps as it gets closer and closer to home. But I had a question. Now with confirmed cases in multiple countries (and likely unconfirmed cases in almost every country by now)... how does it stop?

I got addicted to porn at age 8 and had my first sex talk at 10. Didn’t learn about porn and masturbation (or at least realize that that’s what I was doing) till I was 11. I’m ALL for teaching kids young. but don't put that in the hand of the school... but... you are right, some families just won’t talk about it so can school do it better?

Trust us, everything will be just dandy there may be some embarrassment, guilt and maybe even some shame in there, but that is already there is it not? its all part of repentance. I am 99.99% positive you will not lose your membership. You may lose your recommend for a period of time or not be allowed to partake of the sacrament, but losing your membership is for members who have been endowed and then made serious sins. And even then it isn’t guaranteed. One thing that helped me when I was in a similar situation was telling myself “it doesn’t matter what happens, I’m not right with God now and I will go through whatever it takes to become right with him”. I remember a bishop saying “I hope you aren’t mad with how long I’m drawing out the process before giving you back a recommend. I responded “If I needed to be excommunicated I’m order to fully repent, I would gladly accept it” and I meant it. Just text the bishop’s secretary and schedule and appointment. Take that first step! (btw... a young woman who confessed a serious sin to her bishop in order to repent is worthy of the most righteous of all men.)

As Pres Hinkley put it. ”The trouble with most of our prayers is that we give them as if we were picking up the phone and ordering groceries - we place our order and hang up.” The purpose of prayer is not to send God to the store and get us what we need. It is to commune with God... or in more simple terms... to talk to him. We pray to learn his will, ask questions, make requests, etc. it isn’t just to ask for Christmas presents. I would also add that we put too much value in human life. Not saying we should go around pretending there is no value, but dealing with death is one if the greatest battles we face as faithful members. by definition, faith is to NOT have a knowledge. So by definition, we don’t KNOW there is an after life. When a family member dies, we are pit against our beliefs. Are they gone forever or will I see them again. We don’t know, and we won’t until we too die. We run into this with every major trial so it is easy to get worked up. we are accusing God for not answering prayers while holding to the pretense that there is no God. It’s a strange paradox or reverse “begging the question” fallacy. When we complain about unanswered prayers on major life events (like death), we are literally saying: ”God, My brother died because you didn’t answer my prayer, and now I will never see him again because you don’t exist.” Do you see the issue there?

The Ebola was a lot scary... and yet here we are

You have to use the audible app. Buy the books from audible.com (with your amazon account) and they will appear in your audible app.

Audio books are my jam. I listen to one a month from audible. Always more “self help” style, never a religious one. As far as it replacing scriptures. Absolutely not. We are taught often enough about the need to read the Book of Mormon every day. An audio book or church commentary on it cannot replace that.

Never thought about that, and I think that is spot on.

I have to say that the historical accuracy didn’t bug me nearly as much as the intensified 1 Nephi 3:7 scene where the orchestra began to swell as Nephi uttered those famous words. It would have been far more powerful had Nephi just said those words as a faithful disciple and not as a glorified one liner. I really hope they don’t do that with Moroni 10:3-5 and other popular scriptures

I often take this approach but let the class know that I really don’t know and would like some insights. I once made a comment concerning the Book of Mormon containing the fullness of the gospel but lacking specifics on temple ordinances. I was then chastised by 2 other member saying that there were plenty of references to the temple. They seemed to be under the impression that I was pointing out some flaw in the Book of Mormon or something. Also, in a high school seminary I had a hard time wrapping my mind around a lesson. On the surface level it looked as if God had thrown one soul under the bus in order to save humanity. I challenged the lesson and brought my concern in a blatantly honest way that exposed my thoughts. The seminary teacher got frustrated and we got in a little scuffle in the middle of class. Its a great way to learn, but blatantly saying something you know is false in an attempt to learn the truth can end up painting a false picture of yourself to some people haha.

I dont get it

I picture The twelve apostles, whole quorum of the 70, tabernacle choir, and 21,000 people seated on folding chairs in the middle of the woods.

I suspect that nothing logistically, visually or audibly significant will occur. People looking for something mind blowing or sitting in the edge of their seat ready to be amazed probably won’t find anything too spectacular. I suspect those that love the gospel with a pure love, are living the gospel the best they can, follow Nelson’s challenge and watch GC looking for how to grow closer to Christ will be the only ones that will have unforgettable experiences. I personally don’t expect to be blown away by anything because I naturally gravitate to the kind of person that is looking to be amazed when things like this come along. Regardless, I am trying to prepare myself for it.

We can only handle so many breaking news stories at once. How can we remember pedophile island when Trump is starting WW3, Trump caused Iran to shoot down an airline jet, and Trump is about to be impeached???